“…… Three .six acres of land in the heart of Manhattan! ”

Standing on the roof of the building, Steve looked at the whole picture of the hospital and said proudly: "I personally chose this land, and your grandfather was very satisfied at that time, you know, it only cost less than $20,000 when he bought this land, but today, its value has increased by at least a quarter!" ”

"Hmm."

Observant of his own hospital, John nodded nonchalantly.

Of course, he knew that Steve was not talking nonsense, and in fact with the rapid expansion of New York City's industrial and commercial industries, especially the financial industry, the price of land in Manhattan was indeed skyrocketing. After the completion of Central Park, this area has become even more popular with New York's wealthy, and the location of the hospital is no more than two miles from Central Park, which can be said to be a perfect location - just look at the surroundings, which are quite bustling with people and cars.

"It's a pity that it's a bit small!"

After calculating the size of the hospital, John couldn't help but twitch.

When he first walked into the building, John was very satisfied. Because if you compare it with the Charlotte Hospital in Berlin, the grade of the whole building is undoubtedly several levels higher: the corridors are wider, the floors are higher, the rooms are larger, and more importantly, under John's strong request, the ventilation and lighting of the whole building are extremely satisfactory, and it can be said that the investment regardless of the cost has been fully rewarded!

The only pity is that the area of the hospital is still too small.

If the British unit is converted to the international unit that John is familiar with, 3.6 acres of land is only 12,000 square meters, and it really can't be put on the table no matter how you look at it. You know, the six-story building alone covers an area of more than 1,500 square meters, and the other six small buildings and three small gardens can be called mini. This made John, who had been accustomed to covering an area of more than 100,000 square meters in his previous life, a tertiary hospital, naturally a little difficult to accept.

But in this day and age, John can be satisfied.

In New York in 1887, the medical structure was mainly based on clinics run by physicians, and the way of diagnosis was more of a doctor's door-to-door service, and gentlemen with a little financial foundation would not go to the hospital to see a doctor. Of course, as in European countries. With the gradual expansion and rise of the class of workers and small merchants, there were some hospitals in New York that slowly developed, but on the whole they were relatively small in scale, and the conditions could not be compared with John's new hospitals, so he should be satisfied in general.

"Let's talk about it later when it develops."

After looking at the surroundings of the hospital, John felt a little more at ease.

He was relieved to know that the hospital was surrounded by low-rise buildings, either ordinary residential buildings or commercial buildings, and there were no important institutions. There are no rich people's residences. This means that if the hospital wants to grow in the future, as long as it has enough money, nothing can stand against John's expansion. And as a born-against, John believes that the last thing he needs in the future is that green gadget......

"All of them are designed and constructed in strict accordance with your requirements."

Steve patiently introduced while pointing to the buildings below: "The main body of the hospital consists of seven buildings, one six-story building, four two-story buildings and two four-story buildings. Sandwiched between three small gardens...... John, I don't quite understand. There are more than a hundred rooms in that building, which should be enough for all your subordinates, what do you need for the other six buildings? In particular, the two four-story buildings, which add up to almost as much investment as that building, seem to be a bit wasteful. ”

Steve had been wondering about this question for a long time.

Even if it takes into account the expansion of the hospital in the future. But in Steve's opinion, the six-story majestic building was sufficient, and he didn't understand the meaning of building the other six small buildings, just as he didn't understand why John had bought such a large plot of land.

"These buildings have different tasks," he says.

Looking at the overall structure of the hospital, John casually explained: "A real hospital can't just be a place for people to see patients or perform surgeries. There are many other functions that are needed, such as logistics such as cleaning and disinfection, and for example, there needs to be a real room for doctors to conduct research, as well as a teaching building for medical students to study......"

"Medical student?"

After hearing this word, Steve's eyes instantly widened, and he exclaimed, "John, do you want to build a medical school?" ”

"Why not?"

With a frown, John smiled slightly.

When he first designed the hospital, John had everything in mind. The six-storey building is the façade of the hospital, and its function is naturally for patients. Because the scale must have been small in the first few years, John did not hesitate to arrange the outpatient department, emergency department, inpatient department and operating room in one building.

But just because it's small doesn't mean John won't be prepared for anything else.

Among the four two-storey buildings, two are auxiliary buildings, one of which is a logistics building and one is an administrative building; The other two are medical buildings, one of which is an obstetrics and gynecology building and the other is a pediatric building. Because of the particularity of these two departments, John was not going to put them together with other departments, but built two separate buildings, especially the gynecology building, to cater to the particularity of this era.

As for the two four-storey buildings, they are the scientific research and teaching buildings of the hospital.

Needless to say, the scientific research building is mainly a variety of real yàn for Ehrlich and their use. You know, just yesterday afternoon, Thomas and his team had already boarded a cruise ship to New York with a large number of medical equipment and medicines, while Ehrlich and his group continued to make purchases in Europe, and John ordered enough to fill this building!

As for the school building, John did have the intention of building a school of his own.

For Steve, a pure layman, he certainly doesn't understand how easy it is to build a medical school in the United States in this era. Most medical schools tend to have only seven or eight "professors", these professors who are only in their twenties have just returned from studying in Europe, or have been working as doctors for several years, no matter whether they can provide students with rigorous and formal teaching enough, as long as they dare to hang up a medical school brand, they can open their doors to charge the tuition fee of $100 a year, and then spend two or three years to produce MDs in batches!

During these two years, students only study for six months per year!

Every time John hears such news, he can't help but think of the medical education of the United States in later generations—four years of undergraduate, four years of medical students, and three to ten years of residency......

American medical students in different eras are like living in two worlds!

Therefore, when the hospital really gained a foothold in New York, of course, John would not let go of the opportunity to run a medical school, and he believed that with the advanced practical equipment from Europe, those international students who came back with the latest ideas, and excellent teachers like Ehrlich and Thomas, and of course, more importantly, with him, a traveler from later generations, the medical school he built himself might really be able to distinguish itself from the Hopkins School of Medicine, which was completed in a few years...... (To be continued......)