After lunchtime, the director's office of Heinz General Hospital was bustling with activity for the first time in a long time.

"Where's Miss Brister?"

After walking into John's office, Thomas asked with a little surprise.

"I'm back."

Getting up and walking to the sofa, John beckoned Thomas to sit down and smiled, "After visiting the hospital, I will let her take the car back...... What about Professor Osler? ”

"Hehe, I'm here."

As soon as John finished speaking, Professor Osler walked in with a smile on his face.

Seeing this respected internal medicine doctor, John quickly stood up and exchanged pleasantries, and the three of them sat down on the sofa one after another. The current three giants of Heinz General Hospital have finally gathered again after more than half a year.

"Hmm, your house seems to be getting colder."

After sitting down, Osler tightened his white coat, then shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Huntelaar is probably enjoying heating for the first time, right?" Haha, now I don't even want to leave work, because when I go back, I have to endure the cold at night, and the treatment is much worse than that of the hospitalized patients. ”

"Don't worry, the heating will definitely be there!"

Personally poured a glass of water for the two of them, John said with a smile.

Heinz General Hospital is in a unique situation, with very few physicians recruited in the United States, and most of them are from Europe. Even though there were many American students among them, there were very few New Yorkers after all, so from the beginning John bought a large plot of land near the hospital to build a so-called apartment building for them. At the level of Thomas and Osler, John will prepare a comfortable house for them, and of course the heating will have to be installed sooner or later.

Osler, of course, understood what John meant, and nodded with great satisfaction.

Neither he nor Thomas have yet to live in the so-called apartment, but both have been on site to see the house that is about to be completed. To be honest, very satisfied. At least for a professor of internal medicine, such a residence is already very decent.

Looking at Thomas and Osler with smiling faces, John was in a very happy mood.

Needless to say, Osler is the supergod of the future, and he is almost praised by Americans as the father of modern medicine. Although John himself did not agree with this title, the great bull introduced the German education model. It is an indisputable fact that it has developed on its own, combining teaching, scientific research and clinical practice, and has created a model of higher medical education for Americans for more than 100 years in the future. With the joining of Osler, coupled with John's own knowledge beyond the times and huge financial support, the future Heinz Medical School may be better than Hopkins!

As for Thomas's words, John also valued them very much.

This surgeon, who has never left a name in history, was the first to follow him, and although his personal pioneering work was extremely limited, let's not forget that Heinz General Hospital was originally there for John. There is no need for a surgical expert like Halstead, only someone who can strictly follow his surgical philosophy. Thomas was the best candidate, as he had now fully embraced John's surgical philosophy without reservation, and he also had excellent execution and management skills.

The position of director of Heinz General Hospital was prepared by John for Thomas.

However, after glancing at the two generals under him a few times, John suddenly asked, "Thomas, has Mr. Kelly contacted you about when he will return?" ”

"Just sent a telegram. Depart for China at the end of this month. ”

Blinking, Thomas smiled happily. Nodding his head, he said, "And there are three young obstetricians and gynecologists who will go back to New York with him, and all the equipment in the obstetrics and gynecology building will be in place this month, and the twelve nurses will soon complete their training!" ”

Howard? Kelly's stay in Europe was much longer than John had expected, but John had no objection to the extra time and money, and was extremely supportive of it. This is mainly because of this time of stay in Europe. Kelly has helped Heinz General Hospital recruit three obstetricians and gynecologists, two American students and a German, and Kelly has also accumulated a lot of experience and technology in blood transfusion and obstetrics and gynecology, so it can be said that he is a mature obstetrics and gynecology team when he comes back!

How could Thomas not be happy about such a good thing?

"That's good. That's good. “

After listening to Thomas's answer, John nodded with great satisfaction.

Needless to say, John was confident that it was one of the best in the world; With Osler under the auspices of the Department of Internal Medicine, as long as some doctors from Europe continue to be introduced in the future, it can develop rapidly; With Kelly and three young doctors in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, even if the framework is put up, John can rise in a year or two if he makes a little more effort!

Among the four basic departments, the only one left is pediatrics.

However, pediatric John had to try his luck, because he knew very little about the profession other than the courses and short rotations in college. On the contrary, he is still slightly sure of obstetrics and gynecology, after all, the most important thing in this year is to give birth, and the focus of natural delivery is disinfection and hygiene, and caesarean section is also surgery, John has also rotated in obstetrics and gynecology......

After talking about his arrangements for the obstetrics and gynecology building, Thomas's mood was obviously excited, and then said: "You know John, the outpatient volume of our hospital has stabilized at about 400 people! ”

"What? Four hundred?! ”

Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, John couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the news!

What is the concept of outpatient volume of 400 people?

This is to be placed in China a hundred years later, the outpatient volume of 400 people is almost equivalent to the level of an ordinary county hospital, and this number in New York in 1889 is enough to make John? Mr. Huntelaar was shocked!

That's a really impressive number!

Don't look at the daily outpatient volume of any tertiary hospital in Beijing in the future, the most exaggerated may even be tens of thousands, and the outpatient volume of large hospitals in other major cities also has thousands of people, but don't forget, it is because of the serious imbalance of medical resources in China. A small number of cities and a small number of hospitals have concentrated the best medical resources in the country, so that once people suffer from serious diseases, they can only go to these hospitals for treatment.

But in this day and age, it's two completely different concepts.

Don't look at the current population of New York far more than the population of a county in later generations, but this era also has its own unique characteristics. To take an inappropriate example, New York in 1889 was a bit like a Chinese city in the early days of reform and opening up, with a large number of immigrants flocking to the city like migrant workers, and most of them, except for a small number of people, were running around for food and clothing, and basically could not afford to see a doctor. And those who really have the money to afford to see a doctor rarely go to the hospital, and more often ask a doctor to come to their home for diagnosis and treatment.

In such a situation, the outpatient volume of 400 people has been reached!

Seeing John's look of surprise, Osler and Thomas looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time an emotion called satisfaction rose in their hearts.

Everyone knows how difficult it is for these 400 people to come!

At the beginning, Mr. Huntelaar's half-price drug strategy made the outpatient volume of Heinz General Hospital exceed 100 in an instant, and then rushed to the level of 200 people in one go. Although the half-price was cancelled after that, because the hospital's reputation had already spread, and the hospital's environment was very appealing to the middle class and some of the wealthy, coupled with the fact that the technology of appendectomy was unique in the country, the hospital's outpatient volume has been stable at a fairly good level.

This situation lasted until the second half of last year!

Osler came, and the already well-known physician came to Heinz General Hospital to serve as the head of the internal medicine department, attracting many patients who chose doctors for their fame; The vitamin theory came, and Heinz General Hospital was admitted to treat rickets for free; Diphtheria antitoxin serum came, and Ehrlich and Osler collaborated to apply this miracle drug to the clinic for the first time, causing a sensation in New York City in the shortest possible time, making Heinz General Hospital's fame, almost instantly surpassing several hospitals such as Columbia College and the College of Physicians and Physicians of New York!

In a short period of time, the daily outpatient volume of the hospital once exceeded 800 people!

Unfortunately, antitoxin serum can only be produced on a small scale for clinical trials, and large-scale production will not be until the middle of this year, so after several times of newspaper explanations, the number of outpatient clinics has dropped rapidly. It's just that Heinz General Hospital, which has become famous, has attracted more patients, and the outpatient volume began to fluctuate between 300 and 400 until it stabilized at about 400!

I don't know how many people have broken their eyes with this number.

Even the well-informed Osler was amazed, from studying in Europe to returning to Canada, to becoming a professor of internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and president of the Philadelphia Society of Clinical Medicine, he had never seen a hospital grow so fast! Even in his memory, it seems that no hospital has reached this level of outpatient volume!

Four hundred, this number is dazzling and dizzying!

Of course, this miracle is almost impossible to replicate, because no one would invest such a huge amount of money to build a hospital, as luxurious as a hotel, no hospital can come up with appendectomy, vitamins and diphtheria antitoxin serum and other blockbuster technologies in such a short period of time, no hospital dares to use half-price sulfonamide to attract patients, and even here, there is no place that can provide such a warm and comfortable environment for medical treatment and hospitalization in winter......

After a miracle, it is an inevitability!

Looking at John, who was pleasantly surprised by the news? Huntelaar, Osler took a deep breath, and couldn't help but rejoice that he had made up his mind to come here in the first place, and he was looking forward to the medical school he was preparing now...... (To be continued......)