34. Royal Hospital (II)

By the time it was already close to Yuzi in the evening, the number of patients outside had gradually decreased, but it still seemed that there were more than a hundred people in the crowd. These patients were also sent to the physician apprentices in the Imperial Physician's Department for diagnosis and treatment, and most of the high-level physicians also returned to the back of the hospital, and then prepared to take stock of the royal hospital for the day. And about this inventory of the hospital, there will be a lot of experience, and then they will also start to prepare for the next improvements.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today our Royal Hospital has opened, and the people have praised my Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Because they all said that our emperor can ask the imperial doctor to come out to diagnose and treat the patients, this is a very big way to win the hearts and minds of the people, and I think the emperor will definitely agree with it. Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao has already obtained Li Yuan's approval, that is, let these imperial doctors and general physician apprentices at all levels in the Imperial Medical Department let them come out for diagnosis and treatment. But at the beginning, no one reluctantly complained to Li Yuan, saying that this would damage the prestige of the royal family, and the imperial doctors all treated the emperor, but now that they can get the imperial doctors to see a doctor if they have money, it is obviously not appropriate. But when Zhang Chao mentioned to Li Yuan, let them use the opportunity to diagnose and treat ordinary people to accumulate clinical experience, and then treat the emperor and nobles in the future, they will also have experience. Especially acute diseases, rich clinical experience is required. So when Zhang Chao said this reason, Li Yuan no longer continued to object, because he knew that if he got an acute illness at that time, but these imperial doctors were not experienced enough and let him lose his life, it would really be wronged. Anyway, let them use ordinary people to treat diseases, and then accumulate experience and practice their hands, so that when the time comes, they will be able to avoid the danger caused by lack of experience.

Li Yuan also probably knows the importance of clinical experience, so it is obviously very good to use ordinary people to accumulate clinical experience. It is better to use ordinary people to accumulate clinical experience than to accumulate experience in those dignitaries, after all, the probability of those dignitaries getting sick is relatively low, and it is not enough for so many people to accumulate experience. Therefore, in order to avoid the lack of experience of the imperial doctors when he was sick in the future, Li Yuan also tried his best to let those imperial doctors go out to see the people, which not only allowed the imperial doctors and physician students to accumulate clinical experience, but also allowed Li Yuan to gain the hearts of the people.

"Director Zhang, we have already received 2,000 patients just for the people today. We have received a total of 30 yuan in consultation fees, which is a good benefit for us. And we estimate that the number of patients will not decrease, but will increase, and we will also have more and more consultation fees at that time. This is not counting the income from the sale of medicinal materials, if we count the medicinal materials, then I am afraid that our income will definitely be more. Immediately, there was an account office in charge of statistics.

And everyone present talked about it, and they made thirty yuan in one day, which is a lot. At this time, a copper plate is equivalent to several yuan in later generations, and a bucket of rice is only eight big coins, so these 30 yuan are already hundreds of thousands of soft sister coins in later generations. I made that much in one day, and then I made a lot of turnover in the next month. This surprised many imperial doctors, because they could actually earn so much money, and if they had this money, then the imperial physician's office would also be self-sufficient, and there was even a lot of surplus, and they didn't have to rely on the emperor's treasury to support themselves.

"Regarding the distribution of this money, I don't plan to go everything to the public. And we plan to get half of the points according to five or five, that is, the person in charge of seeing the doctor will get half of the points, and then we will get half of the points. Anyone who is responsible for seeing a doctor can also get the income of the fund, so that everyone can have enough income. Nor can we allow you to treat the people in vain, and this income is earned by you. Zhang Chao said.

Hearing Zhang Chao's words, those physician apprentices couldn't help but almost burst into tears, they were all able to make a lot of money. Because if you treat 30 patients a day, each patient will receive a consultation fee of 8 yuan, and you can get several dollars for 30 days a month. These few yuan will have a monthly income of more than 10,000 yuan in later generations. Even in the whole country in later generations, there are not many people who can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. Of course, these apprentices were very moved, because such a high income completely allowed them to live a middle-class life.

Even in the future, there will be more and more patients, and in the future, patients who are farther away will hear that the Tai Doctor of the Tai Hospital here will come out to receive treatment, and more people will definitely come to see the doctor, so that the consultation fee alone will be soft. Therefore, those who study medicine must also be able to obtain a large income, which is unimaginable in the past.

And Zhang Chao saw everyone's appearance, and he also knew that this hospital was initially opened, because this royal hospital will also operate according to the enterprise model in the future and achieve self-sufficiency without the need for state financial allocation. If you can't be self-sufficient, you will definitely face eating up a lot of the country's wealth, but you will be raising some idlers. What's more, these ordinary doctors have a good income, if there are more than 10,000 per month, it will definitely make everyone blush.

"Director Zhang, do you want us to increase the consultation fee a little? It only costs eight dollars to see a doctor, and I see a lot of private doctors who see a doctor, and they all charge as little as 20 or as many as 100 big money! We only have eight big bucks for an ordinary illness here, which is too little. Someone couldn't help but say.

This eight big money for a doctor is actually set by Zhang Chao, and it is the price of ordinary physician students. However, there are many doctors in the private sector who also charge quite high fees, and all kinds of private doctors are uneven, and there is no unified standard for fees. Therefore, these people in the hospital also feel that it is a little low, because the fees of other folk doctors are also as low as 20 yuan at a time, which is several times higher than them. And everyone belongs to those doctors, not like this hospital has to give half to the public, so many people also feel low.

"Bastards, are you brains in the water? If it weren't for our signboard, would you have been able to bring in so many patients? If it's an ordinary doctor, they still have to go to the doctor, where is it like you can sit here and wait for the patient to come to the door? Also, do you know what eight big money means? It means the living expenses of ordinary people for a day, do you still think this money is too low? Once the people get sick, they have to resign themselves to fate many times, and the cost of living for a day is not low. You all have an income of several dollars a month, while ordinary people don't have a consistent income for a whole month, do you still think it's too low? Don't be greedy! Zhang Chao said angrily.

Zhang Chao is obviously very unhappy that these guys want to increase the consultation fee, because in his eyes, medical care should actually be a semi-welfare thing, and the government should not make more money on medical treatment. And eight big bucks at a time for ordinary diseases is already very extreme. You must know that eight big money is already a day's living expenses for a family in this era, and even saving some two days can be done. This price is not low, and these doctors can get half of the family's living expenses a day in as little as ten minutes, or at most no more than half an hour, which is simply a high-income group. With such a high income, even Zhang Chao in later generations will be envious. In later generations, the legal income of Zhang Chao's deputy department-level cadre in a month was just like this, but these guys were not enough, which obviously made Zhang Chao angry.

"Think clearly, don't fish with all your might. If you set the price too high, then the people will not be able to afford to see a doctor at this price, and you will still suffer in the end. So, you might as well set the price lower, so that not only can you get the praise of the people, but you can also take a few more patients, won't you get more? Therefore, you should not say anything about increasing the consultation fee, if you have to increase the consultation fee, then do not study and serve in our royal hospital. Zhang Chao said.

In Zhang Chao's eyes, the consultation fee of this royal hospital must be as low as possible, so as to set a benchmark for doctors all over the world and let them reduce the consultation fee. Only by making the people afford to be sick is the fundamental. If the people can't afford to see a doctor, it will be really sad. This is not only the sorrow of the people, but also the sorrow of the healers.

Half an hour later, Zhang Chao returned to Du Yulu's room, and now Zhang Chao has lived with Du Yulu, but it is not really married. Zhang Chao didn't care, anyway, it didn't matter if he lived in Du Yulu's house, he didn't have the perverted machismo of the ancients. Now Zhang Chao has no real estate in Chang'an, and it is impossible for him to afford real estate in Chang'an, the capital of Chang'an, with his income, after all, every inch of land has been under his feet since ancient times! Since his "partner" has a real estate, Zhang Chao doesn't mind living for a while, and then considering the idea of buying a house when he has saved enough in the future.

"Why are you restricting the fees of those doctors? Didn't you say that these doctors are also a resource, and since they are resources, they shouldn't be forced to be regulated! Isn't that interfering with what you call the market when you force those doctors to lower their fees? If, according to what you said, all the resources in the world also have their own value laws, if you don't do this directly interfering, is it thankless? Don't you also advocate economic control? But there are only so many resources, and his value is naturally high, so your interference will definitely make some people dissatisfied. Du Yulu asked.

Zhang Chao said helplessly: "Yes, I really forced to interfere, but I can't help it." Of course, all resources in this world also have their value. Physicians are also a kind of resource for medical treatment, and there are not many people studying medicine in the world, so the value of doctors is high, which is a scarce resource. However, this doctor is related to the people's livelihood, if those doctors are allowed to deliberately overcharge and let them charge high consultation fees, then I am afraid that too many people will look down on the next treatment. We can't count on the medical ethics of doctors, because the so-called medical ethics are unreliable. Medical resources are important resources related to the survival of our people, so it is necessary to make the greatest number of people afford to get sick. Everything that is people's livelihood must be properly interfered with by the government, and the cheap ones will be those who have no morality. Otherwise, once the resources of the people's livelihood are raised to too high, and those who make money are profiteers, then the people will have no livelihood. ”

Of course, Zhang Chao hopes that the doctor's consultation fee can be suppressed, otherwise those doctors will take advantage of the patient's illness to extort money. Even if you don't take the opportunity to extort, according to the regular pricing, the cost of the consultation fee is very high, and it is not something that ordinary families can easily come up with. As for the doctors in the TV that Zhang Chao saw in later generations, all of them have noble medical ethics, and they help the poor one by one without charging consultation fees, this Zhang Chao can only blame "hehe". When he became an official, of course, he would not be so naïve and think that all doctors are so noble and virtuous. On the contrary, the vast majority of them still do not have money and do not give treatment, and many of them must collect money. The real compulsory treatment is still a minority, not the vast majority of people.

Especially for those patients with chronic diseases, those who are not emergencies, the doctors also deliberately delay, anyway, you can't come up with the money and won't treat them. In ancient times, the consultation fee was too high, and with such a high consultation fee, ordinary people could not afford to see a doctor at all. If Zhang Chao wants to change this result, he naturally wants to suppress the price of medical treatment, even if he uses the power in his hand to interfere.

However, if we want to talk about the theory of human resources, human resources are also a kind of resources, and they must also conform to the laws of the market. In this era, there are few people studying medicine, so they are naturally not afraid of not being able to find a job, but doctors are in short supply, which also causes the price of those doctors to be admitted to the hospital is extremely high. And since doctors are also a kind of resource, so this is also in line with the laws of the market, if you want to really solve this problem, you must let more people become doctors, so that there are enough "human resources", so that the relationship between supply and demand can really be alleviated.

However, it is impossible to do it in a short period of time. Therefore, Zhang Chao must use the public power in his hand to suppress the consultation fees of those doctors, so that the people can afford to get sick and not be tortured to death by the disease. This is also the basis for the government to intervene, because medical resources are also very important resources, and they are also people's livelihood resources, so it is necessary to rely on the government to interfere with its price when necessary.