"Old Ruan, are you busy?" A middle-aged doctor with fair skin and no facial hair walked into the ICU of the Emergency Medical Center. His tone sounded familiar.
"Department Director Ning, how come you have time to come over?" Ruan Gaoge greeted him with a smile.
From his appearance, Ruan Gaoge was actually a middle-aged man with a fair skin and no facial hair. He was slightly chubby. His face was pale because he stayed in the ICU. In a place like the ICU, there was light for 24 hours. There was no distinction between day and night, and there was no sunlight. It was similar to the environment where chickens and pigs were raised. Therefore, when the two met and saw each other, they knew each other's qualifications in the ICU.
Department Director Ning was the associate director of the general ICU. He was also an associate chief physician in his forties, and he was about the same age as Ruan Gaoge. He was supposed to be the more promising type, but he was now in charge of a group of six beds in the general ICU, and he was not as comfortable as Ruan Gaoge.
"Since your ICU is built, I'm here to take a look. If there's anything I can help with, you can ask. Old Huo and the others are in the Emergency Department. They understand things about the ICU, but they don't, right? " Department Director Ning's gaze was like a hook, and he looked at the equipment in the ICU of the Emergency Medical Center.
According to the configuration of general tertiary Grade A hospitals, after the general ICU was expanded to twenty to thirty beds, it was normal to expand the specialized ICU. However, the expanded specialized ICU was usually managed by the general ICU.
However, the ICU Department of Yun Hua Hospital had not reached its limit yet, and the department director was actually quite incompetent. After a lot of hard work, the Emergency Medical Center actually managed to build its own specialized ICU on its own, and this was something that others could not help but be envious of.
However, the ICU of Yun Hua Hospital was originally a small department in the hospital, and they could only be envious.
Department Director Ning came over at this time, and at most, he could only observe the situation.
Ruan Gaoge was not very clear about the internal power structure of Yun Hua Hospital, but when he saw the associate director of the ICU, he was also vigilant. He smiled and said, "Our ICU is newly built, and there are indeed many things I don't understand. When I encounter them, I will ask Department Director Ning for advice."
"You're too polite to ask for advice. By the way, you have eight beds now, but only four of them are used. The utilization rate is still not high." Department Chief Ning entered the ward and first looked at the utilization rate.
Hospital departments also needed to focus on efficiency and benefits. Hospitals nowadays were all units that allocated funds according to the balance. The salaries of the staff in the establishment were paid by the finance department, and the hospital had to pay for the staff hired by the hospital and the departments themselves. Not to mention the huge expenses of equipment and operating costs.
Putting everything else aside, almost all the nurses in the hospital could not get authorized, which meant that they were all dependent on benefits. The number of nurses in a department was equivalent to the number of salary cards waiting for them. A department that did not provide high benefits would collapse on its own.
Ruan Gaoge responded calmly and said with a smile, "At the beginning, even the four beds couldn't be finished."
Director Ning thought, "If you really can't handle it, I can help."
Of course, he would not say it out loud. He only smiled and said, "It's just an Emergency Medical Center. It's quite difficult to feed an ICU. However, this is also good. The patient can stay in the ICU for a few more days. It's better for the prognosis. "
Ruan Gaoge smiled. At this time, he showed a hint of toughness. "I'm afraid it'll be difficult to stay for a few more days."
Director Ning thought for a while, but he thought that Ruan Gaoge was showing weakness. He could not help but say, "Eight beds are a little too much, right? How many beds can be put to use now? "
"All eight beds can be put to use." Ruan Gaoge smiled.
"Then why don't you let the patient stay for a few more days? Oh, is it inconvenient for the Emergency Medical Center to claim it? "
"It's normal for it to be claimed. It's Doctor Ling who asked us to increase the turnover rate. So, the two patients who were admitted two days ago were transferred to the general ward since their conditions have stabilized. "
"This …" Director Ning looked at Ruan Gaoge in confusion. The hospital beds were so empty, and it was unnecessary to transfer the patients to the general ward.
However, when Director Ning thought about it again, he understood something.
He looked at the four patients again and said, "Two patients were transferred to the general ward. How many came in today?"
"Three." Ruan Gaoge smiled.
Director Ning's heart immediately sank.
At the end of the day, the Department of Intensive Care was still an auxiliary department. Unlike the Surgery Department, the Internal Medicine Department, or the Emergency Department, which could accept patients on their own, the patients in the ICU could only be transferred from other departments.
Whether it was for Ruan Gaoge or the general ICU where Director Ning was, the number of patients was fundamental.
Of course, some ICU directors were more flexible and would have a good relationship with the district and county hospitals under them. When they encountered patients that the other party could not handle, they would send a car to pick them up. It was also a way to get patients.
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However, in the environment of Yun Hua Hospital, the operation of an ICU almost completely depended on the people sent in by other departments.
Ling Ran could send three or more patients with critical illness to the ICU every day, so Ruan Gaoge was naturally relieved. However, Director Ning could not help but feel his heart ache.
These patients could have been sent to the general ICU.
"Ling Ran's surgery speed is indeed first-class." Director Ning chuckled, and he became more and more afraid.
"I heard that's the case." Ruan Gaoge's smile was very dull, like a ginseng that had been soaked in water.
Director Ning waved his hand and was about to leave with flagging interest. At this time, Ruan Gaoge's phone was the first to ring.
"Okay … no problem …" Ruan Gaoge quickly replied. He put down his phone and smiled at Director Ning. He then turned around and called his subordinates, "The patient from Operating Theater 1 is coming out. Go and pick him up. Be quick."
He originally expected that half of the patients in this newly built ICU would come from Ling Ran. But now, it seemed that Ling Ran only needed one day to fill up half of his ICU.
Based on the patient's condition, the hepatectomy patients usually only needed to stay in the ICU for two to three days. But even so, with this frequency and quantity of hepatectomy, the patients in the ICU would basically be able to survive.
"I'm sorry, Director Ning. We have to pick someone up." Ruan Gaoge had the intention to send Department Director Ning away.
Department Director Ning hummed a few times and said with a smile, "We actually used to receive patients from Ling Ran. This guy was very reckless when he performed surgery. He would perform four to five patients a day, sometimes even five to six patients. At that time, our ICU was a little overcrowded, and we couldn't even fit all the patients … "
When he said this, Department Director Ning actually sighed a little. When he thought about it carefully, he only felt that it was only a few weeks ago, but it seemed like a long time ago.
Ruan Gaoge still only smiled. "After all, you take care of all the critical patients in the hospital. The situation is different."
"That's true. Now, the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery has become Ling Ran's private property. More than half of the international patients in the VIP ward are orthopedic patients who come to Ling Ran. Also, most of the general surgery patients who undergo gastrectomy are also performed by Ling Ran …" When Department Director Ning said this, he shocked himself.
If he looked at it from a low standard, Huo Congjun's dream of a big Emergency Department could basically be said to have come true …
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