Sitting at his dining table, Academician Di appeared very relaxed.
He was wearing slippers. After talking for a while, he subconsciously put one of his legs on the chair. After a few seconds, he came back to his senses. He smiled, patted his thigh, and said, "The atmosphere is good today. I'll go and get a bottle of wine."
As he spoke, he got up and went into the room inside. He took out another bottle of red wine.
"Hmm, those on duty don't drink. The others can drink." Academician Di did not urge them to drink. He only asked his granddaughter to open the bottle again.
Academician Di's granddaughters were originally disdainful of doing such chores, but when Ling Ran was there, the two women behaved very virtuously. One of them used the bottle opener gracefully, and the other took the decanter enthusiastically. The group of doctors was so shocked that they had goosebumps all over their bodies.
"Our hospital was the first to adopt intraoperative surface ultrasound. I was the one who got someone to introduce the first equipment. The cost of it reached ten million RMB that year." Academician Di sat down again and said in a targeted manner, "Up until this year, if we only invest in intraoperative surface ultrasound, we should have no problem becoming one of the top three hospitals in the country, right?"
"Our Cardiovascular Center's investment in intraoperative surface ultrasound is probably the best in the country." Cao Gaofeng, who had not spoken for a while, knew this the best. He immediately responded with pride.
Academician Di smiled and nodded. "It's said that high investment leads to high returns. In fact, it's basically impossible to earn money when you reach the top of the medical field. It's already good if you don't incur too much losses. Take us for example. If we look at it from the aspect of income, there's no need to spend tens of millions of RMB to purchase equipment, because it's not easy to increase the price of medical services. Using the already mature equipment and skills is the way to earn money, right? "
Everyone nodded.
"Surface ultrasound is still a successful technology. In the past few years, there have been many technologies that you don't know if they're successful or not. In the end, most of them are still unsuccessful technologies. Should we follow up? In the end, we actually follow up. If we don't, we'll be behind after a few years when it's proven successful. " When Academician Di said this, he sighed and said to Ling Ran, "What do I mean by this? The latest and best technology will always be in the top medical institutions. It's in hospitals like ours that don't rely on income to sustain themselves. As for regional hospitals like Yun Hua Hospital, no matter how high their investments are or how high their profits are, their investments in new technologies cannot be compared to ours. Don't you think so? "
Academician Di fixed his gaze on Ling Ran.
"Theoretically, you're right." Ling Ran agreed with what he said.
Academician Di immediately laughed. "It's the same in reality. Look at the big hospitals all over the world. New York's Presbyterian Hospital, Japan's Tokyo University Medical Department Affiliated Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, Berlin's Charite University Affiliated Hospital, Paris's Pierre-Pierre Hospital, Switzerland's Fosters University Medical Research Center … The top hospitals are all losing money. Why? Because as long as you explore new technology, it will be a bottomless pit. Mayo Clinic is making money, but it's too unique. It relies on its number one position to earn money from the world's richest people while exploiting its employees internally. Even the Nobel Prize laureates only receive an average salary of a few hundred thousand USD per year … Let's not talk about whether we can learn this or not, but Mayo Clinic has one and only one Nobel Prize laureate. No Nobel Prize laureate will receive a salary of 180,000 USD at the world's second-largest hospital. "
Ling Ran nodded slowly. For him, this was a new point of knowledge. He was only in his twenties, so he actually did not know how hospitals and medical centers operated.
Tian Qi's eyes sparkled as she listened. She said, "Nobel Prize laureate scholars only receive 180,000 USD? Is it enough? "
"Does Mayo pay them according to the regional or the average salary in the United States? It's about 180,000 USD, maybe 150,000 USD." Academician Di paused for a moment, thought about it, and said, "Scholars don't need much money for their daily expenses."
"So, aside from Doctor Ling, there are still many doctors who live purely for their ideals?" Tian Qi widened her eyes, and she looked very impressed.
The youngest junior brother chuckled and said emotionally, "As a doctor, if you don't have to support your family, you can also live by drinking the wind."
A few doctors glanced at Academician Di from the corner of their eyes, and they all sat up straight.
Ling Ran asked at this time, "How's Mayo Clinic's heart bypass surgery? Where do you think the world's best specialized cardiology hospital is? "
Academician Di thought for a few seconds and said, "As far as I know, since 1995, the Cleveland Medical Center has been ranked first in the US News and World Report's ranking of specialized cardiology hospitals."
"Do you agree with it?"
"If you want to ask about the ranking of clinical skills, I basically agree with it." Academician Di could somewhat guess what Ling Ran was thinking, so he said, "The world's first coronary angiography and the world's first coronary artery bypass surgery were both performed in the Cleveland Medical Center.
Ling Ran nodded and asked, "Have you seen their doctors perform surgery? How are they compared to me? "
As soon as he said this, everyone at the table stopped eating and looked at Ling Ran.
Wei Jiayou even had a strange look in his eyes as he whispered, "Who's more beautiful between me and Mr. Xu from the north of the city?"
A few young doctors tilted their heads and laughed.
Academician Di did not laugh. Instead, he looked at the table full of his disciples, sighed, and said, "Department Director Huo sure is lucky. When I fall seriously ill one day, it'll be great if my disciples and grand-disciples dare to ask me this question and have the qualifications to do so."
The expressions on everyone's faces froze.
Academician Di thought about it again and said slowly, "In terms of clinical skills, I think at least Professor Felix and Doctor Karen will be better overall. They have done long-term research on non-stop cardiac bypass surgery. It's hard to say for a single surgery, but when there's an unexpected situation, I think they'll have more ways to deal with it. "
When doctors reached this level, they would be like fighter pilots. Normal take-offs and landings and combat training would not be able to show the real difference between them. Only when they encountered a possible crisis would they be able to distinguish who was stronger and who was weaker.
Ling Ran was not surprised by his analysis. In fact, he was looking forward to Academician Di's answer.
Once he got the answer, Ling Ran immediately said, "Can you help me invite them? One of them is fine too. "
"What do you want to do?" Academician Di asked.
"The best situation is to invite them to Yun Hua Hospital for surgery. Not for Department Director Huo, but for someone else on the same day. This way, when I perform surgery on Department Director Huo, if there's anything wrong, I can ask them to help. " Ling Ran's request was very idealistic, but in terms of Huo Congjun's safety and treatment, such an arrangement could be said to be the best in the world.
Compared to the two doctors hired from outside, Ling Ran would be more attentive and understand Huo Congjun's condition better. It would be beneficial for the surgery and the recovery during the perioperative period.
And in the case of a possible risk, the doctors hired from outside could play the role of a dam. Regardless of whether they could cover everything, they could at least provide technical support and a lot of information. If things did not go according to plan, they would be the best insurance.
"It's possible if you only invite one of them, but in that case, your surgery time might have to be based on the other party's request." Academician Di agreed very quickly, and it was so quick that it was surprising.
Ling Ran also said quickly, "It's best to arrange it within a week, no more than ten days."
"Okay." Academician Di agreed again.
At this time, Kong Wenshan said weakly, "Senior Brother Mei should be able to help."
Academician Di waved his hand. "If you can invite Felix or Karen, you don't have to ask him."
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