Li Jingsheng also noticed how Doctor Xu and several attending physicians were treated differently by the medical department that day.
Basically, it’s just a case of sucking up to the powerful and stepping on the weak, like the eunuchs in ancient times.
At the core of it, perhaps it’s because Doctor Xu’s professional title is too low.
Being merely an attending physician carries very limited weight in a prestigious hospital like the Second Hospital. You need to at least be an associate chief physician to have some influence.
After finishing his meal, Li Jingsheng originally planned to acquaint himself with the Bone Surgery department doctors in their office.
At the very least, he needed to get to know his colleagues in the department.
Even though he worked in outpatient care, they were still part of the same department, and forming good relationships was quite necessary.
He’s long proven that the old ways of individualism and self-appreciation are unworkable.
On his first day at work, he was complained about by more than a dozen patients and their families, perhaps setting a record in Second Hospital history.
He called Doctor Xu: "Teacher, I’ve finished my meal. What should I do now, should I head over to the medical department?"
"No need to come; just go to the office and rest for a while. Be at the outpatient department by one o’clock sharp. Remember next time, don’t let your kindness overflow." Doctor Xu must have gone to the medical department himself to cover for Li Jingsheng.
The beginning and end of the matter must have been thoroughly investigated by now.
Li Jingsheng checked the time; it was twelve thirty-five, leaving him 25 minutes to relax.
It takes about five minutes to get from the inpatient department to the outpatient room, so he still has twenty minutes left.
Many outpatient services start at two in the afternoon.
The bone-setting clinic starts work at one, an hour earlier than regular clinics.
Doctor Xu might have considered that given the high number of patients, little time means things can’t be handled efficiently.
Sometimes you encounter a difficult bone-setting case that takes forty to fifty minutes.
You can hardly treat a few cases in an afternoon.
Li Jingsheng headed towards the Bone Surgery team’s office, feeling a bit thrilled inside.
Returning to a grand hospital, with an exalted status compared to before, he felt quite good, like finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, a sense of pride and distinction.
Soon he would be able to see Ou Qinglan.
Now as colleagues, he would see her every day.
In the evening, when he helped her leave, he claimed to be her boyfriend in front of her colleagues. This time, she definitely couldn’t pretend not to know Li Jingsheng.
He quickly reached the Bone Surgery team’s office.
Unlike the consulting doctors, the bone-setting clinic doesn’t have a separate office.
Moreover, most doctors don’t go into the outpatient room to rest after meals.
As patients will follow once they see the doctor enter, resting there is practically impossible.
Many doctors prefer to sit in their office in the inpatient department.
For those with the means, they even catch a nap in their personal office.



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