Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic novel Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Daily Income Exceeds Ten Thousand

He looked at the last item, which was also the most important - Life Points.

Originally, after upgrading the General Surgery diagnostic skills, he only had 51 points left.

At this moment, he was shocked to find that the Life Points had actually increased to 83.

This meant a total increase of 32 points.

At most, he had only received two patients!

How did the Life Points increase so much?

On average, one patient brought 16 Life Points, which was simply beyond imagination.

Under normal circumstances, successfully treating a patient would only earn 1 Life Point. If you received a positive review from a patient, you could earn an additional 10 Life Points.

That’s right, he successfully found the cause of the old man’s illness, removed it, then returned the money the old lady gave, earning the favor of the two elders.

Presumably, this added 10 Life Points.

But the remaining 22 Life Points still far exceed the normal gains! Could it be because of the successful removal of the old man’s lesion that an additional 10 Life Points were rewarded?

It’s possible.

Li Jingsheng felt a headache coming on, figuring out how Life Points are obtained is more mentally taxing than diagnosing a high-difficulty case.

Forget it, as he collects more over time, he will naturally understand its acquisition rules.

For now, it’s better to focus on clinic management, learning and upgrading new medical skills, and improving doctor levels.

The primary task is to upgrade the doctor levels, otherwise, the upgrade cap for various medical skills is stuck at the proficiency level, which is truly frustrating.

Whether it’s medicinal skills or diagnostic skills, merely being proficient is not enough to form an absolute advantage.

If he can level up once more, not only in this street, but in this entire residential area, he can basically be invincible.

Other than the super giant, the second hospital, which should not be provoked, he might even stand on equal footing with or defeat the community health service centers.

However, dealing with officials openly is a path to self-destruction.

If his small clinic achieves results then, he will probably need to find a backer or enhance his social standing.

...

In the afternoon, he intermittently treated several ordinary patients with colds, fevers, constipation, indigestion, and sold some supplements and two bottles of sleep aids.

Overall, compared to yesterday, the clinic’s business has already shown significant improvement.

In the evening, after closing the store, Li Jingsheng counted the day’s revenue, totaling 18,731.5 yuan. This is a turnover he wouldn’t have dared to dream of since opening the clinic.

Amid the joy, he quickly calmed down and did not become complacent.

It is still nowhere near the moment when the clouds clear and the sun shines through.

There are still many formidable foes around, and the small clinic’s competitiveness, both in software and hardware, is lacking.

While the turnover looks high, most of it is the gross income from selling supplements, health products, and equipment.

He sold two blood glucose meters today, leaving one remaining.

These were all stocked when the clinic opened, and none had ever been sold before. Unexpectedly, he managed to sell two today.

The online quote is around 400, he sells for 380, the profit is not much, only about 50 of net profit.

The real profit lies in surgeries and health products.

For the old man’s fistula removal surgery, the initial charge was 2000 yuan. He charged a uniform fee of 100 yuan per session for X-rays and B ultrasound, regardless of which was taken.

Large hospitals usually charge for X-rays by position.

But a small clinic cannot operate this way.

If you charge one patient 100 yuan for an X-ray, and another only 50 yuan for a frontal limb scan, people will think you are overcharging.

No matter how you explain it, it’s useless.

Because small clinics inherently give off an impression of unclear charges and being rip-offs.

So a uniform fee of 100 yuan is more suitable for small clinics.

This is one of the experiences Li Jingsheng has concluded after over nine months of running the clinic.

He charged the old man 200 yuan for both the B ultrasound and X-rays, after deducting a small amount for utility and depreciation of equipment, the rest was pure profit.

Conducting tests is essentially a high-return business, as long as the volume is sufficient, taking ten images a day yields a 1000 gross income.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify