Josiah didn’t expect Mr. MacMillan from the Health Bureau to be there. After being reminded of this, he hurriedly excused himself to Adrian, then went to the next box with his glass.
“Who’s in the next box?” Adrian asked Molie.
“It’s Samuel, the director of Neva Hospital, and Mr. MacMillan from the Health Bureau,” Molie said.
Adrian nodded casually and didn’t say anything.
Josiah entered the room and was shocked to see Mr. MacMillan and Samuel. He hurriedly said, “Sorry. Mr. MacMillan, Mr. Hood, I didn’t know you guys were here. Otherwise, I would have come over to make a toast!”
“I’m so sorry!” Then he picked up his glass and drank it down in one go. “I will drink first to apologize to you!”
Samuel, however, said coldly, “Mr. Wells, you’re amazing. You’ve got exchange places with the Méreau Clinic, so you don’t care about us, the leaders of the higher hospitals and the bigwigs of the Health Bureau?”
Josiah shivered and hurriedly said, “Mr. Hood, how could I have thought that? I just found out that Mr. MacMillan was here. Therefore, I immediately came here to make a toast!”
Mr. MacMillan’s face was gloomy. He also felt that it was rude for Josiah, the director of the county hospital, to come to Mimar City and not pay a visit to himself at first.
Samuel’s words made him even angrier.
“I think what Mr. Hood said is true,” Mr. MacMillan looked at Josiah and sneered.
Josiah paled in fear and said, “Mr. MacMillan, have I offended you?”
Mr. MacMillan said coldly, “Don’t you know if you’ve offended me?”
Samuel sneered, “All Grade-A tertiary hospitals refuse to work with Poly Pharmaceutical, but your hospital works with it. You have a lot of nerve to disobey Mr. MacMillan.”
Josiah said awkwardly, “Mr. Hood, Mr. MacMillan, I’m just following the orders of the provincial government.”
“Orders from the provincial government? Why don’t I know that?” Mr. MacMillan tapped the table and asked coldly, starting to embarrass Josiah.
Josiah didn’t dare to speak because Mr. MacMillan was a very powerful person in the medical community of Neva Province, and he didn’t dare to mess with him. If he pissed off Mr. MacMillan, he might be fired tomorrow.
”Mr. MacMillan, don’t be angry. It’s easy to handle this matter…” Samuel echoed.
“Mr. Hood, how to solve it?” Mr. MacMillan said.
“Have Mr. Wells give up all those places. Have Mr. Wells tell the Méreau Clinic that they aren’t good enough to exchange with the Méreau Clinic,” Samuel said.
Mr. MacMillan nodded slightly and said, ”Mr. Wells, what do you think of Mr. Hood’s suggestion?”
Josiah understood. This time, the Méreau Clinic’s exchange had excluded all Grade-A tertiary hospitals, making Mr. MacMillan and Samuel unhappy. But it was out of his control!
Instead, they blamed him, making him feel uncomfortable and confused.
“Mr. MacMillan, this is something I can’t control. Even if I refused the Méreau Clinic, they wouldn’t necessarily be willing to yield the place to Mr. Hood and other Grade-A tertiary hospitals,” Josiah said with resignation.
“I don’t care if they give us a place or not. But your people can’t go, and the same goes for the people from the other township hospitals!” Mr. MacMillan said brutally and domineeringly.
“If your people set foot in the Méreau Clinic, I’ll have you fired tomorrow! I am not kidding!”
When Josiah heard Mr. MacMillan’s harsh words, his face clouded over.
He gritted his teeth fiercely and said, “Mr. MacMillan, you are hindering the development of medicine in Neva Province! I disagree. I will go!”
Mr. MacMillan didn’t think a small county hospital director would dare to disobey an order.
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