The Enhanced Doctor

Chapter 1095: Chapter 1095: Pediatrics Is Almost a "Chronic Problem

This night passed quite easily since there aren’t major surgeries every night. Moreover, the emergency center is genuinely strong now, and unless it’s critically ill patients, there’s typically no need to call Liu Banxia.

This counts as leadership treatment, I suppose. Even though everyone usually jokes around freely, people do pay some attention in this regard.

Anyone who truly disregards this is genuinely foolish.

After getting up in the morning, Liu Banxia happily ran to the cafeteria to get breakfast and then happily ran back to Qiaoqiao’s ward.

To be fair, Qiaoqiao’s treatment in the emergency center is way better than his, at least today’s breakfast for Qiaoqiao was specially prepared by Zhou Qiang.

Looking at Qiaoqiao’s sea urchin steamed egg, he felt quite tempted.

"If you want some, I’ll share with you," Qiaoqiao said cheerfully.

"I’ll pass; my breakfast is mainly millet porridge, and it tastes quite good," Liu Banxia said.

"Hehe, coming to the hospital is genuinely quite nice. Manager Zhou can have meals delivered for lunch and dinner, even better than staying at a hotel, and the food here is decent," Qiaoqiao said.

"Are Yanzi and the others coming over today?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Of course, Yanzi is competing to be the lead godmother. Sometimes she even chats with the little ones; I don’t know if they can understand," Qiaoqiao said while stealing a spoonful of millet porridge from his bowl.

"Oh dear, what if they understand? If they start treating Yanzi as their real mom, what should I do then? Wouldn’t all my troubles be for nothing? Is it too late to change things?"

As he talked, Qiaoqiao genuinely started to worry.

Feeling helpless, Liu Banxia said, "You can relax; Yanzi only occasionally talks to them while you do it every day; the children will definitely remember you."

"Ah, that’s true; I forgot about that," Qiaoqiao paused and then stopped worrying.

"You know what, should we let Sister Huang tell us whether it’s a boy or girl today? Actually, I’m not in a hurry but kind of want to know,"

"Not planning to wait until the end?" Liu Banxia asked with a smile.

"It’s fine not telling me, let Sister Huang tell you. But then again, if I ask you, you’ll have to share," Qiaoqiao said worriedly.

Actually, discussing the unborn child’s gender is a topic they often talk about. To say they talk about it every day is an exaggeration, but whenever Qiaoqiao remembers, she’ll chat about it.

According to Yanzi, it’s just silly talk. At times like these, if someone was selling Qiaoqiao, she’d help to count the money.

In the end, they decided to stick to their original viewpoint — to keep it a surprise until the birth.

After a delightful breakfast, Liu Banxia returned to the reception hall full of energy.

"Everyone, keep up the good work! Even if anyone finds out whether my two little ones are boys or girls, keep it a secret," Liu Banxia said.

"Teacher Liu, won’t you take a look?" Liu Yiqing asked curiously.

"No, let’s wait for the surprise," Liu Banxia replied.

Actually, he somewhat believed that what the last patient said was probably not wrong. After all, other things the patient mentioned were so accurate — this was at least their last prophecy.

"Given that, how about celebrating a bit today? Come help us in pediatrics; no surgeries, right?" Passing by, Chen Hongyang asked.

"None scheduled for today or tomorrow; more pediatric patients around?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Now the weather’s cooler; cold air occasionally comes, and if parents pay a bit less attention, the children end up catching a cold," Chen Hongyang replied.

"Alright, I’ll work for you today," Liu Banxia nodded.

Now, you could say most other departments have filled their positions adequately, even the anesthesiology department added two anesthetists, but recruitment in pediatrics truly faces tough challenges.

The large patient intake is a main factor, and many cases in the emergency department are pediatric ones.

There are many children here, perhaps because parents are concerned, bringing them in for emergency checks when they feel unwell.

Diagnosing is naturally the pediatricians’ responsibility, and Liu Banxia becomes the helper. He excels at giving injections to children, a skill even Chen Hongyang, the pediatric expert, admires.

After a busy morning, Liu Banxia served many young patients.

Having helped in pediatrics before, today he noticed that the consultation volume in pediatrics has notably increased.

"Seems like your department is facing quite a lot of pressure lately," Liu Banxia said to Chen Hongyang.

"It’s always like this; we should have reflected on it. But recruiting pediatricians is really tough now unless we increase the salary and benefits," Chen Hongyang said.

"I’ll report this to the director when I have a chance; whether it gets approved, I’m unsure. After all, it’s not a matter of one or two people," Liu Banxia said.

"We know that, which is why we haven’t spoken up. Working in pediatrics, these conditions are too normal. Still, when the opportunity arises, mention it; perhaps some improvements can be made, so we’re not always worn out,"

"You’ve seen our pediatric department’s duty roster, it’s pretty packed. Getting one more person would make things much more relaxed for us, I haven’t had a day off for a month and a half."

"Don’t worry, I’ll definitely bring it up. The director is attending a hospital meeting today, I’ll block his office when he’s back to make sure he doesn’t forget amidst all the busywork," Liu Banxia said sincerely.

He’s actually said similar things many times, but it’s not like saying it would make a difference.

Currently, the salary standards for recruiting in the pediatric department have been somewhat supplemented, but still, no one wants to come. This is common in pediatrics—high work pressure.

Actually, the treatment at Second Hospital is quite good. If it were a more ordinary hospital, anyone with ideas wouldn’t stick around for long.

After busying around for so long, the pressure on admissions hasn’t eased a bit, but the pediatric environment has been effectively improved.

That’s considered an achievement. Taking care of kids is something you must get familiar with early on. He’s about to become the father of two children; it’s too late to learn on the spot.

Just stepped out and received a message from Qiaoqiao saying, "Everything’s normal."

That’s a relief; no need to worry about it.

"Comrade Old Chen, could I report a situation to you?" Just at that moment, he saw Chen Xuehai, so Liu Banxia quickly called out.

"What are you up to again?" Chen Xuehai asked warily.

"What could I be up to? This is serious business," Liu Banxia said.

"I just visited pediatrics, the pressure on admissions is huge. Could you inform the director that we need to recruit more staff? With the current situation, if we don’t recruit someone, I’m worried people might be worn out."

"Could you just get to the point directly?" Chen Xuehai asked helplessly.

"Hehe, perhaps we could slightly improve the benefits for pediatric doctors. Since pediatrics is indeed a somewhat special department, if someone is reluctant, they could be given a raise to fill in there," Liu Banxia said.

"I reckon this matter should be taken up with the director by you. I honestly can’t manage it. There are so many departments hoping for a pay raise, ICU faces a similar pressure too, what will be done about that?" Chen Xuehai replied.

"So, what now? The pediatric department is really operating at full capacity," Liu Banxia said.

"It’s not only here; even the inpatient pediatric department is short-staffed, though not as evidently as we are," Chen Xuehai said.

"This is a chronic condition, so we need to enhance our reputation further. Only when the reputation is significant can we attract others over. Otherwise, with no appeal, who would come?"

"Even with a big reputation, it might not be of much use. After all, pediatrics isn’t our strong suit," Liu Banxia thought for a while and said.

"Don’t think too far ahead just yet, first we need to gather people together, then think about enhancement," Chen Xuehai laughed and said.

"Wanting to get it right in one go is somewhat difficult, but gaining some appeal to attract doctors, I think that’s still possible."

"For now, the only idea I have is this. Just increasing salary won’t work, it would disturb the current balance. Moving things around will only complicate matters further."

Liu Banxia nodded, it’s indeed the case.

Although the pediatric department in the emergency center isn’t as strong as specialized hospitals, with Chen Hongyang overseeing it, it’s still quite remarkable.

However, after thinking it through, Liu Banxia’s gaze became somewhat resentful, was Chen Xuehai implying something?

"Don’t look at me like that, you’re the one who brought it up," Chen Xuehai said.

"Sigh... traps are everywhere, unwittingly falling into them," Liu Banxia said with a wry smile.

"I really don’t have that much energy nowadays; I don’t know why at the time I foolishly thought about learning pediatric surgery and orthopedic surgery."

"Haven’t even understood my own job yet, already eyeing others’. Right now, NOSES surgery has truly consumed too much energy, and trauma patient admissions need to proceed too."

"Recently, the patients sent to us generally have quite severe injuries, it’s nothing like before. In trauma emergency care, we’re among the top, hasn’t your workload also increased?"

"It’s a lot, but it has to be done. Plus, our surgeries here, they’re always urgent cases," Chen Xuehai also began to voice complaints.

"Unlike you, at least you can still schedule surgery days, I’m finding it hard to schedule now. There are more heart attack patients, so can I be lazy?"

"The only thing that gives us some peace is that discipline is still manageable, except for some silent gossip about you, nothing else has happened."

"Heartbroken, seems like a complaint session. Qi is waving, probably a critical patient has arrived," Liu Banxia said.

"A pregnant woman will be brought in soon, I’ve already called obstetrics. Fell on the roadside, has a wound on her neck," Qi Wentai said.

"Is she full term?" Liu Banxia asked.

Qi Wentai shook his head, "A bit over seven months, not showing signs of labor yet."

"That’s somewhat good news, logically, I should avoid this," Liu Banxia said with a bitter smile.