Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 1163 - 1122: Proud of Ourselves

At the beginning of the reception, Minister Xiao and Mayor Han each gave brief speeches, and after a brief exchange with several attending deans and important figures, they accepted Lin Jie's invitation to have lunch together.To be honest, Lin Jie just made a polite invitation, not expecting them to take it seriously.

Earlier, there was no mention of lunch in the scheduled communication arranged by the Minister's office staff; after the ribbon-cutting, signing ceremony, and reception speech, Minister Xiao was supposed to return.

Helplessly, without special preparations, Lin Jie had to lead the government officials to the outdoor self-service dining area to get their own lunches like everyone else.

Minister Xiao and Mayor Han didn't put on airs and lined up for their meals.

Lin Jie took two ribs, about a pound each, the secret recipe roasted pork ribs from Fenghuang Country Farm, along with some vegetables and fruits, a glass of water, and returned to the hall with Minister Xiao and Mayor Han to sit in a relatively quiet rest area.

Minister Xiao looked at his tray with two small servings of vegetables, two pieces of fried fish, a bowl of soup, two small whole-wheat buns, and then at Lin Jie's large portion of pork ribs, smilingly asked, "Aren't doctors quite health-conscious? Expert Lin, aren't you worried about the greasiness of eating such a large piece of roast ribs?"

Lin Jie explained, "Firstly, these ribs are delicious, suiting my taste, and secondly, my body has high energy consumption, usually needing to eat more high-calorie food to replenish what my body requires."

Minister Xiao lightly exclaimed, nodding, "I have heard that most of the surgeries you've taken over are high-difficulty ones, often lasting over ten hours, so it's normal for the body to consume a lot."

Lin Jie took a bite of roasted pork and casually said, "Doing surgery is just physical exertion and relatively manageable. The main challenge is during preparation, pondering and deducing the best surgical plan, which is mentally taxing and makes me hungry quickly."

Minister Xiao seemed enlightened, saying, "Your words make me realize that creating miracles again and again is not luck at all."

He took a sip of soup and softly said, "Expert Lin, do you know? In our medical market, not counting imported medicine and medical equipment, just for overseas medical treatment alone, the annual expenditure by our people abroad exceeds a hundred billion!"

"So much?" Lin Jie was a bit surprised.

Minister Xiao nodded and said, "This number is increasing at a rate of ten percent annually."

"Many people go abroad for treatment because they now have the means, and traveling overseas is more convenient, and also because there is indeed some apparent disparity between our country's medical level and that of developed countries."

"However, objectively speaking, the conditions of those going abroad for treatment, over ninety percent are treatable domestically."

Lin Jie did not express an opinion.

He knew he had limited knowledge in this area, so it was best not to speak carelessly.

Minister Xiao continued, "Recently, Expert Lin, you've consecutively produced medical research results that have shocked the world, which has greatly boosted people's confidence in domestic medical services."

"They now know that our country can have doctors of world-class caliber, capable of creating medical research results sought after by medical institutions around the world."

"When this confidence becomes more abundant, patients who wished to go abroad will change their mind and stay domestically."

Lin Jie modestly said, "This requires the joint efforts of more medical professionals; my contribution alone is very limited."

Minister Xiao laughed heartily, saying, "Expert Lin, you're on the same page as us."

"One can't form a forest alone. Our country needs more outstanding doctors like Expert Lin to emerge."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Expert Lin, you've always been committed to medical education, not only earnestly mentoring over a dozen students but also setting up a medical orientation class with Bin University Medical College."

Minister Xiao sighed again and said, "In the past twenty years, the number of medical graduates our country produces annually has been increasing, but the overall medical level of the country compared to developed countries has been very slow in improving."

"We've also considered reforming medical education and the doctor training mechanism, but resistance is significant, and we don't have very good alternative plans."

"Expert Lin, do you have any thoughts about medical education?"

"Well..." Lin Jie hesitated a bit.

Seeing this, Minister Xiao persuaded, "Expert Lin, feel free to speak openly, we're just having a casual chat over lunch. Speak whatever comes to mind; we listen casually, and any harsh criticism is fine."

Mayor Han also lightly laughed and said, "Expert Lin, just speak boldly; we won't take it too seriously."

Lin Jie, feeling a bit embarrassed, said, "It's not that I don't dare to speak, it's just that I've never thought about this issue, so I have nothing to say."

He smiled and said, "Minister Xiao mentioned the dozen students I teach; actually, it was Professor Chen Shi's trick, forcing me to become their teacher."

"At that time, I had no teaching experience, only knew to pile knowledge onto them like feeding ducks, assigning learning tasks, originally thinking that some would not be able to endure and give up, then I could comfortably teach three to five people."

"But to my surprise, they all persisted until now."

Speaking of this, Lin Jie had some ideas and said, "Last year, during Medical College's graduate recruitment, I asked them a question: why study medicine!"

"At least seventy to eighty percent of the students replied that it was their parents' or teachers' suggestion, not their own will."

He deeply felt and said, "Studying medicine is very tough, extremely tough, and requires perseverance over years."

"Without a strong inner drive, self-restraint, and a strong expectation for a beautiful future, it's really hard to study medicine well and become a respected doctor."

"However, the university education system in our country..."

Lin Jie thought for a moment and said, "After a few years, graduating for students is not difficult."

"But in studying medicine, the worst thing is having the mindset of muddling through. Once students have this mindset, they only become ordinary doctors at best with a sixty percent passing rate."

Minister Xiao pondered for a moment, helplessly shook his head, and said, "Regarding university education, we can't achieve strict entrance and strict exit, while the training of doctors is an elite education. It's best to use rigorous elimination teaching..."

Suddenly, he smiled and said, "Expert Lin, to speak bluntly, even if Professor Chen's students are excellent, it's still limited. They actually can keep following you to learn and persist."

"It can be seen that this inner drive and self-restraint, among others, are changeable."

Mayor Han nodded in agreement and said, "As graduate students, they still have judgment."

"They are attracted by Expert Lin's talent and understand that persisting will undoubtedly lead to significant gains, naturally they will persist desperately without the mindset of muddling through."

Minister Xiao slowly said, "Expert Lin, I have an idea."

"If we use Expert Lin's name to establish a medical college, say Anlin Medical College, implementing a rigorous entrance and exit high elimination teaching method with the goal of nurturing elite doctors."

"Would this be feasible?"

"Minister Xiao, whether this method is feasible or not, I don't know."

Lin Jie refused, saying, "I don't have any extra energy to be distracted by other things."

"Just borrow Expert Lin and Anlin Hospital's name!"

Mayor Han pondered and said, "As far as I know, Expert Lin, your high standards and strict requirements are well-known in the industry. Although this newly established medical college will have strict requirements, it will undoubtedly attract those young students who truly love medicine."

"For them, the higher the requirements, the better."

"Just like Expert Lin can support a world-class hospital alone, such elite doctors, if we train a few, perhaps can change the appearance of a hospital."

Mayor Han clearly became interested and said, "The medical health industry is Binhai City's strategic development focus for the next decade. Having a world-class hospital is not enough; a world-class medical college is also needed."

Minister Xiao continued, saying, "Expert Lin, Mayor Han, actually, our Health Commission has always had similar ideas for elite education, but we never found a suitable entry point."

"Now, it can be said to be a good time to try."

Lin Jie glanced at Minister Xiao and Mayor Han, who were watching him, and reiterated, "I still want to live a few more years, I don't have the energy to get involved with other things..."

After lunch, sending off Minister Xiao, Mayor Han, Yuan Jiangjun, and others, Lin Jie felt the atmosphere of the banquet significantly lighten.

An Kexin immediately came to Lin Jie's side, lowered her voice, excitedly said, "A Jie, guess how much congratulatory money we received?"

"Over ten million?" Lin Jie casually asked!

An Kexin stretched out five fingers, waving them in front of Lin Jie, and said, "Nearly fifty million! Young Master Ye's gift was the highest, eight million eight hundred thousand. Twenty-three units and individuals gave gifts exceeding one million."

"In addition, we also received many gifts like root carvings, jade carvings, reliefs, vases, stone carvings, bonsai, and so on."

She took out her phone and continued, "Also, thousands of netizens online have sent their blessings to Anlin Hospital."

"Let me show you something special!"

Lin Jie took the phone and found it was a video montage.

Upon opening it, he saw a family of three or seven or eight family members, in front of the camera, unanimously congratulating Anlin Hospital on its opening.

An Kexin explained, "A Jie, these are patients saved by the Anlin Charity Fund, who voluntarily filmed videos with their families using their phones. Since the day before yesterday, such videos have been uploaded to our website one after another."

"Yesterday, we had the most uploads, with 121 videos."

"This morning, someone edited these videos and made a compilation. A total of 198 families congratulated us through the video."

She said excitedly, "Seeing these complete families one by one, I can't help but feel proud of us!"

"We are indeed proud. We are doing good deeds, saving one person is equivalent to saving a family!"

After saying this, Lin Jie saw Zheng Yuancheng walking toward him.