The recent incident at a hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was a big surprise. A doctor named Mr. Wei was forced to leave his job, and the reason behind it was that he was treating his disease too quickly!
On May 16, Mr. Wei's revelations in Chengdu, Sichuan, were like a stone thrown into a calm lake, stirring up a thousand waves. Mr. Wei originally worked as a rehabilitation doctor in a hospital in Hanzhong, and he was originally a quiet treatment and life-saving position, but who knew that he was forced to leave his job because of "too fast treatment".
The trigger for the incident came from Mr. Wei's immediate superior, Director Shi. According to Mr. Wei's recollection, Director Shi once said: "When a patient comes to the hospital and is cured in three or five days, how can the hospital make money?" This is unthinkable in any healthcare facility where the well-being of patients is the priority.
Mr. Wei is a conscientious doctor who insists on treating patients quickly and effectively so that they can recover quickly. This practice won the trust and gratitude of the patients, but made Director Shi extremely dissatisfied. Director Shi believes that this will lead to a decline in the hospital's income. Therefore, Mr. Wei was often called to Director Shi's office to receive so-called "criticism" and "education".
Mr. Shi also limited Mr. Wei's influence by adjusting the distribution of work. He once said: "Now it's all teamwork, one person cures all the patients, and everyone else definitely doesn't agree that all the work is on you alone." This kind of obvious only looking out for his own interests made Mr. Wei feel very angry and helpless.
Director Shi asked Mr. Wei to be transferred from the rehabilitation department to the ophthalmology department. Ophthalmology is a completely unfamiliar field for a doctor who specializes in rehabilitation, and the daily work can be difficult due to lack of experience. Mr. Wei was very confused and frustrated by this inexplicable transfer.
Mr. Wei eventually chose to leave, and he could not bear to work in an environment where economic benefits were prioritized over patients' health. After leaving, he did not choose to remain silent and broke all this news to the media.
The reporter then contacted the hospital to verify the incident. The hospital's response was unexpected—they claimed that neither Mr. Wei nor Mr. Shi were regular employees of the hospital, but interns sent by other companies.
It is difficult to understand the absurdity of this explanation, how can an intern be responsible for such an important rehabilitation task alone? Even for interns, the hospital's handling of the situation is extremely unreasonable, and the hospital is deliberately covering up the truth.
Mr. Wei was forced to "leave" because his technique was too clever and the treatment was too fast, and the logic of this hospital was also drunk! Hospitals are supposed to be a sanctuary for saving lives, but they have become "money-making machines", as if the more patients and the longer they stay in the hospital, the better. This kind of practice of putting interests first and putting patients' health aside is an eye-opener.
The hospital's "they are interns" rhetoric is simply impossible for the screenwriter to make up such an outrageous plot. An "intern" can single-handedly carry the entire rehabilitation department, what kind of fairy intern is this? Isn't this an overt cover-up to steal the bell?
This wave of operations makes people feel that this is an absurd drama. I hope that Mr. Wei can find a place that respects medical ethics and patients' health more in the future to continue his career as a doctor. This hospital should really reflect on whether it should focus back on saving people.
Hospitals are life-saving places, not money-making factories!