Chapter 1123: Specialty Hospital

In fact, Xie Wanying had guessed it and estimated that her guess was more or less accurate. If not a doctor at Guoxie, and also the son of the renowned cardiothoracic surgeon Teacher Zhang, the only possible destination was that hospital: “Guo Zhi Hospital.”

As she uttered these two words, a few people on the scene widened their eyes.

“See, I told you she could guess it.” Uncle Zhang proudly said to his mother.

Teacher Lu angrily slapped him: “What are you so happy about? Your father raised you to stay at Guoxie, not to go to Guo Zhi Hospital. You know it’s the thing that bothers your father the most, yet you insist on being a doctor at Guo Zhi Hospital, even aiming to be the head of their emergency department, trying to anger your father to death!”

Slapped by his mother, Uncle Zhang’s eyebrows arched, seemingly thick-skinned and unaffected, as he continued to speak with his mother: “Who knows, I might become the dean of Guo Zhi Hospital in the future.”

During this moment of eye contact between mother and son, there was actually no smile in Uncle Zhang’s eyes. Teacher Lu’s eyes almost brimmed with tears.

This adopted son, who became a complete orphan after losing all his family members in a major disaster less than a month after birth. She and her husband, who had gone to the countryside for medical aid work, found this child and brought him back home to raise. They named him Zhang Huayao, hoping he would become someone useful to the nation. One could say that this couple invested even more affection in this adopted son than their own biological child because this child was more talented.

It’s not to say that Zhang Huayao was unfilial, but the choices he made later were very heartbreaking for Zhang Yuqing.

What kind of hospital is Guo Zhi Hospital? Outsiders only know that Guo Zhi Hospital is the most famous cardiovascular specialty hospital in the nation. In the field of cardiovascular medicine, it is on par with Guoxie in the top-ranked comprehensive tri-level medical field.

The common people directly call Guo Zhi Hospital ‘Guo Zhi’, just as they directly call Guoxie ‘Guoxie’, with few people realizing the fact that both hospitals are actually affiliated with the same medical college.

Unlike Beidu and other medical colleges where top-tier affiliated hospitals only include comprehensive institutions, Guoxie Medical College aligns itself solely with specialty hospitals. In other words, Guoxie Medical College truly pursues a boutique approach. Guoxie’s affiliated hospitals are not listed as the First, Second, or Third Affiliated Hospitals in a typical sense. Hence, the common perception refers to only one comprehensive tri-level hospital when they mention Guoxie Hospital.

What situation does this create? The specialty hospitals under Guoxie have begun to overshadow certain departments within the comprehensive Guoxie Association Hospital.

Why can’t Guoxie’s cardiothoracic surgery achieve top ranking as the hepatobiliary surgery does? The reason is simple, it’s because of Guo Zhi Hospital, a cardiovascular specialty hospital coming from the same medical college.

Zhang Yuqing devoted his entire career to his department. Seeing his adopted son excel in the field of cardiothoracic surgery delighted him more than anyone, thinking that his career finally had a worthy successor. But after graduation, his adopted son chose to go to their competitor, Guo Zhi Hospital.

Teacher Lu knew that her husband, until his death, never got over the adopted son’s decision to not return home to treat him, precisely because he couldn’t accept his choice. “Mom, come on, take a breath, calm down, your heart isn’t very strong,” Zhang Huayao, as a doctor, took his mother’s pulse and said.

“You tell me clearly, why did you go to Guo Zhi?” Teacher Lu questioned him again.

“Mom, every year so many people are poached by Guoxie from Beidu, you don’t ask their reasons but only ask me why I went to Guo Zhi?” Zhang Huayao tried to put his decision in perspective for his mother, urging her not to treat him differently.