医生才是一个国家的良知

今晚我以每小时900公里的速度从无锡飞回广州，在飞机上写下了这五年来我一直想讲的话。医生和病人才是任何一家医院真正的核心。医生好，病人的生命才真正有保障。有病人，医院才能形成真正的闭环。但是在中国有多少医院院长可以敢花3000多万去买一台设备，却从未对学科建设和人才培养投入任何的经费？因为医院买一台设备对个人有好处，而对学科建设和人才培养投入是对医生有好处。很多医院领导认为对医生有好处与他们无关。有这种理念的医院领导在中国简直就是大有人在，在中国越大的医院，对医生越是一毛不拔，简直是又小气又苛刻。曾经有位院长亲口告诉我：“中国医院最大的问题就是资金严重浪费”。所以才没有真正的国际关键学术领袖，当然也没有对标全球的顶级医院。学术会议简直就像菜市场，很多大佬讲完课后马上离开，从来不与来听他们讲课的医生互动沟通。2019年我们去德国柏林参加德国骨科和创伤外科学会年会。这是欧洲大陆最大规模的骨科盛会。大会主席4天时间准时在各个分会场认真听课，积极与全场医生互动沟通，他们一起讨论各种学术难题。气氛热烈，让人心潮澎湃。其实这才是一个大佬真正提升他在行业内影响力的唯一机会。我多么希望2023年就是中国医院的元年。毕竟人才才能成就一家伟大的医院，医生才是一个国家的良知。

That night, I took a flight back from Wuxi to Guangzhou at a speed of 900 kilometers per hour. On the plane, I wrote down the words that had been kept in my heart for the past five years. Doctors and patients are the true core of any hospital. With capable doctors, the lives of patients are genuinely safeguarded. With ample patients, the doctors can truly fulfill their medical expertise. This forms a success circle of a hospital. However, many hospital presidents in China are willing to spend over 30 million yuan to purchase a medical device, yet have never considered investing in specialty construction and talent cultivation of the hospital？Because purchasing medical devices benefits some of the directors by kickback, while investing in specialty construction and talent cultivation benefits the doctors. And many hospital directors believe that actions benefiting doctors are unrelated to their interests. In China, there are plenty of directors hold this belief. The larger the hospital, the stingier and more demanding they are toward doctors. A hospital president once told me that the biggest issue in Chinese hospitals is the serious waste of funds. That's why there's a lack of money to cultivate key international academic leaders. Consequently, there are no top-tier hospitals that can benchmark against internationally well-known hospitals in China. The academic meetings are in chaos.. The so-called big shots leave right after giving their lectures and never truly interact with their colleagues. In 2019, we went to Berlin, Germany, to participate in the largest orthopedic event in Europe – the Annual Congress of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery. Within four days of the congress, the chairs attended various sessions on time, actively listened to lectures, enthusiastically discussed on various academic challenges with all the attendees. The atmosphere on-site was exhilarating. In fact, the only opportunity for a top doctor to truly enhance his influence within the industry is through participating in conferences actively. How I wish 2023 would be the year of the Chinese hospital. After all, talent makes a great hospital, and doctors are the reflect of conscience of a nation.