Chapter 14 — On my first day as Director, I was kicked out of the cafeteria by the resident doctor

I folded the documents on the table.

“Make an appointment with Luu My Hoa, this afternoon.”

At two thirty in the afternoon, Luu My Hoa sat across from me. Her aura was stronger than the previous encounters, her back was very straight, as if she was ready to fight a fierce battle.

“Chief Liu, do you know what I'm looking for you for?”

“Some of it can be guessed.”

“Let's try it.”

“I want to ask about Dinh Lam coming for an interview.”

“I don't want to ask, I want you to say it yourself.”

She was silent for a few seconds.

"Director Co, I feel that the voices within the hospital cannot leak out. To Nha Lam's post was deleted, in the staff chat group no one dared to say a word, and the people in the Bone and Joint Department were threatened into silence. I feel that is not right."

“So you went through your brother to contact the journalist?”

She did not deny it.

"I asked my younger brother to introduce me a bit. But I have no involvement in the content of the interview. What Dinh Lam writes is her professional judgment."

“Do you feel you did the right thing?”

“I feel like everyone has the right to speak up.”

“The right to speak up.” I repeated once, "So I ask you, when you brought the reporter in, did you think about the consequences?"

“What consequences?”

"If Dinh Lam writes a false article, saying that the Director of Hai Thanh Hospital 1 took advantage of his position to take private revenge, the conclusion of 'neglect of management' that the inspection team has just determined will be distorted by public opinion into 'Director's retaliation'. Phuong Tri Vien's disciplinary sentence will be overturned, and the issue of violations in attracting talent will be redefined as 'normal operations'. Do you think that is a good result?"

The corner of Luu My Hoa's mouth twitched.

“Dinh Lam is a responsible reporter, she will not write false reports.”

"I don't judge whether she is responsible or not. But your contact with outside media to interfere with the hospital's internal management issues, this itself, according to the hospital's regulations, belongs to what?"

Luu My Hoa's face changed.

“Violation of information management discipline.”

I'm neither right nor wrong.

“Chief Liu, I won't prosecute you for this matter.”

She raised her head, surprise in her eyes.

“But I need you to do something.”

"Bring everything you know about To Nha Lam's special privileges in the hospital, write it into a written report and submit it to me. Not to repress her, but because the Human Resources Department needs to comprehensively re-evaluate her performance during the work process to serve the re-evaluation. You are the Head of Nursing Department, have direct interaction with the nursing team in the Bone and Joint Department, your words carry more weight than mine."

Liu My Hoa was silent for a long time.

“You're forcing me to express my attitude.”

"I'm asking you to do something that a manager should do. You've worked at this hospital for 30 years, you know better than anyone what To Nha Lam does in the department. You didn't say it then, you don't say it now, if something bigger happens later, are you still planning on not saying it?"

Her hands tightened on her thighs.

"Okay. I write."

When she reached the door, she looked back.

“Director Co, you are really difficult to deal with.”

“I didn't come here to be easy to deal with.”

The door closes.