This intrathecal pain management device implantation is a joint project between the anesthesiology and oncology departments, so Li Haiyang accompanied Zhao Heng throughout the process, only the main decision-making power for this review lies with Zhao Heng.

"Dr. Zhao, if only you were one of us in the oncology department."

Li Haiyang, waiting with Zhao Heng for the representatives from Sino Company to arrive, suddenly expressed this feeling.

"Has there been an increase in patients coming in for this procedure recently?"

Hearing what Li Haiyang said, Zhao Heng asked.

"More than just an increase, it's a complete rush. Based on the current number of potential patients, even in 10 years, it might not be possible to manage them all."

Li Haiyang said with great emotion.

If you're not in the medical field, you can't understand how astonishing the incidence rate of cancer is.

And for some cancers, by the time they're discovered, they're already at a mid or late stage.

For patients with advanced cancer, the main treatment is actually pain management, to improve the quality of life in their final stages.

So as soon as this intrathecal pain management device implantation project was introduced, it immediately caused a stir in the circle of advanced cancer pain treatment.

Every day, a large number of advanced cancer patients came here, drawn by its reputation.

"Why not train a few more doctors who can perform this procedure?"

Seeing the distress on Li Haiyang's face, Zhao Heng couldn't help but say.

"That's easier said than done. You have to understand that the implantation of this intrathecal pain management device involves a puncture on the spine, and this puncture isn't a one-time action, the silicone catheter needs to remain in the medullary cavity long-term."

"So, the choice of puncture location is extremely important. This technique can be practiced in a short time, but experience undoubtedly requires time to accumulate."

Hearing Zhao Heng's words, Li Haiyang shook his head slightly.

The idea of rapidly training a large number of doctors who can perform intrathecal pain management device implantation is simply unfeasible.

The implantation of the intrathecal pain management device itself is already a very advanced and high-end surgery.

"Try to bring out a few more people, then it'll be easier for all of us."

Zhao Heng thought for a moment and said.

He didn't have three heads and six arms, much less the ability to clone himself, so he couldn't handle all the surgeries for so many patients alone.

"For now, that's all we can do."

Li Haiyang nodded and said somewhat helplessly.

Sometimes that's the helplessness of being a doctor, clearly having developed better treatment projects, but for various reasons, such treatments cannot benefit all patients.

While the two were chatting, two people suddenly came into the office.

Seeing them, Zhao Heng realized it was Gu Jia and a middle-aged, balding engineer.

Today, Gu Jia seemed to have dressed up intentionally, wearing a professional skirt suit and high heels, with light makeup on her face, making her appear very capable and sharp.

She seemed different from the last time Zhao Heng saw her.

"Dr. Li."

"Old classmate, we meet again."

Gu Jia smiled and greeted both Li Haiyang and Zhao Heng.

At this moment, a nurse from the oncology department entered the doctor's office and said something to Li Haiyang.

"Dr. Zhao, a few more patients have been admitted; I'll leave this review to you. Once the report is out, just put it on my desk, and I'll hand it to Director Liu later."

It seemed there was something going on in the oncology department, so Li Haiyang said to Zhao Heng.

"Okay, sure."

Zhao Heng nodded.

Li Haiyang glanced at Gu Jia, nodded to her, and left the office.

"Dr. Zhao, we meet again. I managed to develop that plugin you mentioned last time, let's take a look at it together once we're done here."

Gu Jia hadn't spoken yet, but the middle-aged, balding engineer, Liu Gong, eagerly spoke to Zhao Heng.

Previously in the cardiovascular surgery department, because of issues related to the pacemaker, Zhao Heng discussed an idea with Liu Gong, about researching a plugin specifically for pacemakers that could be used during surgeries on patients with pacemakers.

Surprisingly, Liu Gong actually took it in, and shortly after returning to the company, he reported the project to the company executives, who gave it strong support and approved it.

"Sure, that's great."

Zhao Heng nodded, having a very deep impression of this middle-aged, balding engineer, Liu Gong.

To put it simply, Liu Gong gave off a bit of a tech-savvy vibe.

Whenever it came to technical matters, he seemed to forget about eating and sleeping.

Seeing Zhao Heng and the middle-aged, balding engineer Liu Gong engrossed in their conversation, Gu Jia couldn't help but smile.

Recently, Gu Jia has been thriving at the company.

Not only is Manager Huang Zhongsheng very polite to her, but ever since she took charge of the Eastern Hospital business liaison, the company executives have started to pay attention to her.

It can be said that Gu Jia's career ascent has suddenly been opened up.

Of course, Gu Jia hasn't forgotten that she owes everything she has now to Zhao Heng.

Although Zhao Heng helped her unintentionally, to Gu Jia, he could be considered a benefactor in her life.

"Liu Gong, is there a possibility of reducing the cost of the intrathecal pain management device in the short term?"

Zhao Heng asked as he watched Liu Gong handle the samples.

"Dr. Zhao, it's very difficult. The most important part of this device is actually the microcomputer pump, which controls the drug delivery."

"Programming isn't too hard, but the special chips used in these microcomputer pumps can't be produced by us at the moment, so we can only rely entirely on imports."

Hearing Zhao Heng's question, Liu Gong shook his head slightly and said with a sigh.

"Is there a possibility of independent research or an alternative?"

Zhao Heng asked again.

The reason he asked is he thought if they could independently research or have an alternative method, then the cost of intrathecal pain management implantation could drop significantly, allowing more terminal cancer patients to afford it.

"Currently, it's difficult to achieve."

Liu Gong shook his head again and said.

"I see."

Zhao Heng nodded, responding calmly.

"I have already applied for the maximum possible concession from the headquarters."

Hearing the conversation between Zhao Heng and Liu Gong, Gu Jia suddenly said to Zhao Heng.

The concession Gu Jia mentioned is actually a sales strategy.

As a commercial medical company, Sino naturally puts profit first, but making money sometimes requires certain strategies, the most important one being maintaining contact with clients.

So, offering concessions is one such sales strategy.

However, this sales strategy is generally only used as a last resort.

By doing this, Gu Jia could be said to have shown her cards early.

"Okay."

Hearing Gu Jia's words, Zhao Heng nodded.

In terms of healthcare costs, the less the better.

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