An Opportunity
The new dean parachuted in to take over Seventh People's Hospital really was a capable man. In just three days after reporting for duty, he had taken over all of Great Dean Zhou's work, paying attention to every aspect, down to the smallest details.
The middle managers and lower-level staff beneath them had barely even noticed that the two deans had completed the handover.
Great Dean Zhou stayed at Seventh People's Hospital for another two days, finally completing all his retirement paperwork and truly retiring. The hospital's senior leadership even got together for a farewell dinner to send off their old leader as he retired with honor.
Although Great Dean Zhou had warned him, the new dean's first three initiatives after taking office—personally set in motion—still came down on Li Bai.
Huxi City's Health system had originally planned for its internal staff rotation to last only twenty days.
But City First Hospital in Huxi City was truly reluctant to let a young doctor capable of shouldering major responsibilities return to his original workplace just like that. After the leaders of the two hospitals reached a private agreement, they kept him on for a while longer.
The verbal agreement was that he would be borrowed until the end of the year.
But hardly had Dean Zhou retired when Seventh People's Hospital's new head changed his mind. He called City First Hospital's dean directly and said that the psychiatric department at Seventh People's Hospital was short-staffed at the end of the year, demanding that Li Bai return even though he was still working regular nine-to-five hours at City First.
When a successor dislikes a predecessor's policies, he can use his authority to change them outright. This is a common case of policies dying when their originator leaves office, and it