OBS Chapter 529 - 243: Thriving, Benign Tumor (Part 2)
Chapter 529 - 243: Thriving, Benign Tumor (Part 2)
Otherwise, it’s hard for business to pick up.
Li Jingsheng’s medical skills are excellent, and he handles relationships with patients and their families well, which greatly helps in boosting the clinic’s business.
Moreover, his clinic now has five employees.
It’s not just him who’s good at maintaining relationships with patients; everyone works hard together.
For example, elderly customers buying health supplements usually come looking for Xiaogao.
Because they’re familiar with Xiaogao and have an emotional bond, they naturally trust him more. They believe that buying from Xiaogao not only gets them the best prices but also the most suitable medicines.
This kind of attentive service is highly attractive to customers.
It encourages them to become regulars at Sunshine Clinic and even introduce friends and family to come and buy.
The medicine quality at Sunshine Clinic is reliable, and now that they accept health insurance cards, it’s no wonder the business is more booming than before.
And this upward trend is rapid.
It’s been going up consistently these days.
This is reflected in the daily sales volume and revenue of the medicines.
The number of customer visits is also significantly increasing every day.
Li Jingsheng has replenished the membership cards three times already.
The clinic’s membership exceeds four thousand people, comparable to large pharmacy chains.
Moreover, he has the advantage of a high number of repeat customers.
The main reason is the attractive quality and price.
High quality, guaranteed, and a bit cheaper than big drugstores.
Even if the saving isn’t substantial, customers, after comparing, find the drugs at Sunshine Clinic affordable, even if it’s just five cents cheaper per box.
When initially setting the pricing strategy, Li Jingsheng put in a lot of effort.
Xiaogao thought they needed to be about 10% cheaper to capture the market, while Li Jingsheng believed a few cents cheaper, at most one yuan, would suffice.
Because, as a small clinic, if the prices are too low, anyone would wonder if they’re selling fake medicines.
How could it be so cheap?
Now, being a few cents cheaper makes customers feel it’s affordable without thinking they’re buying fake drugs.
The hard truth of "you get what you pay for" is well ingrained in people’s minds.
It’s precisely because Sunshine Clinic has its unique strengths and advantages in various areas that it’s becoming stronger like a dark horse.
Now sourcing from Best Medicine in Shanghai, replenishing stock approximately every two days, with each order ranging from at least 20,000 to nearly 40,000.
What does this mean?
Calculating with a 100% profit margin on health supplements, ordering 40,000 worth, you can sell at least 80,000.
Calculating this way, the clinic’s daily gross profit just from medicine sales can reach nearly 20,000 yuan.
Of course, it might actually be a bit less. The lower profit on ordinary medicines is factored in.
After deducting expenses like storefront, staff salaries and commissions, and daily clinic expenses, Li Jingsheng should take home about 15,000 yuan.
This is when things are going well.
On less good days, he can still generally profit around 12,000 yuan per day.
Being a boss, although risky and requiring significant investment, once successful, it’s like being a winner in life, counting money effortlessly.
These are legitimate and transparent earnings.
Unlike a hospital chief physician, who takes drug kickbacks surreptitiously.
After taking kickbacks for several years, being discovered can mean losing everything.
Li Jingsheng’s choice to open a clinic back then was indeed a right decision.
After seeing off the uncle, he continued to treat patients.
The uncle spotted Meng Luo passing by and immediately greeted her with a smile, "Little beauty, are you giving me the IV today?"
"Not sure, I’ll follow Sister Tang’s arrangements."
Meng Luo’s attitude towards this uncle was neither cold nor warm, just right.
She’s a smart girl and should know the motives behind men showing unsolicited affection.
This uncle seems to be well-off, but it depends on how Meng Luo perceives it.
"Is Tang the beauty your superior? Okay, I’ll go ask her."
The uncle stood up and went towards the busy Tang Ping.
As it was just after opening in the morning, the nurses were incredibly busy.
There were quite a few people getting injections.
Things like measuring blood pressure and temperature were also their responsibility.
Han Siying was in the medicine sales area with Xiaogao selling health supplements.
She was very clever; she was thrilled when Li Jingsheng gave her a sales commission last month.
Now, whenever she has time, she goes over to help sell drugs.
Probably wanting to earn more money to use when she becomes a resident doctor.
That way, she wouldn’t need to ask her family for money.
"Tang beauty, can we arrange for Meng Luo to give me an IV? I just like her gentle touch; it doesn’t hurt at all."
The uncle was quite forward with his words.
Many older men are like this.
They have long lost the shyness and timidity of younger boys.
"Alright! If she’s available later, I’ll arrange for her to give you the IV! Remember, Meng Luo has a boyfriend, so don’t harass her. If her boyfriend comes over to scold people, we can’t stop him."
Tang Ping has much more life experience than Meng Luo and Han Siying.
Dealing with someone like the uncle, she was soft yet firm, with a warning tone in her words.
"How could I harass her? I just want to take care of her, like my own daughter."
"Haha, don’t take advantage like that! I’m preparing the medication here, and I can’t make mistakes. Please sit over there and wait patiently."
Tang Ping chuckled as she sent the uncle away.
The current treatment room has become a preparation room for IVs.
The "three checks and seven correct" procedures are implemented at Sunshine Clinic.
However, some steps have been simplified and adjusted. Making it too complicated can irritate patients.
"Meng Luo, I heard you got a boyfriend. Where’s he from? As someone who’s eaten a bit more than you, bring him over someday, and I’ll take a look for you to avoid any troubles."
The uncle was just making small talk, striking up a conversation with Meng Luo.
"No need, thanks."
Meng Luo politely declined.
Other patients and customers mostly chuckled upon hearing this.
Many things are only understood without words.
Everyone knew to be wary of this uncle; he could be the father of these young girls yet still pestered them.
That said, this uncle was much better than the flashy guy who Boss Zhao had dealt with previously.
At least he still had some decorum and indeed had financial means.
The flashy guy dressed impeccably, like a successful person, but was extremely stingy.
Moreover, he was shameless, insisting on hanging around despite being ignored by most of the staff.
This uncle only came when he needed treatment.
He wouldn’t linger around Meng Luo for hours.
He would just chat a bit when she passed by.
Time flew by quickly.
Around eleven o’clock, Li Jingsheng received a call from Professor Wu.
The pathology report for the patient with the swollen right thumb had come back: osteoclastoma.
This is a rare primary bone tumor, generally classified as benign.
As long as the lesion is thoroughly cleaned, it usually doesn’t recur.
There’s still a lot of debate about whether radiation and chemotherapy are needed to consolidate the effect and prevent recurrence.
Clinically, it’s also up to the patient’s personal wishes.
Li Jingsheng felt inexplicably relieved upon hearing this result.
The male patient was very young, and if it were a malignant tumor, the consequences would be dire.
Now that it’s this condition, as long as treated actively, there should be no major issues.
"Prepare to adjust the surgery to tomorrow noon. Do you have time?"
Professor Wu was very considerate.
He directly let Li Jingsheng perform this surgery.