If this really happened, from now on, if he's criticized by name in front of so many people at the meetings of various hospitals, wouldn't his seasoned face be utterly disgraced?
And it would also affect their hospital's next evaluation.
Reputation is one thing, his dignity is another, but most importantly, as long as their main hospital remains among the top, they have absolute choice over the finest talent in the country; of course, the most advanced equipment too, all sponsored by the state for their hospital.
If they want to do better and maintain their main hospital's edge over neighboring and other hospitals, talent and equipment are indispensable.
Plus, those few new pieces of equipment he was coveting since last year, if they could make it into their hospital, think how much confidence they would add—and the convenience it would offer them.