Is a call to the hospital office from a functional hospital department a request or an application

Petition. Hospital functional departments need to ask the hospital office for some important decisions or actions, such as the procurement of new equipment, staff adjustment and so on. Request is a polite and respectful way of expression, can reflect the functional departments for the hospital office of the importance and trust. At the same time, the functional departments need to explain their opinions and suggestions in detail in the request, so that the hospital office will make the right decision.