I, Aki Tomoya, will not be a simp.

Just as Aki Tomoya was pondering the conflict between these two amazing people in the department, his two fellow trainees returned.

When Nishikino Maki and Majima Shin appeared in the department, their expressions were somewhat surprised.

At the same time, they also noticed that the atmosphere in the department was a bit delicate.

They silently returned to their seats and carefully examined the atmosphere of the entire department, but found no clues.

At this point, neither Sasaki Ichiru nor Yoshida Aoba showed anything.

Yoshida Aoba was busy with the tasks assigned to him by the head of the Monogatari department, while Sasaki Ichiru sat in his seat with his arms crossed and expressionless, as if he were resting.

"An Yi-kun, weren't you on duty last night?"

Majima asked in a low voice at this moment, not daring to speak too loudly because of the current atmosphere in the department.

"I've rested enough, so I'll get up and continue."

Aki Tomoya replied casually.

Since I'm a resident physician anyway, I won't be able to rest for long. After waking up, I don't have anything else to do, so I might as well go back to my post.

"Aki-kun, you're really going all out."

At this moment, Nishikino Maki also sighed softly.

She admired that he could still be so energetic after working a night shift and only getting four hours of rest.

Outstanding people are not only talented, but they also work harder than others, which leaves no room for criticism and leaves no room for fault-finding.

"Did something happen in the department before?"

Just then, Maki Nishikino asked.

She keenly noticed that things were different in the department than usual; everyone was silent, not saying a word, and there was no discussion.

Logically speaking, even if it's not just casual conversation, there should be some issues related to treatment discussed in the department.

"Well..."

Aki Tomoya hesitated for a moment. Faced with the similar gazes of the two, it wasn't that he didn't want to tell them, but under these circumstances, he couldn't say too much.

At this moment, Aki Tomoya could only gesture with his eyes. He first looked at Yoshida Aoba, and then at Sasaki Ichiru.

Noticing Aki Tomoya's shifting gaze, the two of them tactfully indicated that they understood.

The problem lies with Yoshida Aoba and Sasaki Ichijin.

As for the specifics of the matter, they didn't dare to ask at that time.

Especially in the department, being too gossipy can leave a bad impression.

After all, they had only been at Kanto General Hospital for two days.

There are some things they'd better not get involved in.

"Aki-kun, come with me."

Just then, Sasaki Ichiru stood up while packing his things.

He seemed to have noticed the atmosphere in the department and knew that one person's absence was necessary for the others to breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes... I'm with Dr. Sasaki today."

Seeing Sasaki Ichiru stand up, Aki Tomoya immediately stood up as well after hearing the sound, and then explained to the two people next to him.

When they returned to the department, neither of them was there, so Sasaki Ichiro didn't ask him to go find them or follow another supervising doctor who was replacing Nakagawa Ichiro. Instead, he had Aki Tomoya follow him today.

"Don't forget the preoperative seminar this afternoon, and the surgical plan that has already been established. Remember to explain it to the patient and have them sign the informed consent form."

Before leaving, Sasaki gave some final instructions to everyone in the department.

Chapter 431 The Man Who Never Returns Home

As they left the department, following behind Sasaki Ichiru, Aki Tomoya could still sense some of his dissatisfaction with Dr. Yoshida.

Even though the man didn't say anything, judging from his previous behavior in the department and the look in his eyes when he came out, Aki Tomoya could easily tell that Sasaki Ichiru was dissatisfied with Dr. Yoshida's attitude.

Facing a potential lawsuit, this medical dispute cannot be taken lightly, and that was Sasaki's immediate thought.

The hospital and department will face negative consequences, but his words don't carry much weight with Dr. Yoshida.

However, putting this matter aside for the time being, Sasaki Ichijin did not want to discuss any wrongdoings by Dr. Yoshida in front of Aki Tomoya, or to bring up the medical dispute again.

As to the specifics of the situation, Aki Tomoya only knew some fragmented information.

However, since Dr. Yoshida's patients have all recovered, there shouldn't be any major problems.

It is indeed strange that a recovered patient would sue his or her attending physician, but it does happen.

If someone doesn't like you, they'll find a way to cause trouble, especially a VIP patient. I wonder how Dr. Yoshida offended that patient.

"Let me do some simple medical record filling first, such as the description of the patient's condition, and I'll also explain the surgical plan later."

Sasaki Ichiru then gave instructions to Aki Tomoya behind him.

Let the trainee doctor do some simple tasks first, take it slow, observe how he does it and how he speaks, and learn little by little.

Trainee doctors have no clinical responsibility, and generally speaking, supervising doctors will not allow trainee doctors to have direct contact with patients during this stage.

To put it simply, following Sasaki Ichiru means observing and learning as much as possible, and then doing what he tells you to do.

He has several patients scheduled for surgery, including two with coronary heart disease and one with mitral valve disease. His schedule is also full of subsequent surgeries.

Following Sasaki, we went to explain the patients' conditions and the surgical procedures, and had each patient sign an informed consent form. Next was a pre-operative seminar for patients whose surgical plans had not yet been determined.

There are many patients in the cardiac surgery department, and they are all lined up for surgery. Some patients have already had their treatment plans and surgical methods determined, while others are newly admitted and have not yet had their surgical plans determined, but they already have treatment plans.

The surgery needs to be discussed, and a decision can only be made after everything is settled.

So after explaining the condition and surgical plan to the three patients under Sasaki Ichiru's care who were about to undergo surgery, and having them sign informed consent forms, Aki Tomo went with him to the preoperative seminar.

All attending physicians and above were present, and the data of the patients to be discussed were entered in advance, and the preoperative discussions were conducted in order.

Preoperative discussions are not only about determining the surgical plan, but also about identifying the lead surgeon, who will be the assistants, and how the tasks will be assigned.

These matters were originally to be organized and arranged by the head of the department, but since he is not here, they have all been handed over to Sasaki Ichiru for him to oversee.

Preoperative seminars like these are held at most every three days, if not every day.

If there are VIPs, arrangements will be made immediately to discuss how to treat them, whether surgery is necessary, and how the surgery should be performed.

After several hours of preoperative discussions, Sasaki Ichiru finished arranging all the details of the surgery, and it was almost time to leave work.

Before leaving, Sasaki told him to get some rest, as he had already worked a night shift the previous day, and as a resident physician, he would be called up immediately if anything happened at night.

Don't let yourself find yourself wanting to rest but unable to.

It's one thing to work hard, but you also need to pay attention to your mental state and get plenty of rest.

Yesterday, Aki Tomoya accompanied Nakagawa, who was in charge of the adult section, on duty. Today, luckily, Majima or Nishikino were not scheduled to work; their shifts were scheduled for next week.

So, after most of the people in the department who didn't need to stay on duty left, the three of them worked for more than an hour before going back to rest.

"Aki-kun, are you sure you don't want to rest? If I were you, I would have gone straight to bed right now."

Back in the lounge, Majima saw that Aki Tomoya wasn't planning to rest yet, but instead picked up his laptop and was looking at papers related to cardiac surgery. At that moment, he couldn't help but express his concern.

If it were him, he would definitely fall asleep right away at this point. If something happens at night and he is woken up by the doctor or nurse, he won't get any sleep.

Aki Tomoya returned a look that said, "Don't worry."

Just then, the door to the lounge was pushed open, and a figure strode in.

The lounge where Aki Tomoya and Mashima stayed had a total of eight beds. Because the room was large enough, it didn't feel crowded. They shared the room with other resident doctors.

In addition to resident physicians, there are also some other specialists living in the hospital.

"So you guys are my roommates."

The person who came in was Yoshida from the cardiac surgery department. He casually placed the things he was carrying on the bed, and then looked at Aki Tomoya and Majima with interest.

"Dr. Yoshida is also staying in the hospital?"

Majima looked at Yoshida in surprise, because Yoshida had stayed in the ward all night and hadn't come back to rest immediately in the morning, so he didn't know that Yoshida was also staying in the hospital.

Aki Tomoya, who already knew about this, didn't react. He had already found out about it while he was on duty last night.

However, he was still quite curious as to why Dr. Yoshida didn't go home but stayed at the hospital.

"Dr. Yoshida also didn't sleep all night, but he still looks quite energetic!"

Aki Tomoya said to Yoshida.

Yoshida was busy in the department all night last night, and he hasn't rested all day today, also keeping busy with his work.

Despite not having slept for so long, Yoshida seemed to be in pretty good spirits.

"I'm about to be sued, do you think I can sleep?"

Yoshida shook his head, his tone tinged with dissatisfaction.

I almost forgot, this person was also embroiled in a medical malpractice dispute. After get off work, he went to the hospital's administrative director to discuss a solution with the hospital's lawyer.

But now it seems the situation is not so optimistic.

Yoshida's life was not going smoothly, as he was embroiled in a medical dispute.