Rebirth of a Doctor Without Regrets

Wang Xiao checked and found that, according to CTSNet data, there were approximately 11,000 adult cardiac surgeons and 3,000 pediatric cardiac surgeons worldwide as of 2013.

Although I don't know if the system's ranking includes pediatric cardiac surgery, over four thousand is still quite good.

After all, I've only just completed my residency training, so I can only say that the teaching quality at Beijing Medical University is pretty good.

I really want to see what it would feel like to be in the top 1,000, what it would be like to be in the top 100, whether the top 10 would have a halo above their heads, and whether the number one would grow wings on their backs.

Ultimately, however, performing the surgery well is a doctor's duty.

Whether performing surgery on ordinary people or important figures, whether the surgery is successful or not, you still have to go to work and make rounds the next day.

I still can't get a public computer.

Thanks to the nurses' word-of-mouth, everyone in the department quickly learned what had happened in the operating room.

Dr. Chang Wei never spoke a word to Wang Xiao in person again, and relied on other resident doctors to relay any messages.

The atmosphere of exclusion in the department also became subtle, changing from a feeling of jealousy to a feeling of respecting ghosts and gods but keeping a distance.

After all, this person dared to confront the head surgeon during surgery, and he did it right. Who could stand that?

As for not being able to get a public computer, it's often because too many people are using it.

It gets even harder to buy them as the end of the month approaches.

That day, after Wang Xiao finished his rounds and returned to his office, he saw two people writing end-of-month summaries and one person writing patient progress notes on the three shared computers.

Wang Xiao shook his head, intending to return to his workstation to continue reading the literature, when he was suddenly called to a stop.

"Brother Xiao, do you need to use the computer? Here, you can have this one."

It has to be said that calling him Brother Xiao feels quite affectionate; most of Wang Xiao's friends call him that, regardless of age.

Wang Xiao recognized him as the frameless bespectacled man who often hung out in the director's office; he didn't seem to be part of Chang Wei's faction.

"Aren't you writing a summary? You can use it first, just call me when you're done."

"It's alright, I can write this summary tonight anyway. You can use it first, Xiao Ge." The frameless glasses man stood up and helped Wang Xiao sit down.

This young man really wants to improve.

Specialization: Cardiac Surgery

Skills: Cardiac Surgery (Level 1); Vascular Surgery (Level 1); Emergency and Critical Care Medicine (Level 1); General Surgery (Level 1);

Operation: C-

Diagnosis: C-

Theory: C

Scientific Research: C-

Collaboration: S

Mindset: A+

Recommendation: The candidate has very weak theoretical foundation and clinical skills, is still a medical student, but possesses good communication and writing abilities; therefore, they could be considered as a potential talent.

It's extremely rare to find someone who can maintain all Cs, but having one S is still quite impressive.

"Li Renzhong... are you a graduate student?" Wang Xiao glanced at his employee badge; he was still a resident trainee.

"Yes, yes, yes. I'm in the Chung Hsin University 5+3 professional master's combined residency training program. This is my second year, and my supervisor is Director Lin."

"Oh, no wonder." Wang Xiao looked at the frameless glasses with a fawning and expectant expression and guessed his true purpose.

All I want to do is have surgery.

"Then you can use it for now, Xiao Ge. I still need to go pick up a package for the director."

"Don't worry, if I get the chance to go into surgery, I'll ask you to come along."

Li Renzhong showed a surprised expression and quickly thanked him.

When Wang Xiao entered the medical records, an email notification popped up: "[To All Staff] Comprehensive Report on the Work of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Chuncheng University in October 2014".

Sure enough, the notice of criticism included "Cardiac Surgery: Wang Xiao", "Delay in entering the patient's first medical record".

What's rather embarrassing is that he was the only one who received a public reprimand.

Even the maximum penalty was imposed, with a deduction of 500 yuan.

If I had frequented high-end establishments in my past life, I would have given tips starting at a thousand.

It hurts to lose 500 yuan now. Being a doctor is really poor!

A bottle of cologne costs over a thousand yuan; at this rate, I'll really have to stop using cosmetics.

Although I actually have a hidden cheat code, it's not time to use it yet.

The hospital's work notices are quite boring; they're nothing more than reports that, thanks to so-and-so's efforts, the department's bed turnover rate has increased by a few percentage points.

Then the hospital imported some high-end equipment, which will surely better serve patients, and so on.

The two resident doctors next to me suddenly looked at me with envy.

Wang Xiao was a little puzzled. What's wrong? Are you envious that I got a public reprimand?

I looked through the list and was surprised to find that I was among those praised in the company-wide commendation report.

"We hereby express our high appreciation and sincere gratitude to Comrade Wang Xiao, a resident physician in the Department of Cardiac Surgery, for his outstanding contributions in major surgeries, and hereby commend him."

Director Lin was also commended.

I looked through it again and again, but I couldn't find any indication that this praise would come with a large bonus.

They didn't even get an extra performance score.

Criticism results in a deduction of pay, while praise is just verbal, right? How stingy!

As a reborn person, being this poor is a disgrace to my predecessors.

It's time to find a way to make some money by taking advantage of information asymmetry. I can't afford to starve myself just to achieve my surgical dreams.

"Dr. Wang, this is probably not a good thing." A resident doctor with a balding head took the initiative to chat with Wang Xiao.

"Hmm, why? Can't merits and demerits offset each other?"

"That's not it. I feel that Dean Chen doesn't have any problems with you... but it's hard to say about the director."

"Right? The director lost face."

"Yes, and don't you think this commendation is mainly for you, and praising the director is just to save face for him?"

"Right, but they don't even pay me. I'd rather not have this praise and it's caused me trouble."

"That's not how it works."

"What did they say?"

"Once the arrow is released, there's no turning back."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Suddenly, someone came running excitedly from outside the door. Wang Xiao turned around and saw that it was Dr. Chang Wei, the attending physician.

"Wang Xiao!"

"What's wrong, Dr. Chang? Tell me what's wrong."

"Next month it's your turn...you'll be going to the emergency room." Chang Wei's voice trembled with excitement.

"Sure, I'll go. No problem."

Chang Wei used a magnet to attach a document to the whiteboard in the department, glanced back at Wang Xiao, revealed a smug smile, and excitedly ran out again.

"Look, here it is."

"What's the big deal? Going to the ER is a good opportunity to practice your basic skills. And you might even be able to make it in time for a life-saving surgery."

The resident, who was balding on top, touched his head. "As far as I know, you're the first resident to be assigned to the emergency room while still on probation."

Wang Xiao still felt a chill in her heart. "So I'm just annoying. Sigh, this is pointless."

Watching Wang Xiao's departing figure, the resident doctor, whose head was slightly balding, touched his own head again and muttered to himself, "You're also the first resident doctor to receive a commendation while still on probation. Sigh, it seems the cardiac surgery department is going to be a bloodbath for the next two years."