Healing Doctor

Chapter 133 Honor? How honorable can you be?

"What good is speed?" The technician didn't realize his tone of voice. He looked down at the screen. "When I was studying in Shanghai, I looked down on many doctors there."

"What's wrong?"

"Once the catheter is inserted into the hepatic artery, they start administering medication, then just dab some iodine on it, and the surgery is over—one procedure every 15 minutes. It's fast, but what's the point?"

Although Director Liu wasn't a specialist in liver and gallbladder diseases, he understood the general principles. Hearing the technician explain, Director Liu nodded repeatedly.

The head of hepatobiliary surgery said something similar after drinking too much, but when I asked him again the next day, he denied it, saying that he had misremembered.

"The technicians are drunk too?" This thought suddenly popped into Director Liu's mind.

"Director Liu, look at how well this surgery was done. The grade 4 vascular embolism was completely shut. I estimate that you don't even need to perform surgery. The patient can go home the day after tomorrow."

"!!!"

Director Li stared wide-eyed at the technician.

"Wow, that surgery was absolutely amazing!"

The surgery ended amidst the technician's shameless and cheesy praise.

Ji Xiang waved, the airtight lead door opened, and the attending physician went to push the patient back to the ward.

The next patient sat by the door, and the nurse, seeing that the surgery was over, was about to lead him into the operating room.

"Wait a minute, I have something to say," Ji Xiang said coldly.

The nurse stared blankly at Ji Xiang, thinking, "When did it become your turn to speak, you resident trainee?"

But the next second, she saw Director Zhao bent over like a shrimp, nodding repeatedly in front of Ji Xiang, swallowing back all the words of complaint she had in her heart.

"Director Zhao, could you tell me how the surgery was performed?" Ji Xiang said as he walked into the operating room.

He glanced up at the door, and the technician's sycophantic nature kicked in. He immediately understood and turned to close the door.

This scene seemed familiar to him. Back in Shanghai, when top domestic figures encountered problems during surgeries performed by junior doctors, they would first help clean up the mess, and then go to the operating room to give a lecture on the computer.

During class, I'm gentle, but if it gets really serious, I'll just start yelling.

Closing the door is a must; which practitioner is shameless? There are some things the big boss can say, but those who don't want to work here can't listen to.

The technician then quickly moved the chair to Ji Xiang's most comfortable position.

Ji Xiang plopped down.

Everything was taken for granted.

"Dr. Ji." Director Liu saw Zhao Xiangming hunched over, still wearing his lead apron, and felt that Ji Xiang was going too far.

Immediately afterwards, Director Liu vaguely heard two clicking sounds.

An advanced version of the gaze landed on him.

Director Liu also knelt down, completely, without the slightest struggle.

He even forgot that he had thought everyone was strange today, but when it was his turn, Director Liu didn't think so at all.

With his former director sitting right in front of him, Director Liu felt an overwhelming sense of awe that made it hard for him to breathe.

"Look closely, the patient is still waiting outside." Ji Xiang gave Zhao Xiangming a deep look.

The gaze of the senior doctor had already pierced through the arrogant and domineering Director Zhao, delivering a decisive blow.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhao Xiangming bent over, completely unaware of the impact the dozens of kilograms of lead apron had on his intervertebral disc.

He ignored the creaking sound from his old back.

"Femoral artery catheterization, I'll skip that here. If you can't even do catheterization properly, go write three years' worth of medical records in the clinic before you start talking."

"When the abdominal aorta enters the renal artery..."

Ji Xiang sat in front of the computer, dissecting the surgery he had just completed frame by frame.

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Experience points appeared above Zhao Xiangming's head, indicating that under the upgraded [Superior Doctor's Gaze], he had begun his journey to break through the technical ceiling.

Only Ji Xiang was speaking in the control room. His basic knowledge was not as good as that of the system NPCs, but he had good comprehension and his technical level had reached an astonishing LV9, which was enough.

Ji Xiang did not use his skills on the technician, since using skills would consume 2 surgical points, so the technician was ignored.

however,

Technician Sun, however, felt as if he had been stared at by a senior doctor and had been critically injured. He stood respectfully beside Ji Xiang, listening attentively as Ji Xiang explained the entire process of the embolization procedure.

He didn't care at all that Ji Xiang was young.

Ji Xiang performed the surgery well, better than anyone he had seen at the hospital in Shanghai where he was doing his training!

Although Technician Sun didn't know how to perform surgery, he could tell the level of surgical skill.

With this level of skill, they would be top-notch anywhere, leading figures in academia, and worthy of respect.

"Superselective 4-level vessels are the most difficult, as there is no fixed hand pattern. For example, if the patient in front of us has tortuous blood vessel branches, we need to do it this way."

As Ji Xiang spoke, he raised his right hand and made a gesture.

"Mmm-hmm." Zhao Xiangming nodded repeatedly.

"I told you to follow along, what do you mean by just 'uh-huh'? You want to stand by and watch after the surgery? How old are you? When are you going to be able to take charge of a department on your own?" Ji Xiang asked coldly.

Director Zhao Xiangming looked ashamed. He didn't argue and began to learn Ji Xiang's surgical techniques.

"I'll teach you the specifics when you're performing the surgery later."

After reviewing a surgery, Ji Xiang tapped his fingers on the table, the thumping sound seeming to match the speed of Zhao Xiangming's heartbeat, making him feel uneasy.

"Receive the patient and prepare for surgery." Ji Xiang stood up.

"Director, it's an honor..."

Ji Xiang turned and stared at Zhao Xiangming, a smirk playing on his lips. "Honor? How honorable can you be?"

"..." Zhao Xiangming was speechless.

"For a doctor, failing to perform surgery or cure a patient is a cardinal sin. Let's get started!" Ji Xiang said, then strode into the operating room.

It wasn't until Ji Xiang left the control room that Director Zhao felt the pressure from his bloodline lessen slightly.

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Xiangming felt himself come back to life.

The old director is amazing! He's so old, yet he has such a deep understanding of interventional surgery.

During the explanation of the surgery, the senior doctor mentioned that 5-7 days after embolization, the local lesion will undergo necrosis and atrophy, which will make blunt dissection during surgery easier.

This is a different way of reminding myself.

Director Liu stared blankly at the computer screen, his years of clinical experience flooding back to him.

I performed a similar procedure on a patient many years ago. The dissection was indeed very easy, and there was minimal bleeding during the surgery. However, that patient did not have it done intentionally; rather, it was due to a ruptured kidney cancer that caused bleeding. The patient underwent surgery after the bleeding was stopped at the emergency room in Beijing.

I should have thought of that sooner!

A glint flashed from Director Liu's glasses.

I'm so stupid, really. I should have thought of that a long time ago. There was no need for the old director to remind me.

He was still under the influence of the advanced version of the "Superior Doctor's Gaze" skill. Even though he felt that his breathing was normal, he subconsciously regarded Ji Xiang as his superior doctor, as the one who had taught him to perform surgery many years ago.

I'm so stupid, I should have thought of that sooner!

(End of this chapter)