Healing Doctor

Chapter 161 The Veteran Doctor (Bonus Chapter by Alliance Leader Lu Renyi x5)

Ji Xiang didn't notice this rambling; instead, he listened attentively.

It turns out that the conditions here are so harsh that there isn't even a DSA machine. Dr. Zhao performed the interventional embolization surgery himself using the machine in the cardiology department.

"Shut up!" Director Liu said helplessly, suppressing his anger and yelling at him to stop.

"I'll go see the patients at the hospital myself; you don't need to tell me," Director Liu said coldly. "Xiao Zhao, you're talking even more than before."

"Sigh, Director Zhao, you don't know, I usually don't talk about this, but I've finally met a kindred spirit. Speaking of which, this technique I've been working on is incredibly powerful, over the years..."

As Director Zhao's gaze grew increasingly sharp, Dr. Zhao also sensed something was wrong and began to speak in a softer voice.

"Get in your car, turn on your hazard lights, and lead the way," Director Liu instructed. "If I get stopped at a traffic light, pull over and wait for me. Don't drive too fast; this is my first time here."

"Oh, Director Liu, there are very few traffic lights in our small city, so don't worry. There are only four traffic lights from here to our hospital. Be careful at the traffic light past our No. 4 Middle School; there are frequent car accidents there. A few years ago, our Education Bureau Director drove to the provincial capital early in the morning, and it was at that intersection..."

Director Liu, his face dark, jumped into the car, closed the window, and refused to listen to a single word of nonsense.

Only after Dr. Zhao left did Director Liu sigh, "Xiao Ji, what do you think of this person?"

"Director, can the machine used for circulatory interventional surgery really be used as a DSA machine?" Ji Xiang asked absentmindedly.

He was preoccupied with what Dr. Zhao said and didn't notice what Director Liu meant.

"Don't listen to his nonsense," Director Liu said dismissively. "This guy just loves to brag. Using the equipment from the cardiology department for surgery? Do you really think that's possible?"

"Even though they are all interventional surgeries, can different machines be used interchangeably?"

"Uh, I don't understand, but I just can't help thinking about it."

Director Liu started the car, and following the old Jetta City Spring in front, they arrived at a hospital in the center of Yuanliao city.

The hospital looks alright; at least it looks newer than many of the surrounding buildings.

"A single DSA machine costs over 3000 million yuan at our Second Affiliated Hospital, I don't know about other hospitals. Repairing a tube X-ray tube costs hundreds of thousands of yuan. I heard Zhao Xiangming mention this before. The company that repairs the tube X-ray tube has to be specially designated, which has made Director Zhao reluctant to perform surgery anymore."

Ji Xiang felt that Director Liu had caught the habit of being a chatterbox from that Dr. Zhao, and had also started to ramble on.

As far as I can remember, Director Liu at the Second Affiliated Hospital had never said so much in one go.

Holding his breath, Ji Xiang went to the system's operating room to ask the system NPC about the difference between the two.

Ji Xiang didn't believe anything Director Liu said about this; the only authoritative explanation he trusted was from the system NPC.

It turns out that some people in some prefecture-level hospitals also perform interventional surgeries. They may have gone for further training or for other reasons, but it is rare.

In critical situations, interventional surgeries are performed using machines from the cardiology department.

However, the system NPC explained the pros and cons of the two types of machines, and Dr. Zhao's ramblings were quite accurate, though not comprehensive.

"Let's go, Xiao Ji." Director Liu stopped the car and entered the hospital with Ji Xiang.

"Director Liu, this place was only built a few years ago. Originally, they were going to build our hospital's inpatient building first, but the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital took more than their share and got our building instead, which has caused us..."

As Dr. Zhao spoke, he realized he had said too much and quickly shut up.

Director Liu didn't want to be so harsh on him, but when Dr. Zhao started nagging, he was like a fly, buzzing endlessly.

Upon arriving at the urology department, the on-duty doctor was smoking in his office. Seeing Dr. Zhao enter with Director Liu and Ji Xiang, he didn't get up, but instead put his feet on the table, smoking a cigarette, and asked, "Brother Zhao, what brings you back?"

"I brought Director Liu from the Second Affiliated Hospital to look at the scans and see the patient."

Dr. Zhao seemed unfazed by the sight of the on-duty doctor smoking in the office. He took out the medical record folder, flipped to the section on the examination report, and handed it to Director Liu.

This is a thoughtful move. Now that offices are paperless, all inspections can be viewed on a computer.

But older doctors like Director Liu still prefer to look at paper reports; it's a behavioral habit ingrained in their DNA from their youth.

First, we looked at the lab results, then the imaging data, and finally, Dr. Zhao took out a disc and played the entire interventional surgery process.

All the information is detailed.

Although Dr. Zhao is long-winded and has a social butterfly syndrome, he is indeed a very capable clinician.

Without over a decade of clinical experience and his meticulous attention to detail, it would be impossible to achieve such perfection.

Director Liu was very satisfied. After reviewing all the reports, he nodded and said, "Go see the patient and prepare for tomorrow's surgery."

"Director Liu, I must see your skills." Dr. Zhao beamed with joy at receiving recognition from his superior. "I heard about your exceptional skills when I was doing my advanced training at 912. Professor Qu from 912 praised you highly. He said if it weren't for..."

Director Liu listened with a smile.

But this time, Dr. Zhao only said one sentence before covering her mouth, afraid that she might annoy people by saying too much.

"Professor Qu from 912 thinks so highly of the director!" Ji Xiang chimed in. "Professor Zhao, are you acquainted with Professor Qu?"

Dr. Zhao looked at it and realized he had been a bit too cautious. He smiled and said, "Now it's Director Qu. When I went for further training, I heard Director Qu say that Dr. Liu from the Second Affiliated Hospital, who had just left, could handle anything. When I didn't do my job well, he would use Director Liu as an example."

Before long, I became a huge fan of Director Liu, and upon returning home, I paid him a visit. Sure enough, Professor Qu had excellent judgment; within a few years, Director Liu became the head of the Second Affiliated Hospital, and now he's the leading surgeon for partial nephrectomy in the entire province!

As he spoke, Dr. Zhao gave a thumbs-up.

Director Liu listened with a smile.

"I'm a bit clumsy with my hands, and I've never been able to perform surgery perfectly. I really feel ashamed."

"Old Zhao, I just don't like your hypocrisy," the on-duty doctor said disdainfully. "If you don't do a good job with the surgery, will the head doctor see you... and always make you do outpatient work?"

That's a bit too direct, isn't it?

However, Director Liu did not feel that anything was wrong; the more grassroots the place, the simpler and more direct things are.

Let's not even talk about the grassroots level, what about hospitals in the capital?

Back then, two professors were vying for the position of head of department, and they got into a physical fight, beating one of them until he suffered a brain hemorrhage before they stopped.

However, Director Liu didn't know Dr. Zhao well. According to the doctor on duty, Dr. Zhao's surgeries seemed to be quite good, but not of a high level.

"Don't talk nonsense, the director is very supportive of my work," Dr. Zhao said seriously.

(End of this chapter)