Healing Doctor

Chapter 238 Bet

After eating, washing up, and training, the old man has an extra task in the evening—taking the silly roe deer for a walk.

Ji Xiang will take on the task of walking it first thing tomorrow morning.

This surgery is extremely difficult, and each of the mannequins provided by the system is different. Some have severe adhesions between the renal dorsal membrane and peritoneum, while others have ureteral malformations. Each one is unique.

Ji Xiang almost squandered all of his surgical points.

After continuously using the skill of keen observation and with guidance from the system NPCs, Ji Xiang gradually figured out the pattern of the surgery.

Ji Xiang even vaguely felt that every frame of the surgery had changed.

It became clearer, but the speed was a little slower. In the later stages, Ji Xiang could complete most of the surgeries without using his special skills.

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Five days later.

"Director Bai, the urology department has really gone too far," Lu Gang complained as he stormed into Director Bai's office.

Urology?

Director Bai looked at Lu Gang with great interest.

"What's wrong?"

"There was a patient with massive hydronephrosis, and Director Liu wanted to operate on him without even knowing the diagnosis. Is that surgery something they can do? Do they even have keys? How many keys do they have?" Lu Gang said decisively.

"Oh? What's so difficult about it?" Director Bai asked slowly.

"I checked the data and found that the failure rate of open surgery is around 20%. Laparoscopic surgery is considered highly difficult worldwide, and there are very few reports about it."

"So what does Director Liu think?"

"Don't I know them?" Lu Gang said indignantly. "They said the patient didn't have money and didn't want to go to the capital for surgery. They've already told the patient and the patient's family about the major surgery."

"This is not..."

"He's never seen it before and wants to open it to take a look!" Lu Gang said decisively.

Director Bai smiled.

Indeed, although we have now entered the 3.0 era of doctor-patient conflict, and the conflict has become so acute that most of the time doctors remain indifferent and uninvolved.

However, when faced with patients with rare diseases, many doctors who are confident in their skills are eager to try.

You could say they were motivated by a desire to heal and save lives, or you could say they wanted to show off their skills and accumulate clinical experience.

Director Liu's thinking doesn't seem to be wrong.

"Don't be angry, Lao Lu, do you think the surgery is particularly difficult?"

"Yes!" Lu Gang said, "I said during the hospital-wide consultation that Director Liu couldn't handle the surgery and suggested transferring it to Beijing. And guess what? They're going to do it today."

When he was young, Director Liu of the Department of Urology was a very ambitious person, but in recent years he has become more conservative after mastering some nephrectomy techniques.

Moreover, Director Liu always listens to advice; if Lao Lu says the surgery can't be done, he definitely won't do it.

Something unusual must be amiss.

Director Bai had already thought of Ji Xiang.

However, Lu Gang firmly stated that even Director Liu couldn't handle the surgery, so as for Ji Xiang... this remains questionable.

"Go take a look," Director Bai said.

"Bai Chu, you..."

"Our medical affairs department must safeguard clinical health."

"Speak like a human being." Lu Gang looked at Director Bai with a gloomy face.

Most people wouldn't say that, but that's just how Lu Gang is. When he gets anxious, he'll even criticize his superior, Director Bai, without hesitation.

Director Bai smiled and didn't bother arguing with him. Director Bai valued talent, and since Old Lu took charge of the hospital-wide consultations, the probability of accidents had decreased significantly.

If he went somewhere else, Old Lu would be bullied to death.

Bullying in companies and institutions isn't as direct as physical violence, where you can simply retaliate. Similarly, in clinical settings, many department heads suppress their subordinates during shift changes—this is a despicable practice.

In reality, any form of bullying, whether within the system or in clinical settings, that has a slightly higher level is essentially passive-aggressive violence.

She stopped talking to Lao Lu and led all her colleagues to isolate him. Soon, Lao Lu was all alone and marginalized, treated like he didn't exist.

Next...

The thought flashed through Director Bai's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.

Why bully someone who only knows technology but is incredibly stupid in his actions?

"Old Lu, I think the surgery can be done."

"impossible!"

A lock of hair that Lu Gang had carefully styled on his forehead fell down, seemingly screaming like him.

"Let's make a bet," Director Bai smiled slightly. "If you can't do it... to be precise, if you can't do the laparoscopic procedure, I'll promote you to full-fledged department head and put you in charge of clinical diagnosis and treatment. What do you say?"

A strand of hair on Lu Gang's forehead suddenly floated up, and his eyes gleamed.

Director Bai found it amusing.

You can't just eat what you throw away.

"It's a deal!"

"What if I could actually do it?"

"impossible!"

"What if?"

"I served as a sanitation worker and cleaned up the medical office for a year," Lu Gang said confidently.

"It's a deal, let's go take a look."

Director Bai and Lu Gang went straight to the operating room.

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"Laparoscope kit, general surgery laparoscopic equipment box, ultrasonic scalpel, homemade balloon, abdominal drainage tube, drainage bag, 50ml syringe, 16-gauge red urinary catheter..."

Tang Yan muttered to herself as she inspected the various instruments.

The work was tedious, but Tang Yan took it very seriously.

Tang Yan had promised Feng Yuqing that she would cooperate with Ji Xiang in various surgeries. At the time, Tang Yan thought that Ji Xiang's surgeries were just a few simple minor procedures. However, she never expected that in just over a month, she would be performing a giant hydronephrosis resection, a procedure that the Second Affiliated Hospital had never performed before.

"Titanium clip pliers, titanium clips... Sister Li, one purple titanium clip is missing!" Tang Yan said after checking.

"Is the yellow titanium clip enough?"

"enough."

As the circulating nurse went to get something, the anesthesiologist said with a smile, "Yan'er, did you offend your head nurse? You're supposed to be in charge of emergency surgery today, why were you assigned to work with such a big team?"

Tang Yan didn't say anything. She knew that Feng Yuqing had done all of this in secret, and she couldn't tell the anesthesiologist about these things.

"Laparoscope sheath, No. 11 scalpel, laparoscopic right-angle forceps for urology..."

The anesthesiologist didn't disturb Tang Yan as she reviewed the pre-operative examinations, and Tang Yan only breathed a sigh of relief after the procedure was completed.

The tension was palpable. The anesthesiologist chuckled, "Yan'er, I really wonder what you did to offend the head nurse. By the way, were you a free gift with the head nurse's phone plan?"

"How could that be!" Tang Yan blinked, her long eyelashes arching upwards. "What use am I if you don't need peanut oil to top up your phone credit?"

"Hahaha."

"They've scheduled my surgery, what can I do?" Tang Yan sighed. "Brother Xiao, how long do you think this surgery will take?"

"The laparoscope can't be used, and I don't know how long it will take before I have to switch to open surgery."

"Open abdominal surgery?!"

"Yes, this kind of surgery is like pleural adhesions in thoracic surgery; it's very difficult to do it laparoscopically. If we switch to open surgery, it should be much faster," the anesthesiologist said, full of clinical experience.

(End of this chapter)