Healing Doctor

Chapter 558 Let me show you the Da Vinci robot

Director Fan was ashamed.

It had nothing to do with me personally. In fact, I was initially quite hostile towards Ji Xiang, thinking that he was just taking advantage of me.

Unexpectedly, a variety show became a national hit because of Ji Xiang!

Moreover, the hospital's experts and directors also highly regard Ji Xiang, and they even argued for his sake.

Director Fan smiled and said, "That's because Dr. Ji Xiang is so capable. Our domestic medical community has promising successors."

The two exchanged pleasantries and flattering remarks, passing the time with exaggerated praise.

A few minutes later, Director Zou strode in. His mask was crooked, and a glistening strand of drool stretched out from the gap in the mask, making him look like a 180-pound landlord's foolish son.

"I'll go contact Dr. Ji Xiang," Director Zou said impatiently as he entered. "What's so great about urology? Honestly!"

"..." Director Fan didn't speak, silently looking at Director Zou, his mind racing, trying to recall what had just happened outside the door.

To be honest, Director Fan didn't quite understand why Director Zou wanted to compete for Ji Xiang.

Ji Xiang, an intern, had even stated that he would return to the Second Affiliated Hospital in his hometown after filming the program, so Director Zou's actions were meaningless.

However, since Director Zou had said so, Director Fan did as he was told and did not refuse.

But Director Fan was somewhat familiar with the hierarchy of contempt within the hospital. He saw that Deputy Director Zou, who was a latrine cleaner, looked down on those who unclogged sewers. Director Fan muttered a few complaints to himself.

……

After half an hour.

"Slurp~"

Director Zou swallowed hard and patted Ji Xiang's shoulder forcefully. "Dr. Ji, come with me for ten days, and I'll show you our gastrointestinal surgery department. Ten days isn't a long time, but during that time I'll show you the latest and most cutting-edge technologies in our field."

Director Fan, listening from the back, was completely confused. Was this Director Zou's purpose? It sounded rather dubious.

"Thank you, Professor Zou," Ji Xiang said politely.

"Hey, I've heard so much about you, it's no exaggeration to say it's legendary. Let me tell you some gossip, Old Li, that coward, always rambles on when he's drunk, saying that the interventional radiology department in Shanghai's hepatobiliary field has ruined the entire discipline, giving people the impression that your interventional radiology department is useless at everything."

Director Fan's ears perked up and twitched slightly.

The long-degenerated auricular muscles instantly evolved like millennia, aligning the auricle, ear canal, and periosteum in the correct position, receiving every word of Director Zou and Ji Xiang's casual conversation.

Although this segment couldn't be included in the program, it allowed Director Fan to gain a deeper understanding of Ji Xiang.

"I can't stand this coward, and I can't stand Ling Tian, ​​who is so loyal to Shanghai. So when school starts, I'll confront him and put up with his bad temper."

Ji Xiang smiled, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with Director Zou's words.

Director Zou chuckled as he spoke, "I have a bad temper and I'm very straightforward. Otherwise, Lao Li would be the director, and I'd still be a deputy director. Speaking of which, that time we went to Shanghai for a conference, Lao Li got drunk when he came back and started bragging to me about how great that resident trainee that Boss Qin had his eye on was."

"Looking at you now, you may be young, but you're really impressive!"

"Teacher Zou, you're too kind," Ji Xiang replied gently.

"We're all on the same side, so don't stand on ceremony. Let me show you the Da Vinci robot. It's really good, but it's too expensive, and the core technology is all in the hands of the US. You need permission to even turn it on, and that costs money. They're obsessed with money; they want money for everything they do," Director Zou grumbled.

"Let's talk about the benefits first. When I first started working, I performed a combined pancreaticoduodenectomy. It was a near-death experience. This procedure was considered one of the top general surgery procedures at the time, but the success rate was not high."

"Guess how it is now?"

As Director Zou spoke, he slurped a mouthful of saliva, his short, fat body trembling as if he were showing off something to Ji Xiang.

Before Ji Xiang could answer, Director Zou continued, "Now, with the use of robotic arms for pancreaticoduodenectomy, patients don't need to go to the ICU at all; they go directly back to a regular ward and can get out of bed for rehabilitation training on the third day after surgery."

"Amazing!" Ji Xiang exclaimed.

Director Fan didn't understand; he had no idea what kind of sophisticated surgical procedure Director Zou was referring to as combined pancreaticoduodenectomy.

However, it involves many organs. In the past, patients would go through a surgery as if they were going to the gates of hell. Now it's just like removing the appendix in the past.

"The robotic arm can see different angles, and many places that used to require touch and experience can now be seen with just the eyes. That alone is amazing." Director Zou pulled Ji Xiang towards the door. "But that thing is too expensive. It costs nearly 100,000 just to turn it on and off. Tsk tsk, that's just outrageous."

Director Fan clicked his tongue in amazement.

"The products are good, but they're too expensive."

While drooling and complaining about the high price of the Da Vinci robot, Director Zou pulled Ji Xiang to the operating room.

Director Fan tentatively tried to follow him in, but Director Zou glared angrily at him and blocked him from entering the dressing room.

There's nothing I can do, these doctors are just like scumbags! Director Fan thought angrily, they're all the kind of guys who will deny everything once they've put on their long underwear.

Now is the time to wear long johns, not the time for them to rush off theirs, damn it!

"Director, this is..." Director Fan's assistant said with distress and frustration as he saw Director Zou pulling Ji Xiang inside, and Director Zou practically said that the production crew and dogs were not allowed inside.

This is absolutely outrageous! Director Fan's assistant didn't finish his sentence.

"Sigh." Director Fan sighed.

"Guo'er, what should we do next?"

"Let's just wait." Director Fan had no choice but to wait outside with the film crew; that was all they could do.

"Teacher, I heard Director Zou mention the Da Vinci robot. Do you know what that is?"

"I heard from a director at Peking Union Medical College Hospital that it seems to be a field medical technology that the US military researched in the last century. Field hospitals are equipped with da Vinci robots, which are connected to the internet, allowing doctors in remote locations to perform surgeries remotely."

Director Fan's assistant was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, he had a sudden inspiration.

This is indeed a very impressive technology, enabling as many wounded soldiers as possible to receive the best medical care during wartime.

Director Fan started gossiping, and his assistant asked疑惑地问道, "Director, why is it called Da Vinci Robot? Is it because the company is called Da Vinci?"

"Haha, the reason he's called Leonardo da Vinci is because you know him."

"An artist?" Director Fan's assistant was taken aback.

"Da Vinci drew many manuscripts. In 1950, a batch of Da Vinci's manuscripts were discovered, including the idea of ​​a mechanical warrior powered by water."

"Isn't that the same as the wooden ox and flowing horse?"

"More or less, I heard it from someone..."

Director Fan began to talk at length about the Leonardo da Vinci robot, leaving the assistant speechless.

He finds it incredible that Leonardo da Vinci, who lived hundreds of years ago, could still have an impact on cutting-edge medicine today.

"What a pity," Director Fan sighed.

(End of this chapter)