Healing Doctor

Chapter 56 A Little Stone-Cutting Technique

operating room.

Mr. Wu, along with Lu Kai and Liu Yunqing, prepared for the surgery.

It was just a procedure to break up and remove stones; the surgery itself wasn't major, and Mr. Wu wasn't too concerned about it.

There aren't many urological emergency cases; they're mostly minor ones.

Moreover, this surgery is different from the GW torsion procedure; it's not as urgent.

For example, if Mr. Wu doesn't want to do it, he can give the patient in front of him a painkiller injection and then wait until the next morning.

But Mr. Wu is a rather simple and honest person. The patient was in a lot of pain, so why wait another night? Besides, all the examinations had already been completed, and there were no contraindications for surgery.

It's not that I can't do it myself, even if I have two resident trainees with me.

The nurses were busy, and the anesthesiologist began administering general anesthesia to the patient.

"Is the young lady settling in well in your urology department?" the nurse asked while busy at work. "The doctors in urology are often unpleasant to hear; if you don't want to listen, then don't."

"By the way, little girl, what's your name?" the nurse asked.

Liu Yunqing was a little confused. While looking curiously at the furnishings in the operating room, she casually replied, "Teacher, I didn't call."

"..." The circulating nurse was speechless at Liu Yunqing's answer.

"Her name is Liu Yunqing. She's usually a bit absent-minded, but she does well on exams," Mr. Wu explained for Liu Yunqing, then gave the circulating nurse a fawning smile.

Circulating nurses are fierce, especially night shift emergency room circulating nurses. They are like tyrannical mothers. If you say something wrong, not only will the resident trainees be yelled at, but even they will be yelled at.

Not to mention myself, I'll criticize even the professors or department heads I lead, and I won't tolerate any of it.

Mr. Wu was also afraid that the circulating nurses would be upset by Liu Yunqing, so he kicked her out of the operating room.

"take an exam?"

"The one with the best score is Ji Xiang," Liu Yunqing added.

"Hey, Ji Xiang, that's a nice name." The circulating nurse was clearly in a good mood today, and said with a smile.

Mr. Wu pursed his lips; he didn't have a good impression of Ji Xiang.

Just because you know a little bit doesn't mean you can skip clinical work. What good are good exam scores?

But this matter cannot be thought about too closely. As soon as Mr. Wu thinks about it, he will remember that when Ji Xiang was rescuing the burn patient yesterday, he punctured the corpus cavernosum and left a needle to establish an intravenous access at the most critical moment.

That young man is no ordinary person.

"Operate the surgery on the patient first. You can order food after we get off the stage." General Manager Wu changed the subject away from Ji Xiang, whom he disliked, and looked at Lu Kai, saying, "Order whatever you want to eat, and just give me a breakdown of the bill."

"Teacher, I want to eat king crab." The short, fat, lewd boy chuckled.

"I asked you to order food, not to make a wish." Knowing that Lu Kai was willing to joke, Mr. Wu laughed and said, "If you can't guess that we're having spicy hot pot tonight, just keep guessing."

"You're so stingy," the circulating nurse said, glancing at the patient who was already under general anesthesia. "That kid works the night shift with you, and he doesn't even get a bite of meat, just spicy hot pot."

"That's normal, eating too much meat will make you fat."

"Even if you get fatter, it's not as fat as you get from staying up all night. You must have gained at least ten pounds since becoming a chief resident."

The words of the circulating nurse seemed to touch Mr. Wu's heart. He was slightly frustrated, but he refused to admit defeat.

"Then what should we do? Obesity from overwork should be considered a work injury."

"Work injury? You're just lazy," the circulating nurse laughed. "Hurry up with the surgery, get it done quickly, I'm rooting for you."

"Surgery, we still need to proceed slowly and steadily. Our director said that going slowly is faster. What's the use of just doing surgery quickly? If we're rushed, it'll just lead to a second hospital visit, wasting even more time, and I won't be able to explain it to the patient's family afterward."

This time, the visiting nurse didn't argue with Mr. Wu. She opened her surgical kit, organized the things she needed, and turned around to see Liu Yunqing looking completely bewildered.

"Your name is Liu Yunqing, right? Urology is full of bad people, don't be like them."

"Sister Li, is that how you talk?" Mr. Wu said unhappily.

"Last year...the year before, your former director was driving with a student and made the girl cry. She went straight to complain about him, don't you remember?"

Lu Kai asked curiously, "Teacher, what's wrong? Did you harass a female student?"

Liu Yunqing took half a step back, distancing herself from President Wu.

"No, it's just what everyone always says. She wasn't used to it when she first came to the clinic, and she was brought to tears by it."

"What did you say?" Lu Kai was wearing a hat and a mask, but his sleazy, oily appearance was still visible.

"During morning rounds, a patient looked for Professor Mo, and Professor Mo's student told him to wait a moment, as the professor would be coming to see him soon."

"It's alright." Lu Kai said with some disappointment.

"When Director Liu heard this, he casually said, '2-4 is waiting for you in bed, be gentle.'"

"..."

"..."

"These words were originally meant for Professor Mo, but the resident trainee thought they were meant for her. The young girl couldn't stand hearing that and went to the Science and Education Department to complain, crying all the while."

"It's all because you guys can't watch your mouths when you talk," the circulating nurse said disdainfully.

"That's what we in urology deal with—it's overt flirting. Other departments might not say it, but they're thinking it—that's called 'underhanded harassment,'" General Manager Wu said dismissively. "Besides, who says we can't have female doctors in our department?"

"Oh?" The circulating nurse looked at him curiously.

"Pelvic floor function examinations can fall under the gynecology department or our urology department. The head doctor said that we need to find 1-2 female doctors to specialize in this area in the future."

"Pay up, start the game."

The anesthesiologist was satisfied with the anesthesia and turned to speak to General Manager Wu.

"Hurry up and get it done. If you take three minutes to get the stone out of the broken stone, I'm not finished with you," the circulating nurse said fiercely.

"Don't worry, it'll be done in an hour and a half." Boss Wu confidently led Lu Kai and Liu Yunqing to the stage to have their hands cleaned.

After disinfection and the application of sterile drapes, the surgery began after the patient was repositioned.

"Teacher, how many days does it take for our surgical patients to be discharged?" Liu Yunqing seemed to perk up immediately after swiping her hands and coming on stage, her previous dazed state completely gone.

"About 3 days," Mr. Wu replied.

"Now anyone can be called 'teacher'," the circulating nurse remarked, sitting leisurely on a stool as she waited for her turn at the front desk. She noticed Liu Yunqing addressing General Manager Wu as "teacher."

"The people selling cosmetics, the people selling health products, even the outdoor barbershop next to my house are now teachers."

"And Ms. Cang," Lu Kai muttered softly.

Mr. Wu was in a great mood and looked at Lu Kai with satisfaction. "You can stitch up the skin after the surgery."

"!!!"

Lu Kai quickly whispered, "Teacher, I have a 3TB hard drive."

"Let's talk about it later," Mr. Wu quickly interrupted.

If the people in the operating room heard this, their reputation would be ruined in no time.

Those people really dare to say anything, especially behind people's backs.

They were talking about hard drives. If this rumor spread for three days, people would start flying to Xiao Rizi's place to have a face-to-face chat with Aoi Sora.

The surgery began, and Mr. Wu stopped talking and focused on the procedure.

While performing the surgery, he intermittently explained the procedure and his purpose to Lu Kai and Liu Yunqing.

It was just a minor surgery to remove stones, nothing difficult. Mr. Wu was very experienced and did it very smoothly.

The stone was shattered by a laser, the fragments were removed, and the process began.

With victory in sight, the atmosphere in the operating room began to relax.

Mr. Wu's phone rang. He sighed and said, "Sister Li, please answer this call for me."

"Another catheterization?"

"Damn it!" Mr. Wu couldn't help but curse. "As long as someone is a little older, they come to our urology department for catheterization. I'm a chief resident, and I do nurses' work every day."

"Hahaha." The circulating nurse pulled the phone out of Mr. Wu's back pocket.

"The most outrageous thing was that there was a patient in the neurology department who needed a catheter inserted, and the new nurse said she couldn't get it in no matter what. I took a look, and she hadn't even applied any paraffin oil; she was just forcing it in."

"That's because you don't have a boyfriend yet," the nurse said with a smile. "It'll be fine once you have one."

As she spoke, she answered the phone.

Who is it?

"Hello, Mr. Wu, I am Ji Xiang, a resident trainee in the department. Where is Mr. Wu?"

"Ji Xiang?" The nurse felt the name was familiar and quickly realized that he was the one who had just been mentioned who ranked first in the residency training exam. "He's in the operating room, on the sixth floor. Just come here, I'll go find you some clothes."

"He only showed up when the surgery was almost finished. Lazy, greedy, and cunning," Mr. Wu muttered under his breath.

"What did this child do to you?" the circulating nurse asked Mr. Wu curiously.

Mr. Wu didn't say anything and continued the surgery.

A few minutes later, the circulating nurse brought Ji Xiang in excitedly.

Performing emergency surgery at night is incredibly boring, but having such a handsome young man around makes the long night a little more enjoyable.

"Dr. Ji, where have you been?" the circulating nurse asked as she walked.

"I encountered a patient with urinary tract stones in the emergency room, and I helped him register, queue up, pay, and so on," Ji Xiang said politely.

Mr. Wu's mask shifted again, clearly indicating that he had a lot of complaints on his mind.

However, he had basic manners, and coupled with the shock that last night's events had caused Mr. Wu, he didn't immediately criticize Ji Xiang.

Ji Xiang entered the operating room and, as per protocol, stood behind General Manager Wu, his eyes fixed on the monitor.

The patient's vital signs were stable, and no abnormalities were observed.

However, Ji Xiang had an urgent mission issued by the system, and the system NPC had also told him about it, so Ji Xiang just waited quietly.

Ji Xiang was also curious. Everything seemed quiet and nothing was wrong, so what could be the problem?

After the procedure, which went smoothly, Mr. Wu was quite happy and chatted with Lu Kai.

Because the patient had hydronephrosis, Mr. Wu placed an F14 right nephrostomy tube and secured it with dressings.

The stoma tube can be removed after a few days; it won't cause any problems.

Mr. Wu wasn't in a hurry and agreed to help Lu Kai with the suturing. He personally taught Lu Kai the steps for fixing the right kidney stoma tube.

Since it was the last step and wouldn't take more than a few minutes, the circulating nurse and anesthesiologist weren't in a hurry and were chatting and laughing.

Just after the stoma tube was secured, the monitor suddenly sounded an alarm.

Mr. Wu didn't pay much attention; he guessed that the circulating nurse had tampered with the cardiac monitor. If something was going to happen, it would have happened long ago, not now.

However, the anesthesiologist suddenly froze, staring blankly at the cardiac monitor.

"What's wrong?"

"Something's wrong! The patient's blood oxygen saturation is dropping rapidly!"

(End of this chapter)