Healing Doctor

Chapter 655 Fighting in the arena? Impossible, absolutely impossible in this lifetime.

"Old Zhao, your days are probably numbered."

At this moment, Ji Xiang and Meng Qingfei are in the emergency room, while several department heads are drinking.

The guests were all old acquaintances, and the gathering, which should have been lively and cheerful, was rather dull today.

"I put my arm around Zhao Xiangming's shoulder and said that," said Zheng Yunqi, director of the Department of Colorectal Surgery.

Zhao Xiangming, reeking of alcohol, seemed out of sorts, as if lost in thought.

"At the meeting the day before yesterday, I heard someone say that the medical affairs department seems to be applying to the hospital to prepare for a pilot program."

"What pilot program?" another person asked.

"Just hold Ji Xiang down," Zhao Xiangming said angrily.

"Press and hold? What's going on? How do I press it?"

"Staff in residency training don't rotate; they're specifically in charge of their provincial science and technology projects," Zheng Yunqi said. "You think this is a joke? Even for provincial science and technology projects, the rules still apply."

The people at the table remained noncommittal about Zheng Yunqi's words.

Everyone knows that Director Bai has a problem with the interventional radiology department.

The Second Affiliated Hospital was one of the earliest hospitals in the country to perform interventional surgery, after all, the Northeast economy was doing well in those years and was still in the long tail decline period.

With money to buy machines and people to perform surgeries, development naturally proceeds quickly.

But those good old days are gone now.

The days when the Four Great Warriors vied for supremacy are over, leaving only Zhao Xiangming, who has little fighting spirit, only thinks about loafing around and has the worst skills.

Director Bai has suppressed several medical accidents for the interventional radiology department, including some major rescues. The interventional radiology department has made mistakes to varying degrees.

Although his dissatisfaction wasn't written on his face, everyone could tell.

When resident physician Ji Xiang first arrived at the Second Affiliated Hospital, he demonstrated extremely strong interventional surgical skills, but Zhao Xiangming did not pay attention to it at the time.

It would be too low and unnecessary for a resident trainee to be so suspicious, as they don't even have a formal position.

But a variety show propelled Ji Xiang to even greater heights, his rise was faster than anyone could have imagined.

Director Bai's assessment of this was vague and open to many interpretations. Zhao Xiangming thought of the worst one—that he would have to stand in the ring with Ji Xiang!

This is also a method frequently used in the hospital.

It is not good for the hospital for each department to be dominant. Instead, the department should be divided into groups to compete with each other. The criteria for winning are the number of surgeries and the accident rate.

The thought of competing against Ji Xiang almost brought Zhao Xiangming to tears.

Was the surgery performed by Ji Xiang even human?

In his prime, his surgical skills surpassed mine by one or two levels, even making Boss Qin of Shanghai look bad to Ji Xiang.

Yourself?

If you're pushed up there, you'll be tortured beyond recognition.

Memories flooded back, and Zhao Xiangming's expression changed repeatedly.

"Xiangming, what are you going to do now?" someone asked.

"I'm prepared to fully cooperate with Dr. Ji Xiang's work," Zhao Xiangming said irritably.

"Hahahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Cooperate with the work? That's impossible, never in a lifetime.

Even if Zhao Xiangming is indifferent and has no desire for fame or fortune, he would not peacefully hand over the power of the department head to Ji Xiang.

"You're going to have a tough time from now on," Zheng Yunqi laughed. "You know, interventional radiology isn't exactly lucrative. How much does it cost to install a large stent in a blood vessel? That's enough for so many surgeries you could perform. Why is Director Bai so fixated on you?"

Zhao Xiangming shrugged.

It's unbelievable that the interventional radiology department, a department that just does a lot of work and gets wires but doesn't offer much benefit, has been targeted.

"Let's drink! Let's drink!"

The conversation had reached a dead end, and someone immediately raised their glass.

Zheng Yunqi had just raised his glass when his phone suddenly rang.

His expression changed, becoming extremely unpleasant.

"Director Zheng, what's wrong? Did your family find out you were having an affair with some nurse? Or is she asking for too much and you don't want to give in?"

"His body is so fragile, it crumbles with the slightest movement. What are you going to give him? What are you going to give him?"

Zheng Yunqi sighed, staring at his phone, letting it ring.

"Hey, Director Zheng, you didn't actually get caught red-handed, did you?" someone said seriously. "Even though no cat is immune to temptation, getting caught... you know, you should be more careful."

"What are you thinking about? All you ever do is spout this rubbish," Zheng Yunqi scolded.

Someone came over and glanced at the caller ID on Zheng Yunqi's phone.

It was a call from the department.

"A phone call from Corey, really from a nurse?! Is this some kind of trouble at Corey's place?"

"Old Zheng, I'm not trying to be mean, but even rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows. You're going a bit too far."

"A little nurse can be easily appeased with a few empty promises, why make things so difficult for you?"

There are different opinions.

Zheng Yunqi frowned. "I had internal hemorrhoid surgery a few days ago, and I guess it's messed up again."

Internal hemorrhoids, trouble ensued, and countless questions arose above the heads of the department heads.

The proctology department is a department with less work and less responsibility.

General proctology departments mainly perform anal surgeries, focusing their efforts on external surgeries performed by various private hospitals, which are quite expensive.

A top-notch proctologist can handle rectal cancer cases.

But what good would it do to treat rectal cancer? Not only would it offend the gastrointestinal surgeon, but it would also delay his own surgeries. So Zheng Yunqi didn't deal with rectal cancer at all, and just honestly treated his internal and external hemorrhoids, mixed hemorrhoids, etc.

What's the big deal about hemorrhoids?

Everyone's face showed disdain without prior agreement.

"Hello, what's wrong?" Zheng Yunqi finally answered the phone.

"Understood. Treat the symptoms first, give three sets of hemostatic drugs, and request a consultation first thing tomorrow morning."

"Damn it, don't you know which department to call? If all else fails, call all departments!"

With that, Zheng Yunqi hung up the phone in a very unhappy manner.

The atmosphere at the table was a little strange.

Postoperative bleeding in proctology surgery is most likely caused by a loosened suture, leading to bleeding from a blood vessel.

Surgery immediately, give them three sets of hemostatic drugs... Even if the blood vessels are full of hemostatic drugs, it won't help.

But Zheng Yunqi's handling of the situation was so unbelievable.

After a full minute of silence, Zheng Yunqi, also in a daze, finally asked Zhao Xiangming, "Director Zheng, what's wrong?"

"Don't even mention it. A patient with internal hemorrhoids had surgery and was bleeding post-surgery. I pulled him up in the emergency room to take a look, and it was just oozing blood. After I treated him, he came down, but the bleeding continued."

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Unexplained bleeding is the most troublesome thing. It is rare in proctology, but it is mainly the cardiac surgeons and neurosurgeons who find it extremely distressing.

Is the blood clotting normal?

"It's normal, and the other tests didn't reveal anything unusual. This bleeding is just out of the blue; maybe I'm having a bad run of luck lately."

Zheng Yunqi said with great distress.

"Please have a hospital-wide consultation. Let's have Director Bai and Director Lu take a look."

When you encounter a problem, go to Director Bai; that's an unspoken rule.

Zheng Yunqi nodded and turned to look at Zhao Xiangming.

"Xiangming, I heard that your interventional radiology department can perform hemorrhoid surgery?"

(End of this chapter)