Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the light blue operating theater, a smile could be seen on Ma Yanlin’s face from time to time.
He smiled when he saw a young nurse. Then, he showed his smile again when he saw Ling Ran and the abdominal cavity of a patient.
Ling Ran did not care about what the doctors under him did, but Lu Wenbin felt really uncomfortable watching it.
Lu Wenbin saw a vermiform appendix being pulled out, and Ma Yanlin still showed a mysterious smile. He could not help but ask, “Young Ma, if you wish to eat braised pork intestine, I’ll get one for you later. This is human intestines, please don’t show your teeth while staring at it. It’s really creepy.”
“I don’t want your braised intestines. The treat is on me tonight. Boss Shao’s restaurant.” Ma Yanlin chuckled while holding a mirror.
A single appendectomy was performed with three doctors. Only the leader of a treatment group could have this special treatment. Now, when Ling Ran performed surgery, it was no longer just surgery. It also contained elements of teaching in it.
The interns who graduated from medical college or the housemen who had only been in the field for two or three years or residents doctors would not know how to perform surgery. If they did not have any cheating systems with them, they would have to learn everything again. Even surgeries like appendectomy could not be perfected without repeated practice. Before this, the doctors usually needed to learn through dissecting bodies and even dissect one or two dogs or rabbits to have a small foundation.
The Perfect Level Appendectomy mastered by Ling Ran contained even more information.
Lu Wenbin originally stared at Ling Ran, but he was distracted by Ma Yanlin. When he heard the term “treat”, he smoothed out the frown between his eyebrows and said, “I’ll forgive you if you treat me two bamboo rats.”
“You’re still jealous of me, right?” Ma Yanlin chuckled and said, “I’m only going to treat you to mutton skewers. Doctor Ling, are you going? If you’re going, I’ll treat all of you to tripes as well.”
Ling Ran’s eyes stared at the screen, his maneuvers never changed, and he asked, “Because of the letter of appointment?”
“Yes. Not everyone will get the offer, right?” Ma Yanlin said, smiled and added. “I’m different from you. Also, I’m previously from the Orthopedics Department, and it’s not easy for me to be transferred from the Orthopedics Department to the Emergency Medical Center, right?”
“How hard could it be to get the letter of appointment for a resident doctor?” Lu Wenbin chuckled and said, “But it’s interesting that you gave up on the Orthopedics Department. The kids down there must be very thankful for you. So many of them are fighting for this position.”
There were two different title promotional systems in the hospital. One of them was to participate and pass through the test before being recruited as resident doctors, attending physicians, assistant lecturers, and senior lecturers. Meanwhile, the other one required the hospital to offer a letter of appointment. Once the letter was obtained, the promotion could be counted as complete.
In a small hospital, many doctors did not manage to pass through the test, or their academic qualifications were not sufficient. There were always many letters of appointment for resident doctors or attending physicians. Some doctors just could not pass the test, and they had no choice but to be recognized internally by the hospital in the end.
In a big hospital, there were usually many doctors who excelled in their studies. Besides, those with PhDs and overseas experience would get a lot of points in their chances of being authorized. Usually, a large group of them would pass through the test, and they would have to queue up and wait for the letter of appointment.
Of course, regardless of which way it was, it was always easier for the resident doctors. The difficult part was always getting promoted to an attending physician, and it was the level that Lu Wenbin wanted to get promoted…
When Lu Wenbin saw that Ma Yanlin had received his letter of appointment in advance and made a firm decision to transfer to the Emergency Medical Center as well as giving up his post in the Orthopedics Department, it would be impossible that Lu Wenbin did not feel stressed.
In truth, in Ling Ran’s treatment group, Lu Wenbin and Ma Yanlin had the best surgery skill. Zhang Anmin’s skill was not too bad, but he was an authorized doctor in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. Therefore from this point alone, Lu Wenbin was the only outstanding candidate in Ling Ran’s treatment group, and he always acknowledged himself as the eldest disciple.
However, Ma Yanlin did not want to be the second disciple. He first snorted and buttered up to Ling Ran a little. “Forget about the Orthopedics Department or any other department, it means nothing if Doctor Ling is not there. Even if Doctor Ling goes to the Colorectal Department, I’ll follow too.”
Lu Wenbin was impressed. “That loyalty alone is worthy of the department treating us to dinner tonight, Doctor Ling.”
“Okay.” Ling Ran agreed and said, “Pocket.”
Lu Wenbin was stunned because he was actually joking.
Ma Yanlin could not help but laugh. “Okay. Let’s eat bamboo rats tonight. Doctor Ling, three bamboo rats?”
“Sure.” Ling Ran nodded and put the vermiform appendix in the pocket with the aid of a laparoscope before he dragged it out.
Lu Wenbin took over the vermiform appendix and quickly asked, “Um, Doctor Ling, why would you allow Ma Yanlin to treat us?”
“I thought you were the one who suggested it?” Ling Ran threw the question back at Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin was stunned.
Then, he heard Ling Ran say, “The department is quite rich now, and Zuo Cidian suggests to spend some of it. It’s a perfect chance.”
Lu Wenbin could not deny that. He knew that the department was rich, and as a separate individual department of the hospital, their ratio of self-funded patients was the highest. The two-and-a-half-day leave company, the company next door, and the company next door to the company next door sent patients to them at an insane pace, and they practically funded their own stay in the hospital. Naturally, they helped the department accumulate a lot of bonuses.
This amount of money could not be given out completely. If too much bonus was given, not only would the higher-ups notice, other departments in the hospital would realize as well.
Lu Wenbin did not care too much about bonuses in the past, but now, he was no longer the young man who could use his salary to pay off his house and car loans daily. Right now, the house and car loans he owed could not be cleared with his salary…
“Who will continue the subsequent part?” Ling Ran gave up his position.
“Me!” Ma Yanlin was excited to fight for the position. Lu Wenbin hesitated for a while before he chose to be the assistant for Ma Yanlin.
Ma Yanlin grinned and said, “Thank you, Doctor Lu.”
“Treat it as a welcoming gift for your return from Brazil.” Lu Wenbin sighed. “I’ll bring you some braised food as side dishes later.”
“Oh, okay.” Ma Yanlin agreed. “Sorry for the expense.”
Lu Wenbin shook his head, “I’m not spending any money at all. Since the department is paying for it, I’ll just need to claim it from Old Zuo later on.”
..…
Ling Ran no longer bothered himself with the operating theater that had lost its vermiform appendix patient. He went out and washed his hands before he headed to the next room.
“Doctor Ling, you’re here. Blue or green scrubs for today?” The young nurse, Su Mengxue smiled sweetly at Ling Ran.
“Blue.” Ling Ran chose a different color based on the draping of the operating table. After he put it on, he walked around the operating theater and inspected it.
Yu Yuan stepped on two stepping stools without moving. Besides, it was not convenient for her to move.
“The patient looks quite old. How old is he?” Ling Ran felt puzzled when he walked to the front.
Su Mengxue looked at the patient’s white hair, smiled, and said, “Is it because programmers age faster than others?”
Yu Yuan was the doctor in charge of the patient. She shook her head, “The patient is indeed fifty-five years old. From the conversation of the family members, he should be the father of a programmer. They wanted to receive the surgery as they said the recovery time for the patients you treated was short. The patient had chronic cholecystitis for more than ten years, and his gallbladder has lost its function…”
“The recovery ability of those at fifty-five is very slow.” Ling Ran did not mind the age of the patient. Over the past few days, he had performed surgery for a few patients who were around 40 years old as well. Their conditions were not any better than the fifty-five-year-old patient.
“Okay,” Yu Yuan replied and said, “I have talked to the patient’s family members. They did not request for the specific number of days needed for the recovery, but they hope that the surgery is properly done so that the recovery is faster and the patient would suffer less.”
Ling Ran nodded.
“Also self-funded. The family should have quite a good financial status.” Yu Yuan added. The drugs used would be different between those who funded their own stay and those who used medical insurance.
“I see, then let me think about it.” Ling Ran looked at the board from the system.
The requirements for The Way Forward was for him to perform fifty abdominal surgeries, and the recovery time must be shorter than sixty hours.
His current progress was 43/50.
Seven more patients were needed, but after Ling Ran made some calculations, including the appendectomy surgery he performed using a laparoscope just now, there were already six patients laying in the hospital ward. He just needed to perform one more, and theoretically speaking, he could obtain another Intermediate Treasure Chest after one to two days.
“We can still try for a short recovery surgery.” Ling Ran thought and said, “We’ll still go on with the established plan, and let’s be careful with the operation accuracy.”
Although Ling Ran seemed to be reminding Yu Yuan, he was actually reminding himself as well.
