Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Since Miao Tansheng resigned from the hospital, he only focused on earning a lot of money.
His focus paid off, especially when compared to his peers. Miao Tansheng’s monthly income from cosmetic sutures was already comparable with a group of junior attending physicians.Together with double eyelid operations and injections of hyaluronic acid, Miao Tansheng’s monthly income in Lower Groove Clinic was not worse than an associate chief physician in the tertiary Grade A hospital.
Of course, he rode on the wave of Lower Groove Clinic, so Miao Tansheng treasured his current job very much.
However, people’s mindset would change. As the saying went, “When a person is well-fed and warmed, he will think of something else.” When he had earned enough, Miao Tansheng could not help but start thinking of something else.
Thoughts like improving his skills or performing some high-end surgeries popped up in Miao Tansheng’s mind from time to time, just like how problems would appear on the face from time to time after it receives a hyaluronic acid injection. By then, it would be a reminder to the person that it was time for her to receive another injection.
Unfortunately, for doctors who left big hospitals, while earning money was easy, it was not easy to do things related to skills and surgeries.
The development of modern medicine kept promoting surgery specialization and teamwork. In the past, an appendectomy performed by a township hospital was not different from a big hospital in essence. Some experienced surgeons in county hospitals might even be able to perform the surgery better than newbies in big hospitals.
However, as laparoscopes appeared, the situation became completely different. A bigger gap inevitably appeared between hospitals who could afford and use laparoscopes well and the hospitals who could not afford laparoscopes and were not good at using them, regardless of how good their skills were when it came to performing open appendectomy.
Surgeries requiring higher and complicated skills were naturally not friendly to small hospitals and clinics.
Usually, Miao Tansheng always paid attention to looking for opportunities, but for a doctor who had left the hospital, he would have to be very opportunistic to gain chances.
From Miao Tansheng’s perspective, there was no better chance than Lower Groove Clinic.
If Ling Jiezhou and Ling Ran were willing to expand Lower Groove Clinic, the chance would be even more precious to Miao Tansheng.
“I can get patients.” Miao Tansheng decided to grab this chance, so he answered loudly when the father-son duo were talking.
He was very sure that with how busy a doctor like Ling Ran was, if Miao Tansheng did not seize the chance this time, he could not be sure when would be the next time he could meet Ling Ran. At that time, Ling Ran and Ling Jiezhou’s thoughts might change again.
Miao Tansheng’s interruption made Ling Jiezhou stunned a little.
Ling Jiezhou then smiled. “Old Miao, where are you going to get patients? You don’t go and cut off people’s hands at night, right?”
“My body can’t afford to take up a hacking knife, anyway.” Miao Tansheng gave a random answer before he quickly continued, “Of course, I’m still able to hold a scalpel. I’ll have no problem persisting in normal surgeries for four to five hours.”
“Amazing.” Ling Jiezhou laughed.
“Although I left the hospital, I still have my previous contacts.” Miao Tansheng switched the topic back and said, “If it comes to patients, we all know about the current condition of public general hospitals. Many patients cannot even get a hospital bed. If Doctor Ling is in charge of the clinic, I think getting a few patients will not be difficult.”
Miao Tansheng’s fish eyes twitched to hide his nervousness.
If the clinic decided to perform surgeries, he would naturally become the assistant. Doctor Xiong was too old. It was not a problem for him to be the physician in charge while talking and prescribing medications, but not performing surgeries.
Although the type of surgeries they could carry out was limited and they practically did not have any surgeries to choose from, Miao Tansheng was still very excited when he thought that the chief surgeon was going to be Ling Ran.
At his current position, he was considered super lucky when he had a leader of a treatment group in Yun Hua Hospital guiding him in his surgery.
Ling Jiezhou knew a little about Miao Tansheng’s thoughts, and he hesitated a little. He looked at his son and said, “Young Ran, you’ve been busy in the hospital. Our clinic is running very well now, so you should just do what you can.”
Ling Ran thought and said, “It isn’t a bad thing to get a few more hospital beds. I think the clinic is a suitable place to perform Achilles tendon repairs…”
Achilles tendon repair was one of the most high-end surgeries that Ling Ran mastered. Not only was his Achilles tendon repair technique at Perfect Level, the Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique that Academician Zhu was the main force in developing was also an advanced technique that can be considered a world-class technique. On the other hand, the high amount of anatomical experience he had in the limbs and feet was something that a normal doctor could never get in his lifetime.
Besides, the requirements from Achilles tendon repair requirement toward the operating theater and equipment were not high. The skill requirement for a normal Achilles tendon repair technique and those performed using a small incision was slightly high, but Ling Ran used large incisions, and the conditions required for it could be provided by the operating theater in Lower Groove Clinic.
In addition, the recovery period for Achilles tendon repair was longer, so this was also the reason Ling Ran rarely performed Achilles tendon repair in Yun Hua Hospital, but he always performed it at Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center.
If he performed Achilles tendon repair in Lower Groove Clinic, the corresponding disadvantage was no longer a disadvantage. Based on the current bed utilization rate in the clinic, the longer the patients stayed, the happier Ling Jiezhou would be.
“Are you really able to do so?” Ling Jiezhou asked Ling Ran seriously.
Ling Ran nodded. “The requirements for Achilles tendon repair are not high, and I can also refine my skills in this surgery.”
If he were not performing the Achilles tendon repair technique for athletes, Ling Ran’s Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Technique was actually not needed. In other words, the Achilles tendon repair technique performed by a normal doctor was enough to satisfy the ordinary needs of ordinary people.
In such a situation, Ling Ran naturally prefered to give the hospital beds away to patients who required hepatectomy.
However, mastering this skill but not using it would still be a waste.
Ling Ran thought that implementing the skill in the clinic was a good choice.
Ling Jiezhou easily relented and said, “If you’re willing to perform it, that’s naturally great. Previously, when Miss Tian helped renovate the clinic, she also helped us apply for quite a number of medical resources, so now they can be used now.”
Ling Jiezhou looked at Miao Tansheng as he said this. He decided to be frank and asked, “Doctor Miao, what do you think? Let’s just get straight to the point, hmm?”
“I want to learn the skills from Doctor Ling…” Miao Tansheng quickly voiced his thoughts. Actually, it was not as if those words were difficult to say. It was very natural for a doctor to want to perform surgeries and do some skillful work.
When Ling Jiezhou heard that Miao Tansheng’s request did not involve any issues of commision or division of profit, he instantly became relieved. He comforted Miao Tansheng. “I understand your desire to learn a skill. Hmm… since it’s rare for Doctor Miao to have such a mentality, let’s not talk about the matter of who is the teacher and student. Doctor Miao, please make arrangements as soon as possible. Let’s just go straight to the surgery first.”
“And nursing care.” Ling Ran reminded him.
“No problem.” Ling Jiezhou patted his chest and answered. He turned around, took out his phone, and sent out messages.
Meanwhile, Miao Tansheng was also excited. He also took out his phone and sent out messages in a frenzy.
As for Ling Ran, he sat on his reclining chair, took out his phone, and started playing his game with familiar motions.
