My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1115: Chapter 440: The Third Hospital’s Vile Nature and Callousness

The first eight hours after heart surgery are usually the most dangerous. Generally, if there are no obvious abnormalities after 12 hours, it indicates the surgery was successful.

Their surgery ended a little past eleven last night, and now it’s been over eight hours.

Currently, the pediatric patient is doing well, and with Director Xue Yan’s experience, she can naturally determine whether the surgery was successful.

"I believe the cardiothoracic surgery department will continue to improve. If our mentor has a spirit in heaven, seeing the cardiothoracic surgery department gradually getting back on track under your leadership, he would definitely feel comforted."

Zhou Can is also happy about the progress in cardiothoracic surgery.

"I couldn’t have done this alone. Thank you for always helping me. Going through all the ups and downs, managing to withstand the concerted siege from Provincial People’s Hospital, Xinxiang Hospital, and Third Hospital to maintain Tu Ya’s basic business in cardiothoracic surgery—honestly, every time I think back, it’s still quite unbelievable to me."

She was full of gratitude towards Zhou Can and felt deeply moved.

She has grown immensely over this year.

Her medical skills, surgical abilities, management capabilities, and crisis handling skills are incomparable.

Compared to her, Zhou Can’s progress is even more remarkable.

Under Zhou Can’s efforts, the Emergency Department has achieved its first successful turn-around.

A hundred-grade laminar flow operating room capable of simultaneously conducting at least two surgeries, equipped with a lounge, large storage room, and other facilities and rooms. On the surface, it is a hundred-grade laminar flow operating room, but actually, it’s equivalent to two rooms.

The application for the endoscopic operating room has also been approved, and the project construction is underway.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should pass acceptance in three months and be officially put into use.

The Emergency Department inpatient ward has also undergone two rounds of expansion.

Currently, inpatient wards are divided into two sections for surgical and internal medicine patients: thirty official beds for surgical patients and ten beds for internal medicine patients. As for the temporarily added expandable beds, it’s not worth mentioning.

It is highly flexible.

The doctors and nurses in the Emergency Department have also undergone two rounds of expansion.

Both involving small-scale hiring or recruitment.

Director Lou and Deputy Director Han are also probably concerned that moving too fast might be too risky.

Another issue is the cost of personnel, which directly relates to the operational costs of a department. The hospital pays wages uniformly, and it is impossible for a department that generates a hundred thousand in revenue per month to support idle staff.

Zhou Can arrived at the pediatric outpatient department, still in consultation room 17.

Now, this outpatient room is exclusively his every Wednesday.

"Dr. Zhou, Dr. Zhou, you’ve come at the right time, come and help me with a consultation for a patient."

Director Zhuang from Pediatrics seemed to be waiting specifically for Zhou Can’s arrival.

As soon as he saw him approach, he immediately invited him over.

"Where’s the patient?"

Zhou Can noticed that there was no patient in Director Zhuang’s consultation room.

"Heh heh, there are still a few minutes before work starts! I have some data here, could you help me take a look? This pediatric patient had heart surgery at Third Hospital, and now the situation seems a bit concerning. The child’s grandfather reached out to me, asking if Tu Ya could take the case?"

Doctors often encounter these inescapable personal favors.

Some family members with strong connections or acquaintances will make a request, making it difficult to refuse.

However, the illness of the patient they want to entrust may not be in the doctor’s field of expertise. In such cases, the entrusted doctor can only seek help from colleagues in the relevant field.

Interpersonal relationships can indeed be that complex.

Many people think that officials or public functionaries are the ones most likely to encounter various requests. In reality, doctors face a similar burden and are hit hard too.

People who eat grains have times when they fall ill.

Whenever the illness is slightly severe, they think of seeking treatment at a major hospital, at which point they’ll try all means to find someone through connections.

If finding someone fails, then it’s resorting to stuffing red packets.

In any case, those family members and patients often don’t feel at ease without a familiar contact.

"Heart surgery performed at Third Hospital, now there’s a post-operative issue, they want to transfer the patient to our hospital for treatment?"

When Zhou Can heard this, he knew it wasn’t a good situation.

The majority of hospitals are reluctant to accept such ’complicated patients’.

If treated successfully, certainly the reputation would flourish, benefiting the hospital. But if something goes wrong, that could potentially lead to a falling out, bringing trouble.

Getting sued or losing money is the least of it.

Besides, hospitals capable of performing heart surgery are inherently strong. If they can’t handle the condition, what makes you think you can?

Director Zhuang, in his fifties, surely understands these implications.

"I’m also aware of the enormous risk, so I haven’t readily agreed. However, the person the child’s grandfather reached out to is my mentor, so there’s really no way around it. That’s why I’m biting the bullet to help inquire."

Director Zhuang has already prepared all the child’s data.

Zhou Can then reviewed the data carefully without asking further.

The patient is a newborn, just six months old. Congenital atrial septal defect of the primary type. Atrial septal defect repair surgery was performed at Third Hospital.

When checking the pediatric patient, a heart murmur was found, prompting medical consultation.

After examination, it was discovered the pediatric patient showed symptoms of rapid breathing, excessive sweating, and limited activity. However, there was no finding of congestive heart failure.