My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1289: Chapter 508: The Old Ox Rescues the God of Wealth (Part 2)

No one suggested rebuilding this department.

"Director Xue is our department’s leader, and it wouldn’t be appropriate for her to be put in a dangerous position. I also agree with Director Bu leading this surgery," Vice Director Hee also voiced his support.

"Please, Director Xue, allow this."

Director Bu is usually a low-profile person.

He quietly contributes his strength to the department but doesn’t have any particular specialty. People like him are the backbone of the department, not the core team.

He’s more like an old ox.

"Alright, thank you, Director Bu and all colleagues, for your protection. If this innovative surgery succeeds, it will be a huge benefit to our department, even the entire hospital. So, we shouldn’t miss this opportunity. Director Bu, please engage with the patient now. After reaching an agreement, we can directly admit them and fast-track the procedure. With such a long aortic dissection, delaying even one minute increases the uncertainty significantly."

Director Xue Yan accepted everyone’s goodwill.

"Zhou Can, go ahead and eat first, you can listen in on our discussion of these complex cases. There will be many areas where your help will be needed later."

She has always been very attentive to Zhou Can.

"Alright!"

Zhou Can sat in the back and started eating quickly.

As a surgeon, sometimes you can’t be too picky. Having time to eat at all is already a blessing.

For some extremely difficult major surgeries, lunch and dinner might be combined, possibly eaten at midnight.

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"Zhou Can, this patient’s tissue adhesion is extremely severe, requiring liver tumor resection. After reviewing, we all felt uncertain. This individual had surgery at another hospital but, after opening the abdominal cavity, the doctors found the tissue adhesion was severe to the point where surgery was impossible, so they had to stitch it back up. Do you think there’s any chance?"

After Zhou Can finished eating, Director Xue Yan began to ask for his help.

Sometimes, when doctors encounter such extreme situations during surgery, they have no choice but to sew the wound back up.

Bearing criticism is much preferable to having an incident.

But these things usually happen in small hospitals; larger hospitals conduct various checks before surgery. With much stronger technical capabilities, it’s rare to encounter such extreme cases.

This liver tumor patient is an extreme case. The surgery was done at a certain digital hospital in another province.

Know that digital hospitals are generally military hospitals.

Their strength is undeniable.

Even hospitals of this level were forced only to sew the patient’s abdominal cavity back and abandon the surgery, which shows the surgery’s difficulty level.

"Was this patient admitted today?"

"Indeed! Your live broadcast last night likely had a significant impact nationwide. This liver tumor patient also flew in from another province."

Director Xue Yan felt both anxious and afraid of these swelling patient numbers.

As a department head, she naturally hopes the department’s business volume increases. But she’s also scared of encountering such highly difficult cases, where lacking capability can easily lead to breakdown.

The ’top dog’ of Cardiothoracic Surgery isn’t a role that’s easy to fill.

It’s estimated that more extremely difficult cases will come rushing in the future.

"What about the attitudes of the patient and family?"

While eating, Zhou Can had already looked at some of the open-abdomen photos and scans provided by the patient.

It’s likely that the digital hospital was also concerned about being criticized, which is why they took photos, recorded videos, and kept them as evidence. They could also be used for research and teaching later.

"The patient has a strong will to survive, and the family’s attitude is okay. At least during contact, they didn’t mention targeting the previous hospital. Instead, they felt a bit pessimistic and desperate after gaining a new understanding of their condition."

"I can’t say there’s a 100% certainty, but it’s worth a try. Based on intuition, there should be over 60% confidence."

Zhou Can’s Fast Knife Skill and Stable Knife Technique are not just practiced for nothing.

Now his Separation Skill and Incision Skill have both reached Level 6.

Facing such severely adhesive lesions, he also felt somewhat confident.

"With such a high level of confidence, we can take on this surgery for a trial. I’ll talk to the family and patient later. If they’re willing to take this risk, then we’ll open the abdominal cavity again and give it a try."

Director Xue Yan was very familiar with Zhou Can’s character.

Since he said he had 60% confidence, it meant he was very confident and the risk was completely worth taking.

After all, this patient would find it very hard to locate a second hospital willing to perform surgery on him.

"There are also two cases where the causes are extremely hard to identify, and in this area, you’re somewhat distinguished. Help to provide some insights."

There indeed were quite a few complex cases received by Cardiothoracic Surgery today.

"Okay, I’ll first head back to the Emergency Department to finish the ward rounds, then come back and handle it."

Zhou Can was beginning to feel a bit stretched thin.

Those who are capable carry more responsibility.

Everywhere needs him, and it’s something he can’t just refuse.

However, this is also a good thing, as handling complex cases is exactly what he aspires to do.

After building up a solid foundation of basic knowledge and ordinary clinical experience, he’s now equipped with the capability to tackle challenges.

Whether diagnosing complex cases or performing high-risk surgeries, the speed at which he gains medical expertise Experience Points is much faster.

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More than half an hour later, he returned to Cardiothoracic Surgery.

There was a slight incident with an inpatient from the Internal Medicine Department over at the Emergency Department, but the other patients were relatively stable.

Deputy Director Han Changqing has already been invited to handle it.

Deputy Director Han is currently the overall person-in-charge of the Internal Medicine Department at the Emergency Department.

However, Deputy Director Han is about to reach the age of retirement, and finding a successor poses a problem. The Emergency Department has no outstanding Internal Medicine doctors, let alone someone qualified at the Director Level, not even at the Vice Director level.

Zhou Can naturally wouldn’t worry about this and would let Director Lou and Deputy Director Han concern themselves with it.

In the Cardiothoracic Surgery office, Zhou Can was reviewing two complex cases on the computer.

One was a patient transferred from the Provincial People’s Hospital within the province.

An old official, who underwent left total lung resection and lymph node dissection for lung cancer at the Provincial People’s Hospital. The surgery was smooth, but unexpectedly, on the second day post-surgery, the patient developed shortness of breath, chest tightness, difficulty breathing, accompanied by coughing and white foamy sputum. Concerned about the patient dying at the Provincial People’s Hospital, the family heard of Tuya Hospital’s top-notch surgical skills from a live broadcast.

Thus, through connections, they quickly transferred the patient from the Provincial People’s Hospital.

Under normal circumstances, Tuya would generally try to refuse such patients. Because it’s evident the situation is going downhill, and whoever accepts them risks misfortune.

What if the patient dies after being taken in?

If the family sues, they will surely involve both hospitals together.

Why take an unnecessary hit?

However, an old official is inherently a peculiar existence.

As long as revival is possible, from the department’s perspective, this is an absolute boon.

Moreover, patients retiring from official positions often have strong networking capabilities. They always find a way to contact Tuya Hospital’s higher-ups or leaders from relevant authorities. With just a word, they’re in.

Director Xue Yan couldn’t possibly refuse.

But when admitted, they’d surely arrange with that familiar contact that if anything happens to the patient, there must be no lawsuit against our hospital.

Generally, the family would also offer some verbal assurances.

People of status rarely engage in tricky tactics.

As long as Tuya Hospital follows the standard procedures for treatment, even if the patient dies in the hospital, due to the family’s assurances, it’s rare for such promises to be rescinded.

Otherwise, if it truly ends up in chaos, the familiar contact might find themselves in an awkward position.

The consequences go beyond just losing a simple connection.

When you’re well-known, rumors abound!

Zhou Can sighed after reviewing the case.

Back when Tuya Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Surgery was struggling, they would beg other patients to seek treatment, but no one would come.

Now, things have changed, and patients are begging to be admitted.

He decided to visit the ward personally to check on the patient.

Old officials are truly a unique phenomenon, occupying either a private room, a special needs room, or an intensive care unit.

Their insurance system also operates separately, making the settlement exceptionally smooth.