My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1338: Chapter 529: Some Patients Can’t Be Pushed Away, Treating the Chest for Foot Pain?

The hardest thing in life is to find peace of mind.

Neither Director Xue Yan nor Zhou Can is obligated to help these job hoppers, but seeing these people in a situation from which there’s no return certainly doesn’t make them happy.

Both belong to the elite social class and have a certain empathy for the victims.

Especially since these victims were former colleagues and ’comrades’ who have worked together many times.

"So you’re suggesting we lend them a hand?"

Xue Yan stared into Zhou Can’s eyes and asked.

"Both emotionally and practically, we must help. Cardiothoracic Surgery still has a long way to go to become a world-class department. It’s essential to find ways to unite all possible forces. Since ancient times, there’s been the notion that benevolence and righteousness can conquer the world. Helping them is an act of kindness and righteousness, and it can help you become a better departmental leader."

Zhou Can has come to understand these deeper philosophical principles bit by bit on his own.

Leading a surgical team in the Emergency Department greatly improved his leadership skills.

Also, the time he took the lead in demanding the hospital improve the personal safety and protection of clinical healthcare workers gave Zhou Can great insight. It could even be considered a kind of awakening in life.

After hearing this, Xue Yan fell silent again.

She was trying hard to weigh the pros and cons involved. In her position, she must take responsibility for her decisions.

As the head of Cardiothoracic Surgery, she needs to take responsibility for the future of the department and consider extensively its development, safety, and unity.

After pondering for a good seven or eight minutes, neither of them spoke.

Zhou Can busied himself by picking up the examinations of the difficult cases and reviewing them thoroughly. He was unwilling to waste any usable time.

This patient is a 47-year-old male diagnosed with lung cancer. The tumor is extremely close to the inferior pulmonary vein, so dealing with this tumor requires freeing the inferior pulmonary vein first to ensure its safety. However, due to the very short length of the vein to be freed, it’s difficult to safely manage the vein outside of the pericardium.

The surgical difficulty is extremely high.

Following traditional surgical thinking nearly makes it impossible to complete successfully.

The city-level tertiary hospital couldn’t handle this surgery, so they decided to refer the patient elsewhere. It’s unclear whether the doctors at that hospital watched Zhou Can’s surgery livestream from that night; they directly told the patient that Tuya Hospital is highly skilled in cardiothoracic surgery and suggested he seek treatment at Tuya Hospital.

Eventually, the patient exerted great effort to come to Tuya Hospital with a glimmer of hope.

Zhou Can studied the patient’s information repeatedly, his brow furrowed tightly.

The difficulty of this patient’s surgery is not limited to what is apparent.

Based on experience, he suspected the patient’s inferior pulmonary vein might still present other surgical challenges. It’s just that modern general examination methods cannot preemptively identify possible physiological variants.

It can only be explored after surgical dissection.

Since the lesion is located within the chest cavity, the surgery requires opening the chest to explore.

It’s impossible to open a chest solely to investigate the patient’s physiological structure, only to find the difficulty somewhat great and then stitch it back up. This practice would be both unethical and inconsistent with medical standards.

The most common solution is to rely on the surgical expertise and high-level surgical skills of the chief surgeon, adapting to the situation, climbing mountains when encountering them, and crossing rivers when present.

"The Cardiothoracic Surgery Department can accept those twenty or so job hoppers, but their position arrangements might differ from before." Director Xue Yan finally made up her mind after much deliberation.

She took Zhou Can’s advice, giving these people a way out.

"Is it because their former positions have already been filled by others that Sister Yan couldn’t reinstate them to their previous positions?" Zhou Can asked.

"That’s part of it. According to the hospital’s procedures, some administrative leadership positions require thorough examination, including loyalty to the hospital. They’ve betrayed the hospital before, so naturally, they can’t be entrusted with important administrative roles. At least they’re not qualified now."

It’s somewhat similar to a political review.

Because leadership positions represent the conferment of power.

If unsuitable people are appointed, it could easily cause significant harm to the hospital.

The promotion and appointment of hospital leadership cadres are always very cautious. Much like the former head of Tuya’s Security Department, who nearly drove the entire hospital’s clinical staff to revolt.

Even a sub-department head has substantial power.

To a significant extent, they can directly influence the sub-department’s development and style.

"I think they should be able to accept this fact. Making mistakes certainly warrants punishment. Allowing them to return to work, pulling them out of the pitfall, is already an act of utmost benevolence. If anyone is still unsatisfied and greedily desires the same leadership privileges as before, I suggest we abandon accepting such people without hesitation, letting them fend for themselves."

Zhou Can understands the ugliness of human nature deeply.

There’s indeed a possibility of encountering such greedy, ungrateful individuals.

If punishment isn’t severe enough, it’s insufficient to establish authority.

When methods are needed, never show mercy; swift and decisive measures must be taken.

Regarding this matter, the two have reached a basic consensus. Open the door for those individuals, provided they are content, return without wavering, and instead change their hearts and treasure this hard-earned opportunity.

"My agreement alone is not enough on this matter; we must seek approval from the hospital leadership, who must also consent. Then, I’d like you to be the one to contact them directly."

Director Xue Yan was unwilling to personally step forward, and she had her reasons.