My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 916: Chapter 364: Meritocracy—Will Success Slip Away at the Last Moment?

"It’s not even eight o’clock, and we’ve already completed two surgeries. It seems we might not have to work late if we keep it up!" Director Xue Yan glanced at the wall clock, a smile appearing on her face.

Because she was wearing a mask, it was only apparent from her eyes.

"If it were us doing these two surgeries, finishing them before ten o’clock would be considered good enough!"

Deputy Director Lu, who was over fifty years old and had a head full of white hair, was skilled in both surgery and academia. Unfortunately, he was blunt, often bringing conversations to an awkward halt.

Isn’t that indirectly saying that their operations are slow?

The group felt a bit embarrassed, and Director Hu Kan remained silent.

"Ahem... Actually, taking it slow isn’t necessarily a bad thing! Slow work yields fine craftsmanship!"

Deputy Director Lu was Director Xue Yan’s assistant and often served as her first assistant, essentially her partner. She could only try to ease the situation and remedy it.

"Haha, Director Xue is right. I’m fast at working, but a bit careless! Surgery safety is paramount, so taking it slow and steady is more secure."

Zhou Can quickly made a self-deprecating remark to avoid making the atmosphere awkward.

He didn’t want to stand in opposition to all the doctors in the Cardiothoracic Surgery department.

"There’s only one more surgery left. Everyone take a short break, and get ready to finish it in one go!"

Director Hu Kan ended the discussion.

Although Director Hu appears gentle usually, these senior doctors care a lot about their dignity. The Stable Knife Technique is his lifelong pursuit and pride. Deputy Director Lu’s careless comment criticizing the technique as too slow would surely make Director Hu Kan unhappy.

It’s only because Deputy Director Lu is over fifty and has a respectable status that he didn’t get scolded.

If it were a young doctor speaking recklessly, they would most likely get reprimanded.

The group scattered to take restroom breaks and hydrate as needed.

Performing surgery is physically demanding. Whether doctor or nurse, they often drink water or have milk, nutritional drinks during breaks in long surgeries.

If a doctor has brought energy drinks like Red Bull, it’s usually because a tough challenge awaits.

Sometimes, a complex surgery can last for more than ten hours, which is undoubtedly a difficult challenge for doctors and nurses who have been working all day. But to save the patient’s life, they can only grit their teeth and persevere.

Drinking some refreshing drinks becomes their reluctant choice.

In earlier years, many doctors and nurses drank a tonic beverage known as Brain Boost.

This drink could refresh but had strong side effects.

It keeps one’s spirit excessively stimulated, draining life’s essence, accelerating aging among doctors and nurses.

Zhou Can also went for a bathroom break, drank some water, and returned to the operating room full of energy.

The rest of the surgical team gradually returned to the operating room.

The patient lay on the operating table. The anesthetist was not Dr. Feng but another chief anesthetist, Dongfang Luoxue.

She lived up to her name, cold and glamorous as snow, as if the whole world owed her a debt.

Like Director Xue Yan, she was truly a talented woman.

Dongfang Luoxue was in her forties but looked exceptionally beautiful, with fair and smooth skin, appearing more like a twenty-year-old girl.

According to Zhou Can’s understanding, she was the only female chief anesthetist in the anesthesiology department.

The youngest in history.

It’s necessary to mention, most people think anesthetists are men, but female anesthetists are not few.

Internationally, the ratio of female anesthetists is even higher than that of male anesthetists.

"Do you need help?"

Zhou Can and Dongfang Luoxue were not familiar, but they knew each other.

She also knew that Zhou Can was a half-apprentice to Dr. Feng.

"Okay!"

She responded coldly with just one word.

"Haven’t seen Dr. Guan for a while, is he doing alright?" Zhou Can chatted with her while working swiftly.

He wasn’t trying to win over the ice-cold female anesthetist but rather doing it for work.

Only with good communication can tasks be completed more smoothly.

In case of unexpected situations, the coordination would be more seamless.

If everybody were like her, cold and silent, unable to communicate issues in time, it could lead to serious problems.

She was intently attaching the life monitor probes to the patient and did not speak.

"Dr. Guan nearly had an accident last time, and I was just worried about its impact on him, so I wanted to ask." Zhou Can glanced at her, speaking directly this time.

"Work!"

She answered with just two words.

She was truly a peculiar woman, cold beyond imagination. While encountering aloof female doctors or nurses wasn’t new to Zhou Can, someone as icy as her was indeed rare.

She wasn’t just aloof, she was icy.

"I heard anesthesiologists are often eccentric, and it seems true."

Zhou Can mumbled softly.

Of course, he did it intentionally.

Just to see her reaction.

In the end, she pretended not to hear, unfazed.

Zhou Can dared not say anything provocative to stimulate her further; instead, he obediently assisted her in administering anesthesia to the patient.

"The patient’s ECG shows some abnormalities. Do we need to prepare anything special?"

After the patient inhaled the anesthetic and passed out, Zhou Can finally mentioned this matter.