"Come to the Chengdu Provincial Hospital. Although I have retired, it's not a problem for me to get you a hybrid operating table," Chief Chen said.
The two spoke a few words and finalized the details. After that, they ended the call.
Going to the Chengdu Provincial Hospital was a good choice.
Zheng Ren did some calculations and had a rough plan.
"Su Yun!" Zheng Ren called out.
"He's on stage. What's the matter, Doctor Zheng?" Mu Tao's voice was heard.
Zheng Ren walked to the operating room next door and saw Mu Tao lying down. He made good use of the time to rest and recover.
Seeing Zheng Ren enter, Mu Tao sat up.
"Teacher Mu, Su Yun and I are leaving. I'll leave this side to you," Zheng Ren said as he came in.
"Leave? Where to?"
"The Chengdu Provincial Hospital."
"Uh... What are you going to do there?" Mu Tao asked.
After some time, Mu Tao felt that Zheng Ren was really not bad, if not for his talkative and sarcastic assistant.
"I'm going there to go and do the surgery to remove the embolus and amputate the leg."
Chapter 724 - I'll Have To Trouble You
Mu Tao was stunned.
What was Zheng Ren talking about? Amputation surgery? He was the only one who could do the interventional... No, Zheng Ren came from the general surgery department.
In some small hospitals, general surgeons were like all-rounder doctors who also performed amputations.
He wasn't from the department but his skills were insane.
However, could he really do it?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Mu Tao immediately smiled sheepishly. If he couldn't do it, who else could?
Seeing that Mu Tao was in a daze, Zheng Ren smiled and said, "Teacher Mu, I'll have to trouble you in the future."
"Doctor Zheng, don't call me teacher. It's embarrassing to be called that by you." Mu Tao smiled bitterly. "The peak period of sending the injured from the frontline has passed. Occasionally, there will be some injured people who need to be embolized. I can deal with them myself."
After being beaten by Su Yun with the hemostatic forceps, Mu Tao had also made great progress.
The time taken for him to perform an interventional embolization for a severe pelvic fracture had rapidly decreased from about one hour to 40 minutes.
Mu Tao could feel the improvement in his technical level.
It felt like magic to him. Although he had to endure the constant sarcasm of that talkative assistant, it was all worth it.
Mu Tao and Zheng Ren exchanged a few polite words and he watched as Zheng Ren waited for Su Yun to step down.
Inside, Su Yun and Liu Xuzhi were supporting the stage. The surgery had already reached the end.
"Doctor Zheng, you're working on the Nobel Prize Project, right?" Mu Tao confirmed it for the final time.
Actually, there was no need at all. Mu Tao had already heard about Zheng Ren calling in regards to the prosthetic limbs. Moreover, he was well-informed at the Mayo Clinic and had long known about this matter.
However, listening to others say it was different from Zheng Ren admitting it himself.
"Yes." Zheng Ren looked at Su Yun's actions on the screen during the selection, his right hand moving slightly.
Mu Tao caught this detail and smiled bitterly in his heart.
It turned out that the sharp and mean Su Yun that used hemostatic forceps to hit people had learned it from Doctor Zheng.
There were indeed some flaws in Su Yun's technique earlier. Although it did not affect anything, Zheng Ren always wanted to hit him a few times.
Su Yun was performing surgery in the operating theater. Zheng Ren could not hit him even if he was standing in the operating theater but the subtle movements of his hands exposed his thoughts.
"I have read the doc.u.ments you published and there are some questions I have for things I don't understand. After the earthquake relief is over, do you think I can go to the Imperial Capital to seek advice from you then?" Mu Tao asked.
This question was a little too direct.
However, after a few days and nights of surgery, Mu Tao had gotten used to being direct.
He did not have the time to ponder over other people's various mind tricks. Moreover, he was sure that Zheng Ren would not reject him.
"Mm, you're too polite. You can come at any time and we can discuss it together," Zheng Ren said casually.
As he spoke, Su Yun's last selection ended. The embolization and angiogram were confirmed, the tube removed.
Su Yun walked out of the surgery room. He had already seen Zheng Ren sitting there through the lead-lined glass.
After he came out, Su Yun asked, "Boss, can't you sleep for a while if you don't have any surgery to do? Do you really think that you're an Iron Man? People say that in life, dying from old age is the slowest, while illnesses might happen later down the line. However, death is always imminent. Boss, you didn't even touch the previous few things and you're already prepared to die so quickly?"
Speechless, Mu Tao suddenly felt much better.
Su Yun didn't just insult him, he even insulted his own boss.
Zheng Ren was already used to Su Yun's way of speaking so he didn't mind. He just smiled and said, "I just received a call from Chengdu Provincial Hospital's Chief Chen. He's inviting us over."
"Chengdu Provincial Hospital? Is it that skinny old man?" Su Yun asked.
After hearing what he said, Zheng Ren remembered Chief Chen's appearance and nodded.
"Boss, let me tell you. Don't tell me you want to remove the embolus on the hybrid operating table and then amputate the leg yourself?" Su Yun asked.
"Yes, why?"
Su Yun took off his sterile cap and sneered. "The surgery can be performed until twenty days later. If you constantly do surgery like this, you will probably die suddenly in three days. "It's said that the medical team has come up from behind. Don't be like Chief Jiang. If he falls down, you can operate on him. If you fall down, you can only watch as you yourself die."
"I'll rest," Zheng Ren said. "I can sleep for a while on the way there. Besides, don't you stay here?"
"It's useless even if I'm here. I learned how to do heart bypass surgery but how many people actually need it? Doctor Mehar's coronary artery embolism was so difficult that you had to use a grinding technique to do it. Boss, do you know that you're making me despair about my position in the cardiology department by doing this?" Su Yun's thought process was extremely fast. After he said this, he turned around and went to change his clothes.
Liu Xuzhi had just sent the injured person out of the operating theater when he heard this sentence.
Su Yun and Zheng Ren brushed past him. Liu Xuzhi thought about it but did not understand what Su Yun meant.
"Teacher Mu, where are they going?" Liu Xuzhi was a little reluctant to let Zheng Ren go, but now was the time for emergency treatment. He could not interfere with Zheng Ren's work.
"They're going to Chengdu Provincial Hospital and do the surgery to remove the embolus and amputate the leg." Mu Tao said this then but did not quite believe it himself.
A doctor from the Department of Interventional Medicine directly performing a hybrid surgery with his b.a.r.e arms. Wasn't this nonsense?
Doctor Zheng really walked his own path, leaving others with no other route.
"Teacher Mu, Doctor Su just mentioned something about a coronary artery grinding technique? Does Doctor Zheng still know how to do such a thing?" Liu Xuzhi asked in puzzlement.
"I don't know either." Mu Tao adjusted his glasses and smiled. "But I reckon that he should know how to do it and is probably quite good at it."
"Uh..."
Mu Tao still remembered that he had told Liu Xuzhi that Su Yun did not dare to go against Zheng Ren. It seemed that he only did it a little less frequently than toward everyone else.
..
Zheng Ren and Su Yun were silent as th
ey quickly changed their clothes. After staying in Pengxi Village for nearly three days and three nights, they finally passed the peak period of treating the wounded.
It was supposed to be a very fulfilling thing but when he remembered that there was still a huge number of wounded waiting to be treated at the provincial hospital, Su Yun's head ached.
He was in the best shape he could be in, all things considered. Moreover, he had exchanged surgeries with Mu Tao and took some time to rest. At this moment, he wasn't sure how he was still standing.
As for Zheng Ren? For three days and three nights, he had performed most of the surgeries while in lead clothing. How could he still endure?
Su Yun even had the idea to use the most primitive type of anesthetic to put Zheng Ren down and let him rest. After all, the follow-up medical team could be sent in at any time to replace the local doctors and the first batch of medical teams in Chengdu. If they collapsed, it would be all thanks to them.
"I'll sleep on the way there. Wake me up when we arrive," Zheng Ren said as he changed his clothes.
"You make it sound like I won't sleep myself."
"Tell Uncle Ning to make arrangements for the injured people on this side," Zheng Ren said.
"Got it." Su Yun waved his hand impatiently.
He took the time to change his clothes and started to contact Xie Ning.
Xie Ning, who had unknowingly become the head chief of Pengxi Village Hospital, did not say anything when he heard that Zheng Ren and Su Yun were going to Chengdu Provincial Hospital. He only arranged a spacious private car for them.
The best he could do was provide them a comfortable place to sleep along the way.
The sky was already turning light. Seeing the two of them leave, Xie Ning smiled. This young man was really good. His daughter had good taste.
Chapter 725 - Post-Operative Complications
The private car owner was very happy. He had waited for a long time before receiving a request. Moreover, the car had taken a while to arrive because of how big it was.
Two young soldiers from the People's Liberation Army uniforms sat in the car with tired faces while clad in their army print uniforms.
He still wanted to chat and try to make the atmosphere less awkward so that they could feel as if they were at home. However, as soon as the two of them got into the car and sat down, he could hear snoring before he even opened his mouth.
They were exhausted. The private car owner sighed. It seemed that there was no need to speak. The only thing he could do was to drive the car as steadily as possible so he would not disturb their slumber.
They drove all the way to Chengdu Provincial Hospital. There were many people on the road so they could not rush at all. After walking for a few hours, they finally arrived at their destination.
Zheng Ren and Su Yun slept the whole way, not even changing their positions
The private car owner looked at the bruises and exhaustion on their young faces, sighing in his heart.
The military uniform suddenly felt very reassuring.
At such a critical moment, all difficulties felt like nothing when seeing this military uniform.
Should he let them sleep a little more or start to wake them up? The private car owner hesitated.
He didn't know what urgent task these two young men had. If they slept like this, they were probably delaying the inevitable.
However, seeing that they were full of fatigue, the private car owner didn't have the heart to wake them up.
A first-aid ambulance sped over from a distance. The ear-piercing sound reminded the emergency doctors of Chengdu Provincial Hospital to hurry up and prepare to receive patients.
"Oh? We're here." Zheng Ren and Su Yun opened their eyes at the same time. After taking a look, they realized that they were not at Sea City General Hospital, but at Chengdu Provincial Hospital instead.
The sound of the ambulance had left a deep mark on s doctor's body. As long as they heard it, their bodies would naturally react.
Zheng Ren and Su Yun slept very soundly. They did not even wake up from the sound of thunder. However, they were woken up by the sound of the first-aid ambulance from a distance.
"Thank you for dropping us, sir," Zheng Ren said with a smile.
"You're welcome, don't worry about it," said the private car owner.
Zheng Ren got out of the car and waved at the private car owner to say goodbye. Then, he strode into Chengdu Provincial Hospital.
Seeing that Zheng Ren didn't ask for directions and walked straight ahead, Su Yun asked, "Boss, have you been here before?"
"I had a classmate that went here during my internship. I've been here a few times."
"If you can't recognize him, are you sure you can even remember where to go?"
"Lost? Why would such a thing happen?" Zheng Ren said matter-of-factly. In his opinion, memorizing a person's face was countless times more difficult than memorizing a road. Moreover, he had to associate this face with countless names. Coupled with his temperament and personality, it was simply too tedious.
As for places, Zheng Ren would be able to remember them even if their interior was like a maze as he was able to build a 3D structural analysis in his mind.
If it was a human face... Well, the advanced stage of facial blindness did not need to be mentioned.
The two of them walked all the way to the interventional department. The extra beds in the department were lined up by the corridor and there were many volunteers shuttling between the beds. Doctors in white coats would occasionally appear, and young nurses would fly around to change drips and blood bags.
This place is indeed busier than Pengxi Village, Zheng Ren thought.
He came to a doctor's side and asked, "Hello, may I know if Chief Chen is in?"
"Chief Chen?" The Doctor was stunned for a moment. "I'm not from this department. Which Chief Chen are you looking for?"
Zheng Ren glanced at his name tag. He was a doctor from the gastrointestinal department.
The doctors from the general surgery department were probably busy in the operating theater so everything was handed over to other physicians to handle.
Zheng Ren was stunned for a moment. Su Yun called out to him from the other side.
"Boss, this side." Su Yun looked for a young nurse to ask about the situation. The young nurse was gushing as she told Su Yun everything that she knew.
'It seems that Su Yun is the best choice when handling such matters in the future,' Zheng Ren thought to himself.
He came to Su Yun's side. Su Yun and the young nurse smiled as they exchanged pleasantries with each other. After that, he left with Zheng Ren.
"Boss, Chief Chen is a retired old chief. He's currently busy in the gastrointestinal department's ward. There are too many injured people. The hospital has already entered a temporary emergency management procedure. The serious patients pre-operation are here. The patients post-operation are placed elsewhere."
"Okay." Zheng Ren nodded.
The two of them quickly walked to the digestive medicine department. They saw that the corridor was filled with patients just like the interventional medicine department.
It was probably the same in all departments. In the past few days, they should have been transporting light-injured patients to county and city hospitals at the back for treatment and recuperation.
"Su Yun, go and look for Chief Chen." Zheng Ren's experience was immediately put to good use.
Su Yun pursed his lips and did not refute. He walked straight to the treatment room to look for the nurse who was busy administering medicine.
Zheng Ren stood in the corridor and watched the volunteers move between the hospital beds. They comforted the injured and recorded the data that the doctors needed. Everything was in good order.
Fortunately, it was not as messy as he had imagined.
Zheng Ren was very worried that the injured people transported from the disaster area would swarm in and cause the medical system to completely coll
apse. From the looks of it, he had probably worried too much.
He smiled and saw a volunteer quickly walking over
Zheng Ren made way and the volunteer rushed to the doctor's office.
Su Yun and a thin and withered old man walked out of the office. The volunteer immediately jogged to the old man's side and said something.
The old man told him to go back first as he would go and take a look himself.
Zheng Ren knew that countless volunteers were like the doctors' eyes as they stayed in the ward, helping the doctors and nurses to observe the situation and eliminate hidden dangers.
Soon, Su Yun and the old man walked over.
"Doctor Zheng, we meet again," the old man said with a smile.
"Hello, Chief Chen." Zheng Ren bowed and greeted him.
"I'm going to see a patient, then I'll take you to the operating theater," Chief Chen said. "You did very well in Pengxi Village, especially well."
Zheng Ren smiled and did not say anything.
"Most of the patients' surgeries have been solved, and the rest are mostly patients who need amputation. You came at the right time. Little Zheng, tell me, what are you going to do?" Chief Chen asked as he walked.
Zheng Ren was about to speak when Chief Chen walked into the ward.
On the System's panel in the upper right corner of his vision, a bright red color appeared in front of Zheng Ren.
Zheng Ren was stunned for a moment. This was...
Abdominal aortic dissection aneurysm!
Zheng Ren quickly found the most fatal one among the many diagnoses!
After the patient finished surgery, he complained about intense pain so the volunteers went to find the doctors who stayed behind to take a look.
Chief Chen was just about to conduct a physical examination when Zheng Ren frowned and asked, "Chief Chen, what kind of examinations have been done?"
Su Yun glanced at Zheng Ren and did not say anything. He moved his feet slightly and took half a step back to the side.
"Two hours after the patient underwent the interventional treatment in our hospital due to a pelvic fracture, he kept saying that the pain in his abdomen was severe so he had a CT examination." Chief Chen did not think that Zheng Ren was being rude, so he took out the radiographic films and handed them to Zheng Ren.
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