The Surgeon's Studio c1-799

by Black Ursa Prime

  With the remaining patients, the professor performed six surgeries. There were three other patients who the professor had assessed would be more difficult for second-stage surgery. Because of that, he left them to Zheng Ren.

  He looked at the patients and found that they were all very stable. The patients after the second-stage surgery would probably be discharged tomorrow, able to go back home almost immediately.

  'The professor's surgical skills are pretty good,' Zheng Ren thought to himself. However, he did not know what he would be able to do if he performed TIPS surgery after his skills had greatly improved.

  "Boss Zheng, why are you here?" Chief Resident Shen walked out of the duty room just as Zheng Ren finished checking the room. He was still half-asleep.

  Chief Resident Shen had also returned. He went to work and left the clinic early in the morning.

  He still looked tired. It seemed that he was exhausted just like Zheng Ren. As for Su Yun, he had fulfilled his promise perfectly. He was sleeping comfortably underneath his covers for three days and three nights.

  "I came to take a look." Zheng Ren smiled.

  Chief Resident Shen looked at Zheng Ren's side. Su Yun did not follow him. He seemed to be a little relaxed. He smiled and said, "Chief Kong specifically told me to go out to the clinic to take in patients when I came back."

  "How many did you receive?"

  "Six. The patients will be discharged after the surgery tomorrow and will be staying here. I left my phone number. Boss Zheng, you don't have to worry about these things. I'll report to you when the time comes," Chief Resident Shen said.

  "By the way, are you busy this afternoon?" Zheng Ren asked.

  Chief Resident Shen immediately replied, "I'm fine. It doesn't make much sense if I don't go out to the outpatient clinic. We don't have enough beds. The patients we receive in the outpatient clinic in the morning are enough to last us a week."

  Seeing that Chief Resident Shen was obviously not trying to push work onto him, Zheng Ren sighed in his heart and said, "If there's nothing else, bring me around to the other departments."

  "What are you..." Chief Resident Shen was only puzzled for a moment but then understood that Zheng Ren wanted to pay a visit to each of the department chiefs and familiarize himself with the Imperial Capital Hospital so that he could carry out his work smoothly in the future.

  "Which department do you want to go to first?" Chief Resident Shen immediately changed his tone and asked.

  "All the relevant departments, like the gastrointestinal department... Whether I go to the general surgery department or not, we'll talk about it later," Zheng Ren answered straightforwardly, having already thought about the answer beforehand.

  "Okay," Chief Resident Shen replied crisply. "I'll ask if Chief Luo from the gastrointestinal department is here."

  Zheng Ren smiled and nodded.

  Chief Resident Shen made a phone call as Xie Yiren said, "Then I'll go to the operating theater. I've arranged your cabinet for you. If you have time, you can take a look at what's missing."

  As she said this, Xie Yiren took out the key from her bag and handed it to Zheng Ren.

  Zheng Ren nodded and watched Xie Yiren leave.

  It was a good day to be back.

  "Boss Zheng, Chief Luo is in the ward area. Shall we head over now?" Chief Resident Shen asked.

  "Okay. Lil Fugui!" Zheng Ren called out.

  "Huh? Yes, Boss?" Professor Rudolf Wagner poked his head out of his office. He had just made his ward rounds and was about to organize all his information.

  "I'm going out for a while. You take care of things while I'm away," Zheng Ren said.

  The professor was stunned. There was a bit of a complicated expression in his eyes.

  Zheng Ren looked at the professor's reluctant expression and was a little puzzled. However, he immediately realized what the professor was thinking.

  "I'm going to other wards to get us our patients so that we can meet the surgery numbers we need. I won't be gone for long," Zheng Ren explained.

  "Phew..." Professor Rudolf Wagner let out a long sigh. He patted his c.h.e.s.t and said, "Boss, I was wondering if you were going to leave again. Good luck won't always be by your side..."

  Zheng Ren missed Su Yun very much. He did not know whether Su Yun meant what he said when the plane had landed at Chengdu International Airport. He told him that the professor would probably be very mouthy when they were back.

  "I'm leaving first. See you later." Zheng Ren waved his hand. He comforted himself in his heart. These were all cultural differences so he shouldn't get too fussed about it.

  He was a man who had a luck +12 attribute to protect himself. Lil Fugui would never understand.

  "Boss Zheng, Chief Luo's name is Luo Zhongwen. He's 52 years old this year. He's a tutor for doctoral students. His standard is very high." Chief Resident Shen gave a brief intro of Chief Luo to Zheng Ren as they walked.

  He was not a doctor from the gastrointestinal department. He only knew a little about Chief Luo's specific situation. No matter how specific the situation was, it was not something he could understand.

  Actually, Zheng Ren also knew that he should wait for Department Chief Kong to come back. It would be better if Department Chief Kong brought him to visit the various department chiefs. With Department Chief Kong around, the various department chiefs would not make things difficult for him in front of them.

  However, he didn't know when the earthquake relief work would end. Department Chief Kong's return was not going to be soon, and neither could he just amble around waiting for him.

  Zheng Ren hadn't forgotten about the matter of contacting the artificial limbs manufacturer.

  This was a long-term job. It wouldn't be done in just one short week.

  It was indeed a bit abrupt... Zheng Ren thought back and sighed slightly.

  What should he say when he went? Should he tell Chief Luo that he was a candidate for the Nobel Prize? Not only would it be disrespectful, but it would probably shake the status quo as well.

  Zheng Ren calculated in his heart that if he went there today, it would probably just be a formality to get to know each other.

  Well, it seemed that lowering his goal post was easy.

  Chapter 750 - Whose Naughty Kid Is This

  When he arrived at the gastrointestinal department, Chief Resident Shen found a young doctor he was familiar with to confirm that Chief Luo was there. Then, he brought Zheng Ren to the door of the chief's office.

  When they opened the door, there were a few people holding radiographic films inside. It seemed that they were the family members of patients that were waiting for Chief Luo.

  Since they were already here, there was no need to be shy. Zheng Ren did not hesitate and knocked on the door.

  "Please come in," a man's voice said.

  Zheng Ren pushed the door open and entered. In the office, the patient's two family members stood beside him. A man in his fifties was viewing the radiographic films on the radiographic film viewer.

  "Hello, Chief Luo," Zheng Ren said politely.

  "Wait for me. I've just wrapped things up with this patient," Chief Luo said as he glanced at Zheng Ren and Chief Resident Shen.

  Zheng Ren immediately realized that Chief Luo must have mistaken him for the doctor who was treating the patient.

  The few patients who were waiting outside were probably the same.

  'It's really busy here,' Zheng Ren thought.

  Chief Luo looked at the radiographic films very carefully. He wore reading glasses and looked at them frame by frame.

  Zheng Ren was curious. He took a few small steps inside and found an angle to look at the radiographic films from afar.

  It was radiographic films of the abdomen. There seemed to be something wrong with the intestines, a little out of the ordinary from usual.

  The Imperial Capital Hospital had gathered all the difficult and complicated diseases from all over the country. This was something that Sea City
General Hospital could not compare to.

  Zheng Ren's eyes narrowed. He stared at a frame of images very seriously.

  At Pengxi Village Hospital, the idea of building a new 64-slice CT scan with 3D-image reconstruction through restoring the original data had finally been put into practice.

  Radiographic films, data, original data, recombination...

  Not long after, Zheng Ren felt that his brain was beginning to 'heat up'.

  His internal 'CPU' was running too fast, so heat dissipation was a problem.

  Perhaps the hall flowmeter could be used to display the flow rate, and its pulse output had a nonlinear positive correlation with the flow rate. The average number of pulses in the computer's water-cooled working flow rate range and the flow rate ratio proved that circulated water cooling could solve this problem.

  When Zheng Ren finished looking at the radiographic films, this thought appeared in his mind.

  However, carrying a water-cooling instrument to cool his brain... That was a strange thought.

  "Has the patient's colonoscope been done?" Chief Luo asked as he looked at the image that Zheng Ren had been staring at.

  "Not yet. Didn't he rush over immediately after discovering that there was bleeding?" The patient's family member answered somewhat anxiously.

  "I'm considering non-polyposis colorectal tumors. The possibility of malignancy is relatively high. We can choose to operate directly," Chief Luo said slowly as he continued to stare at the radiographic films.

  It seemed that he still had some difficult problems to solve.

  After all, the patient's examination was not complete. There was only one abdominal CT radiographic film. Chief Luo's standard was indeed very high for him to be able to see so many problems.

  "As for the surgery... you should go to the general surgery department for further consultation."

  Zheng Ren habitually crossed his arms and resting his chin on his palm. After seeing the patient's radiographic films, he had already forgotten the purpose of his visit. He was immersed in searching for the exact cause and treatment of the disease.

  Chief Resident Shen saw that Chief Luo had already given the diagnosis and treatment plan, so he hurriedly pushed Zheng Ren in.

  Zheng Ren did not say anything. His eyes were staring at the radiographic films, entranced.

  "Uh..." Chief Resident Shen was stunned. What was Boss Zheng doing?

  "Huh?" Chief Luo noticed Chief Resident Shen's small movements and glanced at Zheng Ren. Whose naughty kid was this? His face was black and blue. Did he just get into a fight with someone? How could someone at his age get into a fight with someone?

  This person did not seem to be reliable. He was wearing a white uniform that was the standard of the Imperial Capital Hospital. However, he did not wear a name tag. He was probably here to study at the last minute.

  Where was he looking at the radiographic films? Could he decipher the problem?

  Zheng Ren did not know that in the time he was looking at the radiographic films, Chief Luo's impression of him had dropped by a few grades.

  Chief Luo was looking at the radiographic films. It was a patient with Crohn's disease. He had been receiving oral medication for eight years. Two years ago, he realized that he had already recovered and stopped taking oral medication. Ten days ago, he had blood in his stool. The patient and his family were scared out of their wits. They hastily took a CT scan of his entire abdomen and came to the Imperial Capital Hospital.

  Getting treatment at the Imperial Capital Hospital was not as simple as treating a patient in a local hospital.

  When the patient's family arrived, they were dumbfounded. At that time, they were only concerned about the situation. All the major hospitals had a one or two months queue unless you had your own connections. The better the hospital, the longer they had to queue for admission.

  Therefore, their main task became to contact all kinds of acquaintances, dig for connections, and find doctors who hailed from the Imperial Capital Hospital. They even lowered their standards and did not ask to be admitted to the hospital. They only needed to find someone to take a look at the radiographic films.

  After enduring for ten days, they finally found Chief Luo of the Imperial Capital Hospital.

  When they heard Chief Luo's words, they were all terrified—it was a malignant tumor!

  The patient's wife had tears in her eyes. She wanted to ask something but couldn't say a word. The family members who accompanied her didn't know what to ask either. They stood there in a daze. They wanted to ask something but didn't know what. They simply stood rooted at the spot.

  Chief Luo glanced at Zheng Ren, and then at Chief Resident Shen.

  The scene in the office suddenly became very strange.

  Chief Luo looked at Chief Resident Shen, Chief Resident Shen looked at Zheng Ren, and Zheng Ren looked at the radiographic films. No one said anything.

  After a few seconds of silence, Chief Luo felt that something was wrong. He coughed and looked at Chief Resident Shen, asking, "Which department are you from?"

  "Hello, Chief Luo. I'm the Chief Resident of the intervention department. My surname is Shen, and I'm Department Chief Kong's doctor," Chief Resident Shen said vaguely.

  He was not very sure. Zheng Ren had not introduced himself but he had already jumped out to talk.

  But since Chief Luo had already asked, he could not pretend not to hear it. However, Brother Yun was not with Boss Zheng today. It seemed that it did not matter if he did something wrong.

  "Oh, so you're Senior Kong's doctor. Why are you looking for me?" Chief Luo crossed his hands and lightly tapped the back of his hands. He looked at Chief Resident Shen with interest, then glanced at the junior doctor who was focused on the films from the corner of his eyes.

  "Uh..." Chief Resident Shen was stunned. He looked at Zheng Ren for help.

  However, Zheng Ren was half a step in front of him. Even if he tried to give him a silent signal, Zheng Ren would not be able to see him.

  Chief Luo was slightly stunned. What was Chief Resident Shen doing? Why did it look like he was the weaker one? That junior doctor who was younger than him was more like a senior doctor instead?

  Could it be that some family's child was coming here for an inspection? It couldn't be. If it was someone else's child, he would have already gotten a phone call. And his face was bruised and swollen. Had he been in a fight or even a race recently?

  Or perhaps...

  Strange.

  The atmosphere became more and more awkward. Soon, Chief Resident Shen was at a loss.

  This was Zheng Ren's first time... He had recovered once before but it was with the System's help—he first used the System panel to determine the condition of the illness and then reverse-engineered it.

  Reverse extrapolation consumed a lot less energy than now and couldn't be compared at all.

  This was Zheng Ren's first time using the Legend-level ability to restore the original data, then reconstruct the image.

  He was immersed in a mysterious world and couldn't extricate himself, so he didn't notice what Chief Luo and Chief Resident Shen were talking about.

  Chapter 751 - Three Solutions

  Chief Resident Shen smiled bitterly when he saw that Zheng Ren was still looking at the films with his chin resting on his palm.

  Boss Zheng was really a slave to his technical skills. His ability to communicate with people was really weak.

  Shouldn't he have politely greeted Chief Luo at this point and explained the purpose of his visit? Who the f*ck was asking him to just stare at the radiographic films?

  Zheng Ren didn't say anything, so Chief Resident Shen had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward.

  "Chief Luo, isn't it..." Chief Resident Shen waved his hand and said, "I'm here with Boss Zheng."

  Chief Luo was stunned.

  Boss Zheng? Whose family is he from?

  Chief Luo glanced at Zheng Ren. Boss? Could he be talking about this bruised and
swollen little guy? He must be the boss of a businessman, some kid rich off his father's business.

  Department Chief Kong was too outrageous. Why did he bring a rich person's son with him? It was simply... He was a little displeased and glanced at Chief Resident Shen.

  Chief Resident Shen could sense the discomfort coming from Chief Luo. He knew that he could not solve this matter, so he pulled Zheng Ren's sleeve and called out to him.

  "Ah?" After Zheng Ren finished rebuilding the radiographic films, he compared them to other related cases in the countless magazines and periodicals in the System library. He already had an idea of what was going on.

  "Chief Resident Shen, please say something," Chief Resident Shen said in a low voice.

  Eh... Zheng Ren finally realized what had happened. He cursed himself in his heart. He really didn't know what to do.

  He had originally come to the gastrointestinal department to pay respects to his peers but now, he stood there in a daze. This was just like showing his b.u.t.t when he wanted to show his face.

  "Chief Luo, I'm sorry. I was too engrossed in watching the radiographic films," Zheng Ren said as he bowed and tried his best to smile.

  With the improvement of his skills, Zheng Ren's temperament had unknowingly taken a leap.

  Using the eyes of a m.a.t.u.r.e senior doctor to examine matters related to medical treatment, even when faced with Chief Luo from Imperial Capital Hospital's gastrointestinal department, Zheng Ren's attitude was not as reserved as that of a young doctor. Instead, it carried a hint of humble confidence.

  "Oh?" Chief Luo felt that this little guy was a little interesting.

  He came to ask him to do something. Although he bowed and spoke, there was not a trace of humility or fear in his tone.

  If it was not because he was ignorant and fearless, then there must be something else.

  "Oh? What do you see?" Chief Luo did not take off the radiographic films. He gave them to the patient's family members and asked them to leave. He looked at Zheng Ren as he leisurely asked the question.

  "There's a problem with frames 17 and 19," Zheng Ren said.

  Chief Luo frowned slightly. This bruised and swollen junior doctor was right. The problem was indeed with those few radiographic films.