Great Doctor Ling Ran Chapter 455 - Nervous

Chapter 455: Nervous

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Both Professor Huang and Ling Ran said nothing on their way.

Older people did not care about stuff like Cybertron [1] and Nebula M78 [2] at all. They would just sense the great evil that was the generation gap when they heard about such things.

If it were not for the fact that Ling Ran was the best hepatobiliary surgeon he knew, Professor Huang would have changed his mind right then.

Unfortunately, it was very hard for a person to fake his skills.

This was especially true when it ca to surgical skills. Truth be told, after watching Ling Ran operate, Professor Huang did not even trust the two hepatobiliary surgeons he knew before this anymore, even if they were already chief surgeons.

To a certain extent, Professor Huang got to witness Ling Ran’s exponential growth for himself.

He had watched Ling Ran perform ergency hepatectomy, operate on patients with choledocholithiasis. He had also watched Ling Ran treat patients with gallbladder empyema and multiple pyogenic liver abscesses. He saw with his own eyes that with every passing day, the recovery ti of patients Ling Ran operated on who suffered from the sa illnesses were becoming shorter and shorter. Every single patient spent less ti in the ICU and was discharged sooner compared to the preceding patient.

Most importantly, all of them survived.

Professor Huang was not the most moral doctor around. He sotis accepted gifts from patients, often received bribes from pharmaceutical sales representatives, carry out freelance surgeries for extra inco without his hospital’s permission every now and then, buttered up to his leaders, said things that went against value, cursed his patients internally, and told dirty jokes without bothering to hide it. However, even when he was going against his conscience, Professor Huang only had one comnt when it ca to Ling Ran.

‘He’s way too excellent.’

‘He’s way too f*cking excellent.’ On second thought, Professor Huang added a dirty word in his comnt as emphasis.

Even though Professor Huang had been a doctor for years, he could not help but marvel at Ling Ran’s surgical skills. This astonishnt of his only increased with every surgery of Ling Ran’s he watched.

However, Professor Huang did not really know how to get along with such an excellent doctor.

‘Do all young people nowadays act like this?’

But no matter what, Professor Huang felt like he needed a break. He believed that he needed so rest before he could get used to the way young people nowadays acted.

The generation gap was sothing that only ti could heal.

The Toyota Coaster drove across the flyover and the beltway before entering the highway. It then went on for about two or three hundred miles…

At first, Professor Huang did not feel like saying anything. After a while, he felt like talking but did not know how to initiate a conversation. In the end, he rely watched Ling Ran who was fast asleep.

Six in the evening.

The Toyota Coaster entered a sanatorium.

“You were really deep in sleep.” Professor Huang handed a scarf to Ling Ran and sighed. “It’s a little colder in the countryside. Be careful not to catch a cold.”

“Oh, we’re here?” Ling Ran switched on the do light and inspected the scarf before he wore it.

Surprisingly, Professor Huang did not find that habit of his abnormal, and he patiently waited for Ling Ran as he inspected the scarf.

Two staff mbers who were clad in suits stood outside the door to welco them. They watched quietly as Ling Ran inspected the scarf, put on the scarf, inspected his surroundings, and slowly set foot in the courtyard.

“I’m sorry for not telling you beforehand that the sanatorium is located so far away. They didn’t allow to do so.” Professor Huang explained.

Ling Ran nodded in a very amicable manner. “It’s okay, I’m not pressed for ti. There’re not many hospital beds left in the Ergency dical Center, anyway.”

Ever since the Ergency Departnt was expanded into an Ergency dical Center, Ling Ran beca very frugal when it ca to the use of hospital beds.

Not only did he perform fewer finger replantation surgeries, but he had also taken on a larger number of freelance Achilles tendon repair surgeries.

Most patients who needed Zhu-Ling Achilles Repair Surgery were professional athletes, semi-professional athletes, and sports lovers who were located all over the country. They could afford to and were willing to pay for Ling Ran to carry out freelance surgery on them. Hence, most patients who received Achilles tendon repair surgery in Yun Hua Hospital were foreigners, and on average, there would be one or two cases per week.

Even so, because Ling Ran had been carrying out more and more hepatectomies, the number of empty hospital beds in Yun Hua Ergency dical Center had been decreasing rapidly.

Every ti this happened, Ling Ran would take on more freelance surgeries.

However, the place was indeed a little too far away from Yun Hua. So, he took a longer ti to reach since he did not fly there.

“Professor Huang, Doctor Ling, Elder i is already waiting inside. It’ll take us around five minutes to go over. Please don’t take any photographs or stray from the main path,” one of the staff mbers said before he started walking forward.

The other staff mber gestured to them to go forward. He waited until Ling Ran and Professor Wang started walking and trotted behind them.

Even though there were only four of them, they ford a very long line.

The staff mbers kept quite a distance from Ling Ran and Professor Huang, giving them enough space to talk.

“Elder i is a forr leader of Changxi Province. He has suffered from liver problems for a long ti and had always controlled it through the ans of dication. He’s only considering surgery as dicine could no longer do the trick.” Professor Huang told Ling Ran about the patient in a hushed tone.

“What’s his illness? Is there a definite diagnosis?”

“Hepatolithiasis. It’s pretty serious,” Professor Huang said.

“I see. Hepatolithiasis…” Ling Ran nodded. He did not particularly look forward to it.

He had perford at least ten similar surgeries lately. As he possessed Master Level Hepatectomy, after performing ten cases of hepatectomy on patients suffering from hepatolithiasis, he could be said to be pretty skilled in such a surgery.

Professor Huang smiled as he gazed as Ling Ran. After being a doctor for such a long ti, he pretty much knew how Ling Ran felt like right now. However, if it were not for the fact that Professor Huang had witnessed Ling Ran carry out hepatectomy on ten patients who suffered from hepatolithiasis, and that those surgeries were a success, he would not have dared to introduce Ling Ran to Elder i.

“Elder i suffers from quite a lot of underlying diseases. His high blood pressure, as well as heart problems, caused stricture of the bile duct, leading to repeated inflammation and pain…” Professor Huang continued telling Ling Ran about the patient in a soft voice. He then continued, “Ling Ran, this surgery is extrely important. You must put your heart and soul into it.”

“Understood.”

“You must absolutely put all your heart and soul into it…” Professor Huang said through gritted teeth.

“Okay” Ling Ran no longer knew what to say to Professor Huang. Or more appropriately, he did not feel like talking much.

Professor Huang coughed a few tis before he sighed and said, “Doctor Ling, you can’t be greeting Elder i with this attitude. You must go in with the proper behavior.”

Ling Ran hesitated for a mont before flashing a socially appropriate smile. “Should I do this?”

“I’m not telling you to smile.” Professor Huang shook his head and said, “You must show that… We must show that we are not taking Elder i’s illness lightly. You might not know this, but even though Elder i is retired, he is a person of influence in Changxi Province. Every ti there’s a festival…”

Ling Ran listened as Professor Huang rambled on for about half a minute. He looked puzzled. “Since Elder i is such an important patient, why did they let you handle this case alone?”

Professor Huang imdiately froze.

Professor Huang pointed at his own nose and said a little ruefully, “I, Huang Mingyu, am a professor at the University of Traditional Chinese dicine. The number of good diagnosticians in our country can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and I’m among them. I’m skilled in trauma care and a master when it cos to integrating traditional Chinese dicine with Western dicine. To put it bluntly, there are very few doctors who are good in both traditional Chinese dicine and Western dicine in our country. All the ones who are more renowned than are already in their twilight years, while other considerably skilled ones are much less experienced than …”

Ling Ran glanced at Professor Huang in confusion and said, “I thought that it would be better to hold a consultation, as based on what you said, shouldn’t they seek out a number of renowned and skilled doctors at the sa ti?”

Professor Huang was stunned once again. He only answered after a long while, “What do you an… We can’t just be holding consultations all the ti.”

“Since there’s going to be a surgery, shouldn’t a consultation be carried out beforehand?”

“Oh, are you talking about the treatnt plan for his hepatolithiasis? We have already co up with one quite a while ago. He definitely needs hepatectomy. He was a little doubtful about it, and only decided to go ahead with it recently.” Professor Huang chuckled dryly.

Ling Ran humd in acknowledgnt once again.

Professor Huang glanced at Ling Ran in envy. “Anyway, we’re about to et Elder i soon. Aren’t you nervous at all?”

Ling Ran contemplated for a mont. “Shouldn’t Elder i be the one who’s nervous?”