Chapter 631: Please Co This Way
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“We have already found three suitable patients. When would Doctor Ling want to see them?” Xu Wen stood beside the glass wall and discussed things with Zuo Cidian.
The patient behind the glass wall was in a stable condition, and Xu Wen who was an associate chief physician did not really need to go and check on the patient. Truth be told, ever since the patient had agreed to be part of the teaching material of Beijing University Sixth Hospital, almost a hundred dical staff mbers checked on him every single day. There would definitely be no accidents as he was basically being watched round the clock.
Even though Zuo Cidian was not that adept when it ca to making ward rounds, the mont they talked about Ling Ran’s surgery schedule, countless details imdiately appeared in Zuo Cidian’s mind. He imdiately asked, “Have all three of them signed the agreent yet?”
“Yes. We have made sure that they understand it being an experintal treatnt.”
“In this case, I’ll ask Doctor Zhang Anmin to carry out so basic checkups. If they do indeed fulfill Doctor Ling’s requirents, we’ll start arranging for their surgeries. The patients understand all of this, right?” Even though Zuo Cidian did not know much about hepatectomy, he was good at making arrangents.
Xu Wen nodded. “We have explained everything. Since the Ling Hepatectomy Technique is suitable for people of old age with primary liver cancer, most hospitals would not recomnd that they receive surgery. Since these patients really want the contrary, they were very willing to cooperate with us.”
“But they might not end up being chosen.”
“Yes, and they have a rough understanding of the situation.” Xu Wen shrugged. It was impossible for the patients to understand the situation completely as it was after all, related to their lives and deaths. But from another perspective, there was no point for patients whose cancer cells had spread or whose body was not healthy enough for hepatectomy to receive surgery in the first place.
Even though a lot of patients insisted that they might as well try everything possible since they were going to die anyway, those who had been doctors for a long ti knew that no patient was ever truly resigned to the fact that he was going to die.
In hospitals, patients and their family mbers always believed in miracles, and doctors were the only ones who did not believe in miracles.
Every single maneuver could only be perfected after hours of practice. It was the sa with every single surgical thod, and this involved the passage of ti, the hard work of doctors, and the sacrifice of patients. Dreams did not always have a foothold in reality.
As Zuo Cidian only started working in a tertiary Grade A hospital when he was over forty years old, his way of thinking and his style of doing things were not like those of ordinary doctors. He put more consideration into things too. He glanced at Xu Wen and specifically reminded Xu Wen, “Doctor Ling will be spending most of his ti operating on patients, so we must take that into consideration and make all the necessary arrangents for him.”
“Definitely. Such mindset must be why Doctor Ling has achieved success at such a young age.” Xu Wen agreed imdiately.
Zuo Cidian smiled. “Doctor Ling is definitely a lot more talented in the field of dicine compared to ordinary doctors too.”
“That’s for sure. Even when it cos to suturing patients, Doctor Ling is a lot more skillful than many doctors who have had years of practice.” Xu Wen gestured. “And Doctor Ling holds the needle holder like soone who had put in a thousand years of practice…”
ng Shan could not take it anymore.
As he sat at the corner of the room, ng Shan said begrudgingly to Old Hei, “Governnt hospitals nowadays are really going down the drain. Those bootlickers are really going all out. Seriously, Doctor Ling was not even anywhere near him. Is there really a need to flatter him to this extent?”
Old Hei shrugged. He was from a governnt hospital, and he too, wished that he could be a skilled bootlicker. Old Hei found it pretty ingenious for Xu Wen to be flattering Ling Ran behind Ling Ran’s back. Where was the sincerity in flattering other people right before their faces? With the advent of social dia nowadays, soone might just upload a conversation of Xu Wen and Zuo Cidian to the internet, and Ling Ran would be able to see it.
The thought of this did make Old Hei tremble. ng Shan did not have to worry so much, as he was no longer working in a governnt hospital. However, he still had to mingle with the doctors in Beijing…
“Well, Ling Ran is considered a pretty good surgeon as he knows how to perform hepatectomy in patients suffering from liver cancer. But is there really a need to flatter him to this extent?” ng Shan muttered in annoyance. ‘These bootlickers are trying to increase their social value by flattering others. Such detestable creatures!’
Old Hei rely smiled.
“Let’s take so photographs. We can do so research when we get back.” After ng Shan watched the video, he did not find any loopholes in Ling Ran’s maneuvers. But this did not an that there were no loopholes to Ling Ran’s newly invented surgical thod. Surgical thods without loopholes did not exist in the world. A person could always find flaws in one if he were to set his mind on it.
However, it was quite hard to find flaws in the Ling Ran’s Hepatectomy Technique. ng Shan knew that he himself was incapable of it, and this was why he had enlisted outside help.
Old Hei was here to help anyway, so he humd in agreent and said, “Go ahead and do that. I’ll go and check the reports.”
ng Shan then whipped out his phone and took so pictures.
It was a very normal thing for doctors to take so pictures of patients so that they would rember the case was better. But ng Shan spent such a long ti doing so that he attracted other people’s attention.
Soon, a beautiful woman in modern office clothes walked over and handed them a na card with a smile. “Nice to et you. I’m Young Liu, a pharmaceutical sales representative from Yunli dical Company. If you would like to know more about the Ling Hepatectomy Technique, we have prepared more information in our eting room. You can co with …”
ng Shan and Old Hei arched an eyebrow in unison.
ng Shan said, “Did you guys organize a promotional event or sothing?”
“We’re mainly doing an introduction, as Beijing University Sixth Hospital has a lot of faith in the Ling Hepatectomy Technique. Yunli dical Company is just working alongside Beijing University Sixth Hospital, Yun Hua Hospital, and Doctor Ling Ran. Hmm… please co this way.” The beautiful woman was quite a persuasive person, and she managed to get ng Shan and Old Hei to head to the eting room nearby.
There was a buffet in the eting room that was around four hundred square feet. A row of tables with food on them were lined up against the wall, and there were plenty of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. At the sa ti, there was a projector at the back of the room which projected information about the Ling Hepatectomy Technique on one of the walls.
There were all kinds of information laid out on the tables in the middle of the room. ng Shan walked over and leafed through them. As expected, there were a lot of photographs and photocopied materials there, but most information that he wanted to know were rely presented in the form of written words.
ng Shan imdiately lost interest.
When the pharmaceutical sales representative from Yunli dical Company saw the expressions on ng Shan and Old Hei’s faces, she said with a smile, “The eting room will be open until ten at night, and you can watch the videos and read through the information provided. You can also eat whatever you like. We have prepared gift packs with the information inside… Oh, by the way, can you guys fill in your personal details over here?”
“I’ll do it.” Old Hei went forward. After he filled in his own details, he filled in the details of another doctor from his departnt.
After Old Hei was done, Young Liu thanked him and continued with a smile. “Doctor Hei and Doctor Wang, please make yourselves at ho. If you guys need anything, you can give a call or talk to one of our staff mbers in a eting room.”
She then flashed another smile and walked away.
ng Shan stood there with a glum expression for a few seconds before pouring himself a glass of wine and downing all of it. He then said as he leafed through the information. “The Ling Hepatectomy Technique. Wow, such a grandiose na.”
“Well, if it cos to fruition, it will be no small feat.” Old Hei too, lowered his head and started leafing through the information. “Right now, we don’t know about the five year survival rate yet. However, patients of old age who did not use to be able to receive hepatectomy usually only get around another year to live. After surgery, they would at least get two extra years.”
“It doesn’t work this way.” ng Shan was unwilling to admit defeat. “It’s risky to operate on patients whose liver function is in such a bad state, and even when the surgeries are a success, the patients might not even benefit much.”
Old Hei naturally did not bother arguing with him. They would find out the patients’ survival rate in a few years, anyway.
And the amount of ti the patients lived after their surgeries and their survival rate would decide whether this technique beca established.
This has always been the way with dical technology. Sotis, techniques that stirred up a hype would die down in a few years. On the contrary, certain techniques in which people did not place much faith would suddenly beco extrely popular after many years because of how many people those techniques saved.
In short, the results seen in patients made or broke a technique.
“Even a patient of mine asked about the Ling Hepatectomy Technique.” A group of doctors standing at the front of the eting room were speaking rather loudly.
ng Shan had an idea. He took a stack of information and walked over.
The doctors who were chatting did not know each other before this either. They were watching the video on the screen as they talked.
“The occurence of cancer becos more likely with age, and the average human lifespan has increased. In the past, people would choose palliative treatnt if they were to get cancer when they are seventy. Things are no longer the sa nowadays.”
“Expectations have changed. Moreover, people in our country are richer now. Many senior citizens are not willing to spend a lot of money and put their family into debt just to get treated. But if they were from a rich family, they would want treatnt.”
“So of them have so much money that they can’t even finish them up before they die.” A doctor by the side laughed.
“There are also patients funded by the governnt.” The doctor who was the first one to speak chuckled and continued, “In my opinion, the patients who are treated with the Ling Hepatectomy Technique would live for at least five years after their surgeries. Everyone has the desire to live for as long as possible.”
Everyone nodded.
Even ng Shan could not help but nod along. He then walked forward and tried to join the conversation. “So, this Ling Hepatectomy Technique really does have promotional value?”
“Don’t you think so?”
“Where is Doctor Ling?” ng Shan smiled and said, “Don’t tell that he is hiding at a ti like this.”
“Doctor Ling is quite eccentric.” The doctor who was the first one to speak glanced at ng Shan and scratched his head. “You look pretty familiar. Have we t before?”
“My surna is Wang, and I’m from Beijing Friendship University. I go to general surgery conferences all the ti, so you might have t in one of them before.” ng Shan pretended to be Old Hei’s colleague. He then turned and said, “You ntioned that he’s eccentric?”
“Yeah. Do you know what he has been doing for the past few days? He has been carrying out debrident and suturing in the Ergency Departnt. When I saw this, I laughed my a*s off. He was even massaging patients, and a lot of middle-aged won who actively go for square dancing went to him for a massage.”
All the doctors laughed out loud.
ng Shan had no choice but to pretend to laugh. “He sounds like a pretty weird person.”
“There’s sothing even weirder. As he worked in the Ergency Departnt, there were people who approached him to hire him for freelance surgery. The one who offered him the most money promised to pay him 50,000 RMB for each surgery.” The doctor extended his hand and waved. “But he refused the offer.”
“50,000 RMB for each surgery? That’s way too much! Nobody charges this much for a surgery.”
“Not many people in the world are capable of operating on senior citizens suffering from liver cancer. People are willing to pay any sum of money to live longer, anyway.”
“He really made it in life.”
ng Shan felt a surge of annoyance. As Ling Ran was not even willing to carry out freelance surgery for 50,000 RMB per case, he reckoned that Ling Ran must be extrely hard to deal with.
As he was lost in his thoughts, Young Liu returned to the eting room in her high heels, making loud clanking sounds against the floor.
“Good day, everyone. We have just confird the schedule for Doctor Ling’s next surgery. It will start at six in the morning tomorrow. I’ll paste the details on the wall.” As she spoke, she pasted a few pieces of paper that were covered with words on the wall.
All the doctors rushed forward and registered themselves as they grumbled about how early the surgery was.
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