Chapter 634: Envy
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
ng Shan frowned as he returned to the hotel. He forced himself to sleep but to no avail.
ng Shan did not co into contact with Ling Ran during the few days after arriving in Beijing, let alone apologize and give him gifts. This was obviously not going according to ng Shan’s plan. However, as he lay in bed, ng Shan reflected upon himself and did not find out where he did wrong.
If Ling Ran had not been in the ergency room, he would be preparing for surgery, performing surgery, and checking the surgical outco… not only would people be constantly around him, even if ng Shan wanted to go up to him, he could not.
When Ling Ran was in the Ergency Departnt, there must be assistants beside him, and that was even more so the case in the operating theater; ng Shan would be given a warning if he got too close to him. Beijing University Sixth Hospital would not mind doctors from other hospitals visiting, but they would not let them ask questions to Ling Ran as it would be too ti consuming, and it would be easy for doctors to make mistakes when they were distracted.
ng Shan felt restless but was unable to use any of his energy, or in his current state, he had used up the strength in his whole body but had no result. ng Shan was already extrely tired, but he knew that if he persisted, sothing bad may happen. Hence, he could only go back to the hotel to rest.
Then, ng Shan thought about Ling Ran, who seed to be always be energetic.
Was polyphasic sleep really amazing? Impossible, it may only be useful if a person was born handso. Just as ng Shan was about to fall asleep, his mind started to imagine things.
*Snore*
ng Shan practically snapped awake.
When he was dreaming, he dread that Ling Ran perford treatnt for a Colles’ fracture. He heard a sound that sounded like a crack when Ling Ran perford manual reduction, the clicking sound that ca from massaging the lumbar spine, and the cracking sounds from the twisting of the neck. As he was dreaming, ng Shan felt his neck was twisted, and he heard a cracking sound.
“What sorcery is this?” ng Shan looked at the Patek Philippe Nautilus on his wrist and realized that it was seven o’clock in the morning. It ant that he had slept for almost one day and one night.
ng Shan rubbed his forehead involuntarily. When he used to be an attending physician, he often worked overti like this. Sotis, it was for doing surgery, and he would work for thirty hours in one go before going back to sleep for a day and night, but he would already be in a state of extre fatigue.
Over the past few days, ng Shan felt like the work intensity was not so great, but it was clear that his brain did not think so.
Barefooted, he went for a quick shower. Then, ng Shan changed the clothes that he wore yesterday before he went straight to Beijing University Sixth Hospital.
He would not ntion the frustration he felt during the heavy traffic, but when he reached the Inpatient Departnt of the Sixth Hospital, it was past nine o’clock, which was the normal clock-in ti. ng Shan was both frustrated and envious as he watched the waves of patients rushing in.
Unlike the Ergency Departnt, which was only for local residents, the Inpatient Departnt of most hospitals in Beijing was for patients nationwide. Here, any doctor who had made a national achievent will be the top doctor in the country.
Next, with the help of 1.4 billion people’s diseases, it was much easier for a famous doctor in Beijing to beco a famous doctor in all its aning than a senior doctor at a local hospital.
Many doctors who had beco famous locally would rather give up all their local relationships and get a transfer to Beijing. The move was for Beijing’s dical resources. Not only was there better equipnt and a better surgical environnt, but the assignnt of a team and the number of patients was also better. Most importantly, there would always be patients around.
If there were enough patients, any average assistant lecturer would take two to four years to beco an expert in the field.
They could perform at least two hundred surgery cases every year. If they did this for two to four years, they could easily perform up to one thousand surgeries And it was not an exaggeration to describe a surgeon performing 1,000 of the sa surgeries as scary on an international scale.
Specialists in Europe and the United States could not compete with China at all in this aspect.
However, the best advantage doctors in Europe and the United States had was being able to use state-of-the-art instrunts and equipnt which were worth millions of dollars or tens of millions of dollars. Using those equipnt for surgeries that would have cost only a few hundred RMB in China was sothing extrely common in the United States and Western European countries.
The advantages that advanced instrunts can bring were unquestionable. This was like performing laparoscopic surgery for appendicitis versus an open appendectomy. If the latter wanted to compete with the forr, the latter had to really be two or three levels higher in standard.
ng Shan’s Eastern Science Hospital also had a similar model. However, the number of patients they could attract were too few, especially those who were willing to undergo surgery and have major surgery. So far, there were only dozens of sports dicine related operations scheduled in Eastern Science Hospital’s Surgery Departnt, and those were the ones that supported the hospital.
After staying in Eastern Science Hospital for a long ti, when ng Shan saw the flow of people in a public hospital like Beijing University Sixth Hospital, he had complicated feelings in his heart. When he thought about it, he was once a brave general in a public hospital. If there was another opportunity to co back… huh?
ng Shan suddenly stood still.
In front of him was a row of familiar figures who stood in front of the elevator.
ng Shan did not need to see the face at the front. He could recognize that he was Academician Zhu of Shanghai’s Orthopedic and Sports dicine Center.
ng Shan could be said to have seen this big shot in the local sports dicine field too many tis, and ng Shan had also approached him too many tis. If Academician Zhu were not alive, ng Shan believed that he would have a higher status in the country’s field of sports dicine.
Of course, Academician Zhu was now old. Forget about performing surgeries himself, the number of guided surgeries he led had also reduced in number. But a person’s reputation was very important. When Liu Weichen ruptured his Achilles tendon, his first choice in the country was Academician Zhu. It was also proven that he had made the right choice. Academician Zhu developed a new type of surgical thod and selected Ling Ran to operate on him. This skill level would also be one of the best in the world.
In comparison, ng Shan, who was ranked second in the field of sports dicine, had his opportunity taken from him, and this was sothing very normal, since their custor base was actually the sa, patients who had a demand for sports dicine and could pay millions of dollars for treatnt can always find their way to Academician Zhu.
Sotis, when ng Shan thought about this as he lay in his bed at night, he would think that at Academician Zhu’s age, if he was really dead, or was unable to work because of so reason…
Today, as ng Shan looked at Academician Zhu and his team as they walked into the elevator, he recalled the nightmare last night where Ling Ran twisted a person’s neck with a crack.
ng Shan imdiately shook his head and thought, ‘Please don’t let it turn into a real nightmare.’
Even though he might be thinking about it, ng Shan still followed him and went upstairs. He made up his mind to understand the matter today.
While he was upstairs, Wang Anzhi personally ca forward to entertain Academician Zhu Tongyi and his party.
Zhu Tongyi was also soone who often ca to Beijing. He had only t Wang Anzhi briefly in the past, however, at this ti, they shook each other’s hands, and they walked elbow to elbow. They looked like they were so close that they had been good friends for many years.
“Doctor Ling has been under your care, Associate Hospital Director Wang. I just happened to have a eting here so I ca by to take a look and say hello, hahahaha…” Zhu Tongyi, despite being seventy-year-old, was still very loud.
Wang Anzhi then laughed in cooperation. “Doctor Ling is the one taking care of us. To be honest, before seeing Doctor Ling, I really didn’t think that such a young surgeon could have such high achievents in life. Of course, at the ti when we just t, I was robbed of my speech, he is too handso, hahahaha.”
“Well, for Doctor Ling, being born handso may really be a dical condition.” Zhu Tongyi laughed more heartily.
Xu Wen was also standing helplessly by the side. He could only glance at Ling Ran.
He was a very loyal person. He only attached himself to one master in one period of ti. What was more, although Academician Zhu was capable, his strength was in his specialty, sports dicine, and it did not overlap with Xu Wen’s pursuit.
However, Xu Wen was very envious of Ling Ran. He was not only born handso and had good skills, he also had Zhu Tongyi’s attentive care. After staying in the hospital for a long ti, Xu Wen knew the culture in Beijing hospitals. If a doctor who was not from the region like Ling Ran ca for freelance surgeries, forget coming for an exchange and for studies, he may be excluded and subjected to bullying.
When Ling Ran perford a freelance surgery in Changxi Province, he was supported by Yun Hua Hospital’s brand, and furthermore, with his good skills, he naturally faced no obstacles. It was like when one staff mber from the headquarters went to the branch to work, and the employees of the branch would not treat him too badly even if they wanted to treat him badly.
However, when Ling Ran arrived in Beijing, Yun Hua Hospital’s brand did not have any use. For the doctors in Beijing, the difference between Yun Hua Hospital, the provincial hospital, and the First People’s Hospital of Wuxin City was not too huge.
Within Beijing University Sixth Hospital, Xu Wen and his master, Wang Anzhi, were able to attend to Ling Ran completely. However, as Beijing University Sixth Hospital started promoting his technique, the doctors of other hospitals which Ling Ran had co into contact with would not be as polite.
At this ti, Zhu Tongyi ca, and it was obvious that Ling Ran did not request for his help.
Xu Wen was filled with envy for the level of concern Zhu Tongyi had for Ling Ran.
“Ling Ran, are you still going to perform any liver cancer surgery today?” Zhu Tongyi turned to ask.
Ling Ran replied, “I did two cases today. There is one more in the afternoon.”
“It was done early in the morning, which is equivalent to last night.” Wang Anzhi added a sentence with a smile.
ng Shan, who just entered, was shocked that Ling Ran had completed two surgeries. What God-like speed was this?
Academician Zhu then nodded in understanding. “Did both of the surgeries go smoothly?”
“Both were smooth.”
“In this case… Can I invite a few friends to co over and watch the surgery this afternoon. Is it convenient?” Academician Zhu still asked Ling Ran.
Ling Ran was always open to it and said, “The surgery is scheduled at three o’clock in the afternoon.”
“No problem.” Academician Zhu smiled and responded.
The other doctors present then gasped in astonishnt. The friend that was introduced by an academician would surely not be weak.
Wang Anzhi continued to accompany Zhu Tongyi and entered the elevator. He asked casually, “I wonder which expert are you going to invite for this visit. I better make preparations in advance.”
Academician Zhu calmly said, “We had a eting yesterday. I t Academician Du of the Institute of Geology. He got to know through a body check up that he had primary liver cancer and did not want to have surgery. So I invited him to take a look.”
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