Chapter 160 - 0154 Medicine, Iron, and Fire

Yang Ping didn’t notice Huang Jiahui, shedding his surgical gown, he went straight out of the operating room, with Jiahui quickly following behind him.

“Doctor Yang, I’m sorry!”

Yang Ping turned around, saw Huang Jiahui following him, and noticed her pale face: “Why are you here?”

“I’m sorry, today, I–” Huang Jiahui didn’t know what to say.

Seeing her so nervous, Yang Ping knew that she was concerned about being late, so he reassured her: “It’s fine, I heard that you’re running a fever. You’d better go to the outpatient clinic to see a doctor right away and don’t force yourself!”

Wasn’t she supposed asked to leave? Jiahui was surprised.

She cautiously asked: “Doctor Yang, can I still come back? Will our company’s product be taken off the shelf?”

Now it was Yang Ping’s turn to be surprised. Why would she say such a thing? Remembering that week when Zhou Can called her, he smiled inwardly. She must have misunderstood, such an innocent person.

“They’re still on the shelf. Please prepare some linked anchoring screws when you’re free. They will be needed for knee joint quadruple reconstruction in the future.” Yang Ping washed his hands in the sink.

Jiahui cheered up, nodding vigorously: “Okay, I got it, I’ll prepare them right away. Thank you, Professor Yang.”

She helped tear off a strip of paper, folded it in half, and handed it to Yang Ping.

“No rush, go see a doctor first. Your face is very red, it looks like you’re still running a fever. Do you want me to call a doctor from the Respiratory Clinic for you?” Yang Ping took the paper from her and dried his hands.

Jiahui shook her head: “No need, thank you, I’ll go myself.”

Watching Yang Ping’s figure in the operating room corridor, Jiahui felt touched. Her nose tingled, and tears welled up in her eyes, seemingly against her will.

Isn’t it said that high-level doctors are difficult to serve? She had heard all kinds of bizarre stories from her seniors in the industry.

“Is there anyone you know in the Gamma Knife treatment room?” Yang Ping asked Song Zimo in the changing room.

“Are you planning to use the Gamma Knife to treat that little girl?” Song Zimo guessed.

Yang Ping laughed: “Hippocrates once said, what can’t be cured by medicine, should be treated with iron; what can’t be cured by iron, should be treated with fire.”

By ‘iron’, he meant surgery; and by ‘fire’, he meant energy.

Radiotherapy is the application of various types of radiant energy. As for the Gamma Knife, it makes use of ultrasonic energy, also known as the High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) system.

Compared to various types of radiotherapy, Gamma Knife uses ultrasound waves, which don’t have the side-effects of ionizing radiation.

The focused ultrasound waves are capable of targeting tumor tissues in mid-air, killing cancer cells with thermal energy. Tumor cells have a weakness, they are much less heat-resistant than normal cells.

High-intensity focused ultrasound is beneficial if precisely targeting, but if not accurately targeted, thermal energy can cause burns to normal tissues.

“I know someone there, I’ll give them a call.” Song Zimo picked up the phone. Even though Young Master Song appears cold on the outside, his heart is fiery.

“Can you take me there now, is it convenient? I want to study the Gamma Knife.” Yang Ping had already changed his clothes.

Song Zimo fixed his hair: “Sure, it’s very convenient, I will do whatever you ask. If conditions permit, we must do it, if not, we’ll create the conditions to do it.”

Most of the side effects of the Gamma Knife come from inaccurate positioning, whereby it targets normal tissues instead of tumor tissues, causing burns. If we are able to precisely locate the tumor area, the advantages of the Gamma Knife would be huge.

Yang Ping made a gesture: “Medicine, surgery and energy, we need to master all of these. Doctors may specialize in different fields, but medical skills know no boundaries. I plan to use interventional techniques to embolize the tumor’s blood vessels and administer local chemotherapy treatment. After the tumor shrinks, I’ll carry out a precision missile attack with the Gamma Knife.”

“Based on what you have just said, you can definitely establish a comprehensive tumor treatment system and publish numerous papers on it. If it’s possible, I can write up the papers for you.”

“You know how to write academic papers?” Yang Ping feigned surprise.

“That’s an offensive question. My doctoral paper is also published in The Lancet. How many Chinese doctoral candidates are published in The Lancet? Don’t just focus on Su Nanchen!” Song Zimo replied with a nonchalant air.

Yang Ping suddenly remembered that the Song Zimo in front of him was another Su Nanchen. He had been ordering him around all this time, not paying any heed to him, greatly overlooking him.

“Whether it’s pharmaceuticals, surgery, or energy, they are all tools, weapons to cure diseases. Combining their strengths and covering their weaknesses as a cohesive unit can maximize their advantages. In warfare, the coordination of firepower is even important.” Yang Ping sat down to rest for a bit.

Song Zimo finished his phone call and said: “We’re good to go. Shall we head there now? There aren’t many patients there, most of them are gynecology cases — uterine fibroids and such.”

“Lead the way!”

“Speak up!”

Zhang Lin and Little Five were pushing and shoving each other, looking really suspicious. Seeing them act like this, Song Zimo’s face darkens: “Did you guys get caught playing games by the medical inspector? Do you need your senior brother to help you argue your case?”

These two little ones always whisper when they’re up to no good.

“No, it’s not that, senior brother.” Little Five sat next to Yang Ping, and Zhang Lin also sat down, both of them helping to massage Yang Ping’s shoulders.

Zhang Lin hinted at Little Five with winks and grimaces, Little Five saying impatiently: “I know!”

“Senior brother, you’re trying to find a way to pay for the little girl’s bone tumor treatment, aren’t you? Now there’s a good opportunity, a charitable organization is willing to fund her.”

“Charitable organization? What charitable organization? You two are not the charitable organization, are you? Thinking of sponsoring her?” Yang Ping asked.

Little Five immediately said: “Not us, it’s Huang Jiahui’s company. They have quota for charity funding every year. They still have a slot left this year. If we have suitable patients, she can help apply?”

Yang Ping mulled over this for a while with a smile on his face. This Huang Jiahui, she’s thoughtful. She wants to do charity, so they’ll give her the chance.

“Senior brother, what about this?” Song Zimo believes this needed more consideration.

Yang Ping waved his hand: “Little Five, you go and discuss with her, see if the little girl’s situation fits the company’s standards?”

“Understood!” Little Five said happily.

Little Five and Zhang Lin thought that Yang Ping wouldn’t agree, so they didn’t dare to ask. Now that Yang Ping has agreed, they can arrange this without any worries.

With a spring in their step, Little Five and Zhang Lin left whilst Yang Ping and Song Zimo were chatting. When they arrived at the Gamma Knife treatment room, there really were not many patients. They had just finished treating a young woman.

“Brother Ming?” Song Zimo greeted the middle-aged doctor in the operating room. The man was bald and his head shone.

Brother Ming got up: “Young Master Song, what brings you here today? Don’t tell me you want to use our Gamma Knife to perform ablation for some special parts?”

“If I use your tool for ablation, are you treating it as roasting eggs?” Song Zimo laughed.

“This is Doctor Yang Ping!” Song Zimo introduced.

“Doctor Yang, a famous figure in the medical world. We haven’t had the pleasure of meeting in person. Our department doesn’t interact much with orthopedics.” Brother Ming invited everyone to sit.

“Brother Ming, I need your help today.”

“Young Master Song, don’t be a stranger. Since we do not have many patients, feel free to explore as you like. Consider it as adding to our fun.”

Originally, Brother Ming was a deputy chief physician in the ultrasound department. A few years ago, when the hospital introduced the Gamma Knife, they sent him abroad to study, so he switched to operating this Gamma Knife machine.

Looking at him, his quality of life wasn’t bad, he had an assistant, two nurses, and only a few patients.

“Look, the basic data is all here. There are more in the cabinet next door if necessary.” Brother Ming and his assistant each brought a stack of thick materials.

“The machine is right here. If you want to operate it, wait until we have a patient here. I’ll guide you through it. If you have a foundational understanding of ultrasound technology, it would be simple. But if you don’t, it might be difficult. There’s another patient coming later, she booked an appointment for a uterine myoma.” Brother Ming was very enthusiastic.

“Now, in the world, most tumor treatment knives, such as the TomoKnife, Beam knife, Gamma Knife, Proton Knife, heavy ion and the relatively new EDGE non-invasive surgical system, are based on the use of radiation. Among them, EDGE is the most advanced, only available at the Henry Ford Hospital Tumor Center in the United States. These are all radiation therapy tools, the only exception is our country’s own HIFU Knife which treats tumors using ultrasound. But since it’s domestically produced, it’s been relatively unknown. I treat mostly gynecology diseases, mainly uterine myoma, I’m becoming a gynecologist. Maybe I should go and talk to Director Mei in the obstetrics and gynecology department and ask if they can take me in.”

Brother Ming shook his head helplessly. He still has some confidence in the Gamma Knife, but due to the lack of patients, he’s somewhat dissatisfied with this idle life. Doctors are accustomed to the tiring work; they can’t stand to be idle.

Yang Ping was reading the materials carefully. A lot of these were internal files of the equipment company, which aren’t available in the library in system space. As for the machine itself, system space doesn’t have that either.

“Thank you for helping with my son’s school enrollment.”

“It’s nothing, just a phone call.”

Song Zimo and Brother Ming were chatting, the two seemed to know each other well.

It wasn’t until a patient arrived that Yang Ping finished his work and left with Song Zimo.

Director Han’s call came in: Mr. Ning has had another turn of health; this time there’s been a massive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

He’s been taking anticoagulant drugs, so the massive hemorrhage has now become an issue. It’s not known whether he can pull through this time.