Chapter 28 - 0027: One Hundred Cases of Finger Reattachment

After the hustle and bustle, it’s back to the ordinary daily life.

Switching shifts, ward rounds, surgeries, these are the mainstay of Yang Ping’s life, everything else is a minor episode.

“Ding dong, complete one hundred cases of finger replantation with a success rate of one hundred percent, within a deadline of three months. Reward: fifty thousand points.”

The system unexpectedly issued a task, Yang Ping was already used to its eccentricity.

But this task was absurd, one hundred cases could not be achieved even if he deliberately severed fingers.

This is a general hospital, not a private hand surgery clinic.

Finger replantation is generally monopolized by private hand surgery clinics.

Is it trying to force him to quit and go to a hand surgery clinic?

After a great effort to get a good hospital job, just getting on his feet, the system issued such a task, its intentions are condemnable.

For a junior doctor, the platform is as crucial as it says it is. A large tertiary hospital like Sanbo, except for short-term economic income, is unparalleled in all aspects compared to a hand surgery clinic.

Yang Ping temporarily ignored it, he had a lot of work to handle.

Everyone had been conducting surgeries all day, it was six in the afternoon when they left the operating room. Director Han had to go to a meeting in the hospital.

Yang Ping, with Little Five, went to do the afternoon ward rounds, followed by Song Zimo and Zhang Lin.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Yang Ping stopped, they stopped; Yang Ping moved, they moved.

Yang Ping was a bit puzzled: “Why are you following us?”

Song Zimo lazily said: “When Director Han is busy, you take us all to see the patients together. It’s part of your duty as a senior.”

So this was the case, they wanted to do the ward rounds together.

Yang Ping continued to move without responding, starting the ward rounds. The two of them followed behind. When it was their patient’s turn, Zhang Lin reported the medical history and Song Zimo supplemented it like a junior doctor.

The worker with the severed thumb could start moving around in a few days. He brought out a photo to show everyone, “My daughter has just started university this year. Now that my finger is reattached, I feel relieved. Thank you, really.”

The girl in the photo looked youthful and immature. Yang Ping cautioned him, “Don’t smoke.”

The worker replied, “I quit smoking many years ago.”

The baby recovered quickly, its five fingers were red and it was moving around on the crib. The young couple cared for the baby by its side. Yang Ping noticed that the young mother’s phone had been switched to a Nokia model for seniors.

The four of them, and a few graduate students and standardized training students, finished the ward rounds and then went to the Trauma ICU to see the fireman hero, Qiangzi.

Upon reaching ICU, Director Pan personally introduced Qiangzi’s current condition, which surprised all the other doctors.

Qiangzi was in good condition, his amputated limb had a good blood flow and the kidney function was also normal.

Yang Ping had everyone change his dressings by the bedside, the wound was temporarily dry and clean, showing no signs of infection.

Having heard that Yang Ping was doing ward rounds, the doctors and nurses in the ICU came over, curious to see who Dr. Yang was.

A few young nurses dared to take more glances, but they couldn’t see much with the masks on.

Qiangzi’s condition was good enough to be transferred to the general ward, but considering his special status, the hospital decided to keep him in the ICU for a few more days for intensive monitoring.

Just out of the ICU, Zhang Lin received a call for a consultation in the emergency department, and everyone hurriedly rushed to the emergency department.

It was a case of an open tibial and fibular bone fracture. The skin of the entire lower limb was completely torn off and the muscles were severely crushed. This case would follow the trauma emergency center’s procedures.

This can only be handed over to Director Tian. According to Director Han’s current assignments, this type of trauma was under the responsibility of Tian Yuan’s team. Song Zimo made a call to contact Director Tian.

Upon leaving the emergency room, Yang Ping’s peripheral vision caught a glimpse of a commercial vehicle abruptly braking at the entrance of the emergency department.

A young man with yellow-dyed hair squeezed out of the car and rushed into the emergency department, followed by a man in a suit and a doctor in a white gown.

“Doctor, doctor, help, help!” The young man screamed as he ran.

The yell caught the attention of those nearby, but soon everyone else returned to their own business. In the emergency department, life-saving was a commonplace affair.

“Don’t scream! Here I am, why did you run so fast to save yourself?” Dr. Lv, the on-duty doctor, saw the right hand held up by Little Five, and the plastic bag in his left hand, and basically understood the situation.

“Here, help me with the surgery, wait, wait!”

On seeing the doctor, Little Five immediately handed over the plastic bag. He then whipped out his phone and started tapping and swiping on it.

“Hurry up, it’s not time to play with your phone. Haven’t you quit the game ‘King of Glory’ yet?” The doctor following him was a company doctor, and he was getting anxious.

“This, I want this doctor to do it!”

Dr. Lv took the phone. This was a news report photo of our hospital performing a five-section replantation, showing a pair of hands performing surgery under a microscope.

“Alright, alright!” The doctor said, “Quick! Sign the consent forms, have your blood drawn, get an EKG, and prepare for the operating room.”

“You know who he is, right? Don’t get it wrong. I’ll be checking later.” Little Five was very astute.

The doctor waved his hand, ignoring him, and told the nurse at the reception desk, “Please call for an emergency consultation in orthopedics and alert the Trauma Emergency Center hotline.”

Suddenly, he saw Doctor Yang and his team, and immediately waved them over, “Doctor Yang, just in time, I was about to consult with you. This man just came in, his hand crushed by a machine, and specifically requested surgery from you.”

Dr. Lv showed Doctor Yang the severed finger, which had yet to be placed in the fridge. It was the index finger on the right hand, severed at the middle joint.

“Schedule the surgery.” Doctor Yang said.

Dr. Lv immediately began the procedural routine – drawing blood, taking an EKG, taking X-rays, having conversations, signing papers – nothing could be missed.

“It’s this doctor, right? I specially sought him out to do it.” Before signing the consent forms, Little Five once again whipped out his phone, pulling up the stored photo.

“Yes, the doctor who showed you before is this one.” Dr. Lv urged.

After receiving an affirmative response, Little Five signed decisively, feeling a weight off his chest.

This hand is guaranteed to be safe. If they could reattach it when it had been severed into five sections, my one segment would be as easy as slicing through a melon. He even took out his phone and started playing “King of Glory”.

“What are you standing here for? Pay up! I tell you, this is a workplace injury, I did not violate any operating procedures, there must be a problem with the machine. After this, I’m going to report you to the labor bureau.” Little Five shouted at the man in the suit standing beside him.

The man in the suit was the factory’s occupational injury commissioner and already had a lot on his plate, “Ah, the Yunjian Hand Surgery Hospital contracts with us on a monthly basis, there’s no need to pay. I didn’t bring any money, how could I? I was planning to take you to Yunjian Hospital, but you insisted on coming here.”

“Then go back and get the money. I’m telling you, if anything goes wrong with this finger, I’ll be leeching off you for food and drink.” Little Five threatened.

“Okay, okay! Doctor, proceed with the surgery. I’ll call now to have someone bring the money over. Money is not the issue. Just make sure you reattach the finger properly.” The commissioner was having a hard time holding his temper, silently cursing internally: What a weirdo!

The younger generation nowadays are not to be trifled with. Just the other day, a worker quit on the spot after getting called out by the team leader for using his phone during work hours.

They refuse to work if the wages are low, if there’s no air conditioning, if they have to work overtime, or even if the factory girls aren’t pretty enough. Today’s labor force truly are labor resources.

The commissioner had just finished making a call asking the financial department to send money when his phone rang again. He went to a corner to answer the call.

The person on the phone gave him an earful, “Why did you send him to Sanbo Hospital? The salesman from Yunjian is sitting in my office right now. How am I going to explain this? Hurry up and transfer him to Yunjian.”

Hongda Factory is the largest metal factory in G City. Incidents of severed fingers are commonplace, if not a daily occurrence.

Ordinarily, they would collaborate with Yunjian Hand Surgery Hospital for such cases, patients would be sent there as it’s the standard practice everyone is familiar with. Not only is the billing done on a monthly basis, making things simpler, but they also offer a referral fee, with perks during holiday seasons. The arrangement had been mutually beneficial for years now.

The commissioner is indeed in line to get yelled at over today’s incident, yet it really wasn’t his fault.

The commissioner sounded unjustified, “There was no other way. We had the car heading towards Yunjian Hospital, but Little Five threatened to jump out halfway there. This kid is being obstinate, wouldn’t listen to reason. He said if we took him to Yunjian Hospital, he’d create a ruckus there. He was recording the whole thing with his phone, what could I do?”

There was a moment of silence on the phone before the voice replied, “I’ll report this to the higher-ups. This sets a bad precedent. This is a big deal. Call back finance to send the money right now, handle the matter and come back ASAP. Keep this in mind, come straight to me when you’re back, don’t tell anyone else.”

After hanging up the call, Little Five had already disappeared. The factory doctor asked, “He’s been taken to the operating room. How is everything?”

Both the factory doctor and commissioner were nervous since they were both in the same boat.

The commissioner replied, “We’ll talk about it when we get back. Head straight to Mr. Gong’s office when we get to the factory. Don’t say anything on the way.”

Both of them contacted the driver and returned to the factory in the commercial vehicle.

The operating room, the surgery had already begun.

Anesthesia, positioning, hand washing, sterilization, laying of surgical drapes, and setting up the microscope.