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âAnother doctorâs here for Ling Ran.â At the corner of the reception hall outside the ICU, Guo Mingcheng furrowed his eyebrows a little as he looked at Xu Wen. âHe looks a little familiar. I reckon that heâs either a doctor from Beijing or that he goes to Beijing frequently.â
âYoung chaps nowadays are just trying to get capable people as their teachers so that they get to learn their teachersâ family secret or something once they realize that money wonât be handed to them on a silver plate. My grandsonâs novels are filled with things like this.â The veteran associate chief physician from the General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital, Wei Jun was sitting beside Guo Mingcheng.
Wei Jun had studied in Beijing before when he was young and was under Professor Feng Zhixiangâs guidance for a few months. Hence, he was acquainted with Guo Mingcheng. Because of Ling Ran, both of them got back in touch.
Wei Jun was not having an easy time at Yun Hua Hospital. Even though his beard was slowly turning white, it did not seem that he was going to become a chief physician soon. A person could say that Wei Jun currently found everything around him an eyesore.
Guo Mingcheng did not really like what he heard. He smiled and said, âThe doctor seems like heâs around forty or fifty though.â
âHeâs still a kid. As a doctor, he would only be considered successful when heâs forty.â Wei Jun spoke according to Guo Mingchengâs age. Even though one could always flaunt his seniority, it was not good to take things too far.
Guo Mingcheng found it a little amusing. âHow about those who are not forty years old yet?â
Wei Jun shook his head. âI wonât even get into that. Itâs too insulting.â
After Wei Jun said this, he looked around to show his disdain toward the âyoungâ doctors.â
Guo Mingcheng had no idea whether to cry or laugh. âIf only we get to look down on all those who are younger than us. If only life works this way.â
Wei Jun, though, was not a person who was good at telling what others were thinking based on their facial expression. When he saw that Guo Mingcheng was not saying anything, he continued, âDoctors like Ling Ran are quite uncommon. Actually, I watch Ling Ranâs surgery quite often since I work in Yun Hua Hospital. He actually only knows a few surgical methods. You can say that he has only three tricks in his book.â
Guo Mingcheng smiled nonchalantly.
âYou look like youâre donât believe what I say. Let me lay them out before you. First, hepatectomy, and heâs good at it, so it isnât a problem. Second, finger replantation surgery and M-Tang surgery, right? Third, Achilles tendon repair surgery and knee arthroplasty. I know that heâs also capable of carrying out a few emergency surgeries such as splenectomy and appendectomy. I think that he had also carried out orchiectomy before, and I think thatâs allâ¦â Wei Jun could not recall everything, but he did indeed have a good knowledge of what Ling Ran had done. After all, they worked in the same hospital, and in the hospital, news traveled fast. This was especially true when it came to news regarding Ling Ran.
Guo Mingcheng hummed in acknowledgment and said with a smile, âThat doesnât seem to classify as âfewâ to me.â
âBut this is not how ordinary doctors go about things, is it? Even if we disregard other surgical methods, Ling Ran had not tried his hand at most surgical methods in the General Surgery Department.â Wei Jun chuckled a few times and said, âFrom what I know, he had never carried out any surgery related to the intestines before.â
âHmmâ¦â
âIf I were to comment on him, Ling Ran is just a one-trick pony. If you donât believe in what Iâm saying, you can observe him yourself. Instead of exploring a field, he only learns single surgical methods.â Wei Jun shook his head vigorously. âThis isnât systematic. You know, with the way heâs going right now, even if he gets the upper hand in the beginning, he will lose out in the end. I feel that we should find a chance to show him the right way to do things.â
As Wei Jun spoke, he looked earnestly at Guo Mingcheng.
Guo Mingcheng was dumbfounded as he listened to what Wei Jun was saying, and he looked at Wei Jun with a very unimpressed expression on his face.
Wei Jun whose beard was turning white said, âYou donât believe in what Iâm saying? This isnât just pure theory.â
Guo Mingcheng cut Wei Jun off with a cough and said, âAssociate Chief Physician Wei, you feel like what Ling Ran isnât systematic and that he would only get the upper hand in the beginning right? I actually agree with you. So, how do we take advantage of this fact?â
âHm?â
âYou know that Iâm working on a project about portal hypertension right? If only I were as good as Ling Ran in hepatectomy, I would have been finished with my project a long time ago.â Guo Mingcheng flashed a smile as he spoke.
This time, Wei Jun could not figure out what was going on. âSo, youâre here to⦠ask Ling Ran about his secret?â
When Guo Mingcheng remembered what Wei Jun said earlier, his expression turned dark. âNo, itâs not that. Iâll talk about cooperating with him.â
âOh, youâre going to ask Ling Ran to operate on patients together with you. Ohâ¦â Wei Jun felt that he had figured out what Guo Mingcheng was talking about. Plenty of senior doctors carry out didactic surgeries. They just needed to stand in the operating theater and bark out orders while the junior doctors performed all the main maneuvers. The surgeries would then be credited to them, and they get the full payment.
Guo Mingcheng was kind of lazy to explain things to Wei Jun at this point. Wei Jun was just an old doctor who was about to retire, anyway, and there was no point in telling him too many things. His intention of heading over this time was to make an alliance with a doctor in Yun Hua Hospital. Even though he felt regretful over the fact that he failed to carry out his freelance surgery in Yun Hua Hospital well before this and missed the opportunity to extend the influence of his hospital to Yun Hua Hospital, now that some time had passed, Guo Mingcheng felt that he could go about things by forming an alliance with a doctor here.
However, Guo Mingcheng seriously found Wei Jun a weird person. âNo wonder heâs still an associate chief physician even though heâs about to retire.â
Wei Jun was obviously not aware of this. He chuckled as he plotted together with Guo Mingcheng. âYou want Ling Ran to operate on patients together with you? This wouldnât be easy, as heâs capable of acting as chief surgeon himself. He also has his own treatment group. How do you plan to convince him? By paving a road for him to make a name for himself in Beijing?â
Guo Mingcheng shook his head as he looked at Wei Jun. He did not hide things. âI can give him the opportunity to carry out a liver transplant.â
Wei Jun immediately froze.
In China, a liver transplant was considered extremely high-end surgery.
As the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery of Yun Hua Hospital was weak, they did not even get many opportunities to acquaint themselves with liver transplants before this.
Wei Junâs thoughts immediately ran wild. He asked, âYou guys have sources of liver donors?â
Guo Mingcheng nodded. Truth be told, their sources of liver donors were extremely scarce. He would think about whether to let Ling Ran join their liver transplant team depending on how their discussion went.
Of course, Ling Ran was definitely skilled enough to carry out liver transplantation. Even if you were to disregard his other skills, with his bleeding control capabilities alone, other doctors would feel a lot more at ease with him in the operating theater.
Guo Mingcheng thought about things, and the moment he raised his head, he saw a doctor walking out of the ICU. The doctor seemed a little emotional as he spoke to Qi Yuquanâs family members in a hushed tone.
Guo Mingcheng elbowed Wei Jun and asked, âWhich department is this doctor whoâs talking to Qi Yuquanâs family members from?â
Wei Jun glanced at the doctor and shook his head. âIâve never seen him before. Qi Yuquanâs family members probably brought this doctor with him.â
âTheyâre probably worried.â Guo Mingcheng immediately knew what was going on the moment he heard that. He shook his head. âQi Yuquan is just lucky. If he were to be admitted into another hospital and get operated by some other doctor, he wouldnât have more than six months left to live.â
âI heard that most of the cancerous cells are removedâ¦â As Wei Jun spoke, he explained what happened during the surgery in detail.
Guo Mingcheng listened nonchalantly to Wei Jun. He had watched the surgery, and he did not need some inferior doctor like Wei Jun to explain things to him.
Even though general surgeons were capable of performing hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeries, at the end of the day, they were still general surgeons.
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The elevator doors slid open, and this time, Ling Ran was the one who walked out.
Guo Mingcheng immediately looked over. At the same time, the numerous doctors who were scattered around the hall looked toward the elevator in a reserved and excited manner.
Ling Ran looked straight ahead as he walked toward the ICU.
He was quite used to this kind of attention. Of course, it was not usually from old men like these doctors.
âDoctor Ling, I am Xu Wen from Beijing University Sixth Hospitalâ¦â Xu Wen immediately charged toward Ling Ran. Unlike other doctors, he did not bother to think of a polite way to start a conversation or to put on a refined and calm facade.
âNice to meet you.â Ling Ran nodded at Xu Wen.
âDoctor Ling, I would like to learn hepatectomy from you.â Xu Wen did not bother with pleasantries, and he immediately raised his request.
âOh, Iâm not free right now.â Ling Ran was even more straightforward as he gave an answer.
Xu Wen quickly said, âI donât need Yun Hua Hospital to arrange anything. I just want to learn from youâ¦â
âThereâs no need for that.â Ling Ran shook his head. He then went to get changed and entered the ICU.
As Qi Liangpeng and the other doctors gazed at Xu Wen, they suddenly felt some kind of relief.
Ling Ran only exited the ICU fifteen minutes later.
âThe patientâs recovery is going very well.â Ling Ran stood outside the door and said in a low voice.
Qi Liangpeng immediately thanked him.
Xu Wen rushed toward Ling Ran again and asked, âDoctor Ling, do you have any special requests? What do I need to do for you to teach me hepatectomy?â
âYou want to learn what I did when I operated on Qi Yuquan, right?â Ling Ran stopped in his tracks and replied.
âYes,â Xu Wen immediately answered.
Ling Ran glanced at him and said, âYou wonât be able to.â
âI am a very fast learnerâ¦â Xu Wen immediately said.
Ling Ran chuckled. âYou donât even have access to simulations of patientâs bodiesâ¦â