Department Director Kang had a thousand thoughts in his mind. He was like a young girl planning to confess her love. He wanted to write a five-million-page proposal.
He did not want to go to Department Director Liu's headquarters. He guessed that Department Director Liu just wanted to torment Huo Congjun. Liu and Huo had been tormenting each other for decades. There wouldn't be much of a change even without Student Kang's participation.
However, the question of whether he should stay in Yun Hua Hospital, how he should stay, and how he should leave had appeared in Department Director Kang's mind more than once.
Just as Department Director Liu said, Ling Ran specialized in cardiovascular surgery. The stronger his skills were, the more praise he received, and the more embarrassed he would be as the department director of the cardiovascular surgery department.
If Ling Ran was a doctor in the cardiovascular surgery department, it would be fine. Department Director Kang would either suppress him until he vomited blood, or they would not interfere with each other. They could split into two departments, one called the cardiothoracic surgery, and the other called the cardiovascular surgery department. Or they could just call him the first or second cardiovascular surgery department.
However, such "what ifs" did not exist. Now, if Department Director Kang wanted to give Ling Ran the second cardiovascular surgery department or the ischemic heart surgery department, he would definitely have to pull people from the cardiovascular surgery department. This was the last thing Department Director Kang wanted.
He was a small department, and it was not easy to train a few doctors who could work. If he were to pull away even one-third of his people, the operation of his department would be problematic.
Moreover, Ling Ran had the support of Huo Congjun and the others. It could even be said that he had the support of the entire hospital. It was still uncertain whether he wanted to be the department director of the second cardiovascular surgery department. Most likely, he did not want to be … However, Ling Ran's skills were improving day by day, and the stronger he was, the more power he had in the cardiovascular surgery department.
In the hospital, what was the point of being a department director if he did not have the power to speak in a professional field?
In the future, would Department Director Kang or Ling Ran have the final say in the cardiovascular surgery department?
The best situation would be if Ling Ran stopped advancing in ischemic heart disease, which meant that he occupied the most fertile field of cardiovascular surgery, such as heart bypass surgery. Department Director Kang could still maintain some authority in other fields.
Even so, Department Director Kang was already very guilty.
He was most afraid that Ling Ran would oppose him.
Department Director Kang felt terrible when he thought about that day.
But … wouldn't there be any benefits if he stayed?
Thinking of this, Department Director Kang's gaze changed, and his feet rubbed the floor in embarrassment.
Just look at He Yuanzheng and you will know the benefits of staying. More money, less work, and lighter responsibilities were the first priority. Ling Ran could even back He Yuanzheng up.
A doctor from the Emergency Department helping a doctor from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery to cover up for a doctor from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery was quite interesting, but when he thought about it carefully, it was actually a little heartwarming.
Apart from that, He Yuanzheng's skills had also improved.
Becoming a department director was the pinnacle of the hospital, but it did not mean that it was the pinnacle of the medical world. In fact, at least half of the doctors who became department directors in top hospitals like Yun Hua Hospital were losers in the competition.
Department Director Kang was the same. Many doctors who graduated from famous schools would first go to famous hospitals in Beijing and Shanghai. If they were lucky, they could work under famous teachers and climb up the ranks step by step, but they would also be eliminated step by step.
Interns were the easiest jobs to get, and interns were also the ones with the highest elimination rate. Yun Hua Hospital actually had the same system. When graduates from Yun Hua University and other universities entered Yun Hua Hospital, they might not even be able to retain one person in each class. However, if graduates from famous schools in Beijing were willing to come to Yun Hua Hospital, the probability of them staying would be higher.
From an intern to a houseman, from a houseman to a resident, and then to the position of an attending physician and associate chief physician, the gradual elimination also meant that the doctor's skills would improve step by step.
However, only one doctor from a department or a generation would be lucky enough to become a department director. The rest of the associate chief physicians of the same generation would eventually be eliminated, and they would eventually go to local hospitals.
For many local hospitals, if a doctor was a disciple of a famous teacher from a famous hospital in Beijing, an associate chief physician in his thirties or forties would be able to sit firmly in the position of a department director, and it would even have a great impact on the skills of the ordinary departments in the hospital.
The hospital itself and even the doctors were a little happy. Doctors from higher-level hospitals usually brought not only advanced skills, but also updated medical concepts, a more high-end and extensive network of connections, updated regulations, medical models, and so on.
However, for department directors who were disciples of famous teachers from famous hospitals, there was an obvious barrier to the improvement of their skills.
They could not learn anything in the hospital, or else, the hospital would not bother to poach them to be a department director. And in the local area, the standard of the department director was usually not good enough. As for returning to the original hospital for in-service training, forget about whether it would look good or not, it was already good enough for a department director to spare some time to learn without getting involved in a mountain of literature. It was impossible for them to have a few whole months of in-service training. Besides, two to three months of in-service training in a year was actually a normal learning period. It was not something that could be done once and for all. Who could do it every year?
Because of this, most doctors' skills were basically fixed when they became department directors, and there was a limit to how much they could improve.
He Yuanzheng and Doctor Kang's situation was similar. They were both doctors who became department directors at a young and promising age. Compared to many of the old department directors in Yun Hua Hospital who only became department directors at the age of fifty-eight, they were the type who were proud of themselves in their prime.
But that was it.
Moreover, He Yuanzheng and the others' stagnation was even worse than the old department directors' stagnation.
The old department directors' skills had actually stagnated a long time ago, but they were able to get promoted after their skills stagnated for five to six years, which meant that their core competitiveness was no longer purely based on their skills.
But the young and promising He Yuanzheng and the others could not do it. If their skills did not improve, their future in the hospital would be limited.
Just like now, Ling Ran, a young doctor, suppressed them, and Department Director He and Department Director Kang could not do anything about it.
In comparison, the General Surgery Department was still doing a good job, the Orthopedics Department was still doing a good job, and the Hand Surgery Department was still an elite. This was also related to the abilities of the department directors.
But from a positive perspective, Ling Ran's appearance and the way he suppressed them with his skills gave He Yuanzheng and the others room to improve.
It was true that He Yuanzheng's power had decreased, but the indicators of his hepatectomy and other surgeries had obviously improved.
This change did not allow Department Director Kang to think about it.
In fact, he thought about it from another perspective. If a doctor who was the disciple of a famous doctor from a famous hospital could first become a department director in a local hospital, and at the same time, he could continue to learn skills to improve himself, almost no young doctor from a high-end hospital could refuse such a temptation.
Department Director Kang looked at Ling Ran's surgical operation, and an endless number of technical terms appeared in his mind.
Such a clean surgical field, such smooth operation, such standard sutures, such perfect control …
Department Director Kang moved to a direction with a better field of vision, and at the same time, he stayed away from Department Director Liu.
No matter what Department Director Liu said, it would not be a loss for him to learn some skills first.
Department Director Liu did not feel the slightest bit self-conscious. He moved a few steps closer to Department Director Kang, then craned his neck to take a look. He showed a satisfied smile and said, "Anastomoses another blood vessel?"
"You're quite knowledgeable," Department Director Kang replied casually.
Department Director Liu smiled. "I have to prepare in advance. Also, that blood vessel is placed on the big gauze with miline, right? This is too obvious."
"Your focus is quite special …" Department Director Kang was not in the mood to answer him. His eyes were completely focused on Ling Ran's operation.
At this point in the surgery, it was time for the real show. Department Director Kang could not help but raise his head to look at the clock and secretly note down the time.
Anastomoses of a blood vessel meant that two blood vessels were connected. A normal doctor would be considered excellent if he could do it in fifteen minutes. The requirements for anastomoses of the cardiac artery bridge were higher, but the skills of the doctors in the Cardiovascular Surgery Department were usually higher than average. So, if a doctor could suture it in fifteen minutes, he would be considered qualified.
Of course, the standard for being excellent was much higher. Many doctors usually only needed five to six minutes or seven to eight minutes when they wanted to be fast.
Department Director Kang also wanted to quantify the time so that he could make decisions for his future and obtain some information.
He watched Ling Ran check the intima of the artery and clamp the blood vessel with a pug. Then, he saw the nurse who washed his hands pass a small circular knife to Ling Ran, and Department Director Kang began to count down the time.
Ling Ran used the small circular knife to cut the adventitia of the target blood vessel, then used the coronary knife to cut the artery. As his wrist moved, he began to perform continuous anastomoses, and then completed the knot …
Department Director Kang's eyes were fixed on the operating table. He did not have time to look at the clock.
He did not look at it either, because during the surgery just now, he only breathed normally three times before he held his breath and stared at the operating table.
"Phew …" Department Director Kang suddenly exhaled. He saw stars, and everything he saw was like a question mark!
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