"Dalang, get up and take your medicine."
"Dalang, time to take your medicine."
"Dalang, time to take your medicine."
"Dalang, time to take your medicine."
As night fell, the anesthetist became more and more lazy to talk. He did not even have the energy to tease the patient and the young nurse.
When another patient entered the operating theater, the anesthetist only checked the patient's name and gender before he fed the patient a mouthful of medicine. Lu Wenbin finally could not help but whisper, "Um, how many anesthetists are there in our center?"
"There are only two left now." The anesthetist suddenly became sober. He widened his eyes and looked at Lu Wenbin. "What's wrong? You don't like me? "
"No, I wouldn't dare." Lu Wenbin was shocked. He whispered, "I'm afraid that you're too tired."
"There are a total of five anesthetists in our center. Two of them are pregnant, and one of them went abroad for further training. Now there are only two left. I'm on duty tonight. Who do you want to replace?" The anesthetist raised his head and chuckled. He said, "Do you think the Department of Anesthesiology is like the Department of Surgery, where people can be recruited easily? If you're so capable, get me an anesthetist. I'll thank you for three bowls of medicine. If you don't die from pleasure, I'll change my surname to yours. "
Lu Wenbin could smell the strong resentment even though they were separated by the operating table. He did not dare to speak anymore and asked for help from the nurses beside him.
The young nurse did not want to anger the anesthetist who had not slept for thirty hours. She lowered her head and pretended not to see him.
Ling Ran calculated the time. He had taken an Energy Serum in the afternoon, and it had been almost ten hours since then. If he performed another surgery, it would be another ten hours. Although it was a pity, if the anesthetist could not persevere, he would not be able to continue with the surgery.
"Then, after this surgery, shall we rest?" Ling Ran smacked his lips. He did not expect that the anesthetists would become a bottleneck before the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center's hospital beds and rehabilitation rooms were filled.
The anesthetist opened his eyes and looked at the monitor. He said, "No need. I'll take a nap. Help me look at the monitor. It's fully automatic. Call me if there's an alarm."
Anesthetists often wandered between operating theaters. They did not need to keep an eye on the monitor at all times. Of course, according to the strict rules of surgery, they should keep an eye on the monitor. However, when it was convenient for them, the doctors would not always make things difficult for themselves.
Ling Ran thought and said, "Give me another twenty minutes. I should be able to finish this surgery."
"Even if you don't perform surgery, I still have to be on duty," the anesthetist said.
"Maybe I can take a nap." If there was no surgery, the anesthetist could naturally go and rest. He did not have to stay in the operating theater to feed Dalang medicine.
The anesthetist thought for a while and said, "Then, I'll go wash my face."
Ling Ran nodded and watched the anesthetist walk out of the operating theater like a sloth.
The airtight door was opened and closed with a "puchi" sound, like a fart that had been clipped.
Lu Wenbin said worriedly, "You might suddenly die if you keep working like this."
"Isn't it normal for anesthetists to die suddenly?" The nurse below the stage was relatively idle. She hid in a corner where the camera and the glass window of the airtight door could not see and played with her mobile phone.
The young Lu Wenbin sighed and said, "I was quite happy to see him feeding medicine to Dalang every day."
"Don't you know what the result of feeding the medicine to Dalang is?" The nurse below the stage snickered. "You're talking about anesthetists. Look at you and Doctor Ling. Both of you are the ones who make people worry. Aren't you afraid of sudden death? "
"I sleep for an average of seven hours. I'm fine," Lu Wenbin said and looked at Ling Ran.
Ling Ran said without raising his head, "I'm fine … Hmm, are there no more anesthetists in the research center?"
"Five is already an overallocation. It's only because Academician Zhu wanted to do hip replacement before this that he added the number of authorized personnel," the nurse said with a smile and said, "Who would have thought that there would be a second child policy?"
"Yun Hua Hospital also has a second child policy." Lu Wenbin pursed his lips.
This was the problem faced by small but skilled specialized hospitals. For example, Yun Hua Hospital was a large general hospital with three thousand hospital beds managed by the province, and there were more than eighty anesthetists. A few anesthetists would take leave, train for in-service training, or get pregnant.
The Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center could not do it. They had less than forty authorized personnel in total. They would reach their limit if they recruited some in-service training doctors and interns. In fact, their ability to recruit interns was not as good as that of general hospitals.
In short, in China today, the survival ability of specialized hospitals was far inferior to that of general hospitals.
If they were in a general hospital and encountered a surgery maniac like Ling Ran, the leaders of the hospital would not even wait to protect him. Just like in Yun Hua Hospital's Emergency Department, all the staff would get a raise. However, the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center was on the verge of collapse.
"Forceps, pull it open a little more. Hmm … stop the bleeding …" Ling Ran peeled out the patient's Achilles tendon and sutured it. After completing the most important step, Ling Ran raised his head and said, "Rest for a few hours. We'll continue tomorrow."
Lu Wenbin raised his head and asked, "How many hours?"
"Four hours, hmm … five hours. By nine o 'clock tomorrow morning, we'll get a new anesthetist." Ling Ran had already thought it through. The anesthetists on duty at night were extremely tired. It would be a little unkind to continue working like this. However, the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center always had to perform surgeries during the day. At that time, several operating theaters would share one anesthetist.
Of course, they could not waste too much time at night. Ling Ran calculated the time and said, "We'll start tomorrow morning and work until midnight. We'll rest for nine hours at night. That should be enough."
"Enough, enough." Lu Wenbin nodded without hesitation. This working frequency was much better than when he was in Yun Hua Hospital. Moreover, the pressure on the first assistant for Achilles tendon repairs was far less than when he was in finger replantation surgeries. He also had a resident doctor to replace him. With this, his workload would not be much greater than that of a senior resident doctor in a busy department. He might even have an easier time than the unlucky chief resident.
From Ling Ran's perspective, he could rest for nine hours a day and even save on Energy Serums. Although it was not a full workload, it was still more comfortable than working in Yun Hua Hospital, where there were no hospital beds.
"Dalang is sleeping soundly." The anesthetist came back after he washed his face. He looked at the numbers on the monitor and felt a little more energetic.
Ling Ran nodded slightly and let Lu Wenbin tell him the decision he had just made.
The anesthetist nodded and did not have much of a reaction. With or without Ling Ran, he would still have to stay up late. Public hospitals took a long time to recruit people, especially when their colleagues were undergoing in-service training or were pregnant. They were still authorized, so it was impossible for them to continue recruiting. With two anesthetists working in shifts, no one would be more comfortable than the other.
Ling Ran used twenty minutes to complete an Achilles tendon repair surgery, and the effect was outstanding.
A few people worked together to clean up the mess, and it was time to get off work.
Ling Ran and Lu Wenbin came to work at eight the next day. They started performing surgeries at nine o 'clock sharp, and they worked until twelve o' clock at night. This cycle was not restless, and they could perform more than ten surgeries a day.
Ji Tianlu also slowly got the hang of it. He acquired more and more patients with Achilles tendon ruptures, and he even learned how to exchange them. From time to time, he could get some patients with flexor tendon ruptures, severed fingers, and severed toes, which surprised Ling Ran.
The Hand Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital was the most famous Hand Surgery Department in the area. Not only were millions of industrial workers in Yun Hua sent to Yun Hua Hospital when they were injured, but patients from other places also came to Yun Hua Hospital. Therefore, if Ling Ran performed finger replantation well, he could constantly get patients with severed fingers.
The Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center did not have such conditions. Forget about the patients from the surrounding counties and cities, even the local patients in Shanghai might not fall into their hands. If they could not get patients with severed fingers, they would get patients with severed toes. Although suturing was easier, it was a rare experience.
After a few days, when Zhu Tongyi came back from Beijing, Ji Tianlu almost could not hold it in anymore.
"If you didn't come back, the research center would be done for." When Ji Tianlu saw Zhu Tongyi, his entire face was scrunched up. It was because he had made too many calls.
Zhu Tongyi laughed. "Has the world been suffering for a long time?"
"I added forty beds." Ji Tianlu looked at the sky. "Can you believe it?"
Zhu Tongyi's eyebrows twitched when he heard that. "The other doctors …"
"The other doctors are all normal people." Ji Tianlu smiled bitterly. "If we don't give him surgery, he will leave. If we give him patients, he will perform them very quickly."
Ji Tianlu had indeed accumulated a lot of complaints, but they were not just complaints. After all, Ling Ran was working in the name of the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center. The medical fees he received and the reputation he gained belonged to the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center.
Because of this, although Ji Tianlu was annoyed, he still collected enough medical cases for Ling Ran.
The main problem was that Ling Ran was too aggressive. He performed more than one hundred surgeries, and Liu Weichen was not even discharged, let alone the patients who received surgery later.
"I've decided on four athletes this time. If Ling Ran is prepared, he won't have time to do anything else. This should not be a problem, right? "Zhu Tongyi was not omnipotent, and he did not have much hope in convincing Ling Ran.
Ji Tianlu sighed and agreed. "Ling Ran will definitely have no objections to the surgery. Do we use Plan A's Achilles tendon repair technique?"
"Of course." When Zhu Tongyi mentioned this topic, his eyes lit up. At this moment, he could not help but say, "Give Ling Ran a call now and ask him how long he needs to prepare. I will arrange for the patients to come over as soon as possible."
"Okay. I will also rearrange the time to accept the patients. "As Ji Tianlu spoke, he picked up his phone.
Half a minute later, Ji Tianlu frowned and put away his phone.
"What did he say?" Zhu Tongyi was a little puzzled by Ji Tianlu's expression.
"He said tonight," Ji Tianlu said, "tonight."
"Then let's do it tonight. As a restaurant owner, why would he be afraid of gluttons?" Zhu Tongyi chuckled.
…..
That night, He Xiufang followed her coach and was the first to arrive at the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center.
He Xiufang was a discus thrower from the Beijing team. She was 1.75 meters tall and weighed 80 pounds. Her hands were rough and her arms were strong. She had never used a wheelchair before, so she did not even need to jump to get on and off the wheelchair. She just needed to use her hands to support herself.
When Ling Ran saw her, He Xiufang had already completed the full set of examinations, and there was a lot of food in front of her.
"Ah, you have to wait for the surgery, so you can't eat." Lu Wenbin followed Ling Ran for ward rounds, and when he saw the food, he became anxious.
"I didn't eat, only the coach ate." He Xiufang looked very innocent and said, "I was just smelling it."
Her coach was about forty years old. He coughed a little embarrassedly and said, "I originally wanted to eat outside, but Young He was really greedy, and she insisted on watching me eat."
He Xiufang said, "I've been hungry since I was young, and I'm afraid of being hungry the most."
Lu Wenbin saw that she spent more time staring at the chicken chop than at Ling Ran, so he subconsciously believed her.
"Alright, it's good that you didn't eat." Lu Wenbin sighed and quickly introduced, "This time, Academician Zhu Tongyi will be operating on you. You've met him before, and he's preparing now. The chief surgeon is Doctor Ling Ran, followed by Chief Physician Ji Tianlu, and then I, Lu Wenbin, will be the third assistant. "
He Xiufang looked at them one by one, and finally fixed her eyes on Ji Tianlu's face, who was the oldest and looked the most like the person in charge. She asked, "Doctor, when I was in Beijing, Academician Zhu told me that we don't have to pay for the surgery in our hospital, right?"
"Ah? This … "Ji Tianlu hesitated for a few seconds and said," If Academician Zhu really said so, then he has the final say. "
He Xiufang immediately felt relieved. "That's good. Then, can you help me take a look at my other injuries?"
"Where else do you have injuries?"
"My cervical spine is always uncomfortable, and the doctor said it's cervical spondylosis …"
"Let me give you a massage." Ling Ran took out the alcohol-based hand sanitizer he always carried with him, wiped it twice, and used a clean towel in the ward to pad it on He Xiufang's neck.
As an athlete who had massaged thousands of patients, Ling Ran felt that He Xiufang was extraordinary the moment he started.
First, her neck was thick, and secondly, her muscles were strong.
Ling Ran could not help but be curious. "Do you need to train your neck for the discus?"
"I train for fun, ah … yes, here …"
Three minutes later. He Xiufang looked at Ling Ran as if she was looking at a god. She could not help but say sincerely, "Doctor Ling, you must cure my Achilles tendon."
"Of course."
"I have to prepare for next year's National Games."
"Okay."
"If I don't get a medal, I'm going to retire." He Xiufang turned around abruptly and looked at Ling Ran with her strong eyes. She said with a slightly trembling voice, "I started practicing the discus when I was thirteen, and I've never won a medal in a national competition. I'm retiring … I don't want to retire, I don't want to go back to my hometown … I'm an old lady, and I can't get married anymore. I still eat a lot, and I like to eat meat …"
The female athlete, who weighed eighty kilograms, instantly broke down, and the men in the room were at a loss.
The coach slowly put away the chicken chop, lowered his head, and said, "Young He is old enough. Unless she gets a national medal, she will leave the team. About this … you don't have to feel burdened. Finish the surgery, and we'll go back and train well …"
He was talking to He Xiufang at the latter part of his sentence.
He Xiufang, on the other hand, had nothing to lose. She burst into tears and wiped her face with her hands. She said loudly, "It'll take eight months to recuperate, and I can't train even after I'm healed. There's only a year left. What's there to train? I might as well leave the team early and save some money for the team …"
"What nonsense are you talking about? You want to leave the team and go home? Are you going to hoe the fields and recuperate at the same time? Do you want to be a cripple for the rest of your life? "
"It's fine if I'm a cripple, but I … I'll chop off this leg, and I'll participate in the Paralympic Games."
The coach said sternly, "If you talk nonsense again, I'll call your dad."
"Don't …" He Xiufang's voice instantly disappeared.
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