"Wow, business class seats on the high-speed rail. This is a business class seat." Guan Fei dragged her pink suitcase and stood in the business class carriage. She was so excited that her hair stood on end.
Xiang Xueming followed behind her and felt extremely awkward. He whispered, "Guan Fei, lower your voice. Don't disturb the other passengers."
"There are no other passengers. We've booked the entire place." Guan Fei took advantage of her young age and jumped around in the carriage like a happy squirrel.
"Even so, you have to pay attention to your image," Xiang Xueming said as he found the last seat and sat down obediently.
Zheng Jun, who was also an intern, followed by Zuo Cidian, Zhang Anmin, and Ling Ran.
A group of six freelance surgeons could be said to have a very high standard.
Zhang Anmin looked around and felt diffident. He whispered to Zuo Cidian, "Did the other party really give six business class seats?"
"A business class seat for six people doesn't cost much." Zuo Cidian was now the chief butler of the group. He said, "One ticket costs more than 400 RMB, and it's less than 3,000 RMB."
"3,000 RMB isn't a lot?" Zhang Anmin, a junior attending physician who graduated from a famous university but was useless, lacked money, and had never seen the world, looked at the middle-aged resident doctor Zuo Cidian. He felt that they were not on the same wavelength.
Zuo Cidian snorted and said, "Doctor Ling's hepatectomy is so good, and he only charges 6,000 RMB for a freelance surgery. They're making a lot of money, okay? The patients stay in their hospital, and we don't get a single cent for the medicine. "
"6,000 RMB for one isn't considered a small amount." Zhang Anmin sighed and said, "The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery only charges 6,000 RMB for a lung cancer radical surgery, and it takes four hours."
"If we calculate it according to the time, then there's really nothing for us to do. Doctor Ling now only takes slightly more than an hour to perform a hepatectomy." Zuo Cidian laughed and said, "You have to know that the patients who perform hepatectomy in the First People's Hospital and the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City are all attracted by Doctor Ling."
"Why don't they come to Yun Hua Hospital …" Zhang Anmin said and immediately shut up.
When they performed freelance surgeries in Wuxin City, the chief surgeon would get 6,000 RMB, and the assistants would also get a few hundred RMB. When they performed surgeries in Yun Hua Hospital, the chief surgeon would be considered pretty good if he could get 300 RMB.
He said, "It's not like Doctor Ling hasn't performed hepatectomy in Yun Hua Hospital before. Can the ICU of Yun Hua Hospital still take in people now? If the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery says that they're willing to accept new patients and allow Doctor Ling to perform surgeries freely, then we'll definitely not go to Wuxin City to perform surgeries, right? We'll be tired from the long journey, and it'll be very tiring. "
As Zuo Cidian spoke, he skillfully adjusted the position of the business class seat and put it down, making it look like a small berth. He covered himself with a blanket and placed a pillow on top of his head. He looked even more comfortable than when he was in the hospital.
In fact, it was more comfortable than staying in the hospital.
As the high-speed train started moving, the train swayed slightly, and Zuo Cidian soon started snoring.
Zhang Anmin carefully covered Zuo Cidian with a blanket. Then, he stared at Zuo Cidian's coarse face in a daze.
Last night, Zuo Cidian called him to a corner and took out a handful of cash. He said that it was "for you to pay in advance". Zhang Anmin could not refuse, so he took the cash.
Truth be told, the 2,460 RMB was Zhang Anmin's private savings after a long time. He really could not bear to spend it all on a single treat.
Besides, Zuo Cidian also gave him an additional 540 RMB, and he rounded it up to 3,000 RMB. He said that it was the medical fees for the surgeries over the past few days.
540 RMB was not a lot, but it made Zhang Anmin feel a great sense of warmth.
Now that the medical industry had undergone a reform, the doctors could get a lot less money from medicine. He only performed a few surgeries with Ling Ran. Even if he could get a share of the medicine fees, he could not get that much. Moreover, Ling Ran was the chief surgeon.
Moreover, Ling Ran and the others performed surgeries in the operating theater of the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. They were the only ones who paid for the surgeries, and the rest of the medicine belonged to the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. This was also one of the reasons why Ling Ran could always perform surgeries in the operating theater of the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery. If he only occupied the beds and did not get a share, the doctors and nurses in charge of the beds would have long rebelled.
Most importantly, Zhang Anmin was not a member of Ling Ran's treatment group. It was normal for him not to get a share of the money.
Zhang Anmin did not even need to think to know that this was definitely Ling Ran's idea. Zuo Cidian did not object to it.
* Boom … *
The high-speed train entered the tunnel.
Zhang Anmin saw Ling Ran through the reflection on the glass. He could not help but think, 'Doctor Ling must think that I'm poor now.'
Zhang Anmin smiled self-deprecatingly. He put his hands in his pockets, touched his wallet, and fell asleep happily.
Two hours later, the high-speed train arrived at Wuxin City.
The Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City sent three cars to pick up Ling Ran and his group.
Ling Ran did not exchange pleasantries. He asked for the scans and performed ultrasonography on the patients. After he confirmed that there was no problem, he entered the operating theater.
"Doctor Zhang, you will be the first assistant with Doctor Ling. Guan Fei, you will be the second assistant for the first surgery. "Zuo Cidian arranged the personnel according to Ling Ran's previous request.
Ling Ran had already gone in to wash his hands. Zhang Anmin was a little embarrassed and said humbly, "Doctor Zuo, why don't you do the first surgery first?"
"There's no need for that. I'll let you go first." Zuo Cidian chuckled and looked at Zhang Anmin. He said sympathetically, "I'll let you accumulate some foundation first."
"I …" Zhang Anmin opened his mouth and sighed. "Thank you."
"You're welcome." Zuo Cidian turned and said to Zheng Jun and Xiang Xueming, "Each of you will take turns to perform one surgery. This is a hepatectomy, and it's a rare opportunity to observe it closely. Doctor Ling saw that your internship period is about to end, so he will give you some bonuses. Seize the opportunity."
"Yes," the interns answered together.
They were indeed excited. Although the second assistant could only operate the retractor and aspirate most of the time, it was just like what Zuo Cidian said. Being able to observe the surgery closely was already the best internship experience.
Ling Ran never cared about the details outside the operating theater.
He washed his hands and entered the operating theater in his new underwear. He watched the anesthetist finish anesthetizing the patient, asked for a scalpel, and started operating.
His current skill in hepatectomy was second only to finger replantation.
The main problem with finger replantation was that the patient could always provide more than one finger, and the supply of the liver was greatly reduced.
While Ling Ran performed the surgery, he missed the life when he was a freelance surgeon for finger replantation.
At that time, he and Chief Wang could perform at least three or four freelance surgeries. On average, each of them provided two and a half fingers, and they could perform ten finger replantations in a day. If you are lucky, you can do 12, or 14 fingers when there will be.
Now, they did not have such good conditions when they performed hepatectomy. Ten surgeries had to be performed in two days …
Of course, that was what the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City said. Ling Ran did not plan to do so.
Ling Ran used two surgeries as a unit. He would rest for about half an hour after he performed two surgeries. He repeated this cycle three times until midnight.
At this time, Zhang Anmin had performed two groups of four surgeries, and he was a little tired. Zuo Cidian had performed two groups of surgeries and was smart enough to sleep for six hours, so he was in good spirits.
There was no need for Ling Ran to say anything. Zuo Cidian washed his paws and waited in the new operating theater.
Zhang Anmin did not understand Ling Ran's rhythm, and he wasted the three hours in between. After he completed abdominal closure, he quickly went to the on-call room of the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City to sleep.
The conditions of the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City were worse than Yun Hua Hospital. There were three bunk beds in the on-call room for all the doctors on the surgical floor to rest. At every moment, there were two or three people sleeping, playing cards, chatting, or watching television.
Zhang Anmin did not mind this kind of environment. When he was a resident doctor, the new building of Yun Hua Hospital had not been built yet, and the conditions were even worse than the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City. At this time, Zhang Anmin, who had performed four hepatectomies, was already at his limit. He fell asleep the moment he laid down, and his snoring was so loud that the doctors who were playing cards and watching television could not entertain themselves.
When he was woken up by Zuo Cidian, it was already four in the morning.
Zhang Anmin was getting used to this kind of time. Recently, when he performed surgeries with Ling Ran, he would wake up at three in the morning. Four in the morning was basically the standard time for surgeries.
Zhang Anmin, who had slept for four hours, felt full of energy. However, he asked Zuo Cidian worriedly, "How's Doctor Ling's condition?"
"Doctor Ling? He's using the da Vinci sleep method. Normal people can't learn it. "Zuo Cidian shook his head." Anyway, he's very energetic, you don't have to worry. "
"He's young, after all." Zhang Anmin smiled and quickly went to the operating theater.
When he was young, he often stayed up for thirty hours to perform surgeries. Of course, at that time, he was only the second assistant and first assistant. Now … it was almost the same.
It was only nine in the morning when they finished the ten surgeries.
Ling Ran did not need to say anything. Everyone obediently changed to business class tickets, and they rushed back to Yun Hua Hospital before noon. When he looked at the surgery board, he saw that from four in the afternoon, another two surgeries were arranged. It could be said that nothing was delayed, and everything was properly arranged.
Ling Ran gave everyone a break and went to the emergency room to play.
Zuo Cidian waved his hand and called everyone into a meeting room. He closed the door and began to hand out envelopes.
Although he had expected it, when he held the thick envelope, Zhang Anmin still felt as if it was a lifetime ago.
"Alright, all of you can go back and rest. I'll go for a ward round." Zuo Cidian was a resident doctor, so he naturally had to be in charge of the beds. Fortunately, he did not need to write medical records when he went out for freelance surgery, which was another benefit.
The ward.
The ward was always bustling with activity.
The patients, their family members, devil's ivy, and spider plants occupied a corner of the ward.
Zuo Cidian was in charge of twenty beds, and he was considered average in Ling Ran's treatment group.
As a resident doctor, his ward round was much faster. He mainly checked on the patients' recovery and whether there were any emergencies. Besides, he guided the patients who were about to undergo surgery, such as fasting and water, and explained the things to take note of.
Zuo Cidian held his big envelope in his arms, and he was in a good mood. He smiled as he went on his ward round. Before he was halfway through his ward round, he was stopped by the patient's family member.
"Um, Doctor Zuo, I heard that there's a saying in the hospital that we hire freelance surgeons. It means that we hire doctors from other places to perform surgery." The patient's family member tugged at Zuo Cidian and asked in a low voice.
Zuo Cidian, who had just returned from the surgery, immediately felt nervous. He said, "There's such a thing."
"Then, if we hire doctors from Beijing to perform surgery, they can still stay in our hospital and use medical insurance, right?" The patient's family member obviously wanted to confirm it.
Zuo Cidian nodded slowly and asked, "Which patient's family member are you?"
"Ding Fan. The sails that have set sail. It's my father. Hepatectomy for hepatolithiasis. As his children, we thought that if our hospital can hire freelance surgeons, it would be best to hire a doctor from Beijing to perform surgery … "
"Didn't you come because you heard about Doctor Ling's reputation?" Zuo Cidian interrupted him.
The patient's family member giggled and said in a low voice, "About this … we heard that Doctor Ling is quite famous, so we came to seek medical treatment. However, Doctor Ling is still young. Hepatectomy is a major surgery, and as his children, we are indeed worried. To be honest, we are quite well-off financially, and our children are also willing to pay for our father's treatment. So, we contacted a freelance surgeon … "
Zuo Cidian was stunned when he heard this. "You have already contacted a freelance surgeon."
"My second brother contacted him. He's a businessman, and he's quite resourceful. Um, I was thinking of discussing it with our doctor." The patient's family member sounded reasonable, but it did not conform to the hospital's rules.
However, there was no one to protect the rules of freelance surgeries.
Zuo Cidian frowned and gave a perfunctory reply. He immediately went out and called Huo Congjun.
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