"Wipe my sweat." He Yuanzheng's voice was as steady as a mountain, and he did not loosen his grip on the forceps.
The circulating nurse used a pair of forceps to pick up a piece of gauze and dabbed it on He Yuanzheng's forehead. Then, she wiped the sweat of the first assistant opposite him.
A few minutes later, He Yuanzheng's tense muscles relaxed.
"It's about time. Release the forceps."
Following He Yuanzheng's order, the first assistant deliberately waited for a few seconds before he removed the vascular forceps at the hepatic portal vein.
Blood flowed into the liver without hesitation.
He Yuanzheng's relaxed state lasted for more than ten seconds. Then, he nervously stuffed the gauze.
Bleeding at the cut surface of the liver had always been a difficulty in hepatectomy.
He Yuanzheng could get through it most of the time, but there were times when he made mistakes. This made it difficult for him to perform hepatectomy with ease.
Fortunately, after he got through this hurdle, the rest of the work was easy.
He Yuanzheng quickly finished his work as the chief surgeon and left some leftover work for his assistant.
In the past, he was a doctor who did not leave any extra rewards for his assistant other than performing abdominal closure. He Yuanzheng was only in his forties, and he was still practicing his skills. He did not have that much time to leave for his assistant.
However, he had no choice but to leave some for his assistant now. Seeing that Zhang Anmin and Ling Ran had started, He Yuanzheng was afraid that the people in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery would become restless.
The thirty-nine-year-old and eight-month-old assistant said excitedly, "Thank you, Department Director He."
He Yuanzheng only hummed in acknowledgment before he turned and left the operating theater.
He took off his surgical gown and cap. He Yuanzheng did not leave the surgical floor. Instead, he walked a few steps to the operating theater next door.
Through the large round glass in the middle of the operating theater door, He Yuanzheng could see Ling Ran's side facing the door.
Ling Ran wore a mask, but half of his face and eyes were exposed. His serious expression and confident aura were exactly the same as when he demonstrated the surgery a few days ago.
He Yuanzheng was actually not calm. He was even a little angry.
However, when he saw Ling Ran like this, He Yuanzheng really could not lose his temper. Demonstrating the surgery was not only useful to the doctors from other hospitals, but it was also a comprehensive shock to Yun Hua Hospital's Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery.
He Yuanzheng had seen Ling Ran perform many surgeries before, but this was like watching a student solve a question during a midterm exam or seeing a student's score during a college entrance examination.
It was a serious demonstration of the surgery, and the effect of the demonstration was good.
"This is the third surgery today." A doctor from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery who was waiting for surgery came up behind him.
As expected, He Yuanzheng said, "You woke up in the wee hours again?"
"I think they started the surgery around six o 'clock today."
"Since six o 'clock?" He Yuanzheng looked at the clock in the corridor and raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, it's probably because there aren't enough patients."
"There aren't enough patients …" He Yuanzheng wanted to laugh, but he could not.
For a top-notch regional hospital like Yun Hua, there was never a time when they did not have enough patients. In fact, even a small department like the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery could easily fill up the hospital beds, so anyone who wanted to be hospitalized in the hospital had to first use their connections.
After all, Yun Hua Hospital was not only responsible for diagnosing and treating diseases such as hepatolithiasis, but they could also treat gallstones. If they were willing, they could intercept a large number of patients in Changxi Province.
After all, there were only a few patients who could go to Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou for surgery. For most patients who needed medical insurance for treatment, Yun Hua Hospital was the best hospital they could find.
Therefore, the supply of specialist consultations every week could not meet the demand.
For example, in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, He Yuanzheng only needed to provide consultations for half a day every week, and he could take in enough patients to perform surgeries for a week. If there were not enough patients, he could just provide consultations for half a day more.
However, He Yuanzheng knew that Ling Ran's patients came from all over the country.
Ling Ran was now performing freelance surgery in major hospitals in the province, and the result was that he attracted more patients to local hospitals for treatment.
It was very common for some old patients who had hepatolithiasis to delay surgery for three to five years. Once there was someone around them who could treat them well, they would immediately attract other patients to come for treatment.
However, other hospitals in the province did not have high surgery efficiency. They usually kept two or three typical patients to treat themselves, and they would invite Ling Ran to continue performing freelance surgery for the rest of the patients, or they would simply transfer the patients to Yun Hua Hospital.
In such an environment, Ling Ran was equivalent to running many low-efficiency consultations at the same time, and there were not enough patients. This was not a situation He Yuanzheng was familiar with.
"I'll go in and take a look." He Yuanzheng stepped on the door and opened it.
The young doctor from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery looked around and quickly followed him in.
Wang Jia, the circulating nurse today, was the only one in the operating theater. She glanced at He Yuanzheng and reported to Ling Ran, "Doctor Ling, Department Director He is here."
"Department Director He." Ling Ran waited for a few seconds before he raised his head and looked at He Yuanzheng. He then lowered his head.
"Doctor Ling, I heard that you don't have enough patients to perform surgery?" He Yuanzheng was actually angry, but he did not know how to vent his anger.
When Ling Ran saw He Yuanzheng, he thought of the hospital beds, so he naturally asked, "Do you have enough hospital beds?"
He Yuanzheng was stunned. He then said with the ghost of a smile, "We never have enough hospital beds."
"The First People's Hospital of Wuxin City and the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City don't have enough hospital beds either. However, both hospitals have space. If the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery becomes independent, there will still be space. "Ling Ran considered that he had recently used up the hospital beds in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, so he decided to chat with He Yuanzheng for a while.
He Yuanzheng was shocked by this new news. He could not help but ask, "Both hospitals are going to become independent?"
For He Yuanzheng from the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery of Yun Hua Hospital, this news was not good or bad, but it would definitely have some impact.
In Changxi Province, the number of hospitals that had independent departments of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery could be counted with one hand. Wuxin City was also the second largest city in Changxi Province. If two departments of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery were added in one go, they might be able to make a bigger cake in the future, and they might also be able to get more benefits …
In a flash, He Yuanzheng could not help but think of something, so he asked Ling Ran, "Doctor Ling, you have been performing freelance surgeries for hospitals in Wuxin City recently, right? How are their skills?"
"Department Director Li from the First People's Hospital of Wuxin City is about the same as you in terms of hepatectomy for hepatolithiasis, right?" Ling Ran thought about it and said, "I asked him to collect some medical records of other types of hepatectomy, so he should be able to master it very quickly."
"Did he learn it from you?"
"He has been doing hepatectomy for the past few months." Ling Ran smiled.
He Yuanzheng also smiled, but his smile was a little bitter.
In the words of those in the field, the First People's Hospital of Wuxin City and the Second People's Hospital of Wuxin City were the hospitals that Ling Ran trained. It could even be said that he was the one who raised them. As long as Ling Ran's status continued to rise in the future, the Departments of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery in these two hospitals would definitely get closer to him.
"You're busy … I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first." The anger in He Yuanzheng's heart suddenly subsided a lot.
Ling Ran hummed without even raising his head. Then, he seemed to have remembered something and said, "Department Director He, I want to send someone to collect more information in the future. Can I find a small room in your department to work in?"
If this happened a few minutes ago, Ling Ran's question would have definitely ignited He Yuanzheng's anger. At this moment, He Yuanzheng only hesitated for a few seconds before he asked, "What kind of information do you want to collect?"
"Write a research paper," Ling Ran said, "It's related to hepatectomy."
"Oh … okay, then please send someone to look at the place later." He Yuanzheng had a smile on his face, and he thought to himself, 'Don't think too much, I'll leave once I'm full.'
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