"Doctor Ling, are you asking me to operate on you?" The department director of the General Surgery Department stared at the wrinkled head in front of him. His expression was difficult to read.
Zuo Cidian stood in front of the department director of the General Surgery Department. He smiled so much that the wrinkles on his face trembled. "Yes, it is highly suspected that the patient has right-sided colon cancer. Since the surgical conditions in Bazhaixiang are not ideal, Doctor Ling is considering whether he can be transferred to the General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital."
"Intestinal surgeries aren't suitable for handsome men, right?" The department director of the General Surgery Department had a slightly different sense of humor.
Zuo Cidian smiled obediently. The General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital was also an elite department. Although it was not as famous as the Hand Surgery Department in the country, the General Surgery Department had always been a large department, and its department director had been famous for a long time.
When the department director of the General Surgery Department was done laughing, he asked again, "Did you look for me in private, or did Doctor Ling ask you to look for me?"
"Doctor Ling." Zuo Cidian gave a simple answer. He guessed that this might be what the department director wanted.
Of course, it was indeed Ling Ran's idea to transfer Xue Guixiao back to Yun Hua General Hospital.
When it came to comparing doctors' skills and hospital conditions, Yun Hua Hospital was definitely better.
This was especially true for the department director of the General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital. If he could personally perform the surgery, it would be the perfect choice.
The department director looked at Zuo Cidian with a straight face. There was only a slight smile on his lips.
His emotions were rather complicated.
On one hand, the department director of the General Surgery Department was not very familiar with Ling Ran, who had suddenly risen to prominence. At least, he was not as familiar with him as the department directors he knew. So, it was not easy to make him acknowledge Ling Ran.
On the other hand, when Ling Ran sent Zuo Cidian to invite the department director of the General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital to operate on the patient, the department director was extremely happy.
Doctors often introduced patients to each other.
It was very normal for doctors from different departments to introduce patients to each other. The General Surgery Department would send patients who needed cardiac surgery to the Cardiology Department or Cardiology Department, the Orthopedics Department would send patients who needed intestinal surgery to the Orthopedics Department, and the Urology Department would send patients who castrated themselves to practice divine power to the Psychiatry Department. These were the most basic procedures for transferring departments.
However, there was a prerequisite for all these operations. The doctors who were transferred to the new department had to at least get the approval of the previous doctors.
No doctor would transfer their patients to an unreliable department or doctor.
The Bristol Royal Infirmary in England may serve as a footnote to this behavior. The Cardiovascular Surgery Department of this hospital had a high mortality rate when it came to pediatric heart surgeries, and it had always been high. Before the British reporters exposed this matter in 1992, the surrounding hospitals and doctors had already begun to consciously avoid this hospital and its Cardiovascular Surgery Department.
The department director never thought that a patient would be transferred from Ling Ran to him.
Even though it was just intestinal surgery, which Ling Ran never performed, this news still made the department director of the General Surgery Department very happy.
After all, Ling Ran's forte was hepatectomy, which was the best in general surgery.
"Department director, are you willing to take over the patient?" Zuo Cidian asked again.
"I'm willing to … Aiding Bazhaixiang has never been the responsibility of the Emergency Medical Center alone. It'll be best if the General Surgery Department can be of some help. "The department director agreed and asked," Will Doctor Ling participate in the surgery? "
"No." Zuo Cidian gave an affirmative answer.
Although Ling Ran had just received an intestinal perforation repair and a full set of "exposure", his ability to perform intestinal surgeries was still limited. At most, he was an excellent assistant. There was no advantage for him to be the chief surgeon, and he could only rely on his skills to break through.
Besides, intestinal surgeries were naturally messy, so Ling Ran simply gave up on entering the operating theater.
The department director could not tell if he was disappointed or hopeful. He smiled and asked, "So, I'm the one who decides how the surgery is carried out?"
"Of course."
"That's good."
"But there's one thing I have to tell you," Zuo Cidian added.
"Go ahead."
"Doctor Ling sympathizes with the situation of the patient here. This is because the patient's medical insurance is not very complete. On the other hand, the patient's life has always been rather tight. So, Doctor Ling is prepared to reduce part of the patient's fees as much as possible. I wonder if you … "
The department director did not expect such an addition. He thought about it and said, "Then it's okay to reduce some of the fees. Just follow the rules. "
"Okay, then I'll report to Doctor Ling," Zuo Cidian said and prepared to leave.
"How will the patient's information be handed over?" The department director did not immediately let Zuo Cidian go. He asked decisively.
"The patient's family will bring the old examination report over. We only performed fecal tests in the Bazhaixiang hospital branch. We'll leave the colonoscopy to you. "Zuo Cidian made it very clear.
The department director nodded slowly and said with a relaxed expression, "That's good too. If it's confirmed to be colon cancer, I'll perform the surgery for him."
For a department like the General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital, colon cancer was considered a relatively easy surgery.
Zuo Cidian understood the situation and left tactfully.
The department director narrowed his eyes and leaned against the chair to rest for a while before he stood up and went to the main office.
"There's a patient coming in later. Take the helicopter from Bazhaixiang hospital branch. Arrange a few people to do the examination. Do it more thoroughly. Use the green channel, "the department director ordered slowly.
"Yes." The young doctors in the office quickly stood up and greeted the department director.
The department director did not say much. He made an appointment to arrange an colonoscopy and returned to his room.
At night.
The General Surgery Department's meeting room was brightly lit.
The General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital had a tradition of intra-department consultation.
This was the diagnostic habit of the older generation. In an era when the traditional conditions were not very good, it was easier to achieve results by brainstorming than by one person working behind closed doors.
The General Surgery Department of Yun Hua Hospital also continued this tradition. Theoretically, they had to do sufficient preoperative consultation for each case. But in actual practice, there was only so much time. It was impossible to do a perfect preoperative consultation for all cases.
The department director usually did not interfere with preoperative consultation of this level, but today, he marked a key area.
A sixty-eight-year-old patient with colon cancer.
Although the doctors in the General Surgery Department were puzzled, they were still in a heated discussion.
The department director quietly took notes.
Today's surgery was related to his reputation, so he would definitely not accept it. He would never allow himself to make mistakes.
Of course, under normal circumstances, he would not make mistakes in colon cancer surgery, but he had to be careful. For doctors, the more preparation work done, the lower the probability of risks during the surgery.
"Do a PET scan and see if there's any metastasis." The department director waved his hand and arranged a set of positron emission tomography. Then, he said, "If the patient's family is not willing and is afraid of spending money, we can save the cost of the PET scan.
"Free?" There were always some doctors in the room who did not understand.
"Free. Try to reduce the cost as much as possible." The department director was extremely decisive and determined the direction. For him, the cost was not the main consideration at all.
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