godfather of surgery

Chapter 1174 The Best Opportunity
It's not just Johns Hopkins Hospital that's discussing the surgery for conjoined twins; the entire medical community in Europe and America, and even the whole world, is talking about it.

The Mayo Clinic is also discussing this matter. However, unlike Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Mayo Clinic is generally more discerning. Yang Ping has performed surgeries at the Mayo Clinic multiple times, and most of the surgeons there have witnessed his procedures. Therefore, they won't offer casual comments like they would at Johns Hopkins. They are more interested in seeing Yang Ping's surgeries, as he hasn't been to the Mayo Clinic for a long time, making it difficult for these doctors to witness his work. Johannesson has already gone to China and will undoubtedly bring back surgical videos, allowing these doctors to learn advanced surgical techniques.

Unlike the preconceived skepticism of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mayo Clinic's doctors were more hopeful.

Not every hospital has someone like Massimo to stand up and explain, guiding everyone to make the right judgment. Most hospital doctors just follow the crowd, echoing what others say, questioning the surgery with emotions, believing it to be an experimental surgery with no certainty and violating ethical principles.

The conjoined twins are alive and well now. Pushing them onto the operating table could very likely result in their deaths. Such a surgery with no success rate will ultimately only become an academic farce.

The situation in Europe wasn't much better. Apart from Charité Medical School, which was relatively clear-headed, most other hospitals followed suit with their own opinions, waving the banner of morality to condemn and call for a halt to such surgeries.

Not only in Europe and America, but all over the world is now discussing this surgery. Some people even question whether Maurice was using his two daughters as experiments, using them as cases to climb the social ladder by associating with Nobel laureates and seeking some kind of academic benefit.

Some medical ethics organizations are also eager to intervene. They have come forward to accuse Maurice of violating medical ethics by having his daughter participate in experiments. They have announced that they will organize an investigation team to come to China to investigate and have even claimed that they will strip Maurice of his guardianship.

They weren't just talking; they actually organized an investigation team, including doctors, child protectors, journalists, lawyers, and more, and came to China in a large group.

Morris is completely bewildered. Since her daughter's birth, no one has approached her to offer any care or help with the surgery. Now that she has contacted the doctors who performed the surgery, they are saying that it violates medical ethics.

What absurdity!

In fact, Morris knew better than anyone that these people were just trying to uphold the dignity of American medicine. In John Nathan's words, Americans also care about face, they just express it differently.

“Who cares? This is your daughter. Your family has reached a consensus. It’s not like you forced your daughter to have the surgery, so we don’t need to be afraid of those people. They’re just a bunch of bored people. They wave the banner of morality all day long, acting arrogantly, but who knows what they’re really after.” Johannesson encouraged Morris.

Meanwhile, he found a well-known American newspaper and wrote an article to popularize the science behind the surgery, but the article was quickly drowned out by the overwhelming outcry.

They're a bunch of boring people, no doubt, but if things continue like this, Maurice will let them ruin his reputation. The iron fist of morality can easily destroy his reputation as a doctor.

For his daughter's sake, Maurice decided to move forward resolutely and ignore these people.

A large investigation team arrived in China, and the clamoring reporters wanted to interview Yang Ping.

Yang Ping couldn't be bothered with these people. They knew nothing and were just spouting nonsense. It was a waste of time to waste with them. His superiors' message was clear: Yang Ping should ignore these people and focus on his work. A dedicated team would handle the matter. These people were just clowns, waving the banner of morality while each harboring their own agenda.

Amid this wave of public opinion, Yang Ping made a surprising decision: the surgery would be broadcast live to the world, so that people could see what cutting-edge surgical techniques were all about.

Hearing Yang Ping's opinion, Song Ziming couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The professor hasn't performed surgery in so long, and now it's going to be broadcast live to the world. If any mistakes are made during the surgery, even the smallest ones, it will seriously damage the professor's reputation.

Song Ziming tried to persuade Yang Ping not to pay attention to these people, saying that they had no obligation to broadcast the surgery live to them, but Yang Ping was determined and insisted on broadcasting the surgery live.

Song Ziming would secretly prepare to step in and replace Yang Ping at any time, so that he could take over if Yang Ping encountered any difficulties during the surgery.

This is a live broadcast to the whole world, and whether the professor's hands have become rusty is still unknown.

The separation of the conjoined twins' heads and cervical vertebrae was a formidable challenge for him. Song Ziming had to overcome this hurdle before the surgery; otherwise, if he was required to take over at this stage and was unable to perform his duties, he would embarrass himself in front of the world, ruining Yang Ping's reputation and the reputation of Chinese doctors, which would exactly what these people were questioning.

Therefore, Song Ziming called Xu Zhiliang over, and they secretly discussed that if Professor Yang encountered problems due to rustiness, they must quietly step in and protect him. Although they had confidence in Professor Yang, knowing he was a miracle worker who had never made a mistake, he was still human. After not performing surgery for so long, he would now be facing doctors from all over the world, so they had to be on guard.

The public outcry intensified, and the arrogant American investigation team arrived in China. Yang Ping completely ignored them and treated them with disdain. They had never suffered such a blow before.

After returning to the United States, they clamored for a live broadcast of the surgery, claiming that if the surgery wasn't broadcast live, it meant there must be something wrong behind it, which suited Yang Ping's wishes perfectly.

At an internal meeting of the institute, Song Ziming, one of the two secretaries of the Academy of Medical Sciences, reported on the recent global media storm.

"Professor, there's a lot of negative feedback about you in the medical community in Europe and America right now, and public opinion is very unfavorable towards you. If our surgery has even the slightest flaw, it could become a target of their attacks. Should we cancel the live surgery broadcast?" Song Ziming expressed his concerns, still thinking there was no need to broadcast it live. Yang Ping didn't care about this public opinion at all. Both Nandu Medical University and Sanbo Hospital had dedicated teams handling this matter, so he had even less to worry about.

"Why withdraw? Ignore these people. This is a good opportunity to show them what real surgery is." Yang Ping was very firm and unwavering. In fact, this was an excellent opportunity to showcase the superb skills of Chinese doctors. The stronger their opposition and the more noise they made now, the better it would be for the image of Chinese doctors in the end.

After so many years of development, China's clinical medicine has become world-class in many fields. However, neither people in China nor people abroad have an objective understanding of China's clinical medical level. Most people's judgments are based on decades of experience, believing that China's clinical medicine is backward and that Chinese doctors are still using outdated surgical methods and instruments to perform surgery on patients.

Because of its vast land area and large population, China has a relatively smaller number of doctors than developed countries. As a result, Chinese doctors see the most cases on average in the world. Some doctors in certain hospitals perform more surgeries in a month than doctors in some other countries perform in a year. Even more surprisingly, for certain complex surgeries, Chinese doctors can perform more surgeries in a week than doctors in some other countries perform in a year.

In terms of clinical experience, Chinese doctors far surpass doctors in developed countries in Europe and America.

Once, an obstetrician went to a European country for further training. A high-risk pregnant woman arrived at the hospital; the entire hospital had never seen such a case before, so they were in a state of chaos. This Chinese doctor, however, had participated in many such high-risk pregnancies and was very experienced. As a result, she, a resident doctor, became the leader of the rescue. Under her direction, the pregnant woman was successfully resuscitated. The other doctors were extremely grateful to her, and her training was subsequently reversed. During her training, she frequently lectured the other doctors, sharing her experience.

Of course, we have more clinical experience than they do, but they also have their advantages: advanced medical concepts, standardized diagnosis and treatment, and well-organized management. These are all things we need to learn from.

"We need to focus wholeheartedly and ignore these external opinions. We're so busy with work every day, how can we have time to argue with these people? Some things only get worse the more you talk about them. It's better to broadcast the surgery live than to say a thousand words. Let them see how the surgery is done with their own eyes, and they'll naturally shut up. So everyone just needs to ignore these people and do their own thing. As long as the patient and their family agree to the surgery, we'll do our best. Who are they? They're neither our patients nor our patients' families. Why should we waste our time and energy on them?" Yang Ping wasn't angry at all about these opinions and didn't take them seriously at all.

The higher-ups shared the same attitude, telling the doctors to completely ignore these things and focus on their work, as this was not their job.

"I'm worried that if there are any flaws during the surgery, they might magnify them and cause you harm." Song Ziming still wanted to cancel the live surgery broadcast because doctors have no obligation to broadcast live.

Yang Ping knew what Song Ziming was worried about. He said, "Don't worry, what flaws could there be? Besides, they can't do this kind of surgery at all. Even if we make a mistake, as long as we can complete it successfully, it will be a powerful rebuttal to their current false statements."

The professor was always so confident, and Song Ziming truly envied this powerful confidence. Even when faced with doubts from the entire global medical community, he was fearless and insisted on his own opinions.

“Alright, but the live stream will be subject to approval. It will be open to doctors, not the general public, since the surgical scene is very bloody.” Song Ziming no longer insisted on canceling the live stream.

Zhang Lin got excited at this moment: "Professor, at this time, someone should stand up to them. I think Xiao Wu and I should step in as the spokespersons of the department and give them a good talking-to."

The thought of being able to roast so many people made Zhang Lin feel incredibly excited, like he'd been injected with adrenaline. He just loved roasting people; there was no way around it, it was just his thing.

"Yes, Professor, we can be the spokespersons. Don't worry, we won't embarrass the department." Xiao Wu also joined in vying for this opportunity.

Yang Ping shook his head: "Don't bother with them. As I just said, I have no interest in responding, let alone arguing with them. Let them talk. It's just a free expression of opinions. It's all very lively now, but after the surgery, everyone will leave."

“I agree with the professor’s point of view. We shouldn’t waste our energy on this. Instead, we should take advantage of this opportunity to showcase some things to the world, such as our stem cell technology. We can use this opportunity to demonstrate our advanced technology to the world. This is not because we intentionally use surgery to demonstrate our advanced technology, but because they are forcing us to do so passively. So don’t blame us.” Tang Shun actually felt that this was the best opportunity to showcase our technology.

Although his stem cell technology is now very popular among the world's wealthy, who are rushing to receive stem cell treatment here, using their own stem cells as seeds to cultivate a large number of stem cells, this technology is unique in the world.

If they could take this opportunity to give a comprehensive presentation, the donations received by the stem cell lab could probably multiply several times. Tang Shun was quite excited. Why would he turn down such a golden opportunity? Weren't these people just throwing money at him? Right now, all Tang Shun could see was the numbers in his account skyrocketing. He was truly grateful to these people.

"So we've carefully planned this live stream. It will not only showcase our surgical skills but also promote our hospital to the world. I estimate that after this surgery, the number of patients at all the affiliated hospitals of Nandu Medical University will increase several times over, especially Sanbo Hospital. Why are you still criticizing them? You should thank them properly."

Tang Shun said.

"Are you trying to insert an advertisement?" Xu Zhiliang asked.

Tang Shun said seriously, "How can you call this an advertisement? This is a normal demonstration. Doesn't the surgery require muscles and skin cloned using our stem cell technology? In my opinion, Lao He's AI big model should also be demonstrated this time. After such a demonstration, I estimate that pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies will be scrambling to give Lao He money. The subscription fee for that big model to each pharmaceutical giant is tens of millions of US dollars per year. I'm sorry for the help from these friends."

Song Ziming was completely dumbfounded when he heard Tang Shun say that; this guy's perspective was completely different from everyone else's.

It's no wonder, Song Ziming was just a pure scholar, while Tang Shun was a multi-talented individual. He was not only a scholar but also a shrewd businessman. He wanted the laboratory to make money, a lot of money, and use that money as research funding to make the laboratory grow bigger and bigger like a snowball. The more money invested, the more new technologies were produced, and the more new technologies there were, the more money was made. He wanted to make as much money as possible from the technologies that could make money, and then invest the money in the most basic research work that had no commercial value.

(End of this chapter)