Healing Doctor

Chapter 61 The Grand Martial Arts Competition, you go and participate.

Early the next morning.

Mr. Wu had dark circles under his eyes and looked extremely haggard.

"Xiao Wu, what's wrong with you?"

When Director Liu arrived at work, he was startled by the sight of General Manager Wu.

"I'm fine," Mr. Wu said in a hoarse voice.

The professor in charge of the second shift yesterday knew the details and quietly pulled Director Liu into the director's office to report the matter privately.

Soon, Director Liu's voice came from behind the door—What!

Air embolism?!

A tube of erythromycin ointment?!

Mr. Wu felt ashamed. He lowered his head and sighed deeply.

The professor in charge of the group came out quickly and patted Mr. Wu on the shoulder to comfort him.

In clinical practice, problems are the norm; it's absolutely impossible to avoid them. The more surgeries performed, the more likely problems will arise.

Those legends about people who never have any problems in their lives are just rumors spread by people who don't understand medicine.

Anyway, things have been turned around, the patient is recovering well, and looks like he'll be discharged in 3-4 days. It's good that everything's alright, it's good that everything's alright.

"The patient is fine, don't worry about it," the supervising professor reassured him.

"Professor Zheng, it's alright."

Mr. Wu's feelings were complicated; he felt as if everything in front of him was pitch black.

Rationally, he knew that the junior resident trainee had saved his life last night, but there was one hurdle that Mr. Wu couldn't get over—he was a resident trainee, without even a professional license, so why had he been so cowardly back then?

The thought of his cowardly behavior filled Mr. Wu with a deep sense of frustration.

"How do you think sunflowers survive the dark nights without the sun?" Mr. Wu asked in a low voice.

Mr. Wu imagined his sunflower growing vigorously, but then a dark cloud loomed over it...

This is an inner demon; it must be overcome!

Otherwise, how can one achieve a breakthrough in surgery if one's Dao heart is unstable?

"You overthink things," Professor Zheng said with a smile.

"Under sunlight, chlorophyll a and NADP+ in sunflower leaves decompose water into NADPH and oxygen. Then carbon dioxide and ribulose 15-bisphosphate undergo a complex process under the action of enzymes to become glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate."

In a more complex process, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate can absorb energy from ATP and be converted into ribulose-15-bisphosphate, while also producing substances that store energy from sunlight for use during the night and in the future.

Mr. Wu, is there anything else?

"..."

"..."

Mr. Wu and the professor leading the group were taken aback.

Turning around, that radiant, sunny figure appeared before me.

Although Ji Xiang seemed to radiate light, in Mr. Wu's eyes, he was like a dark cloud, bringing him endless darkness.

"You're Ji Xiang?"

The professor in charge of the group looked at Ji Xiang with great interest and asked.

"Hello, teacher, that's me." Ji Xiang smiled, his radiance shining even brighter.

"Intracavernosal infusion, impressive! Those two old guys, Lao Mo and Colonel Wang, really got there first!" the professor leading the group exclaimed. "Young man, interested in joining my group?"

"Professor Zheng, this isn't how you poach talent," Colonel Wang said with a smile, shielding Ji Xiang behind him as if he were his own precious treasure.

Although they had smiles on their faces, they were very cautious.

"Colonel Wang, look at you." Professor Zheng wasn't embarrassed at all. He laughed and said, "From now on, I'll be on the night shift. You'll have time to come and have fun."

Ji Xiang smiled but didn't say anything.

"What's so fun about Corey? The ER at night is full of people with kidney stones."

"No way, I don't know who admitted five patients with GW torsion in three consecutive shifts last year, tsk tsk." Professor Zheng then made a sarcastic remark.

When it was time to hand over the shift, Director Liu came out and nodded with satisfaction when he saw Ji Xiang.

"Dr. Xiao Ji." Director Liu waved.

"director."

"There's a city-wide medical system skills competition in a few days, and you'll represent our department," Director Liu said.

"Me, representing Corey?"

Ji Xiang was taken aback.

He wasn't afraid; after all, how could a man with a system be afraid of a martial arts competition?

The so-called skills competition in the medical system is just a competition between hospitals to see who can perform clinical procedures better. It's not a big deal. I guess Director Liu just happened to see what I said casually.

Ji Xiang knew in his heart that Director Liu considered this matter trivial, which was why he treated it so lightly.

Director Liu laughed heartily, "Don't be nervous. Although our Second Affiliated Hospital attaches great importance to this competition, we can't very well send General Manager Wu and his team. It would be an unfair victory."

Ji Xiang looked completely bewildered.

Colonel Wang tugged at Ji Xiang, and after Director Liu took the lead to hand over the shift, he whispered, "The Health Commission organized a Doctors' Day event, but nobody paid attention. Later, they added the skills competition, turning it into a contest among the young doctors who had just arrived at the hospital. This event has been around for decades, it's been around for a long time."

"oh."

"Director Liu is cunning too, he's looking for you." Colonel Wang couldn't help but laugh.

Ji Xiang scratched his head.

He didn't care about it.

He was a top student and could recite textbooks as tall as himself backwards.

The user can perform surgery and has access to system NPCs that can be summoned at any time.

If I went to the competition myself, could I possibly lose?

If we really lose, that would be a miracle.

Ji Xiang didn't take this small matter to heart and forgot about it in the blink of an eye. He went to the doctor's office with Colonel Wang to prepare for the shift handover.

Shift handover, check on patients, start surgery.

Professor Mo and Colonel Wang will not be holding outpatient clinics this week, so Ji Xiang will not have the opportunity to practice at the clinic, which he regrets.

However, according to Colonel Wang, there are still surgeries available at the urology hospital on weekends, which is a small consolation.

Ji Xiang then went to see the surgery.

The Department of Urology at the Second Affiliated Hospital is quite advanced; most of the surgeries performed are for kidney cancer, and Dr. Liu can perform advanced procedures such as partial nephrectomy.

Ji Xiang did not step down with Colonel Wang and Mo Chenggui, but instead focused on watching Director Liu perform a partial resection of kidney cancer.

I didn't eat lunch at noon, and the kidney cancer removal surgery lasted until 2:30 pm.

Watching a surgery consumes a small amount of stamina, but you can also gain some experience points.

Ji Xiang discovered that he had gained more than 3700 experience points from watching a surgery for less than 6 hours.

This part of the experience points is different from the experience points gained from watching system NPCs perform surgery or performing surgery yourself, and you can allocate points to it freely.

Ji Xiang suddenly found himself in a whole new world.

Director Liu noticed that Ji Xiang had been watching the stage the whole time. He thought highly of the young man and greeted him after he stepped off the stage, "Dr. Ji, can you understand partial nephrectomy for kidney cancer?"

"I can understand the general idea." Ji Xiang didn't try to be overly modest and told the truth.

The circumcision technique is already at its maximum level. Although it is just a "trivial" little technique, the changes it has brought to Ji Xiang are by no means insignificant.

Like a seasoned doctor, all surgeries became simple and clear in Ji Xiang's eyes.

"When I was young, I always did open abdominal surgery, but now it's all laparoscopic." Director Liu didn't test Ji Xiang on how to perform surgery, but instead stepped out of the operating room and chatted with Ji Xiang, "Laparoscopic surgery is not even considered; we can also do partial resections."

That sounds like he's praising himself.

"A few years ago, similar surgeries could only be performed in Beijing and Shanghai," Director Liu said. "Dr. Ji, let me ask you something."

What's coming will come eventually, and Director Liu's problem is about to arrive.

Ji Xiang pricked up his ears.

"Partial nephrectomy is actually not that difficult, so why is it rarely done in our provincial capital?"

Ji Xiang thought for a moment, "Post-operative bleeding?"

"Hmm." Director Liu didn't expect Ji Xiang to give any definite answer, but saying that there was postoperative bleeding was already quite good.

"The benefits of partial resection are obvious; it preserves some of the kidney's function."

During the conversation, Director Liu had already habitually referred to the kidneys as "waist".

The false solemnity of those who used to impart knowledge, resolve doubts, and teach the Way has completely vanished.

"But kidneys are so crispy, right? You've had roasted lamb kidneys before."

"I've eaten it."

"Similar," Director Liu said. "Partial resection carries a high risk of postoperative bleeding, which can lead to patient death and medical disputes. Therefore, most urologists prefer to perform kidney removal surgery."

"It must affect the patients."

"Of course, it's important to preserve some of the kidneys," Director Liu said. "You're still young. If you're interested in urology in the future, you can work on that."

As he spoke, Director Liu suddenly stopped and looked intently at Ji Xiang.

"How did you get the inspiration for the corpus cavernosum part?"

Ji Xiang chuckled, "I saw it while reading a paper."

"In the future, unless it involves human life, remember to keep your abilities hidden," Director Liu said earnestly.

He didn't explain the meaning of "concealing one's talents," and the first half of his sentence was just something he said habitually. Judging from Director Liu's meaning, it should be that he wanted Ji Xiang to stop taking the lead in such matters in the future.

Ji Xiang did not refute, but he secretly noted down what Director Liu said, preparing to consult the system NPC.

Director Liu didn't say much, seemingly just having a brief chat with Ji Xiang. When his phone rang, he immediately stopped talking to Ji Xiang and answered the call.

"Mmm, mmm, mmm."

"If that still doesn't work, let's make gravel."

"Bullshit, you actually believe something like a flexible tube that won't work?"

Director Liu angrily hung up the phone, but his expression returned to normal in an instant.

"Sir, is there a patient?"

"A friend from outside the community," Director Liu said. "He had kidney stones that he couldn't pass, so he had to have them broken up. He was worried about the surgery affecting his kidneys. You know what he was like. In the end, what happened? He still had to have a ureteroscopy."

Director Liu only grumbled to Ji Xiang before hurrying to the changing room to change his clothes and return to the ward to see the patients.

Ji Xiang thought this patient was quite "tough".

Having experienced the pain of urinary tract stones firsthand, Ji Xiang recalls the agony he felt when he thought back on it, and even now, long after it happened, his legs still tremble slightly.

The pain that even the most hardcore straight men cannot bear.

Moreover, when you tell people you're in pain, they don't believe you, just like Ji Xiang's "girlfriend" when he was empathizing with him.

It's so lonely not being able to communicate.

Ji Xiang followed Director Liu to change clothes. Director Liu clicked his tongue and said, "You still have to be young. Look at those abs, all defined. Look at me, I was already all one and the same twenty years ago."

Ji Xiang chuckled; he was more interested in Director Liu's friend.

"Ding-dong~"

Just after changing his clothes, before he even stepped out of the operating room, Ji Xiang suddenly heard a mission notification sound.

(End of this chapter)