Chapter 26 (1/2)

Chapter 26: A Battle of Attrition

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Old Chief Physician Pan was too tired. He left the surgical demonstration cla.s.sroom once the last appendectomy ended.

Only Chief Surgeon Liu and Cen Meng remained in the room. The cold and stifling atmosphere permeated every breath of air.

That line about the appendix having no soul had earned Cen Meng a tirade from Chief Surgeon Liu that was still going strong after 30 minutes. The chief surgeon’s anger was not diminis.h.i.+ng and neither was his energy.

Cen Meng was getting a headache from the scolding and his brain felt liquid. He stared out blankly into the night sky.

An uneasy silence stretched ahead.

…

At 2:11 am, Zheng Ren’s phone woke him up.

It was the general surgery department—there was a patient prepped for an appendectomy.

Zheng Ren was already informed by the System about this challenge from fate. He did not mind another surgery.

He could handle a night without sleep.

The energy elixir which he got from his first mission was still stored within the System. Zheng Ren had no clue as to its function, but if it was handed out by the System, it should be reliable.

Br.i.m.m.i.n.g with confidence, Zheng Ren got up from the bed.

The on-call doctor in the next bed grumbled at the disruption and flipped over to face the other side.

Zheng Ren threw on his white lab coat and headed to the general surgery department.

Preparations were already complete when he arrived. He studied the patient before him and the System clued him in: a simple case of appendicitis.

Manageable. He expected the surgery to be done in ten minutes.

Ten minutes inclusive of the placement of surgical drapes and the patient transport post-surgery. The bulk of that time would be spent on setting up continuous epidural anesthesia, which was dependent on the anesthesiologist, Zheng Ren had no say in it.

At this thought, Zheng Ren remembered the Chu sisters and wondered about their anesthesiology skills. He had already forgotten their physical appearances, but he recalled Chu Yanzhi mentioning them doing research on intensive care in West China University. They had the skill to be anesthesiologists.

Anesthesia was vital in the operating room of any intensive care unit. Hence, intensive care and anesthesiology were intricately linked.

Zheng Ren would not be surprised if the Chu twins were certified anesthesiologists.

Sadly, he could not expect much from them as that was far in the future. It was up to him now. He pushed the twin sisters to the back of his mind and focused on the mission ahead.

After confirming the patient’s details, Zheng Ren explained the informed consent doc.u.ments. Once the paperwork was done, he brought the patient to the operating room.

After waking Xie Yiren, he scrubbed in and began draping the patient.

Another surgery was due.