Chapter 27 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Zheng Ren had no time to check on the patient. When the patient was transported in, he made a cursory glance to gauge the severity of the disease.
The enemy’s attack was fierce. Zheng Ren smiled. It did not bother him.
To a man who had performed a few thousand appendectomies in the System without food, water or rest, this was nothing.
This patient was diagnosed with periappendicular abscess. It was more complex than the previous patient but it would not cause many complications.
Open up the skin. Separate the tissues, fat layer, muscles and peritoneum. Find the appendix. Cut the appendicular artery and ligaments. Excise the appendix. Drain the abscess. Flush the surgical site. Suture.
Eight minutes and twelve seconds. The surgery was complete.
There was no commotion. In the wee hours of the morning, the half-asleep doctors watched the surgery silently from the comfort of their beds.
Periappendicular abscess was a more severe and complicated symptom of appendicitis. Nevertheless, each step taken by the surgeon was clear and purposeful. The surgery was effortless and his skill suggested that he had tens of years of experience.
However, the viewers were tired and there were minimal interactions. No one commented ‘666<sup>1</sup>‘.
Everyone just watched wordlessly.
The interesting but smooth operation was akin to a lullaby, lulling the doctors into a state of sleep.
One surgery…
Two surgeries…
Three surgeries…
Five surgeries…
It was a strange night but not unusual. On certain nights, they would have a particular disease breaking out without warning in the population. The medical personnel would nickname such nights, for example, The Night of Appendices or The Night of Gall Bladders.
Zheng Ren was not so lucky to get The Night of Appendices.
Usually, ten incoming patients with appendicitis would have qualified it as The Night of Appendices, but ten cases was just the start of Zheng Ren’s night. His luck was really bad as it stood.
The first general surgery department of Sea City General Hospital was buzzing with activity. Doctors and nurses were rus.h.i.+ng about, attending to families, preparing patients for surgery, briefing them about postoperative care.
Surgical skills were one thing but a patient’s hospitalization from admission to discharge required many other details.
Ding dong. A clear sound echoed in Zheng Ren’s ears once he completed a surgery.
[Cla.s.s S mission, life or death challenge completed.]
The cold, robotic female voice of the System announced that the knife at Zheng Ren’s throat had been lifted.
[System rewards have been accredited earlier. The host should keep up the good work.]
Zheng Ren was not disappointed to hear that there were no additional rewards. After all, he had received the best one in the form of the System’s training. Wanting anything more would just be his greed talking.
There was still another mission to be accomplished, the one from the enemy of fate. Its reward was unknown but Zheng Ren believed in the System’s generosity when it came to rewards.
The System did not adhere to step-by-step upskilling restrictions and seemed to be rus.h.i.+ng him.
He was eager to see this mission through.
He resumed his work. He would perform all the appendectomies as they came.
Ten surgeries…
Fifteen surgeries…
Before he realized it, the sun had risen from the horizon.
Xie Yiren was numb and felt no weariness or excitement. She looked on impa.s.sively as Zheng Ren operated, occasionally handing him the requested instruments.
The first general surgery department had fallen into utter chaos.
He completed the fifteenth appendectomy. His nineteenth, if one included the four appendectomies he did yesterday.
Nineteen patients in nineteen hospital beds.
The general hospital’s ward occupancy was always at full capacity throughout the year. The sudden spike in patient numbers placed enormous pressure on its medical personnel.
The matron from the first general surgery department and other matrons in the hospital were putting in extra time to coordinate the frontline. Five general nurses were also sent to the department to a.s.sist.
The pressing matters were addressed but resources were still insufficient.
There were not enough staff and the first wing ward was on the brink of collapse.