Chapter 56 - Failed Public Humiliation Plan (1/2)

There were severe adhesions around the gallbladder, wrapped in the omentum and a capsule formed by exudative inflammation, without any clear view of its anatomical structure,

Zheng Ren continued making two incisions—one below the xiphoid process and another two centimeters below the costal margin on the anterior axillary line—without hesitation after observing the condition of the peritoneal cavity through the laparoscopic camera.

Liu Tianxing smiled disdainfully as, in his opinion, Zheng Ren’s consecutive movements had a completely different meaning.

Most experienced surgeons would give up on laparoscopic surgery and resort to open cholecystectomy after seeing such severe adhesions.

The operative view in open surgery was more direct, after all.

Watching Zheng Ren’s dexterous finger movements and blunt separation techniques with a pair of hemostatic forceps, Liu Tianxing did not doubt that the man could complete an open cholecystectomy.

However… he was just a young man, after all. Adversity was a precious fuel for greatness, but in the medical field, especially in its current harsh environment, any mistake made during a surgery would damage the surgeon’s reputation forever.

Liu Tianxing went down memory lane and a figure appeared before him.

It was that of an outstanding student with decent behavior and skill at surgery, but was also slightly arrogant at times.

What happened to him in the end? He was sent to a suburb to raise rabbits.

Young men were impulsive and radical. They simply did not understand that discretion was the better part of valor.

Time was required to understand that public opinion could obscure the actual truth.

During the period of the Republic of China, Liang Qichao was diagnosed with a malignant renal tumor after experiencing hematuria, undergoing nephrectomy afterward. The surgeon was the director of Union Medical College University and a demon from the urology surgery department at the time.

The result? There was a small tumor located on the right kidney and postoperative pathology determined that it was benign. However, his hematuria persisted and the symptoms were not alleviated despite surgical treatment.

The surgeon did not resect the wrong kidney and Liang Qichao agreed. Based on current diagnostic standards, he had probably been suffering rare autoimmune nephropathy, but it was impossible to diagnose this disease at the time due to limited diagnostic abilities and resources.

Liang Qichao acknowledged that result, but his students and friends remained unconvinced.

All of them were literati with great influential power, so new rumors were handed down that the demon from Union Medical College Hospital had resected the wrong kidney during the surgery on Liang Qichao, which had damaged Union Medical College Hospital’s reputation since then.

That had happened in the era of the Republic, but what about now? There were actually plenty of irresponsible reports about a.n.a.l suturing and other random things as well.

Chief Surgeon Liu smiled lightly and picked up his phone.

“Little w.a.n.g, it’s me, your Brother Liu.

“Yes. There is something I need to tell you. I’ve a subordinate who disobeyed direct orders from his superior and is currently performing a surgery that he can’t possibly do well with his standard yet. He has someone powerful at his back but is actually acting with utter disregard for human life.

“Yes, that’s true. I’m very angry as well, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I even had a myocardial infarction due to rage and I’m hospitalized for observation right now.

“Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. This immoral phenomenon mustn’t be condoned and justice needs to be served so that the public in Sea City will believe in our medical system again!

“Alright, thank you very much.”

After hanging up, Chief Surgeon Liu smiled. “This kind of person should be punished via public humiliation.”

Cen Meng was obviously distracted and did not respond. His face sank and appeared slightly pale under the light.

‘Little Cen, what kind of att.i.tude is this?’ thought the annoyed Chief Surgeon Liu, but he merely expressed his dissatisfaction with just a word. “Huh?”

“Chief… chief, he is separating…” Cen Meng stuttered.

Chief Surgeon Liu had forgotten to watch Zheng Ren’s surgery while focusing on the phone call earlier.

This was the kind of surgery that even he had found particularly difficult to deal with, so was it necessary to watch any further?

He raised his head and saw that Zheng Ren was performing blunt dissection of the adhesions around the gallbladder with the dexterous manipulation of both the laparoscopic dissecting forceps and grasping forceps as if they were extensions of his bare hands.

Basically, the gallbladder had been freed while he was on the phone…

This… How could he be so skilled?! Was this not his first time performing laparoscopic cholecystectomy?!

Blood started surging to Chief Surgeon Liu’s brain and caused his vision to become blurry, so he quickly shut his eyes and calmed his emotions.

At the same time, comments proclaiming ‘666’ flooded the live broadcast room in Xinglin Garden.