Chapter 385 - The Troubles That Come With The Younger Generation (1/2)

When Zheng Ren entered the operating room, the first patient was ready for the procedure.

Feng Xuhui wheeled a silver suitcase into the control room.

An a.s.sortment of surgical equipment and materials for the TIPS procedure was in the case.

Zheng Ren studied the operating room. The facilities in the Secondary Hospital interventional operating room were older than the ones in the hybrid operating room in Sea City General Hospital. The cost of replacing a double C-arm machine was beyond what the Secondary Hospital could afford.

It would have to do.

At least it was better than the usual gastrointestinal imaging machine.

Zheng Ren pinned the patient’s scan to the viewer in the operating room and studied it with his arms folded. He visualized the process in his mind, from start to end.

In the operating room, the professor was busy fussing over the instruments while Zheng Ren studied the scan. The observers in the control room were silent.

The interventional surgery department chief, Cheng Lixue, pursed his lips. “He thinks he’s a bigshot just because he has a foreigner in tow.”

Feng Xuhui, who was standing in the corner of the room, smirked.

‘This is the guy who dies within three episodes in dramas. He didn’t even read up on who that foreigner acting as Chief Zheng’s a.s.sistant is,’ Feng Xuhui thought.

Director Zhang responded to the department chief’s comment. “What we want is a successful TIPS surgery. This will be a major milestone in the history of the Secondary Hospital. Department Chief Cheng, please learn from them. I hope to see one of our own successfully perform a TIPS surgery in the future.”

Cheng Lixue held back any further comments. He did not want to overstep and offend the deputy director.

Although Cheng Lixue and Director Zhang were once doctors of the same rank, the man was now the deputy director of the hospital! He could easily make life a living h.e.l.l for Cheng Lixue.

The department chief knew better than to provoke the sleeping lion when his hands were tied.

Recently the hospital administration board decided to make some organizational changes. The interventional department was split into two, with the deputy chief taking some of the manpower away.

Who would be happy with a split department? It meant the department chief’s authority was slashed by half.

The change meant everyone had to buck up and work harder to increase their department’s surgery volume. With his department cut in half, Cheng Lixue would have a hard time presenting a satisfactory report at the end of year.

Meanwhile, the vultures were circling him. A stagnant surgery volume could spell a career death.

This change was the root cause of Cheng Lixue’s misery. Those free and easy days were long gone for the interventional department chief.

Now, Director Zhang invited a young chief resident from Sea City General Hospital to perform a TIPS surgery! The interventional department deputy chief was in Provincial Capital, learning the TIPS procedure.

The arrival of the young chief resident was good news for Cheng Lixue, but he doubted the chief resident’s abilities. The TIPS procedure was one of the hardest procedures. Cheng Lixue did not believe Sea City General Hospital had them outcla.s.sed by this much.

When it came to hepatic disorder treatments, whether it be interventional or general surgery, the Secondary Hospital had always outranked Sea City General Hospital.

They were a specialized hospital after all.

Director Zhang must have been blinded. Cheng Lixue cursed internally but he maintained a calm composure and kept his criticisms to himself.

“Director Ren is rus.h.i.+ng back from Provincial Capital as we speak. We only have one goal. Old Cheng, you need to see the big picture,” Director Zhang lectured.

‘Big picture, my *ss!’ Cheng Lixue swore in his mind.

An emergency department chief resident of this age could perform a TIPS procedure?

If the man could really perform the procedure without major complications, Department Chief Cheng would be fearful of the younger generation.

He had a few younger subordinates in his department, including the deputy chief and some attending surgeons. They had always shown him adequate respect, but he wondered if they had ever spoken badly of him to Director Ren.

Cheng Lixue had managed his department for a good 20 years. He did not expect to be ordered to relinquish half of it before he entered retirement.

It was all bullsh*t!

Cheng Lixue was only a department chief who could not contribute to the hospital’s vision. Hence, all his anger was directed at Zheng Ren, as if the chief resident was here to personally sabotage his career.

Professor Rudolf Wagner completed the disinfection process and began the cannulation.

Zheng Ren went to put on his lead ap.r.o.n and began scrubbing in.