Chapter 178 - Men get out! Women come in! (1/2)

Not entering a department immediately would require the rotation doctor to mention this to the hospital administration director. This was because all of the rotation doctors who weren't permanently assigned to a department yet were under the jurisdiction of the hospital administration department. If any problems occurred during rotation, the hospital administration department would also take care of it.

Zhang Fan was going to join an award ceremony, which was a major public event. The hospital administration director simply gave Zhang Fan three days of vacation. This was the preferential treatment for someone so skilled.

On Friday afternoon, the biggest auditorium owned by the government in Chasu City was crowded and noisy, with all sorts of banners and flags covering the entire hall. This auditorium was rather old. It had been constructed in the era of Soviet support. The hall's name was called the Friendship Hall! The construction style was also Soviet, showing off a wild roughness.

The award recipients would need to first report to the Chasu City Communist Party Committee. They were from all sorts of different fields, with many different systems involved. Since all of the award recipients were young men and women, their workplaces would send plenty of people to fill up this auditorium as their leaders would lose face otherwise.

This auditorium was truly large. It would be no problem to seat 1,000 people here. Chasu City Hospital also sent personnel here. A large group of nurses who had originally been off work today were ordered to attend today. This made them filled with complaints!

Such an award ceremony would require rehearsal beforehand due to how formal it was. Apart from the leaders, everyone else would need to rehearse. The award recipients needed to learn how to properly receive the award, how to shake hands, and so on. The minor official from Chasu City Communist Party Committee even made sure to tell them that they weren't to speak to the government leaders unless a government leader spoke to them first.

There were about 20 or so people here to receive the awards. Not only were there awards for the 10 excellent youths of Chasu City, who were all civilians, it turned out that there were also awards for excellent youths from the military! Zhang Fan was put second to last in line for the rehearsal. To his right was a muscular man wearing a police uniform, while to his left was an icy and beautiful woman who worked in customs.

Zhang Fan was getting really annoyed because they were forced to rehearse many times. He felt that it was ridiculous that so much emphasis on formality was being placed on an award ceremony. Even more annoying to him was that the muscular guy on his right kept trying to make conversation with him. The muscular guy's objective was obvious. He just wanted to attract the attention of the beautiful woman from customs on Zhang Fan's other side. If it weren't for the fact that everyone had been assigned to fixed positions, this policeman who was still single definitely would have asked to switch spots with Zhang Fan already.

”Bro, which workplace are you from? We police don't have the freedom to wear a suit like you can for this type of ceremony. Have you gotten married yet? I'm still single! But, my workplace has already given me an apartment!” It seemed like this muscular policeman had been single for far too long already. He didn't even care that Zhang Fan didn't respond, and seemed like he would tell Zhang Fan about his entire family history soon at this rate.

Zhang Fan turned around slightly to glance at the beautiful woman from customs sitting next to him. If she wasn't an idiot, then she should probably understand this muscular policeman's intentions as well. However, she kept an icy expression on her face and didn't seem to be interested in the conversation at all.

Zhang Fan was unable to bear being the third wheel in this conversation any longer. He felt that police were respectable, while those who were still single were pitiable. Zhang Fan thus decided to help him out a little. ”Oh! My uniform doesn't look that good to be wearing it to such a place. It's not like you and this female comrade. Both of you look quite heroic in your uniforms. Both of you should be in the same system, right?”

The woman from customs was also wearing her uniform, which was how Zhang Fan had known she worked in customs. Zhang Fan had established a conversation topic for them, so the rest would depend on the muscular policeman himself. The policeman who was still single had such a grateful expression. If it weren't for the fact that this place and time wouldn't be appropriate, he probably would have hugged Zhang Fan in gratitude.

”We're not from the same system, but customs and police are very close to each other. Comrade, what city do you work in?” the policeman asked the customs woman.

”Chark City.”

She had a beautiful voice as well, but she replied quite tersely while furrowing her eyebrows!

”Wonderful. I'm from Chakur City. We're not far away from each other!” Zhang Fan almost laughed out loud on hearing this. Chark City was the farthest small city under the larger Chasu City's jurisdiction, while Chakur City was in the exact opposite direction. There would be almost 500 kilometers of distance between these two cities!

For every three sentences that the muscular policeman asked, the customs woman would only reply with a few words. However, Zhang Fan was now free. They had rehearsed many times already, so the rehearsals were finally finished. They were now just waiting for the leaders. Zhang Fan was so bored that he even mentally entered his System and started practicing surgery.

He was about to join the internal secretion department. Since he hadn't been able to activate internal medicine courses yet, he was unable to practice this subject. However, thyroid surgery under the topic of general surgery would be related to internal secretion, so Zhang Fan began to practice thyroid surgery. Although he had practiced this type of surgery before, he hadn't practiced it very much compared to other surgeries.

Back when Zhang Fan had first received his System, he had been paranoid that the System would vanish on him one day. Rather than being a generalist, he had wanted to be a specialist. That was why he practiced orthopedic surgeries more than any other type of surgeries in his System. Later, when he was able to activate general surgery courses, he mostly practiced surgeries on the major organs. He didn't spend much time yet on practicing these surgeries for more minor organs.

General surgeries were quite rough and direct. For already diagnosed problems, such problems would be surgically treated. For undiagnosed problems, the surgeon would simply open up the abdomen to inspect how things were. When looking through medical reports in general surgery, it was common to see a question mark after the doctor's preliminary diagnosis, meaning that the diagnosis was uncertain. This was because the organs in the abdomen were far too complex. It would be quite difficult to be certain of a diagnosis without opening up the abdomen.

Although it would seem obvious if a patient had pain in the McBurney's point of the appendix, doctors would still commonly write acute appendicitis? with the question mark in their preliminary diagnosis. This way of writing a preliminary diagnosis had become popular recently. Was it that the diagnosis techniques had regressed, or had the doctors' overall abilities regressed?

Thyroid surgeries weren't that difficult. However, thyroid surgeries had some risk associated with injuring the patient. As much as 0.5% of the time, the recurrent laryngeal nerve would be injured. The recurrent laryngeal nerve was responsible for controlling the muscles for the vocal cords. A light injury to this nerve would cause the patient's voice to become raspy, while a more severe injury could even cause suffocation. This nerve was far too fragile. Having even some slight bleeding pressure this nerve might cause a person's voice to become raspy.

”What workplace are you from?” The woman from customs was getting really annoyed by the policeman, so she wanted to drag Zhang Fan down with her. She asked twice, but Zhang Fan seemed as if he was ignoring her, since he was busy practicing thyroid surgery in his System.

'You're just pretending to ignore me!' She gritted her teeth in anger. But since the policeman who was single was being far too persistent, the woman from customs asked her question again while elbowing Zhang Fan in the arm.

”Are you asking me?” Zhang Fan asked uncertainly.

”Yeah, what workplace are you from?” She didn't say anything else, as she was trying to change the topic. The policeman was even trying to ask for her address by now!

”Oh! I work at a hospital. The nature of my work is quite different from either of you. As for you two, your work is quite similar.” Zhang Fan didn't want to deal with the policeman, either. The policeman was far too chatty for Zhang Fan. Thus, Zhang Fan tried to change the topic back to the two of them.

Due to the special nature of the award ceremony, the beautiful woman was unable to do anything. Normally, she probably would have gotten angry and long since left already. She had white skin, a slender and tall figure, and light makeup along with a face filled with collagen. Her neck seemed like a swan's, without any trace of cosmetic surgery. She was really prideful, yet she was able to appear here at this award ceremony as a recipient. From all this, Zhang Fan analyzed that this woman probably was 25 years old or younger, and that either her father or mother was quite powerful, rather than her being here due to her own accomplishments.

Zhang Fan then turned to look at the muscular policeman. This fellow's face was weather-beaten. There were also obvious sunburn and frostbite marks left behind his ears. He also had a really passionate attitude and innocent eyes. For a policeman like this to be able to join the excellent youths of Chasu City award, he definitely had to have achieved something grand. Zhang Fan was quite worried about the policeman's money should he try and romance the woman from customs.

Zhang Fan wanted to convince the guy to give up, but then glanced at the policeman's very muscular body and expression that seemed like he was going in heat. Zhang Fan remained quiet and didn't say anything, because he didn't want to receive a beating!

This award ceremony was rather high in level. The leader of the entire Chasu City Communist Party Committee personally came to this award ceremony. This high-ranking leader gave a speech for more than 40 minutes. After that, various other leaders gave speeches as well. The award recipients had to sit down and wait as they listened to the leaders' speeches. The leaders were quite eloquent and skilled at talking about nothing for such a long period of time. They all said basically just one thing: that young people needed to ask for a smaller salary and be more selfless!

The policeman, whose name Zhang Fan learned was Zhu Bing, finally fell silent now that the leaders were giving speeches. Zhang Fan sneaked a glance at the woman from customs next to him, but she only glared at him! Zhang Fan didn't care, as he had a girlfriend already.

Finally, the leaders ended their speeches, and the award presentations began. The youths raised their heads and stood up straight as they were illuminated under the lights, showing off a solemn atmosphere.

There was even special music being played to create an atmosphere where everyone couldn't help but feel serious. When it came to Zhang Fan's turn to receive the award from the leader of Chasu City Communist Party Committee, he felt that the committee leader's hand was quite soft compared to most men's hands which would be harder and more callused.

”You've worked hard!” the committee leader told each of the young award recipients.

”Leader, you've also worked hard!” This sentence hadn't been part of the rehearsal. However, the first award recipient said it, so everyone else also said it. Perhaps the leader really liked hearing this!

Zhang Fan received his award, which was a certificate, along with a bonus of 5,000 yuan. However, this reward money would be sent to his workplace only after the end of the award ceremony.

The award ceremony was now finished. Three days of preparation had been made beforehand for a short process that lasted only a few seconds. Such extravagance! As everyone gradually left, the policeman Zhu Bin hurriedly stopped Zhang Fan and the woman from customs. ”It's fate that brought us all together. How about the three of us eat a meal together?”