Chapter 303 - Zhang Fan is too scary (1/2)
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu
Zhang Fan continued to study hard even though he was now formally a doctor. He would study together with Shao Hua whenever he had free time. She studied accounting, while Zhang Fan constantly practiced English speaking and vocabulary. He would also take walks together with her. Shao Hua and her parents did all of the chores in the home. They would never let Zhang Fan be bothered by such trifling matters. In fact, Shao Hua’s parents even argued much less with each other than before, not wanting to bother Zhang Fan.
Every week, as long as Zhang Fan wasn’t busy, he would always call his parents together with Shao Hua, as well as call his younger sister Jingshu. If Zhang Fan didn’t have the time, Shao Hua would always call on behalf of him. Thus passed Zhang Fan’s days, which were quite plain, just like chicken soup. The flavor was light but nutritious. Zhang Fan’s chicken soup days were filled with bliss.
It was now Zhang Fan’s medical team’s turn to accept patients for today. Two days ago, the emergency department had already sent them two patients even though it wasn’t their turn. However, the emergency department had especially requested Zhang Fan, so the other doctors didn’t say anything. One patient had a closed fracture of the collarbone, while the other had a closed fracture of the ankle joint. Both patients were given one day to rest and recuperate so that the swelling could go down as well as for pre-surgery checkups. Thus, these two surgeries were scheduled for today.
Zhang Fan was on a 24-hour work shift today. One person in his medical team would need to stay in the department for the entire day to be in charge of hospitalization and discharge paperwork. That was because patients might be sent over to them at any time from the outpatient services section.
“Yanan, Brother Xue, which one of you two will stay in the department today?”
“Me!” Xue Fei was more than happy not to have to do any surgeries. Working on surgeries for an entire 24-hour work shift would likely result in no longer being able to feel one’s legs anymore.
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“Alright, I’ll work on the surgeries with Yanan then. Doctor Li, would you prefer to participate in the surgeries or write the medical reports today?” Zhang Fan asked the female rotation doctor who had been assigned to his team. Zhang Fan’s medical team was basically custom-made for him as the attending physician ranked higher than him was the lazy type, while resident doctor Wang Yanan was his disciple.
Doctor Li hesitated for a moment, and then answered, “I’ll write the medical reports, Teacher Zhang.” She was shorter than Wang Yanan, and also on the weaker side. Thus, she didn’t intend to join a surgical department in the first place.
Zhang Fan had originally wanted to do a 70/30 income split for the surgeries vs. writing the medical reports. However, he then calculated it and found that it was rather high for just writing the medical reports. Xue Fei and Wang Yanan also objected to paying so much for the medical reports. In the end, Zhang Fan set the medical report payment at 30 yuan per medical report completed. Separate medical reports were required for hospitalization and discharging a patient, so young Doctor Li would be really busy.
“Alright. You can stay in the department and write the medical reports then. This is my cafeteria card. Buy anything that you like for lunch with it.” Zhang Fan handed Doctor Li his cafeteria card.
“I have my own card, Teacher Zhang. There’s no need.” She felt rather awkward.
“Your money is yours. You’re working in our team and for our sake, so it’s only normal that we should pay for your meals. Don’t be shy.” Zhang Fan handed his card to Wang Yanan, who unhesitatingly stuffed the cafeteria card into Doctor Li’s white doctor’s jacket’s pocket.
“Don’t be shy, take it! You don’t have any bonus money, so you should save as much money as you can,” Wang Yanan told Doctor Li.
“Thank you!” Doctor Li replied with a red face.
“Okay! Begin the surgeries.” Zhang Fan entered the operating room.
Xu Xian and Li Yuze, the two graduate students in the department, had been trying to learn what they could about Zhang Fan. But even though they learned of his reputation, they had never seen Zhang Fan in action before, so they didn’t really believe Zhang Fan’s reputation.
Xu Xian and Li Yuze also had their own surgery to work on. Xu Xian made up his mind that once he finished with his surgery, he would go over to observe Zhang Fan’s surgery.
The ice and snow were beginning to melt as it was spring. Due to governmental support for the border province, many major construction projects were beginning with the spring thaw. In the past, most orthopedic injuries had been due to accidentally falling over, especially for older people who then fractured a bone. Although older people injuring themselves was still common, this type of orthopedic injury had already decreased to become only the third most common type of orthopedic injury.
The number one most common type of orthopedic injury was due to car accidents, especially in the city. Even though it wasn’t possible to drive that quickly in the cities, a car accident would easily cause a shattered bone. The second most common type was due to an accident at work.
All three orthopedic departments had their own operating rooms, although the anesthesiologists and operating room nurses were shared. Still, the operating room head nurse really favored Zhang Fan, so she would always arrange things especially quickly for him.
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“Hey, Zhang Fan, you’ve finally escaped the internal medicine departments. Now that you’ve been permanently assigned, you haven’t even treated me to a meal?” The operating room head nurse greeted Zhang Fan from far away when she saw that he had changed into surgical attire and entered the operating room.
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“Hello, head nurse. As you know, I have many surgeries. I figured that I’d treat all the operating room nurses to a meal during some weekend,” Zhang Fan responded with a smile. Although he was wearing a surgical mask, the head nurse still felt really comfortable because she could tell from his eyes that he was smiling.
“What, who among my nurses have you fallen in love with? Tell me in secret. I’ll definitely help you conquer her.” The head nurse then intentionally came over right next to Zhang Fan. The distance between them seemed like she was touching him, but there was still a tiny bit of distance. However, Zhang Fan could smell the fragrance on her body and see her white neck up close, and even saw a faint hint of her cleavage. It seemed like she was wearing a black bra!
“Haha, I really haven’t. I already have a girlfriend!” Zhang Fan took a small imperceptible step backwards! He really couldn’t handle the head nurse! He could only be defeated by a mature woman like her who had high emotional intelligence. If he didn’t retreat, the head nurse would surely laugh at him forever!
“It’s not like you’re married yet. Besides, those who are married might also get divorced. Honest, the girls working under me are all really nice. You should get some more experience while you’re still unmarried. Otherwise, you’ll regret things.”
“Zhang Fan!” Wang Yanan finished changing and exited the women’s changing room. She went over to the operating room already, but saw that Zhang Fan hadn’t arrived yet. She then came over to see that Zhang Fan was chatting with the head nurse, so she called out to him, which ended up rescuing Zhang Fan.
“Head nurse, I’m going to a surgery now.” Zhang Fan was about to slink away along the wall.
“Haha, go! Your little disciple is getting jealous!” the head nurse said this as if she was a cat!
“Haha!” Zhang Fan didn’t dare to reply anymore.
He entered the operating room only to receive a glare from Wang Yanan. “You’d better stay away from her. Otherwise, I’ll definitely report you to Shao Hua.”
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“What are you even thinking? Hurry up and wash your hands and disinfect.” Zhang Fan didn’t care at all. Wang Yanan was too young to understand still, but Zhang Fan understood quite well. The head nurse definitely had no romantic interest in him. This was simply her way of interacting with others.
“Hmph! Do you think that she’s only passionate towards you? She treats all the slightly more skilled doctors the same way. I’ve seen it several times,” Wang Yanan whispered to Zhang Fan. She was whispering because the operating room nurse and anesthesiologist had already arrived. She really had matured. If this had been before, she would have said such things out loud!
“Keep blabbering. Hurry and wash your hands. Otherwise, I’m going to start without you.” Zhang Fan was unable to explain it as Wang Yanan still wouldn’t understand. Although Wang Yanan was only one year younger than he was, Zhang Fan was mentally around a 40-year-old’s age!
Zhang Fan washed his hands, disinfected, and draped. In the operating room, everything required standardized movements. Nobody was allowed to talk loudly. This was in order not to bother others, and also because the louder one spoke, the more likely it was for spit to fly out from one’s mouth and contaminate the surgery area.
Handwashing would require washing all the way up to the elbows. After the handwashing was finished, the doctor would need to keep his hands and arms straight in the air in order to ensure they were sterile. Requirements were even higher for the doctor’s hands. Rings, watches, and so on were all forbidden. If the doctor’s hands had any open wounds, then the doctor would be completely forbidden from performing surgery!