120 Regaining Consciousness (2/2)

Ling Ran nodded slowly and said, ”It's indeed not very useful to start an hour earlier. But when we shifted it to three in the morning, many patients were either late or absent.”

Young Tie saw the very distinct, troubled look on Ling Ran's face.

Young Tie screamed internally, 'What is there for you to be troubled about? What exactly is there for you to be troubled about?!'

Meanwhile, Lu Wenbin thought of something. He asked, ”Doctor Tie, can the Hand Surgery Department solve this problem for us?”

Young Tie shuddered violently and shook his head non-stop. ”The Hand Surgery Department has already given you a large rehabilitation room. How is it possible for us to give you more rehabilitation rooms? Moreover, you guys need more than a little bit of extra space.”

”We have already made a request to Department Director Huo. Right now, the old storeroom is being modified. Once the modification is complete, and we have a larger rehabilitation room, we'll be able to return part of the rehabilitation room to you guys.”

”Even so, the decision isn't up to me.” As young Tie spoke, he glanced at Zheng Qi, who was lying on the operating table. He then said, ”Well then, we'll see each other in the rehabilitation room at five in the morning.”

After Young Tie said that, he quickly left.

Ling Ran did not bother to think about it too much. After he turned to make sure that the patient's condition was normal, he nodded and exited the operating theater. He then went to the operating theater next door to continue with another surgery.

However, Lu Wenbin stared at Young Tie's retreating figure and pondered a moment. He asked Su Jiafu a question while the man was still beside him, ”Old Su, this patient will definitely be sent to the recovery room, right?”

”Of course.”

”Can you call me when the patient wakes up?”

”What do you want to do?” Su Jiafu liked participating in Ling Ran's surgeries very much, and he was also already very familiar with Lu Wenbin. He chuckled and joked, ”Our recovery room is under strict supervision. You won't be able to do anything.”

The recovery room was also known as the postanesthesia intensive care unit (PACU). Even though the name sounded very grand, the scale of the PACU in each department differed. High-class PACUs were as grand as intensive care units (ICU) and were well-equipped because large amounts of money had been spent on them. For instance, the recovery room shared by all the departments in Yun Hua Hospital's surgical floor had more than twenty beds and required millions of RMB to be built.

On the other hand, the PACU in the Operating Area of the Emergency Department, which they installed themselves, was not so luxurious.There was also no need for it to be so luxurious because there were only four operating theaters in total. The recovery room was initially equipped with just two beds, three monitoring instruments, and a large amount of drugs. If you were to include the cost of the machines and the facilities, the recovery room might not even have cost 100,000 RMB to build.

Ever since Ling Ran's surgical volume increased, the recovery room had been expanded slightly. There were now six beds, with the same ratio of monitoring instruments, nurses, patient care assistants, and anesthetists installed. That was the extent of it. There were no more extra expenditures for the recovery room.

Lu Wenbin smiled in a servile manner and said, ”Doctor Su, I'll give you two pork trotters in exchange for information.”

Su Jiafu thought about it and said, ”You're in charge of carrying all the stools today.”

”Sure,” Lu Wenbin immediately agreed.

After Lu Wenbin carried out a few more surgeries, he received Su Jiafu's call.

Lu Wenbin hurriedly gave preoperative instructions. Then, he turned and rushed straight to the recovery room. Upon arrival, Lu Wenbin saw that Zheng Qi's head was swaying.

”Mister Zheng, how do you feel?” Lu Wenbin asked, following the prescribed course of action.

”Oh… I…” Zheng Qi had just recovered from anesthesia. He was obtuse and his mind was in a mess. He only asked, ”Where's Young Pan? Was Pan Hua the one who operated on me?”

”You know Department Associate Director Pan?” Lu Wenbin's eyes brightened.

”He's my wife's younger brother. Can you call him? And where is my wife?” Zheng Qi asked.

”I'll ask someone to send you back to the ward first.” Lu Wenbin talked to the patient a little more before he left him with the nurse. Once he was a distance away from the recovery room, he took out his mobile phone. When he found Ling Ran's phone number, he shook his head firmly and continued to scroll downwards. He then found Huo Congjun's number and dialed it with a grin. ”Department Director Huo, guess who I just met?”