967 Where Should We Go? (1/2)

At the center of the surgical floor in Yun Hua Hospital, the door of the Class 100 Laminar Flow Operating Room was labeled with blue characters that spelled ”extra sterile”. The room was spacious and bright…

A cute-looking scrub nurse lowered her head while she organized the instruments, the anesthetist lowered his head, organizing the… files in the computer, and He Liang lowered his head with a nervous expression… managing the patient's thoracic cavity.

Department Director Kang raised his head and was as proud as an old lion that had been chased out from his pride.

His lionesses were slowly leaving him.

Department Director Kang did not care about the attitude of the lionesses. He looked at Ling Ran with a complicated expression. There were a lot of emotions mixed together on his face, and even he could not tell just what kind of emotions he felt.

Was he angry? A bit.

Was he surprised? A lot.

There was also regret, jealousy, admiration, repentance, reflection…

If not for the fact that Department Director Kang still had some sense left in him, he would have thrown the forceps in his hands and let Ling Ran suture the wound.

If he did that, he might create some problems for Ling Ran because Ling Ran was pressing on the patient's wound with one of his hands. It would be a little difficult for him to only use one hand to expose the surgery field.

Even if He Liang and Huo Congjun were there to help, due to the level of their skills, they would have to be busy for a while as well.

Nonetheless, Department Director Kang knew that it would only take a while.

Furthermore, the result would be something he could not accept.

Should he let Associate Hospital Director Zhou, one of the members of the hospital's top management, get a chance to observe Ling Ran perform a cardiovascular surgery independently? Whether the surgery was difficult or not, once the chief surgeon performed cardiovascular surgery, he was already considered qualified.

Besides, today's surgery was not that difficult.

Cardiac trauma repair was like an appendectomy in cardiovascular surgery, but what was the death rate for appendectomies? A person may find it hard to find a death even if they looked at every single case, and they would only be able to find one among a thousand cases or one among ten thousand cases. However, it was normal for the survival rate of cardiography to be at around 86% to 94%.

There were patients who injured their inferior vena cava as well as their back, and they eventually died on the operating table.

If Ling Ran did not help, even Department Director Kang could not guarantee whether the patient today would leave the operating theater alive.

Twenty years ago, he could still be more confident. Although his confidence level had increased a lot, now…

”Scalpel.” Department Director Kang extended his hand as if he was not aware of the awkward atmosphere. He started to enlarge the incision on the patient to provide larger exposure.

Ling Ran's hand was still pressed on the patient's heart, and Department Director Kang pretended that he did not know.

After all, he was determined to practice the principle of look not, ask not, and speak not.

He Liang continued to work as Department Director Kang's assistant.

Usually, he would say something that annoyed others, but he dared not do so today.

Department Director Kang was not considered a very fierce surgeon when he scolded people in comparison to other surgeons, but his nagging was still really annoying.

The person who was most suited to be scolded by Department Director Kang was He Liang. Therefore, he was the most careful one.

Everyone had something on their minds, but no one was willing to speak. The operating theater slowly became silent.

Be that as it may, the speed of the surgery increased, and the accuracy improved as well.

Ling Ran smiled in satisfaction. Indeed, as long as everyone did their job and did not chat too excitedly, efficiency could be increased, and there would be an upgrade in their abilities too.

”He Liang, you'll do the suturing.” When Ling Ran saw that the incision had been enlarged and that the exposure was pretty much perfect, he automatically gave up his chance to suture the wound.

Huo Congjun, who was ready to provide backup to Ling Ran at any moment, could not help but smile in relief. He was still thinking about what to do if Ling Ran made Department Director Kang feel embarrassed.

Certainly, they should still treat the patient as they were supposed to according to the steps, but Huo Congjun had to prepare for an attack and save up some saliva so that he could make Department Director Kang obey them willingly nonetheless.

However, Huo Congjun never thought that Ling Ran would willingly let He Liang suture the cardiac rupture.

He did not hand the chance over to Department Director Kang. After all, Department Director Kang was the chief surgeon, and he would definitely not be satisfied if he was instructed by Ling Ran. Although Ling Ran was from the Emergency Department, if he insisted on suturing the patient, in pleasant terms, that meant that he did not respect the department director. In unpleasant terms, that meant he was not respectful of others.

He Liang was truly the most suitable choice. He was young, capable, and someone who could be scolded…

Huo Congjun nodded slightly. Since Ling Ran appointed He Liang, it meant that he had grown.