Great Doctor Ling Ran

“Preoperative items which are required, such as curing tape, instruments pack, and stepping stools need to be placed in the operating theater beforehand. Ah… prepare a few more stepping stools. Doctor Yu Yuan will participate in the surgery as well. Make sure you check on the number of stepping stools.” Zuo Cidian gave instructions seriously based on the task given to him by Ling Ran.

Xiang Xueming had performed continuous surgeries before. However, when he thought about wanting to equip the Bazhaixiang hospital branch with the facilities required for continuous surgeries, he wanted to claw at his own face. At this time, he could only ask about the important things, “How many stepping stools are needed?”

“Depends on your willingness to bend your body.” Zuo Cidian eyed Xiang Xueming, and he sighed in slight envy. “Look at you. If you work as Doctor Yu’s assistant, how many stepping stools do you think will be suitable for Doctor Yu?”

Xiang Xueming imagined Yu Yuan’s height, and he could not help but take a deep breath. “More is good.”

“Do you think you’re Han Xin or something[1]?” Zuo Cidian laughed, turned his head around, and said, “Five are enough for sure. If the surgery time is short, two should be enough.”

Xiang Xueming imagined the scenario of Yu Yuan using just one stepping stool. ‘If Doctor Yu Yuan adjusts the operating table to the height she is comfortable with and asks me to become her assistant, I will have to curl up so much that I turn into a prawn.’

Xiang Xueming shook his head hard. “We can still get things like stepping stools at Bazhaixiang hospital branch. No problem. I will keep that in mind for any operating theaters Doctor Yu will be in.”

Zuo Cidian smiled and nodded, then he turned around and said to Su Jiafu, “It’s the same case for anesthetists. Try to reduce the frequency of going in and out during surgery. This is the main point that the Bazhaixiang hospital branch needs to change at this moment. Refilling the anesthetics twice a day should be enough, right?”

“That should be enough.” Su Jiafu’s head was in a mess. He was an anesthetist who had his head wrapped in clouds in Yun Hua Hospital. It was already good enough when he could finish his work accordingly every day without having to work overtime and losing his stools, which meant that he never had to bother about replenishing the supply of anesthetics and other matters.

However, in such a small hospital, there were not many supporting staff and fixed rules, and everybody needed to learn on their own.

Nonetheless, everyone, including Su Jiafu was very happy with it.

A chance to practice like this was extremely precious. Only in a place like Bazhaixiang hospital branch and Ling Ran showing up would allow them to use an entire hospital to practice, no matter how small that hospital was. They could not do it on their own without someone experienced to help them, because while the adjustments on the regulations in a small hospital were simpler than in a big hospital, if there was no experienced doctor, a junior doctor with normal skills would not be able to handle it either.

These doctors might not be happy if they were sent to work in such a small hospital, but if they received such a chance to practice their skills while they were providing support, it was naturally the best thing that could possibly happen to them.

Zuo Cidian continued to give explanations to the nurses and working staff, and the head nurse who also came stood next to him and listened as well.

They always performed surgeries back to back, but all of them needed to fumble about to understand how to manage this in a practical and detailed manner.

Zuo Cidian gave instructions such as telling them to be gentle when draping, changing the gauze and cleaning the basin, among others. When he finished giving his instructions, he took a sip of water and asked, “Do you want to try?”

“Yes, we can try.”

Everyone, including the young nurses, was slightly excited.

The head nurse also went off for work with sparkling eyes.

As of now, the medical staff who could support the Bazhaixiang hospital branch were all doctors and nurses from Yun Hua Hospital. Even the care workers came from Yun Hua Hospital.

There was nothing to do about it. They were the earliest batch to come over, and the frequency in which the helicopters came by was also high. On the day Xiang Xueming asked for help, Yun Hua Hospital also filled up the Bazhaixiang hospital branch. When a few hospitals were able to free up hands to help came later, once they confirmed that land transportation was not available, they were forced to rent helicopters, and by then, they could only go to clinics with worse conditions.

That made Yun Hua Hospital the main force supporting Bazhaixiang.

Once that support was completed, the honor they gained would be enough to make everyone be on cloud nine, and the other hospitals could not even say anything about it.

People like Xiang Xueming in the Bazhaixiang hospital branch did not feel unhappy too.

Upgrading the hospital was still something good at the end of the day. Previously, it was impossible for them to ask Yun Hua Hospital to help, and being in a village hospital was the most demotivating thing for a doctor. Even if people like Xiang Xueming were still willing to spend money and time to hire freelance surgeons to improve their skills, they could not help feeling down after working for two to three years in this sort of place.

While he watched the doctors from Yun Hua Hospital setting up the operating theater, Xiang Xueming did not put a stop to their actions, but he did not help either, and he felt slightly lonely as if he was not a part of this.

“Any problems?” Ling Ran saw Xiang Xueming daydreaming, so he asked him the question when he passed by.

He still cared about a doctor’s mental state when they were in an operating theater. What happened if they were triggered by something and became mentally sick? Not every doctor could evaluate their own mental state.

When Xiang Xueming saw Ling Ran, he was shocked and immediately stood straight. He did not know how to explain what he felt, so he just threw out an answer, “I’m thinking why Doctor Zhang Anmin is not here.”

“Associate Chief Physician Zhang is the associate chief physician in the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, so he can only stay in the hospital.” Lu Wenbin wore a happy smile. He held two stepping stools in each hand, and they looked tiny and cute.

“Oh,” Xiang Xueming answered before he patted his head and mocked himself, “my memory’s seriously bad. After Doctor Zhang was promoted to an associate attending physician, I even treated him to a drink.”

“If you increase the price for Old Zhang when he comes over for freelance surgery, he will be truly happy.” Lu Wenbin chuckled while he looked at Xiang Xueming. “You’re considered the person who’s putting bread on his table.”

“I am not a big deal…” Xiang Xueming was full of emotions, but he said in a melancholic fashion, “After Associate Chief Physician Zhang was promoted, he rarely came over. But with how small Bazhaixiang is, we can’t afford to increase his freelance surgery fees either.”

Lu Wenbin clicked his tongue. “Old Zhang still comes often after being promoted to an associate chief physician? He is really poor.”

Xiang Xueming nodded earnestly. “Last time, a patient passed him a Zhonghua cigarette. When he smoked, he did not even spill out the smoke.”

“I’ve seen what you said before.” Lu Wenbin immediately acted out the scene. He exhaled before he breathed in with all his strength. Then, he breathed out again, and breathed in again, just like a big fish trying to test whether something was bait.

Ling Ran looked at his facial expression, and he could not help but sense just how great Lu Wenbin’s vitality was, so he said, “Lu Wenbin, when you finish your work, go downstairs to help. There are quite a lot of patients today.”

Lu Wenbin was stunned for a while before he obediently agreed.

Ling Ran looked at Xiang Xueming and asked, “What do you plan to do?”

“For the time being… Nothing.” Although Xiang Xueming was Ling Ran’s coursemate, his relationship with Ling Ran was still different from Ling Ran’s relationship with Chen Wanhao and Wang Zhuangyong, who were his dormmates. While they were still in university, he only dared to look at Ling Ran from afar. This kind of a department prince was already bound to be treated differently compared to normal students at the moment he entered university.

After becoming an intern at Yun Hua Hospital and working at Bazhaixiang for two years, Xiang Xueming could sense Ling Ran’s imposing mannerism even clearer than before.

Ling Ran would not go and guess what was on Xiang Xueming’s mind. He looked at Xiang Xueming carefully and made sure that he was not about to suffer from a mental breakdown before he said, “Go and choose a few patients who are in a more critical state compared to others. Then send them over for surgery.”

Xiang Xueming was stunned and instantly became motivated. He immediately replied, “Okay.”

Currently, the Bazhaixiang hospital branch did not have any patients with severe injuries. The most critical patients were either handled by Ling Ran on the spot or were sent to Yun Hua Hospital by helicopter. Coupled with the surgeries performed yesterday, even if some of the remaining patients were in a rather severe condition, they were just at the level between requiring emergency surgery and scheduled surgery.

However, this kind of patient was the most suitable surgery subject for every doctor. They did not need to worry about any complicated conversations, and the family members would usually not nag too much. Meanwhile, the doctors would not be so anxious to the point that they would need to work in a flurry.

Suddenly, Ling Ran heard a mission notification by his ear.

[Mission: Perfect Surgery]

[Mission Details: Perfect surgery is the goal every surgeon works hard for.]

[Reward: One Basic Treasure Chest for each perfect surgery.]