Chapter 161: Long-time Attending Physician (Alliance Leader Lu Renyi's bonus chapter ×5)

Ji Xiang did not notice the rambling this time; instead, he listened earnestly.

So the conditions here were this arduous, lacking even a DSA Machine; Zhao Yisheng had performed the Interventional Embolization Surgery himself using the machine in the Circulation Department.

"Shut up!" Liu Zhuren, helpless, suppressed the anger in his heart and roared to stop his words.

"Go to the hospital to see the Patient; I'll look myself, no need for you to say anything," Liu Zhuren said coldly. "Little Zhao, you're talking even more than before."

"Sigh, Zhao Zhuren, you don't know, I usually have no one to talk to, and it's not often I meet a kindred spirit. Let me tell you, the surgical technique I've been pondering is truly awesome; over these years..."

As Zhao Zhuren's gaze grew increasingly sharp, Zhao Yisheng also sensed something was wrong, and his voice became quieter and quieter.

"Get in your car and lead the way with your hazard lights on," Liu Zhuren arranged. "If I get separated by a traffic light, pull over and wait for me. Don't drive too fast; it's my first time here."

"Heh, Liu Zhuren, there are very few traffic lights in a small city like ours, don't you worry. There are only 4 traffic lights from here to our hospital; be careful at the one passing by our No. 1 High School, as car accidents happen there often. A few years ago, our Education Bureau Chief was driving to the Provincial Hospital early in the morning, and right at that intersection..."

Liu Zhuren, with a dark face, dove into his car and closed the window, not intending to listen to a single word of nonsense.

Not until Zhao Yisheng left did Liu Zhuren sigh, "Little Ji, what do you think of this person?"

"Zhuren, can a machine used for Circulation Interventional Surgery really be used as a DSA Machine?" Ji Xiang asked, distracted.

He had been pondering what Zhao Yisheng said and hadn't noticed Liu Zhuren's intent.

"Don't listen to his nonsense," Liu Zhuren said dismissively. "This guy just likes to brag. Using equipment from the Circulation Department to perform surgery—do you think that's possible?"

"Even though they are both interventional surgeries, can different machines be used interchangeably?"

"Uh, I don't know, but just thinking about it, it shouldn't work."

Liu Zhuren started the car and followed the dilapidated Jetta City Spring in front all the way to a hospital in the center of Yuanliao city.

The hospital looked alright, at least newer than many of the surrounding buildings.

"A DSA Machine—I don't know about other hospitals, but the equipment at our Second Affiliated Hospital costs over 30 million. Repairing the X-ray tube once costs hundreds of thousands; I've heard Zhao Xiangming mention this. The company that repairs the X-ray tube has to be specially designated, to the point where Zhao Zhuren doesn't even want to perform surgeries anymore."

Ji Xiang felt that Liu Zhuren had been infected by Zhao Yisheng's chatterbox habit, and had actually started to ramble as well.

In his memory, Liu Zhuren had never spoken so much at once back at the Second Affiliated Hospital.

Holding his breath and focusing, Ji Xiang went to the System Operating Room to consult the System NPC about the difference between the two.

Ji Xiang wouldn't believe whatever Liu Zhuren said about this kind of thing; the only thing he trusted was the authoritative explanation of the System NPC.

It turned out that in some prefecture-level hospitals, there were people who could perform interventional surgeries. They had either gone for further training or had other reasons, it was just very rare.

In critical moments, they would use the Circulation Department's machine to perform interventional surgery.

But the System NPC explained the pros and cons of the two machines; the garbage talk Zhao Yisheng said was actually quite correct, just not very comprehensive.

"Let's go, Little Ji." Liu Zhuren parked the car, and he and Ji Xiang entered the hospital.

"Liu Zhuren, our place was just built a few years ago. Originally, the inpatient building was supposed to be built for our hospital first, but the Zhong Yiyuan side took more than their share and snatched our building away, forcing us to..."

As Zhao Yisheng spoke, he realized he was talking too much and quickly shut his mouth.

Liu Zhuren didn't want to be so harsh to him, but when Zhao Yisheng rambled, he was like a fly, buzzing on and on without end.

Arriving at the Urology Department, the on-duty doctor was smoking in the office. Seeing Zhao Yisheng bring Liu Zhuren and Ji Xiang in, he didn't get up, but kept his feet on the desk and asked with a cigarette in his mouth, "Zhao Ge, why are you back?"

"Bringing Liu Zhuren from the Second Affiliated Hospital to look at the films and the Patient."

Zhao Yisheng seemed unfazed by the on-duty doctor smoking in the office, took out a medical record folder, flipped to the examination report section, and handed it to Liu Zhuren.

This gesture was very thoughtful; nowadays, everything is paperless, and all examinations can be viewed on a computer.

But old doctors of Liu Zhuren's age were still accustomed to looking at paper reports; this was a behavioral habit carved into their DNA when they were young.

First looking at the lab reports, then the imaging data, finally Zhao Yisheng even took out a disc and played the entire process of the interventional surgery.

All the information was detailed.

Although Zhao Yisheng was long-winded and had "socially awesome" syndrome, he was indeed a good hand at clinical work.

If he didn't have over a decade of clinical experience combined with his meticulous nature, he probably wouldn't have been able to do it so perfectly.

Liu Zhuren was very satisfied; after reading all the reports, he nodded, "Let's go see the Patient and prepare for surgery tomorrow."

"Liu Zhuren, I must see your craftsmanship." Having received the approval of a superior doctor, Zhao Yisheng beamed with joy. "When I was training at 912, I heard your level was truly high; Qu Jiaoshou of 912 praised you endlessly. He said if it weren't for..."

Liu Zhuren listened with a smile.

But this time, Zhao Yisheng only said one sentence before covering his mouth, afraid that talking too much would annoy people.

"Qu Jiaoshou of 912 thinks so highly of Zhuren!" Ji Xiang chimed in. "Teacher Zhao, are you and Qu Jiaoshou familiar?"

Zhao Yisheng looked around, knowing he had been a bit too cautious, and said with a smile, "He's Qu Zhuren now. When I went for training, I heard Teacher Qu say that Doctor Liu, who had just left the Second Affiliated Hospital, could handle anything. Whenever I did a job poorly, he would use Liu Zhuren as an example.

As a result, I soon became a little fan of Liu Zhuren, and after I returned, I paid a visit. Sure enough, Teacher Qu's eye for talent is great; in just a few years, Liu Zhuren became a big Zhuren at the Second Affiliated Hospital, and now, for partial Kidney Resection surgeries in the whole province, Liu Zhuren is the best!"

Saying this, Zhao Yisheng gave a thumbs up.

Liu Zhuren listened with a smile.

"My hands are a bit clumsy, and I've never been able to perform surgery to the best of my ability; I'm truly ashamed."

"Lao Zhao, I don't like this hypocrisy of yours," the on-duty doctor next to him said with disdain. "If you weren't good at surgery, would the General Manager let you... keep seeing patients in the Outpatient Department?"

That was a bit too direct.

However, Liu Zhuren didn't feel anything was wrong; the more grassroots the place, the simpler and more direct things were.

Never mind the grassroots, what about the Imperial Capital Hospital?

Back then, two professors fought over the position of big Zhuren, and they actually started fighting, one of them beating the other until they had a cerebral hemorrhage before they stopped.

However, Liu Zhuren didn't know Zhao Yisheng well. Listening to the on-duty doctor, it seemed Zhao Yisheng's surgery was quite good, but his rank wasn't high.

"Don't talk nonsense, the Zhuren still supports my work very much," Zhao Yisheng said very seriously.

(End of chapter)