Chapter 324: A Dedicated Instrument Nurse Is Hard to Be

Tang Yan was biting on a straw, her face full of misery.

"He has gone to the Orthopedics Department. Please take some time recently to familiarize yourself with orthopedic surgeries," Feng Yuqing said, briefing Tang Yan on the next "work plan."

"Sister Yuqing, I'm not going to be rotating with Ji Xiang forever, am I?" Tang Yan was very distressed.

If it were anyone else, it would be fine, but Ji Xiang performed surgeries so fast that she had to be extremely proficient to keep up with his speed.

Having just become familiar with the operations in the Urology Department and the Interventional Department, Tang Yan felt a bit annoyed that she now had to learn the content for the Orthopedics Department as she rotated with Ji Xiang.

"Normally speaking, that is the case." Feng Yuqing's lips curled upward. "Is there a problem?"

"No!" Tang Yan only dared to complain once; hearing Feng Yuqing say this, she immediately sat up straight, her face serious. "Even if it's a mountain of blades or a sea of fire, I will go."

"That sounded just like a young couple," Feng Yuqing said with a chuckle, not minding at all.

"..." Tang Yan froze for a moment; she immediately realized that the sentence she had just said would cause ambiguity. "I didn't mean it like that."

"I know. Just familiarize yourself with the orthopedic surgeries first."

"Sister Yuqing, there is already gossip starting in the department."

"What gossip? That you and Ji Xiang are being shipped as a couple?" Feng Yuqing asked.

"No." Tang Yan had just made a mistake, but out of respect for money and for the generous Feng Yuqing, she said very seriously, "Sister Yuqing, there has never been a dedicated Instrument Nurse in our Second Affiliated Hospital before."

"Well, there is one now, isn't there?" Feng Yuqing was completely unconcerned.

"It's not like that," Tang Yan explained. "The directors of every department want a dedicated Instrument Nurse, but no one dares to bring it up."

"Why?" Feng Yuqing asked curiously; this was different from what she had imagined.

"We are short-staffed, mainly short on people working on the front lines. Does a dedicated Instrument Nurse get put on the night shift? Do they get breaks? There are a bunch of issues anyway. It is said that only a few Academician-level Surgeons in the Imperial Capital and Shanghai have the concept of a dedicated Instrument Nurse."

"That's quite good, letting Ji Xiang experience the treatment of an Academician in advance."

Seeing that Feng Yuqing was insistent, Tang Yan naturally wouldn't say anything more. As long as she was paid, anything was fine.

Tang Yan had a heartfelt respect for money.

It was just that Ji Xiang was too much of a troublemaker. Wouldn't it have been enough to just do some circumcisions in the Urology Department? But no, he went and did not only Level 4 surgeries, but also hybrid Level 4 surgeries!

And now he was going to the Orthopedics Department.

Sigh, forget it. Who told Feng Yuqing to pay so much.

At the mere thought of the thick surgical textbooks, Tang Yan couldn't help but get a headache.

Bai Chuzhang was busy.

The Second Affiliated Hospital was preparing for a heart transplant. This was a major surgery, and the Medical Affairs Department was coordinating it centrally, firmly refusing to allow any mistakes.

There are actually quite a few surgeries that can boost a hospital's reputation, but among the public, transplant surgeries are still more recognized.

The most difficult and largest surgery in Cardiothoracic Surgery is definitely not a heart transplant, but this type of procedure sounds impressive when talked about, and it has a relatively high level of acceptance.

After tossing and turning until midnight, Bai Chuzhang went to Zhao Yuanzhang's office again to report on the qualifications for organ transplantation.

In fact, the Second Affiliated Hospital did have the qualifications for organ transplantation, but they hadn't performed any for several years, and trying to pick it back up again was truly problematic.

After the report was finished, Zhao Yuanzhang rubbed his temples. "Director Bai, the surgery itself isn't a big problem, but how are the few people who went for further training in the ICU?"

"They are all doing fine." Bai Chuzhang sat up straight and reported earnestly, "Cardiothoracic sent one person, and the ICU sent two people to the Imperial Capital to study. After they returned, I checked on them from both the front and the side, and their levels are passable."

"That's good." Zhao Yuanzhang smiled. "The applications for scientific research projects recently..."

He dragged out a very long tail note but didn't state it clearly.

"I have already greeted the reviewers in the province regarding Professor Deng's research, so it should be no problem," Bai Chuzhang answered straightforwardly.

"That's good," Zhao Yuanzhang said. "Thank you for your hard work, Director Bai. Since it involves Tianjiao, it's not convenient for me to step in. The others are not from a Clinical background, so I can't count on them either."

"Doing scientific research is normal. Tianjiao is as his name suggests; I like him when I see him. It's not about helping, just following the normal process. I'll have someone look at the proposal when the time comes; it shouldn't be a problem."

"Provincial Natural Science, Provincial Natural Science," Zhao Yuanzhang muttered to himself.

"The provincial matters are easy to handle, Zhao Yuanzhang, please rest assured."

"Then that's it, I will greet them regarding the review work for several projects," Zhao Yuanzhang said with a smile.

Bai Chuzhang sighed inwardly. He had done his absolute best for Ji Xiang, and although he was slightly unwilling to make the exchange with Zhao Yuanzhang, there was no other way.

"Zhao Yuanzhang, then I will leave first. Please get some rest early."

"You should also rest early," Zhao Yuanzhang said. "I'll wait a while longer; my Tianjiao is still busy, and we will go home together."

"This is truly a case of father and son going into battle together. Zhao Yuanzhang, you and your son are continuing the development and legacy of our Second Affiliated Hospital."

Zhao Jixiang laughed, and Bai Chuzhang took his leave.

Ji Xiang seemed to have gone to the Orthopedics Department as well. Bai Chuzhang's heart stirred, and he walked slowly toward the inpatient building with his hands behind his back.

Since Zhao Tianjiao hadn't left, the Resident Chief certainly couldn't sleep. Bai Chuzhang still had the old-school Clinical style; he did everything himself, especially the "consultation" part, which he did quite well.

He was full of worries, his mind mulling over all sorts of messy things, when he saw Zhao Tianjiao coming toward him.

This person seemed a bit unhappy and wasn't very respectful when greeting him, but Bai Chuzhang didn't mind.

Arriving at the Thirteenth Ward of the Orthopedics Department, the Resident Chief Xu Leyu had just come out of the office.

"Director Bai!" Xu Leyu hurriedly stood at attention, feeling a bit panicked.

The head of the Medical Affairs Department was still wandering around the Clinical wards in the middle of the night; this was the so-called "night owl entering a house"—he wouldn't come for no reason.

"Not resting yet?"

"Just finished getting busy." Seeing that Bai Chuzhang's expression was calm, Xu Leyu tried his best to recall the patients he had admitted and discharged over the past few days while walking up to him. "Director Bai, you are here to..."

"Just came to take a look." Bai Chuzhang came to the doctors' office and saw that there were still films hanging on the film viewer. He asked, "Doctor Xiao Ji has rotated over to your place, right?"

"Yes, yes." When Xu Leyu mentioned Ji Xiang, his expression became very colorful.

Everything was taken in by Bai Chuzhang.

"Tell me about it."

"Early this morning, Liu Zhuren from the Urology Department brought several professors along to see off Doctor Xiao Ji; I was quite puzzled at the time, thinking Doctor Xiao Ji was a relative of Liu Zhuren's."

Xu Leyu reported one surgery and one reduction performed today to Bai Chuzhang.

"Now I understand; Doctor Xiao Ji doesn't seem like a novice at all. On the first day in the Orthopedics Department, the surgery was performed with great precision—no wonder Liu Zhuren values them so much."

Bai Chuzhang nodded, did not stay long, and turned to leave.

Walking out of the inpatient building, Bai Chuzhang looked back, a faint, elusive smile hanging on the corners of their mouth.

(End of this chapter)