Chapter 329: Don't Go Cleaning Up Other People's Messes

However, for those types of emergency rescue surgeries, it is best to avoid them as much as possible, not to mention that even if Ji Xiang has a Practicing Certificate, he is not qualified to perform high-level surgeries.

Even if one builds up seniority, it would take eight or ten years; regardless, those are Level 4 surgeries, and the National Health Commission has clear regulations regarding surgery classification.

"Let's perform the surgery, the last one, let's wrap it up properly." Liu Zhuren steadied his mind, ignoring whatever Zhao Yisheng Zhe was saying, and interrupted him directly.

What useful things could that chatterbox say? It was just a pile of useless information, mostly various gossip.

"Mm." Ji Xiang nodded and focused on the surgery with Liu Zhuren.

The surgery went quite smoothly, and Liu Zhuren had gradually become addicted to this feeling; it was not like when he performed partial Kidney Resection in the past, where he always felt the Patient might bleed at any moment.

Now, once it was done, it was done, and there hadn't been any Patients with postoperative bleeding yet.

The 4% probability had been rendered invisible by a preoperative Interventional Surgery, and the partial resection surgery itself had also gone much more smoothly; Liu Zhuren's perspective had long since been overturned by countless facts.

In the past, occasionally waking from dreams at midnight, Liu Zhuren would worry about surgical bleeding and be startled awake; that problem of never being able to fall back asleep had also gradually been cured.

If it were possible, Liu Zhuren firmly did not want to let Ji Xiang go.

The surgery ended smoothly, and together they lifted the Patient onto the flatbed cart; Ji Xiang was about to send the Patient off when Liu Zhuren made a gesture.

"Zhao Yisheng, you go send the Patient off; I want to have a chat with Xiao Ji."

"You got it." Zhao Zhe said quickly, "I'll report the situation back to you over the phone."

An old Attending Physician has the advantages of an old Attending Physician; with just one look, he knows what he should do. Unlike some greenhorns, who, even when one's meaning is already very clear, still have to ask two more questions.

Liu Zhuren waved his hand and pulled Ji Xiang toward the locker room.

"Xiao Ji, it's not that I'm complaining about you, but you really can't take on this kind of work." Liu Zhuren nagged, "It's not that I'm cold-blooded; who doesn't want to heal the wounded and rescue the dying? That side is just a pile of trouble. Can you guarantee a one-hundred-percent success rate? If you can't, then just stay put and behave."

Ji Xiang knew that Liu Zhuren was looking out for him, which was why he was risking moral condemnation to tell him these heartfelt words.

"Zhuren, I know." Ji Xiang said softly.

"I know you aren't convinced in your heart, but this is the reality." Liu Zhuren sighed, "Who doesn't want to heal the wounded and rescue the dying, but in all these years, I've seen how many doctors who were single-mindedly focused on healing the wounded and rescuing the dying just ended up finished."

"Finished?"

"Medical Malpractice always requires someone to take the blame. Those greenhorns just rushed in, and then that was the end of it. Staying alive, keeping a low profile, and doing work within your capabilities is the greatest contribution to this society."

Liu Zhuren said earnestly.

"Zhuren, but I really feel that I can do it." Ji Xiang said, stiffening his neck.

"Your feelings are useless." Liu Zhuren said, "The people in charge have to feel that way. Bai Chuzhang, back in the day, his surgical skills were as good as they get. Let me give you an example: there was an elderly man, the grandfather of a high-level secretary in the province, who had a cerebral hemorrhage. It was an emergency, and he couldn't go to the Imperial Capital."

"At the time, the Patient was staying at the First Affiliated Hospital, and their Zhuren didn't dare to take the case. Our Second Affiliated Hospital's Lao Yuanzhang said he could try. Once they transferred him over and opened him up on the table, they were dumbfounded."

"Inside, it was all blood clots; it was impossible to operate."

"And then?" Ji Xiang perked up.

"It was already opened, and there was truly no way to proceed." Liu Zhuren recalled the events of that year, his tone lingering, "At that time, Lao Bai was sidelined—well, not exactly sidelined, but he was someone with talent who had no one backing him."

As he spoke, Liu Zhuren gave Ji Xiang a deep look; everything was implied without being said. However, he didn't dwell on it and continued.

"That person from the province certainly couldn't accept it; he fainted from crying outside the operating room and had to be sent for emergency rescue."

"That's why I say it's best to avoid Emergency Rescue work; the Family Member hasn't had time to accept the situation, and their emotions are volatile."

"At the time, the person above him flew into a rage and scolded our Second Affiliated Hospital's Dean. Back then, it wasn't Sun Yuanzhang yet..." Liu Zhuren said, pausing, "Lao Yuanzhang was also very angry and slapped the then-Shen Ke Zhuren right there in the operating room."

"Ah? He actually hit him?" Ji Xiang was stunned.

"The style of work back then was very rough." Liu Zhuren said, "Lao Yuanzhang was also angry; the Shen Ke Zhuren was too reckless. Didn't he know that you need a ninety-nine percent success rate to open someone up? If you don't open them up, you can still admit defeat. Once you open them up, you have to take responsibility."

"At the time, the Shen Ke Zhuren also wanted to... forget it, let's not talk about that. Anyway, there was no way to end it, so they could only call in Lao Bai, who was sitting idle at home."

Ji Xiang was startled.

He certainly didn't think it was the leadership having a keen eye for talent, identifying Bai Chuzhang and grabbing him the moment an opportunity arose.

If Lao Yuanzhang had that intention, there wouldn't have been any talk of him sitting idle at home.

That was the legendary scapegoating!

"Lao Bai was also clear on that. At the time, he and Lao Yuanzhang chatted for a while; the specific content is something this guy never told me."

"And the result?"

"The surgery was very successful; Lao Bai's level was still second to none in the province." Liu Zhuren smiled slightly, "The day after the surgery, the Patient woke up, and there were no major issues. As for Lao Bai, he used this opportunity to turn his life around, went straight to the Medical Affairs Department, was promoted to Deputy Division Chief the following year, and became Division Chief two years later. It was considered quite smooth."

Ji Xiang listened to Liu Zhuren recount the past; although the words were plain, the sharpness and chill of the hidden daggers could be felt even by him now.

"Bai Chuzhang is very impressive." Ji Xiang remarked.

"Yes." Liu Zhuren said softly, "Among our batch of people, he was the most impressive. Once, the two of us went to see a movie..."

At this point, seeing the surprise in Ji Xiang's eyes, Liu Zhuren laughed, "It's normal, don't overthink it. What's the big deal about seeing a movie? We weren't doing anything messy. We were young back then, and neither of us was married."

"And then?"

"Before the movie, we went to eat KFC. Halfway through, he looked up at me and said vaguely—I still want to perform aneurysm surgeries."

He really has the heart for it! Ji Xiang praised in his heart.

"But the situation is just as it is; Xiao Ji, you think about it yourself." Liu Zhuren said, "For work that involves cleaning up someone else's mess, even if you have to do it, you must be one hundred and twenty percent cautious."

You don't have the intention to harm anyone, but what about others? If something goes wrong, they'll dump it on you, and it will all be your fault. If you succeed, the surgery itself wasn't that difficult anyway, and it was all you volunteering; otherwise, they have over three hundred ways to solve it."

"..."

"Over three hundred, three hundred!" Liu Zhuren emphasized.

Ji Xiang was speechless; he could imagine that this surgery would be troublesome, but he hadn't expected it to be this troublesome.

Liu Zhuren had always been protective, earnestly telling him these heartfelt words; he was even better to him than his own father.

But... he clearly could do it.

(End of chapter)