Chapter 656: Competing in the Ring? Impossible, Never in This Lifetime

"Lao Zhao, your days ahead probably won't be easy."

At this very moment, Ji Xiang and Meng Qingfei were in the emergency room, while several department heads were drinking.

They were all old acquaintances, but the drinking party, which should have been boisterous and hearty, was a bit gloomy today.

Zheng Yunqi, the head of the Anorectal Department, draped an arm over Zhao Xiangming's shoulder and said.

Zhao Xiangming, however, was reeking of alcohol and had been out of it, seemingly thinking about something.

"At the meeting the day before yesterday, I heard someone say that the Medical Affairs Department seems to be applying to the hospital to set up a pilot program."

"What kind of pilot program?" another person asked.

"It's to pin Ji Xiang down," Zhao Xiangming said indignantly.

"Pin him down? What's going on? How are they planning to do it?"

"The Standardized Training Student won't rotate, but will be exclusively responsible for their Provincial Natural Science Project," Zheng Yunqi said. "You tell me, isn't this a joke? Even for a Provincial Natural Science Project, things have to be done according to the rules."

The people at the table were noncommittal about Zheng Yunqi's words.

Everyone knew that Bai Chuzhang had issues with the Interventional Department.

The Second Affiliated Hospital was one of the earliest in the country to perform Interventional Surgery; after all, the economy in the Northeast was decent back in those years, and it was still in the long-tail period of decline.

With money to buy machines and people to perform surgeries, development was naturally fast.

But now, the good times of those years were gone.

The era when the Four Great Vajras vied for glory had passed, leaving only Zhao Xiangming, who had no fighting spirit and only thought about muddling through his days, and whose technical level was the worst.

Bai Chuzhang had suppressed several instances of Medical Malpractice for the Interventional Department, and the Interventional Department had made mistakes to varying degrees, including during some major emergency rescues.

Although his dissatisfaction wasn't written on his face, everyone was clear about it.

When the Standardized Training Doctor Ji Xiang first arrived at the Second Affiliated Hospital, he displayed extremely formidable Interventional Surgery techniques, but Zhao Xiangming didn't care at the time.

A Standardized Training Student without even a permanent staff position—if he were to be suspicious, it would be too low, and there was no need for it.

But a variety show pushed Ji Xiang even higher, and the speed of his rise was beyond imagination.

Bai Chuzhang's evaluation of this was very vague and could be interpreted in many ways, but the one Zhao Xiangming thought of was the worst one—he was going to have to step into the ring with Ji Xiang!

This was also a tactic often used by the hospital.

It was not beneficial for the hospital for any single department to dominate, so they would divide departments into groups and let them compete, with the standard for winning being surgical volume and accident rates.

At the thought of competing against Ji Xiang, Zhao Xiangming almost cried.

Was the surgery Ji Xiang performed even done by a human?

He was young and vigorous, his surgical level was one or two grades above his own, and even Qin from Shanghai had been trampled underfoot by Ji Xiang.

Himself?

If he were pushed up there, he would be beaten to a pulp.

Memories flooded his mind bit by bit, and Zhao Xiangming's expression changed again and again.

"Xiangming, what are you planning to do in the future?" one person asked.

"I plan to cooperate with Doctor Ji Xiang's work wholeheartedly," Zhao Xiangming said irritably.

"Hahahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter.

Cooperate with his work? That was impossible; it would never be possible in this lifetime.

No matter how indifferent Zhao Xiangming was and how little he pursued fame and fortune, he wouldn't hand over the power and peace of the department head to Ji Xiang.

"You're in for a hard time," Zheng Yunqi laughed. "You say the Interventional Department isn't even lucrative—how much does a large Stent cost under someone's blood vessel? That's enough for how many surgeries you guys do. Why does Bai Chuzhang have to keep his eyes on you?"

Zhao Xiangming spread his hands.

It was truly something that a department like the Interventional Department, which only did the work and took the risks without any benefits, was being targeted.

"Drink, drink!"

The conversation had reached a dead end, and someone immediately raised their glass.

Just as Zheng Yunqi raised his glass, his phone suddenly rang.

His expression changed, looking very ugly.

"Director Zheng, what's wrong with you? Did you get caught by your family for messing around with some young Nurse? Or is it that she wants too much and you don't want to give it?"

"With that body of his, he crumbles at the slightest movement. Give? What is there to give, and what could he give with?"

Zheng Yunqi sighed, looked at his phone, and let it ring.

"Hey, Director Zheng, you wouldn't really have been caught in the act, would you?" one person said seriously. "Although they say there's no cat that doesn't eat fish, but to be caught... look at you, you aren't even cautious."

"What are you thinking? All day long you only know these shady things," Zheng Yunqi scolded.

Someone leaned over and took a look at the caller ID on Zheng Yunqi's phone.

It was a call from the department.

"A call from the department, is it really a young Nurse?! Is this causing a scene in the department?"

"Old Zheng, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but even a rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow. You're going a bit too far here."

"A young Nurse, you could just sweet-talk her with a few empty promises, why make it so difficult for yourself?"

Everyone had their own opinions.

Zheng Yunqi frowned. "I performed a surgery for Internal Hemorrhoids a few days ago; I reckon it's gone to hell again."

Internal Hemorrhoids, something going wrong—countless question marks appeared above the heads of the department heads.

The Anorectal Department was a department with little work and light responsibility.

Ordinary Anorectal Departments just performed anal surgeries and focused their energy outside the hospital, being invited to perform surgeries at various private hospitals, and the surgical fees were not cheap.

A top-tier Anorectal Department would take on Rectal Cancer cases.

But what was the benefit of doing Rectal Cancer? Not only would it offend Gastrointestinal Surgery, but it would also hinder them from going out to perform surgeries. Therefore, Zheng Yunqi didn't touch Rectal Cancer at all and just honestly performed his Internal Hemorrhoids, Mixed Hemorrhoids, and so on.

A hemorrhoid—what kind of trouble could that possibly cause!

Every person's face revealed an expression of disdain in unison.

"Hey, what is it?" Zheng Yunqi finally answered the phone.

"Got it, treat the symptoms first, give 3 sets of hemostatics, and request a consultation first thing tomorrow morning."

"Damn it, don't you know which department to consult? If that doesn't work, ask every department to come and take a look!"

Saying this, Zheng Yunqi hung up the phone, very unhappy.

The atmosphere at the table was a bit strange.

Postoperative bleeding in Anorectal Department surgeries is in the vast majority of cases caused by the suture knot slipping, leading to vascular bleeding.

Get on the operating table immediately, give 3 sets of hemostatics... even if the blood vessels were full of hemostatics, it would be useless.

Yet the treatment Zheng Yunqi gave was so inconceivable.

After a full minute of silence, with Zheng Yunqi also appearing distracted, Zhao Xiangming finally asked, "Director Zheng, what is going on?"

"Don't mention it, an Internal Hemorrhoids Patient had surgery and is bleeding post-op. I was pulled to the emergency room to take a look, it was oozing blood. After I performed the procedure and came down, it was still bleeding."

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Unexplained bleeding is the biggest headache; this is rare in the Anorectal Department, and it is mainly the Heart Surgery Department and the Neurosurgery Department that feel this pain to the bone.

"Is the coagulation normal?"

"Normal, other tests aren't anything too special either. This oozing blood is inexplicable; maybe my luck is just bad lately."

Zheng Yunqi said, very distressed.

"Request a hospital-wide consultation, and ask Bai Chuzhang and Lu Zhuren to come take a look."

Encountering a difficult problem and looking for Bai Chuzhang is an unspoken rule.

Zheng Yunqi nodded and turned his head to look at Zhao Xiangming.

"Xiangming, I heard that your Interventional Department can perform hemorrhoid surgery?"

(End of this chapter)