Chapter 196

Professor Feng didn't even glance in Pang Hong's direction; he simply watched Nie Mingxian's anesthesia technique, his eyes full of admiration, nodding repeatedly, but not uttering a word.

The atmosphere in the operating room was stagnant; although there were quite a few people, you could hear a pin drop.

Even the circulating nurse's movements pushing the cart were light-footed.

Minzu University Hospital Trauma Surgery Director Fu Qianjin looked around at this moment and asked Zhang Mingcan: "Director Zhang, your department's Huang Kai? How come he's nowhere to be seen?"

Fu Qianjin's tone sounded as if he were very concerned about Huang Kai.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingcan rolled his eyes: "Director Fu, Huang Kai is our department's pillar; you'd better drop that idea. Look at what time it is now."

"Huang Kai has something going on at home recently; he took leave and hasn't come to the department."

This inhuman Fu Qianjin — as an outside hospital director, asking you over to help is courtesy, but you, you good-for-nothing, try to poach at a time like this — I can't even be bothered to scold you.

Hearing this, Old Director Hong Du countered Fu Qianjin: "Fu Qianjin, you and Huang Kai are quite close, right?"

"Xiao Wu? How is our relationship?" Hong Du looked in Wu Xuanqi's direction.

"No, no, no!" Fu Qianjin's eyes were very small; at this moment they narrowed into a slit, hurriedly dispelling the awkward atmosphere.

You have to know, the TCM master Wu Xuanqi apprenticed to has a friendship of many years with this Old Director Hong Du; if Hong Du really wanted to poach Wu Xuanqi to the Central Hospital, it wouldn't be without opportunity.

To trade Huang Kai for Wu Xuanqi one-for-one, Fu Qianjin himself wouldn't agree.

Wu Xuanqi smiled faintly.

About four minutes later, Director Zhang Mingcan's phone screen lit up; Zhang Mingcan glanced at it and said in a clear, cold voice: "Start disinfection and draping; the two professors have already gotten off the train! They're currently rushing toward the hospital."

As soon as Zhang Mingcan spoke his orders, Wu Guo Nan, Xue Tao, Zhang Mingcan, Fang Ziye, and Wu Xuanqi — four people — immediately began operating.

Fang Ziye was responsible for going out to scrub and disinfect first, then draping. Xue Tao and Wu Xuanqi, the two of them, began bilateral lower limb disinfection; to save time, Director Wu Guo Nan and Director Zhang Mingcan personally held the legs.

Minzu University Hospital Trauma Surgery's director is Fu Qianjin; he was called over to help, but actually no help was needed — just need to make up the numbers, just in case.

The personnel allocation for this surgery is already top-tier in Enzhou, even in Hubei Province.

It was hard enough getting Pang Hong onto the operating table; an accident absolutely cannot happen.

Old Director Hong Du is old; he doesn't need to personally do this bit of physical work.

However, after Fang Ziye walked into the operating room from washing his hands outside, Zhang Mingcan's phone suddenly flashed violently again.

Although there was no ringtone, a "buzz buzz" sound kept ringing.

The circulating nurse walked over and said: "Director Zhang, your phone; Emergency Department Director Wang Dongshan is calling. Answer it?"

The circulating nurse first explained the note Zhang Mingcan had set in the phone.

If it were just a strange number, he would hang up directly, but since it's our own hospital's Emergency Department director, he still had to give a reminder.

Zhang Mingcan right now only wanted to focus on doing the pre-op preparation well, but hearing this, he also hesitated for a moment: "Help me get the phone."

The circulating nurse immediately understood, clicked answer, then pressed it to Zhang Mingcan's ear, and did not turn on speakerphone.

Right now!

Any matter whatsoever counts as an unnecessary complication!

But, at this very moment, Zhang Mingcan, who was holding the leg for Wu Xuanqi while he disinfected, very unprofessionally let go, causing Pang Hong's right leg, currently being disinfected, to slam heavily back onto the operating table.

Wu Xuanqi's movement froze for an instant; he stepped back half a step, his face full of bewilderment, his eyes filled with doubt and questioning.

"When did this happen?" Zhang Mingcan's tone suddenly became low and furious!

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look over.

But everyone couldn't hear what was said on the other end of the phone; they were just curious — what on earth had gotten into Zhang Mingcan, to suddenly go crazy like this, not only committing such a basic error, but now speaking in a tone that was clear, cold, and carried anger.

"Director Zhang, are you okay?" Seeing this, Wu Guo Nan almost thought Fu Qianjin had a sudden heart attack.

Surgeons, on the operating table, the probability of a sudden heart attack isn't that high, but every few years a prefecture-level city might encounter a case.

This is exhaustion leading to arrhythmia or myocardial infarction.

"Then where is Huang Kai right now? Is he in the Emergency ICU? Or on the 120 ambulance? What's his condition? I'm coming over right away..."

After Zhang Mingcan hastily hung up, he said to Fu Qianjin and Wu Guo Nan: "Director Fu, come help out; Huang Kai fell from upstairs. Don't know what the situation is; he's being sent to our hospital by 120 right now. I might have to go check the situation."

The sudden change brought by Zhang Mingcan's words left everyone stunned.

Obviously no one had anticipated such a twist.

After hearing this, Old Director Hong Du immediately ran to the operating room doorway and fiercely kicked the foot-pedal sensor; the lead door rumbled open.

Huang Kai belongs to Enshi Central Hospital Trauma Surgery's younger generation's pillar; he can be called the most dazzling rising star. In Zhang Mingcan's eyes he's a treasure; in other directors' eyes, he's an object of envy, wishing they could poach Huang Kai away.

But he is precisely Old Director Hong Du's current heart and soul, with no rival.

He's his direct-line group member.

Zhang Mingcan also hurriedly ran out.

A talent like this, suddenly injured, and from falling from upstairs — no wonder Zhang Mingcan just now lost his composure!

Fu Qianjin immediately opened his narrowed eyes; while putting on gloves, he told the instrument nurse: "Re-prepare the disinfection gauze; pour povidone-iodine for Doctor Wu."

The circulating nurse went to open new povidone-iodine immediately; sterile gauze on the sterile operating table needs the instrument nurse to toss it into Wu Xuanqi's sterile disinfection basin.

Fang Ziye at this moment, holding up both hands, stood beside the sterile drape pack, maintaining distance from the pack while making way for the hastily departing Zhang Mingcan.

A doctor from our own hospital fell from upstairs; as director, going to the Emergency Department first to check is his inescapable duty.

He isn't the lead surgeon for this operation; the lead surgeon is an invited outside professor, and the patient is still Director Wu Guo Nan's group's, so everyone could understand this scene.

But, this fall just now made Pang Hong make a sound again; his vision was blocked by the anesthesia drape, but he had tactile sensation, and said with some fear of death: "Don't mess around; although my condition isn't serious and it doesn't hurt, after all it's a fracture and trauma."

"Director Zhang, Director Zhang, are you there?"

Only no one paid attention to Pang Hong's words.

Instead Wu Xuanqi explained toward Pang Hong's direction: "It's fine; disinfection and draping require bandaging. Later we'll still need to use the hammer."

Anyway Pang Hong can't see; orthopedic surgical operations are inherently not that gentle.

"Where did Director Zhang go? Did something happen to a doctor in the department?"

Pang Hong indeed couldn't see; his tone eased slightly, but having been through surgery, he knows orthopedics' violent tendency.

"Hmm, the doctors in the department have some private matters. But it won't affect your surgery." Wu Xuanqi explained a bit more.

Disinfection continued, Fang Ziye stood by, ready at any time for the draping operation after disinfection.

Pang Hong urged and asked: "Professor Duan and Professor Deng, the two of them, how much longer until they arrive? My surgery should start soon, there won't be any accidents, right?"

He seemed to be eagerly expecting his surgery to be done early.

He even hoped that Orthopedics people wouldn't get injured, so that Teacher Deng and Professor Duan Hong would be called over to rescue them, and delay his own surgery timing.

Wu Guo Nan explained: "Pang Hong, rest assured, your surgery will definitely be arranged at the first time."

Wu Guo Nan actually also felt a bit worried about what exactly Huang Kai's situation was, but he also knew that today's task focus was to get Pang Hong's surgery done, and send him onto the medical special transfer vehicle to prison early.

With his situation, after surgery, he can be directly transferred.

Because humanitarian treatment has been completed, what awaits Pang Hong is interrogation, and Wu Guo Nan even expected to give Pang Hong severe interrogation and forced confession several times.

If undamaged, evidence-free pain-based forced confession technical support is needed, he would even be willing to serve.

But unfortunately, such things are not allowed.

Disinfection continued.

Although Zhang Mingcan left, it did not affect the surgical progress in the operating room at all——

After disinfection was complete, Fang Ziye quickly performed draping, and after laying the small drape and middle drape, Wu Xuanqi and Xue Tao, who had already put on sterile gowns, began wrapping both of Pang Hong's feet.

Then lay the large sterile drape, at the same time, Fang Ziye rewashed hands and put on sterile surgical gown, got on the operating table again, helped complete the skin sealing film application step.

Ten minutes later.

All preoperative preparations were fully complete.

Wu Guo Nan, Xue Tao, Fang Ziye stood at the left leg end of the patient's fracture, Fu Qianjin and Wu Xuanqi stood at the trauma lower limb end, at this moment only using gauze to tightly press the wound surface for temporary hemostasis, not performing any operation themselves.

Just afraid Pang Hong would know that the lead surgeon was actually not Professor Duan Hong and Professor Deng Yong.

After all, Pang Hong understands, before the two professors arrive, if you operate on him, he will whistleblow on you postoperatively, and you won't be able to explain clearly even with reason.

Debridement and surgery are not disinfection, not something just anyone can do.

After all, preoperative discussion already happened, the lead surgeon is professor level, therefore no one operated in advance!

"Those two professors are coming a bit late ah~~" Pang Hong suddenly spoke in a pondering tone.

"Soon, eight minutes ago, they said they were already upstairs, changing into scrub suits, washing hands and disinfecting, takes a certain amount of time." Wu Guo Nan was explaining.

Four people came from outside, four people, walking in on one side, the other two older-looking professors had already completed hand washing and draping operations.

"Professor Duan, Professor Deng. Right here." Wang Zhongxing and Zhong Xue, the two attending physicians, led Duan Hong and Deng Yong in.

Wu Guo Nan and others also looked over, including Fang Ziye.

"Professor Deng, Professor Duan." Wu Guo Nan and Director Fu Qianjin, as representatives, each called out once.

"Are all preoperative preparations done?" Deng Yong and Duan Hong, at the first time, went to the sterile surgical gown package, began putting on sterile surgical gowns and sterile gloves.

"Done. Just waiting for the two professors to come personally operate." Wu Guo Nan, as the principal investigator director, gave an affirmative reply, his heart also relaxed a breath.

Professor Duan Hong was responsible for the debridement end of the leg, he couldn't be bothered to even look at the films, directly joined with Fu Qianjin and Wu Xuanqi, began debridement and suturing operation.

On the other side, Professor Deng Yong at least walked to the white transparent light film viewer, looked in detail at Pang Hong's fracture plain films.

Low voice said: "This fracture situation is not bad ah, why dragged on so long?"

"Director Wu you could have done surgery early on ah." Deng Yong through film viewing, could confirm, this is just a simple fracture surgery.

"Isn't it, the patient has this request, hoping Professor Deng your technique personally operates, he will only rest assured?" Even at this time, Wu Guo Nan was also not polite.

Pang Hong is already on the operating table, fixed, anesthesia injected, even if he wants to refuse surgery again, the operating room has already turned over.

And Pang Hong currently has no family outside, that side can prepare general anesthesia anytime, estimate when Pang Hong wakes up, he will already be at the place he least wants to go.

"Pang Hong, Zhongnan Hospital's Professor Deng, and Tongji Hospital's Professor Duan, both arrived, surgery starting now, you rest a bit, when you wake up, surgery will definitely have been done to the best state." Wu Guo Nan patted Pang Hong's belly, giving instructions.

You want the best doctor, they've been invited for you.

"Late!"

"All late ah." Pang Hong at this moment suddenly sighed a long breath, tone becoming incomparably desolate, no longer the previous arrogance, no longer that previous idiot-like appearance.

"How can it be late? Professor Duan and Professor Deng, the two of them, responded at the first time, this morning took the earliest high-speed train to Enshi, just flight time not suitable, otherwise definitely would have flown over."

"Not late, your surgery, done at this time, just right, won't delay your condition rehabilitation, nor will it." Wu Guo Nan explained to Pang Hong, also explaining for Deng Yong and Duan Hong.

But, Wu Guo Nan's words were interrupted by Pang Hong.

"Just a fracture, a blood vessel rupture, does Enshi have no one who can do it? You don't need so much nonsense, I say late, it's late."

"Everything is late."

"Late..." Pang Hong's tone bleak, kept repeating like this...

Hearing these words, Professor Deng Yong who was about to get on the table slightly froze.

"Your consciousness this clear, understanding of condition also just right, why did you do that before? Don't look at whether you have mental abnormality ah?"

"Didn't you think, you previously made someone pull that patient's tube out, he would die?!"

"Why did you do this?" Deng Yong approached the operating table while asking.

"So what if he dies? If he died, then he died ah!!!!"

"What identity is he, he is a narcotics cop, what identity am I? I'm not some addict, but he arrested me, locked me up for five years."

"So what if he dies? He deserves to die!"

"Doing things not within his jurisdiction, meddling! If he doesn't deserve to die, who does?"

"I never thought I would be caught by narcotics cops, only they would catch me." Pang Hong's tone suddenly turned incomparably sinister.

In the operating room, instantly a silence.

Even, even Professor Deng Yong, at this moment couldn't react in time, his student Fang Ziye, in that sudden moment, directly completed closed reduction of Pang Hong's lower limb fracture, if no accident, fluoroscopy once can directly internally fix.

You know, Deng Yong is someone exceptionally familiar with Fang Ziye, he is Fang Ziye's teacher, although previously knew Fang Ziye's closed reduction was good, but not to this extent.

But even so, in Deng Yong's mind, such shock thoughts were merely a flash.

"What do you mean?" Deng Yong reacted first, asked a question, then added, "Prepare for C-arm fluoroscopy; if the reduction is good, we can proceed directly to internal fixation."

"Professor Deng must know what I've done by now, right?"

"You probably think I've gone mad, right?"

"But have you ever thought: with his identity, why haven't I been directly imprisoned? Why? Is the Enshi system too chaotic? Or are they all people who don't do proper human business?"

"No, they don't dare."

"Because homicide cases must be solved, but they don't dare to directly solve me."

"Now they only dare to drag it out..."

"It's not that I want to drag time, but that they allow me to drag time. They don't dare to keep solving me from here. Because there were five years before, plenty of time for them to act, but they didn't dare."

"However, I won't say so much to you now."

"You're all professors, great experts, high and mighty, why would you care about us ordinary doctors' lives? Fame-seeking!" Pang Hong actually began to mock Professor Duan Hong and Professor Deng Yong.

"Pang Hong, shut your mouth!" Wu Guo Nan, hearing this, scolded him.

"Professor Deng and Professor Duan came to operate on you out of goodwill; they haven't provoked you, so why must you be so sarcastic?"

"Everyone step back, the C-arm is here." Below, an orthopedics doctor personally pushed the C-arm into position, only needing to step on the induction valve to take a post-reduction X-ray.

At this time, all the orthopedics doctors and anesthesiology doctors successively walked out.

But Nie Mingxian didn't dare to leave directly; he put on a lead apron, hid behind the lead plate, and watched Pang Hong with piercing eyes, as if afraid Pang Hong would escape—truly professional and dedicated.

Afterward, once inside the operating room, Pang Hong didn't speak again.

But because of Pang Hong's previous hints and questions, Deng Yong and the others didn't dare to ask Pang Hong this thorny person anything more.

Every word Pang Hong said contained huge amounts of information, but this information had nothing to do with them, nothing to do with practicing medicine and surgery, nothing to do with saving lives.

Those who could stand in the operating room were just professional doctors and nurses, not responsible for solving cases.

All they could do was perform Pang Hong's surgery well, then have someone send him to prison.

It had been less than twenty minutes.

Professor Deng Yong declared the surgery on this side finished, including skin suturing.

At the same time, Professor Duan Hong, who was only doing debridement and suturing on the other side, also brought Wu Xuanqi and Fu Qianjin, Director of Minzu University Hospital Trauma Surgery, to complete the debridement and suturing.

He glanced at Professor Deng Yong, then suddenly shifted his gaze to Fang Ziye: "Professor Deng, your student has something about him, huh?"

(Chapter End)