Chapter 56: Assessment (Asking for Favorites, Asking for Follows)

During the early handover, Fang Ziye hurriedly stood in the crowd, concentrating his attention.

Routine handover covers newly admitted patients and the postoperative status of yesterday's surgical patients, such as drainage volume, vital signs, etc.

Only after the handover ended did Professor Dong Yaohui proactively interject: "Thank you, Professor Deng, for giving me the chance to ramble a bit. I actually want to make a suggestion to Professor Deng, not sure if it's suitable."

Dong Yaohui's hair was half-white, but his spirit was open and bright, his tone upright and proper; usually low-key and silent, he rarely spoke up about department matters.

Yet once Dong Yaohui spoke, Professor Deng Yong hurriedly leaned halfway over, slightly bowing his head: "Master, you are my teacher and also a senior. If I have been inconsiderate anywhere, please correct me, Master."

Although Deng Yong is currently the Administrative Director of Trauma Surgery, he still dare not have the final say in the department; not to mention Professor Dong Yaohui is the former Administrative Director of Trauma Surgery and also Deng Yong's Master's supervisor — only when Deng Yong was reading for his doctorate, Dong Yaohui was not yet a Doctoral Supervisor.

Then Deng Yong went under a certain old professor who had already left the ward frontline and only sat in Outpatient Clinic to read for his doctorate.

And reached his current position.

"I think, Deng Yong. Our department's current situation, whether from talent quantity or talent quality reserves, is no longer what it was twenty years ago, ten years ago. The current delegation of surgery is still somewhat too conservative."

"Take for example your group's Xie Jinyuan, our group's Chen Fang, and Professor Xiong's group's Peng Long — three people who are Deputy Chief Physicians on paper, but their professional operations, placed in any prefecture-level city hospital, or a slightly smaller teaching hospital, or in places like Han City First and Second Hospitals."

"What difference is there from Chief Physicians? I feel it shouldn't be that side's Chief distinguishing these young people, but these young people who should be distinguished from them."

"For such a situation, Deng Yong, you must think of a way. Don't let a whole nest of capable people be boxed inside one small group, piling up, unable to stretch and perform."

"Isn't it that Emergency Surgery has quite a few operating rooms, and the current day wards and day surgery policy openness is extremely great..." Dong Yaohui prompted like this.

Deng Yong immediately understood Dong Yaohui's meaning: "Master, this matter you speak of, I have always been considering. Only our Trauma Surgery's day surgery disease types are relatively few, and in this current era, for our Zhongnan Hospital, a relatively better teaching hospital, tasks and requirements are also different."

"The day surgery operations that can be carried out in day wards, generally speaking, should be undertaken by Attendings like Yuan Weihong and Zhang Zixi, not things that Deputy Professors like Xie Jinyuan and Chen Fang should do."

"Master, what do you think?" Deng Yong's guts were even bigger than Dong Yaohui's.

After all, Dong Yaohui only suggested letting Deputy Professors expand surgical volume, while here Deng Yong directly dared to dispatch Attendings.

Dong Yaohui lowered his head slightly, then nodded: "The current department is all run by you young people. I only speak a few words casually; it's enough that you can consider this aspect. As for specific execution, I won't meddle further."

"If you need me to exert effort, just say the word."

Having already stepped down from the Administrative Director position, Dong Yaohui did not further press his student Professor Deng Yong; he also knew one rope cannot serve two hearts, otherwise it's just meddling.

"Thank you, Master. Recently there really are some matters that need to trouble you to personally step forward. Based on our department's rapid development now, the number of Master's and Doctoral students is not small, and the number of research projects we currently possess is also not small."

"But in reality, the platforms that can supply our scientific research development are extremely limited."

"Currently in our department, only my side has a laboratory. Professor Xiong's students, including Master your students, are all lodging in other disciplines' laboratories — this is ultimately asking favors from others."

"I was thinking, Master you and Professor Xiong, could you lead some young people from our department, take the lead, apply for a small laboratory or something..." Professor Deng Yong suggested with a smile.

This kind of major development direction issue is not something a small fry like Fang Ziye can consider. Fang Ziye, he just lets it go in the left ear, retains a little, most goes out.

His whole mind only thinks: later, how exactly should he handle that Internal Fixation Device Removal Surgery his fellow trainee Gong Ziming is in charge of.

During the ward rounds, whether Professor Deng Yong or Professor Xie Jinyuan, including his own teacher, none mentioned this matter at all. As if assigning him a surgical operation, in their eyes, was completely not a thing.

When ward rounds ended, Fang Ziye dared not run to the Training Room again. He followed Yuan Weihong down to the Operating Room. While Fang Ziye was still undressing, Xie Jinyuan took advantage of Fang Ziye exposing his abdomen and pinched a handful.

"Ziye, your physique management is pretty good?" Xie Jinyuan finished pinching and was done, only smiling at Yuan Weihong.

Fang Ziye subconsciously twisted, took off his sweater and began folding it, smiling: "Teacher Xie, isn't this core muscle strength built from holding legs? It's all thanks to the teachers cultivating me well."

Making subordinates hold legs is a kind of training, and also a kind of "bullying".

Xie Jinyuan's eyebrows raised, he countered: "You've learned your teacher's Yin-Yang Divine Skill quite profoundly, huh?"

"Yuan Ge, he's just asking for a beating. Later, for that Intramedullary Nail Internal Fixation Removal Surgery, if he can't complete it, you just hammer him hard. You must knock some sense into his ulnar and radial styloids." Yuan Weihong fanned the flames, not minding the excitement.

"You said it." Xie Jinyuan's eyes instantly brightened.

"Eh!" Yuan Weihong directly sold Fang Ziye out, not caring at all about Fang Ziye's slightly aggrieved gaze.

Everything as usual: gave Fang Ziye a surgery opportunity, but what assistant, cutting skin, suturing, holding legs — even the chance to disinfect — none fell to Fang Ziye.

Sun Shaoqing and the other Doctors divided five or six tenths; the remaining three or four tenths weren't enough for Shu Lang and Gong Ziming and other Master's students to split. Fang Ziye not on stage, all operations could still be divided clean.

Naturally, during this period, Luo Tingzhu, this group's little genius, grabbed the most operation chances. Although a girl, she also fears neither hardship nor fatigue, does whatever work.

Small frame holding thick thighs — looked slightly incongruous — yet her gaze didn't move an inch.

Finally, just as Professor Deng Yong's high-difficulty major surgery ended and they began splitting stations, the Intramedullary Nail Internal Fixation Surgery Fang Ziye was to lead was also about to start.

Moreover, quite a few assistants were assigned.

Professor Deng Yong and Associate Professor Xie Jinyuan were respectively First Assistant and Second Assistant; Sun Shaoqing and Gu Yi began disinfecting and draping. Fang Ziye only needed to scrub in, and could start cutting skin — not worrying at all that his led surgery would lack help.

Luo Tingzhu was responsible for hanging the flat films from the medical record bag. Fang Ziye's fellow trainee Jie Han, and the standardized residency trainee Lan Tianluo following along, had already prepared to push the C-arm the whole way.

Many hands make light work — interpreted to the fullest at this moment. With such a huge team backing, never mind Fang Ziye leading an Internal Fixation Removal; even if the little intern nurse following the attending nurse went on stage to lead, as long as she didn't stab the heart with one cut, even if one cut severed the femoral artery, no life danger would appear!

(Chapter End)