Chapter 2675: with translation of chapter title

2577.2478 Documentary (Part 1)

The next day, seeing Zheng Ren gradually improve, Xie Yiren's face also began to show a smile.

"Zheng Ren, Tangxiu wants to come see you, but I stopped her." Xie Yiren sat beside the bed and peeled an apple for Zheng Ren.

"Hmm, don't have so many people come; just looking at them makes me anxious." Zheng Ren said, lying on his side on the bed.

"There are still ten minutes; Tangxiu said Hua Shi TV's news channel will broadcast the documentary they made about you. There are many episodes; today is the first."

"A documentary?" Zheng Ren was slightly puzzled; he hadn't accepted any interviews, so where did the documentary come from?

"Just watch and you'll know." Xie Yiren handed the apple to Zheng Ren, smiling and saying: "Eat slowly."

Zheng Ren happily ate the apple, seeing Yi Ren take out a tablet, start connecting to a hotspot, and find Hua Shi TV's news channel.

Soon, the advertisement ended and the documentary began.

Zheng Ren curiously watched the screen change, wondering what kind of documentary it was.

"Tangxiu said they interviewed people around you; at the time they said they wanted to interview me, but I refused." Xie Yiren said.

"Hmm, who did they look for?" Zheng Ren asked.

"Many people, and reportedly there are patients from the surgery live broadcast." Xie Yiren helped Zheng Ren sit up, let him lean against her, and touched his forehead.

"I'm no longer feverish." Zheng Ren said.

"Then you should still be careful." Xie Yiren pulled over an outer garment and covered Zheng Ren in front, fearing he'd catch a chill.

Zheng Ren felt being taken care of like a child; although it felt a bit strange, the feeling was still nice.

Leaning in Yi Ren's embrace, Zheng Ren shifted to a more comfortable position. Such a life is meaningful; being sick sometimes isn't entirely bad.

"Zheng Ren, you've been all over the news channel these past two days; I've downloaded it." Xie Yiren said: "Keep it safe."

"There will be more in the future; you need to buy a large hard drive." Zheng Ren said with a smile.

"Well, when we're old, it'll be like watching a black-and-white film to see you now on TV."

"Old..." That word left Zheng Ren feeling a bit dazed.

In his daze, the documentary had already begun playing.

A female voice began to narrate slowly.

【Among medical staff called "white angels," there is such a somewhat special group—the lead-clad people.】

The opening background is black and white, not the festive gongs and drums Zheng Ren imagined, like New Year celebrations.

Is this made by Sun Zeli and Tangxiu? Just this one scene piqued Zheng Ren's interest.

【They are not only Intervention Department doctors; in the hospital, they are also distributed in the Cardiology Department, Vascular Department, Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, and Orthopedics Department.】

【Because of the nature of their work, they every day wear lead clothing weighing tens of kilograms while working in the catheter room where the angiography machine emits X-rays.】

【They carefully guide wires and catheters to relieve patients' ailments, while themselves suffering radiation exposure, thus being vividly called lead-clad people.】 (Note 1)

In the picture, a doctor's backstage went from blurry to clear. After the surgery ended, he tore off his sterile gown, threw it into the medical waste bin, wearing thick blue lead clothing like armor.

That doctor didn't turn back, but walked toward the other side of the interventional surgery room.

He took off the lead clothing and hung it on a specially made rack on the metal frame.

The simple rack made of rebar as thick as a finger swayed slightly as the lead clothing was hung; the picture gradually blurred, only the swaying of the heavy lead clothing and lead skirt remained clear.

【An Italian study published in a Circulation sub-journal indicates more frequent skin damage, neck/back and knee ailments, and cataracts; moreover, the longer one stays in the catheter room, the worse their health becomes.】

The background sound returned; the color of the lead clothing and lead skirt faded, and the picture turned black and white again.

【Zheng Ren Doctor's Nobel Prize–winning project—the improved TIPS Surgery—is a type of Interventional surgery. In the process of improving this technique that benefits millions of late-stage liver cirrhosis patients, he every day wears lead clothing weighing tens of jin, like armor, to do Shou Bing.】

The black-and-white picture powerfully outlines the tens-of-jin heavy lead clothing, heavy and weighing on people's hearts.

【They exchange their own health for others' health, with no resentment or regret.】

The scene shifts; Zhou Chun Yong appears on screen, colors return to normal—it's a bright, sunny afternoon.

"I am Zhou Chun Yong, Head of the Capital Hepatobiliary Intervention Department."

"At first I met Zheng Lao Ban; let me think… oh, it was after I watched the surgery live broadcast about the improved TIPS Surgery that I proactively went to find Zheng Lao Ban."

"What need to say? You might think a technique is nothing, but do you know how many hepatitis B patients there are? Worldwide 300 million, in our country 120 million. Hepatitis B, liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, massive ascites with vomiting blood—annual deaths number in the hundreds of thousands."

"Of course there's no good solution; surgery has the portal vein shunt procedure, but the Shou Bing risk is high."

"What? You ask about the purpose of TIPS Surgery? Let me put it this way: I was exposed to the earlier TIPS Surgery a few months later than Xu Ke Teacher; I can say I was among the earliest nationwide to perform it. Before watching the surgery live broadcast, each TIPS Surgery I did took at least two hours to complete."

"Surely it's difficult; otherwise why are many doctors still researching the improved TIPS Surgery technique? The Mayo Clinic has research that can limit puncture attempts to fewer than five. But Zheng Lao Ban's Shou Bing hardly ever fails; when I first saw it, I was dumbfounded."

Zhou Chun Yong's somewhat arrogant and overbearing brows softened when mentioning Zheng Lao Ban three times; his tone also grew much gentler, filled with respect and even admiration.

"A single successful puncture is just imagination; previously it was considered an extremely low probability. Before this, I had performed over a thousand TIPS Surgeries, with no more than five succeeding on the first attempt."

"Sometimes you have to puncture many times, the liver ends up riddled with holes. Shou Bing failures aren't rare either; if you really can't get in, what can be done?"

"After watching the surgery live broadcast, my first thought was whether this was real or fake; you know, academic fraud is quite common."

"Skip this part—are you saying there's no fraud domestically or internationally? An alkaline physique doesn't easily get cancer; do you know that?"

"Right, the acid‑alkaline physique theory ultimately doesn't exist. Just now that skipped part, let's continue."

"The academic world has its rules; my first thought is whether this isn't destroying the academic world's survival soil? Researching and improving a new technique—if the practitioner gains no benefit, who would still research? Everyone would just stay home waiting for handouts."

"India, why are there counterfeit drugs? People are willing to conduct human drug trials—how many have died remains a mystery. What you put in should correspond to what you get out. I initially had doubts contacting Zheng Lao Ban, wanting to see what's really going on."

"Later, I invited Zheng Lao Ban to come and perform two Shou Bing; the hemostatic forceps strikes hurt badly."

"What? A typhoon? Nonsense, don't listen to those people spouting nonsense. Skip this part—privately speaking, that's just sour‑grape talk from those who can't get grapes. I've been struck by Zheng Lao Ban—see what I'm saying!"

Zhou Chun Yong glanced sideways, his domineering aura fully displayed.

That's teaching; how could you learn it in the shortest time without two strikes? In old private schools, teachers had rulers to slap palms; if you didn't learn, two slaps—nothing works better.

Zheng Lao Ban is very busy; being able to get two Shou Bing is a good thing. Not talking about others, my Opportunity of getting Shou Bing is few, but my skill is growing steadily. TIPS Surgery now has a 90% probability of being completed in one puncture.

Compared to the former procedure, it's completely two different things. As for Zheng Lao Ban, his Shou Bing skill is just high; not being convinced is unacceptable.

Eh? What do you mean by saying that? Other Shou Bing performed are also definitely impressive. I heard that during Earthquake Relief, Zheng Lao Ban performed Shou Bing in Pengxi Xiang. One Bone pelvis Bone fracture Interventional embolization Shou Bing only takes 15 Minute.

Hey, Sun reporter, cut those few slip-of-the-tongue remarks you just said, don't broadcast them.

Zhou Chun Yong laughed and said: "Zheng Lao Ban getting the Nobel Prize is entirely deserved. Every year, at least several hundred thousand patients survive thanks to the new TIPS Surgery technique; if this technique can't win the Nobel Prize, I really don't know who could."

After he finished speaking, his figure gradually became blurred, light and shadow shifted, and then gradually Clarity.

A gaunt person appeared before the camera.

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Note 1: Beijing Friendship Intervention Center publicity material.