Chapter 377: 370 Thunder Everywhere (Silver Alliance 3-7 Inter Entertainment Li Yifei Bonus Chapter 10)

Days eventually returned to being mundane.

The two days of the weekend passed, and it was very calm.

These two days, the Jizhenbingfang wasn't overly busy; five appendectomies and three cholecystectomies were performed. Patients basically came during the day, and with Su Yun and Yang Lei on duty, everything was handled.

As the Inpatient Chief, Zheng Ren worried there might be a problem with the surgery, so he went into the operating room's observation platform.

Su Yun is indeed a flawless assistant; when Zheng Ren is not on duty, Su Yun shines. The surgery is skilled, steady, and his technique is absolutely at the level of a chief physician.

Although it's only the level of a prefecture‑hospital chief, performing minor surgeries poses no problem.

Zheng Ren sometimes doubted whether Su Yun also had a system; he learns things incredibly fast, and coming from a cardiothoracic surgery background, his use of the laparoscope is incredibly smooth.

But how he learned it has nothing to do with Zheng Ren.

Being able to substitute himself for simple minor surgeries already satisfies Zheng Ren.

These days, Zheng Ren and Xie Yiren have also grown accustomed to this new lifestyle; each day Xie Yiren sends Zheng Ren home, chatting and laughing, unlike the initial stiffness and shyness.

Early Monday morning rounds, Director Pan was very satisfied with the orderly Jizhenbingfang; after strolling around, he returned to his office to hold down the fort.

Zheng Ren was then called over by Chang Yue.

"Chief Zheng, that old gentleman under observation in the ward indeed has a problem." Chang Yue said.

"What's the matter?"

"These past few days, I've communicated with his son and daughter, asking about the family situation. The old gentleman's brother died of lung cancer three months ago, so his spouse urged him to quit smoking." Chang Yue said.

The old gentleman is over eighty, yet he actually still has a brother—this family's longevity is truly enviable.

Zheng Ren sighed inwardly and asked, "Then what?"

"The old gentleman has smoked all his life; how can you just say quit and quit? But the family keeps a tight watch on this, you know." Saying this, Chang Yue gave Zheng Ren a teasing glance, and Zheng Ren felt greatly embarrassed.

"The old gentleman is feigning illness to come to the hospital; I've noticed a pattern—he recently complains of urinary frequency, once an hour." Chang Yue said: "Every time he goes to the bathroom and returns, his body smells of smoke. I estimate he smokes a cigarette every hour; this explanation seems reasonable to me."

Zheng Ren suddenly understood.

No wonder someone would want to stay in the hospital; the old gentleman dares not go home because he couldn't smoke there.

"Have you told the family?" Zheng Ren asked.

"I haven't formally discussed this." Chang Yue said: "But I noticed his son and daughter seem to treat the old gentleman's smoking as a given fact, unconsciously overlooking it."

What she said makes sense; the old gentleman's son and daughter are also over sixty, up in years—how could their observation be that sharp?

Furthermore, seeing one's father smoke all his life, one has long grown accustomed to it, and wouldn't notice the smoke smell or feel anything wrong.

But we can't let the old gentleman live in the hospital forever, can we?

Zheng Ren smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Huh?" Chang Yue sensed there was more to Zheng Ren's words.

"Isn't it that you follow him every time he goes to the restroom?" Seeing Chang Yue's expression, Zheng Ren felt he had guessed wrong.

As a doctor, checking patients' bowel movements in the restroom is also routine, so there's nothing strange about it.

Although it's disgusting, but treating illness… there's no other way.

Chang Yue's face darkened, and she coldly said: "I just had him accompany me to call me after each bathroom visit, and I smelled smoke on the patient."

"..."

"Now, this matter is handed over to you." After saying that, Chang Yue turned and left, sat at the computer desk, and began typing case notes.

But it's truly quite hard for Chang Yue; she needs keen attention to many details to deduce that the old gentleman prefers staying in the hospital rather than going home.

Zheng Ren worried, "What should we do next?"

"Chang Yue, how did you consider this?" Zheng Ren couldn't think of a good solution, so he asked.

"There's no good solution; we can only call the family over and then lay out the facts and reason."

What Chang Yue said isn't a good solution either, but for now it seems we have no choice.

As a special patient, Zheng Ren gave it high attention.

After all, the patient is elderly, and even minor issues could lead to death.

If there is any oversight, it could possibly cause the patient to die in the Jizhenbingfang. Dealing with reasonable family members is still manageable, but with unreasonable ones, this would be a clear-cut medical accident.

Although it has nothing to do with treatment, Zheng Ren also doesn't want to bear this thunder.

Naturally, reporting this thunder to Director Pan is required.

He and Chang Yue communicated a few more sentences, had an initial solution, and then went to Director Pan's office to report work.

Arriving at Director Pan's office door, Zheng Ren saw the office door open, and a nurse inside was crying bitterly.

"Hello?"

"Oh, Director Zhang." Zheng Ren flashed a slight smile, "Mm-hmm, okay, I have nothing on my end."

"Alright, then I'll report to Director Pan, take a day off to go to Eryuan. I have news on my end and will contact you."

After saying that, Zheng Ren hung up the phone.

Eryuan's Director Zhang is decisive and efficient; it seems he attaches great importance to the TIPS surgery matter, using just a weekend to find five patients with decompensated cirrhosis and complete preoperative preparations.

Five, that's a bit few.

Zheng Ren pondered; the system's task of ten TIPS surgeries still seems somewhat difficult.

After all, 95% of intervention department doctors have never performed a single TIPS surgery in their lifetime.

Well then, meals must be eaten bite by bite, roads walked step by step, and tasks… must be done one by one.

Arriving at Director Pan's office door, Zheng Ren saw the office door open, and a nurse inside was crying bitterly.

What happened?

Director Pan saw Zheng Ren coming, gave him a glance, then loudly said: "Xiao Song, rest assured, this complaint is no problem. Zheng Ren, help you resolve it."

"..."

Zheng Ren was speechless.

I originally came to find Director Pan to resist the lightning, but how did it turn into Director Pan throwing the lightning at me?

Helpless, I hate complaints the most.

Seeing the little nurse cry so sadly, Zheng Ren felt no pity or tenderness, only wondering what complaint incident it was.

"Little Song, what's wrong?" Zheng Ren walked in and asked.

As soon as someone asked about what just happened, the nurse let out a "wa" and cried even more sadly.

"I want to resign, I won't do this anymore!" Nurse Song said while crying.

"Don't worry, speak up, with Director Pan here, the sky won't fall." Zheng Ren comforted.

After coaxing for several Minute, the little nurse's mood only gained a little Stability, sniffling as she began to recount what just happened.