Surgery Godfather

Chapter 231: Chapter 0126 The Eyes Can Betray A Person

After everyone had their fill of food and drink and had vented their frustrations, it came to light during their conversation.

Doctor Wan, the former resident director, was in a tough spot after being fired.

Dr. Dai, who knew President Wan quite well, said that he was indeed having a hard time. Just a few days ago, he borrowed money from Dr. Dai, planning to pursue a doctorate.

Dr. Dai called President Wan on the spot and found out that he was still on the hunt for a suitable job.

He had worked at several private hospitals but was unsatisfied with them. He hopped around from job to job and now was left unemployed.

Going back to his hometown was not satisfactory to him. Plus, without any connections there, it’s not easy to enter a decent hospital just because you want to.

Yang Ping asked him if he would go to Liquan Hospital, to which President Wan replied, Liquan? He’d be delighted! But they declined his resume.

Though Liquan is a private hospital, it is very formal. They invest greatly in their doctors’ development and provide extremely good benefits. Entering Liquan was something President Wan dreamed of.

In G City job market for students of medicine, having a master’s degree is just the starting line, not even a high level of education.

Since President Wan was so eager to go, and he usually works diligently and is not a troublemaker.

Yang Ping called Boss Cheng on the spot. He briefly introduced Doctor Wan’s situation. Boss Cheng agreed without hesitation. He was wondering not too long ago if he hadn’t been considerate enough, perhaps angering Yang Ping into postponing his surgery.

So when Yang Ping’s call came in, Boss Cheng was delighted. Without even mentioning a resume, he asked Yang Ping directly to have Doctor Wan report to him the next day.

“It’s settled!” Yang Ping hung up the phone.

Everyone looked at each other in surprise. This guy had such a great influence, he could directly call the boss of Liquan Hospital, which is a high-end private specialized hospital. And he managed to secure a job for President Wan just like that.

Yang Ping called President Wan back, telling him to bring his resume and report directly to Boss Cheng of Liquan the next day. President Wan thought Yang Ping was messing with him.

Only after Yang Ping repeated his instruction did he reluctantly agree. Liquan Hospital was the place he had been dreaming of!

These brothers are all having a hard time. Yang Ping knew their struggles. Old Wan, who came from a rural area in the mainland with no connections, had managed to establish himself in G City. Now that he had been fired, he was adrift and life was undoubtedly hard.

Old Wan had worked for three years after his undergraduate study before going to graduate school. He started working in the People’s Hospital after graduating with his master’s. He was a contract worker, 30 years old, still unmarried and commuting to and from work by electric car. His life was tough.

If he could lend a hand, he should. Everyone thought highly of Yang Ping and envied Little Five for having such a good friend.

After a long while, everyone reluctantly parted ways.

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The winter in G City was peculiar. For a period of time, it was cold, and some people were already wearing their long Johns.

But suddenly, the sun was shining brightly once again, and temperatures rose.

People quickly shed their coats and long Johns. Those in good health were even seen wearing short sleeves outside.

So, in the winter streets of G City, don’t be surprised to see people in flip-flops and shorts. They are perfectly normal and sane.

Helicopters were taking off and landing on the roof of the surgical building in Sanbo.

Every helicopter flight cost ten to twenty thousand yuan in fuel, making it a costly endeavor. But Sanbo was willing to foot the bill.

Dean Xia was a man of conviction. This was nothing compared to the money he had invested.

Back in the day, to attract a group of doctoral talents, Old Xia had splurged on expenses, promising each person a free apartment to live and offering funds for housing and placements for children’s education and spouse’s employment.

The introduction was so vigorous that the hospital’s apartments could not accommodate everyone. Old Xia moved out and gave his apartment to one of the doctors, who is now Director Gao of Sports Medicine.

Everyone in the hospital knew that the dean had given his apartment in the hospital’s residential area to Director Gao. Director Gao’s wife, who studied accounting and previously worked in a bank, was moved to a branch of the Construction Bank next to the hospital after Old Xia exhausted all his resources.

After so much operation, Director Gao, who came from the north, finally felt settled in Sanbo.

Later, Old Xia promoted the policy of having younger department directors with PhDs.

Several old directors disagreed and held a grudge against Old Xia. He used his trump card – children of those who were willing to retire would get priority access to jobs in the hospital.

This strategy was effective, and those old directors retired immediately. It was a great opportunity to secure a post for their children, which was challenging to obtain.

The training was nearing its end, and it was now a joint training operation between the operating room, trauma orthopedics, and the emergency department.

Cooperation between different types of forces was a profound science that could produce tremendous power far beyond simple addition.

Only when they entered the joint training did they realize that the so-called cooperation between various departments was not cooperation at all, but merely primitive and rough combination.

The academic conference was imminent, and Sisi’s surgery was also urgently scheduled.

Although her leg was fixed with plaster, it did still hurt a little while being moved.

Yang Ping gently lifted her onto the gurney, and despite the pain, the little one gritted her teeth and maintained a smile.

“Can I keep the thing that was inside my thigh after it is taken out?” she asked.

Sisi was referring to the titanium prosthesis.

Yang Ping playfully tapped her nose, “I’m afraid we can’t agree to this request. It’s medical waste and has to be disposed of.”

“Fine, it’s just that this thing has been in me for so long, I’m a bit reluctant to part with it,” Sisi said regretfully.

“Alright, I promise that after the surgery, I’ll let you take a picture with it,” Yang Ping said as he pushed the cart alongside Sisi.

Everyone accompanied her to the operating room for the surgery.

“Are you scared?”

“Not at all! I’ve already had several surgeries. I even know how to cooperate when they administer anesthesia. Is it femoral nerve block this time? It’s supposed to be located using an ultrasound. Last time, an anesthetist spent ages trying to find the nerve, and I had to tell her to relax and take her time…”

“You even know about ultrasounds.”

“Of course, I know quite a lot. For example, I know that this beautiful lady here is your girlfriend.”

Sisi pointed to Xiao Su.

Xiao Su’s face turned beet red.

“You little one, I didn’t tell you that. How did you find out?” Yang Ping found this astonishing.

Sisi grinned mischievously, “Just look at the way you two look at each other, that’s not normal, it’s love! I told you, eyes are the windows to the soul.”

“What do you know about love, you little rascal!” Yang Ping teased her by pretending to tap her nose.

Sisi dodged him, “I hit the nail on the head, didn’t I? Embarrassed, aren’t you?”

With all the chit-chatting and laughter, they arrived at the operating room.

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The surgery performed at the time was palliative.

The custom-made titanium prosthesis was fixed in the femoral medullary cavity with bone cement on both ends. The bone cement was not planned to be removed.

Bone cement, a type of bone adhesive, otherwise known as polymethylmethacrylate, is often used in orthopedics. Particularly, in artificial joint replacement, before the advancement of biological fixation technology, bone cement was the only effective way to fix the artificial joint.

This self-hardening cement was required to bond with the body’s bone during artificial joint assembly.

Because its function is similar to that of cement in construction, it’s colloquially called bone cement.

It’s easy to apply, but extremely difficult to remove.

Bone cement is in powder form before use. When it is needed, a special liquid is used to dissolve and mix it. The process can take several minutes or more, and it transitions from liquid, to viscous and stringy glue, to dough-like, and finally becomes solid like a rock.

When mixed, it emits a unique fragrance, which smells quite lovely.

Of course, by now, the bone cement in Sisi’s femoral medullary cavity had long solidified and had no fragrance left.

Yang Ping used a small bone chisel to gradually chisel away the cement along the prosthesis, scooping it out bit by bit.

This was a strenuous task, but in the hands of Yang Ping, even difficult tasks became simpler.

In the end, all the bone cement was removed, and the titanium prosthesis was taken out.

The prosthesis, with remnants of bone cement and stained with blood, was placed in a metal basin.

The middle part of the prosthesis was cylindrical, with a diameter similar to Sisi’s femur, and the ends were slender, inserted into the femoral medullary cavity to serve as a fixation with the femur.

This customized tumor prosthesis was expensive, conservatively estimated to cost more than thirty thousand dollars.

Now, hospital regulations are strict. Any internal implants removed from patients cannot be taken home and need to go through a specialized medical waste disposal process.

It was less strict in the past. If a patient didn’t have any infectious diseases, they could take their own internal implant home as a keepsake. Some patients even joked about making their implants into a ring, bracelet, or pendant.

After removing the remaining bone cement, an external fixation frame for bone elongation was fitted; similar to Hermes’, with the exception that Hermes’s tibia was elongated while Sisi’s femur was elongated.

With the surgery completed, Sisi was taken to the ward.

Her mother came to Yang Ping once again, revealing that sixty thousand more Chinese yuan had been added to the hospital account.

This was strange indeed. Who was secretly helping Sisi?