112: Confucius said that what you see is not necessarily the truth!
Chapter 112: Even Confucius said that seeing is not always believing!
"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen..."
For two whole hours, Liu Chaoran, an attending physician in the General Surgery Department, watched with astonishment as waves of patients who had undergone gallbladder surgery were sent back to the general ward, just like a family member of a patient.
"It's only four o'clock in the afternoon, and 18 gallbladder surgeries have already been completed."
"The last four surgeries shouldn't take more than an hour."
"The Emergency Department really completed gallbladder surgeries for 22 patients in less than 4 hours, and all of them were the most complex open Gallbladder-Preserving Surgery..."
Liu Chaoran checked the time on his watch again, and after confirming there were no errors, he hurriedly turned and ran out of the Emergency Department.
The situation had developed to such an unbelievable extent that the subsequent response methods were beyond his authority as an attending physician.
"How on earth did they do it?"
"The Emergency Department only has five operating rooms. Even if they were operating at full capacity, it would be impossible to complete so many gallbladder surgeries in such a short time!"
"If General Surgery had this exaggerated technique, all the Surgeons would get rich..."
When Liu Chaoran ran into the Department Director's office, he was still muttering "impossible" as if in a dream.
Not to mention in Long Province, even across the entire Chinese medical community, such an exaggerated surgical scene had never been heard of...
"Are you kidding your teacher, you rascal?"
"Three hours to complete 18 gallbladder patient surgeries, averaging 6 per hour."
"The Emergency Department has 5 operating rooms. In other words, within 1 hour, each operating room must complete at least one gallbladder surgery, and it's the most complex open Gallbladder-Preserving Surgery!"
After listening to his student's flustered account, Director Qiu's hand, which was brewing Kung Fu tea, didn't even tremble.
He leisurely took a few sips of tea before speaking again.
It was time to teach this unlearned student some common sense practical knowledge...
"Little Liu, let me test you. For a minimally invasive cholecystectomy, starting from when the patient enters the operating room,"
"until the gallbladder is removed, the incision is sutured, and observation ends... how long does it take a Surgeon?"
"Under normal circumstances, a Surgeon can usually finish the surgery within three hours."
"If a top expert like you, Department Director, were to operate, controlling it within two hours would definitely not be a problem!"
Liu Chaoran answered with extreme confidence and certainty.
As an attending physician in General Surgery, if he didn't even know this basic common sense, he might as well drown himself.
He even took the opportunity to insincerely compliment his teacher while answering his question.
It was well-known throughout the General Surgery Department that Director Qiu enjoyed such flattery...
"That's right! This is the kind of thinking and judgment my student, Qiu Lixin, should have."
Watching his student become more and more sensible, Director Qiu's smile grew wider.
While affirming Liu Chaoran's answer, he immediately announced his own conclusion.
"So, for a routine minimally invasive cholecystectomy, an experienced General Surgery Department Director-level Surgeon will not take less than two hours to complete the entire procedure."
"I can guarantee that a complex open Gallbladder-Preserving Surgery cannot be completed in less than 4 hours."
"Even if the Emergency Department's operating rooms are all open and surgeries are performed at the fastest speed, completing 5 surgeries before 5 PM tonight would be good!"
"As for the 18 surgeries you mentioned, that's simply nonsense!"
Director Qiu gave his conclusion with great certainty.
And based on his decades of medical experience, such a conclusion was very objective and consistent with the essence of the facts.
Director Qiu was not unaware of the Emergency Department's level of skill; except for Lu Chenxi, who was somewhat capable, the other Surgeons were only good for ordinary emergency rescues.
Any Surgeon from General Surgery, even Liu Chaoran, his student who had been with him for the shortest time, would be overwhelmingly superior in the Emergency Department...
"Do you know why I agreed to transfer all the gallbladder patients in my hands to the Emergency Department?"
"Why? Teacher, did you have other considerations?"
Liu Chaoran was indeed a bit confused. Besides collapsing the Emergency Department's diagnostic and treatment system, did the Department Director have other ideas he didn't know about...?
But Director Qiu, who took a sip of tea, had a wandering gaze and no intention of listening to his student's questions. He continued to ask and answer himself,
"Five operating rooms can complete a maximum of 10 gallbladder-Preserving Surgeries per day. Even if Zhong Xibei invites the best Expert Professors in relevant fields nationwide, this is the limit for the Central Hospital Emergency Department's operating rooms!"
"As long as we send no less than 20 gallbladder surgery patients to the Emergency Department every day,"
"within three days, Zhong Xibei will have to come to General Surgery, begging me to take these patients, and promise that the Emergency Department will never touch General Surgery's gallbladder patients again!"
"Without rules, there's no order. If Zhong Xibei wants to break the rules, he must bear the corresponding consequences!"
Qiu Lixin was very confident about this.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to sit calmly in his office drinking tea...
"Teacher Qiu, but the 18 gallbladder patients who came out of the operating room, I saw them with my own eyes!"
What Director Qiu said certainly sounded like how things should be, but what he saw with his own eyes could not possibly be fake.
Liu Chaoran couldn't help but ask his teacher again...
"Young man, even Confucius said that seeing is not always believing!"
"As for why Zhong Xibei is making such a big show of it, I suppose... I suppose he's just putting on a brave face!"
Director Qiu hesitated for a moment, choosing an appropriate phrase to describe the Emergency Department's true state at that moment...
"Forget it! Let's not talk about the Emergency Department anymore."
"You just need to remember that completing 18 gallbladder patients' gallbladder-Preserving Surgeries within 3 hours is simply impossible!"
"We just need to wait and see, and let the Emergency Department botch this show!"
Seeing his student about to ask more questions, Qiu Lixin immediately interrupted him impatiently.
"Go find me the information on that Yamamoto patient."
"Just in case, I'll add another layer of insurance for the Emergency Department."
After all, Zhong Xibei was one of the Old Man of Central Hospital. A centipede dies but never falls. To bring down this Old Man and completely establish the prestige of the General Surgery Department, Qiu Lixin felt that Yamamoto from Japan would be a good target to add pressure...
"Professor Zhuang, you're finally back."
At the same time, in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department of Central Hospital.
As soon as Zhuang Shu entered the ward, before he even had time to change his clothes, Bai Ji pulled him into the Department Director's office.
"Professor Zhuang, there is a very critical medical question that urgently needs your confirmation."
After making a cup of tea for Zhuang Shu, suppressing his urgent feelings,
Bai Ji then looked at him with a solemn expression, ready to ask the biggest question in his heart.
"Director Bai, speak."
Seeing the other party being so formal, Zhuang Shu also straightened up and looked at him quietly.
"Is there a surgical method that allows more than five patients to undergo surgery simultaneously?"
Although he knew it was impossible, Bai Ji still had to ask.
The Emergency Department completing surgeries for 22 gallbladder patients in less than 4 hours was simply too astonishing.
Bai Ji was asking Zhuang Shu to confirm if there had been similar cases abroad...