177: As long as I, Qiu Lixin, am in charge, the sky of Puwai will never fall!
Chapter 177: With me, Qiu Lixin, in charge, General Surgery's sky won't fall!
"Teacher... it's bad, Teacher..."
It was just half past two in the afternoon when Liu Chaoran, an attending physician in the General Surgery Department, anxiously pushed open Department Director Qiu Lixin's office door. He looked at the Department Director, who was about to brew tea on the sofa, and called out urgently...
"Are you calling a soul? Steady yourself, damn it!"
"You've been so dramatic these past few days, you've given me a nervous breakdown!"
Qiu Lixin scolded his student irritably.
He didn't even knock before entering. Having just woken up from his nap, he nearly had his soul scared out of him...
"I didn't mean to scare you, Teacher, but this matter is too serious."
"If we don't handle it well, it could affect the very survival of our General Surgery Department!"
Liu Chaoran ignored his teacher's scolding and continued to speak loudly.
What time was it? The Department Director still had the leisure to drink tea here, while the General Surgery Department's sky was already changing...
"Affect survival my ass. With me, Qiu Lixin, in charge, the General Surgery Department's sky won't fall."
Qiu Lixin still retorted indifferently, his posture for brewing tea remaining relaxed and at ease.
"Then I'll speak plainly, Teacher?"
Liu Chaoran was a bit confused whether his teacher was genuinely foolish or just pretending.
It was a major event that had spread throughout the entire Hospital, how could he still sit there, acting so calm...
"Spit it out, don't interfere with my afternoon tea."
Qiu Lixin was also a little impatient. What trivial matter could be more important than the Emergency Department stealing General Surgery's business?
But none of that mattered. If Lin Yi couldn't cure Director Ning's pancreatic cancer, he would be out in ten days.
Those gallbladder patients would then have to obediently return to his General Surgery Department.
Curing pancreatic cancer, the King of Cancers, in ten days—Qiu Lixin wouldn't dare to joke like that even when drunk...
"Director Cui has invited renowned provincial experts and scholars, and they are currently in the Hospital's multi-functional hall, preparing to hold an academic presentation on Lin Yi's radical gallbladder cancer cure."
"All the Department Directors of the Hospital are preparing to attend the meeting..."
"Clang!"
Before Liu Chaoran could finish speaking, the zisha teapot in Qiu Lixin's hand fell to the floor, shattering into pieces.
"Radical gallbladder cancer... academic presentation? Who has such a technique? Don't tell me it's Lin Yi, and the successful case isn't... isn't Yang Dong, who was transferred from our department, is it?"
Qiu Lixin looked at his student with a tense expression, stammering out the most crucial question.
A very bad premonition arose from the bottom of his heart. Throughout the entire Central Hospital, aside from Yang Dong, who had undergone gallbladder cancer surgery in the Emergency Department, he hadn't heard of any other patients...
"Could it be that Yang Dong's cancer cell test report has already come out?"
"To preserve the gallbladder while completely eradicating the patient's cancer cells, how is that possible?"
"The Emergency Department must have concealed the surgical plan. Removing the patient's gallbladder in the early stages of cancer still offers a chance for a radical cure..."
Countless thoughts began to surface in Qiu Lixin's mind.
No matter how he calculated, there was no possibility of eradicating the cancer while preserving the patient's gallbladder.
However, according to the accurate information he had received, all gallbladder surgeries performed by the Emergency Department were gallbladder-Preserving Surgeries.
If it were a minimally invasive cholecystectomy, the patient wouldn't have been transferred to the Emergency Department...
"It was indeed Lin Yi who performed the surgery, and according to news from the Director's Office, the presented case is precisely Yang Dong's surgery."
"I even specifically asked the laboratory department, and they are very certain that the cancer cells in Yang Dong's body have been eradicated."
"You should go and see quickly. The Department Director of the Oncology Department is practically going crazy. I heard he's currently negotiating with Director Cui in the Director's Office!"
Student Liu Chaoran's affirmative reply shattered Qiu Lixin's last shred of illusion...
"Go! I'm going now..."
Qiu Lixin, his face pale, didn't even bother to put on his white coat and rushed out of the office.
Without personally confirming the authenticity of this matter, he still couldn't believe how Lin Yi, that novice General Practitioner, could perform such an astonishing and terrifying feat.
That was gallbladder cancer surgery!
The General Surgery Department, reputedly the best in Long Province, couldn't even ensure a long-term survival rate for patients facing such a surgery.
Lin Yi, a General Practitioner who knew nothing, claimed he could cure it radically just like that. Was this still the field of surgical operations he was familiar with?
..."This is the critical illness notice and the surgical informed consent form. Please sign them..."
Following the procedure, after completing all the preparatory work, Lin Yi called the patient's family to the family waiting room to begin signing a series of pre-operative documents.
"Doctor, my husband isn't in danger, is he?"
"Can you really ensure a radical cure for his cancer..."
Sally's hand trembled violently, and the pen tip couldn't land on the documents the doctor handed her.
After receiving the news of her husband's diagnosis, she had also called and consulted relevant professionals, but not a single person dared to say they could completely cure her husband's gallbladder cancer.
Even after the surgery was completed, there was no accurate statement on how long her husband could survive.
Once the surgical consent form was signed, whether her husband could even come off the operating table was an unknown.
The more she thought, the more chaotic her mind became, and the more unable she was to put pen to paper...
"Alright, look at this diagram..."
Seeing the patient's family's heavy concerns, Lin Yi directly opened his notebook and drew a simple diagram of the gallbladder's structure. Then, pointing to various parts on the diagram, he began to explain to the patient's family.
After all, it was cancer treatment, so it was normal for the family to have concerns. Doctors also had an obligation to alleviate the patient's family's worries and allow the family to cooperate with the doctor in providing the most correct treatment plan for the patient.
"This is the gallbladder inside our body. Below it is the common bile duct, and its end connects to the pancreatic duct... This is called the ampulla of Vater, which then connects to the Duodenum via the sphincter of Oddi..."
"Your husband, Feng Tao, is currently confirmed to have gallstones and tumors in his gallbladder and common bile duct due to long-term overeating, coupled with excessive smoking and drinking, leading to inflammation."
"We will perform surgical treatment by incising the patient's gallbladder and common bile duct to remove the gallstones and tumors inside."
"Due to the connection between the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct, complete blockage of the common bile duct causes bile to reflux into the Pancreas, leading to recurrent pancreatitis."
"If the tumor in the gallbladder is not removed immediately, and the cancer cells are allowed to spread into the Pancreas, it will become extremely troublesome to deal with."
"I emphasize again, as long as the patient's tumor has not spread, I can eradicate the cancer cells and return a healthy husband to you..."
Lin Yi patiently explained the patient's condition and the planned surgical procedure with clear and vivid details, referencing the hand-drawn sketch.
"I understand, Doctor."
"So, if the surgery is performed immediately, there's a very high chance my husband will be cured."
After listening to Lin Yi's detailed explanation, a glimmer of hope reappeared in Sally's eyes...
"Based on the patient's current condition, there is at least a 90% or higher chance of a cure."
Lin Yi also didn't dare to be too absolute, as the condition could change at any time.
"I'll sign immediately. Thank you, Doctor, please, you must let my husband live..."
After obtaining all the signed documents from the patient's family, Lin Yi immediately entered the operating room with Fang Xiaoran...