Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1127 - 904: Hunt_2

Chapter 1127: Chapter 904: Hunt_2

"No matter if Yang Ping’s spatial orientation gene is real or not, we must take action. His medical and equipment field will sooner or later be our biggest threat. Have you found a suitable candidate to encircle Ruixing Medical?" Li Gaoyang decided to strike first, having already obtained the approval from the elders.

"There are a few candidates. Hans from the giant corporation is of Chinese descent. He once crossed swords with Ruixing and failed in the end, but at least he has the experience of going up against them. He’s currently at the giant’s headquarters in Africa. If we activate him, I believe he will be able to avenge his previous defeat," Rolf suggested.

Li Gaoyang flipped through the candidates’ files, which he had actually reviewed many times over; the piles of documents on his desk had all been scrutinized extensively.

"I don’t want to use a defeated general; the risk is too high. Our opponent will be unprecedentedly strong. Don’t underestimate them. Hans simply can’t handle an encirclement of this scale," Li Gaoyang shook his head.

"How about Menek? He’s the encirclement king at BG with an undefeated record. Many European and Japanese companies have fallen to him, and his strategic capabilities are excellent," Rolf suggested.

Li Gaoyang shook his head, "The opponent we will be facing is unprecedented. Menek is not familiar with China, and his experiences are mostly with European companies."

"I think this woman is good. I’ve seen her file, and she is the most suitable general to lead this battle," Li Gaoyang passed the file in his hand to Rolf.

Gan Fengyi?

Rolf didn’t expect Li Gaoyang to choose Gan Fengyi; he had ranked her last on the recommendation list.

"This person is on the list because of her strong abilities, but she has one fatal weakness," Rolf reminded.

"Your intelligence report noted that, and I’m aware. She’s had close contact with Huang Jiacai from Ruixing, and there might be a romantic relationship, but don’t worry too much. In the face of great interests, such a relationship can’t stand, especially since it’s a possible romance. I only care whether or not this person is capable enough, and this woman is the most suitable candidate. Arrange a time; I want to meet her in person," Li Gaoyang had decided.

"You going in person? Isn’t that unnecessary? Let the CEO from the giant corporation talk to her," Rolf was quite surprised.

"Mr. Rolf, you haven’t grasped the level of this war and still think it’s like before. No, I’ve been analyzing these intelligence reports for a long time, and I’m certain that we are about to face the most difficult enemy ever. The forces surrounding him, we’re still unable to clarify their relationships after all this time—would that have happened before?"

"Why did Hans undergo a crushing defeat? Of course, his personal abilities being insufficient played a role, but more important is that he underestimated the enemy. Look at their confrontation; Ruixing was capable of getting all Chinese hospitals to delist the giant’s products."

"Ruixing is a tiger in a pig’s clothing, so we’ll make Ruixing the focal point of the assault."

"Underestimating the enemy before the battle is the biggest taboo," Li Gaoyang said gravely.

"You truly are BG’s general, now I understand why the elders like you," Rolf shrugged.

——

Zhang Lin and Little Five maintained three to four surgeries per day. Yang Ping tried letting one of them act as the chief surgeon to potentially double the surgery rate to six to eight per day.

But they simply couldn’t manage to be the chief surgeon alone; their performance was completely different from when they both operated together, like they had turned into different people—lacking any confidence, hesitant, the more difficult surgeries were impossible for them to carry out.

With no other choice, Yang Ping could only let them operate together, where they were brimming with confidence and an unstoppable aura, managing most surgeries with steady precision.

Safety first—it was all elective surgery, so there was no rush to increase the pace. Yang Ping decided that he would wait for the right moment to train them to operate independently.

At the hospital-wide discussion on Friday, orthopedics brought up several interesting cases, one of which was cobalt poisoning after a hip replacement. This kind of cobalt poisoning has appeared in the American medical drama "House M.D." as well as many other medical dramas and novels, but in reality, it’s quite rare.

This case had already been diagnosed, but because it was quite classic, Tan Boyun brought it out for everyone to learn from.

Tan Boyun diagnosed this case, and he is indeed capable, just with a difficult personality. However, as Director Han said, he is suited to be a leader. Therefore, Director Han entrusted the trauma orthopedics department to him, which he managed very successfully without any conflicts arising, either with Director Han or anyone else. He had great respect for Director Han, and their relationship was very harmonious.

While in the operating room, Yang Ping took a look at the time; Zhang Lin and Little Five’s surgery was progressing smoothly. So, he changed his clothes and left the operating room. On his way, he ran into Tang Shun, who said he was going to the operating room to observe the surgery, but in reality, he was there to find Liang Fatty, who had been inviting him for meals quite often recently.

When Yang Ping arrived, the discussion had already started, and the meeting room was full.

Yang Ping was a little late, but a seat in the front row had been reserved for him, as everyone hoped he would join the discussion, even if just to say a few words, no matter how uninformative.

The atmosphere on the site was very vibrant; the discussion was not divided by professional titles, and intern doctors could participate too. You could challenge your director or other directors without fear of retribution.

Not only would there be no retribution, but directors might even take extra care of you, as they feared others might accuse them of being unfair. This was due to the culture within the hospital.

Dr. Zhong happened to be presenting an orthopedic case of cobalt poisoning at the time; the patient was 58 years old and had a multitude of symptoms, having seen many hospitals previously. From the medical history, the current illness history had already filled an entire page.

Unexplained fever, hypothyroidism, generalized lymphadenopathy, reflux esophagitis, zero vision in both eyes, zero hearing in both ears, heart failure, etc.

A multitude of symptoms was laid out, and the patient also exhibited psychiatric symptoms.

The patient was admitted to the cardiology department’s CCU because of severe heart failure, and after the rescue, the heart failure symptoms improved and he was transferred to the general cardiac ward.

Other symptoms showed no sign of improvement, leaving the cardiologists perplexed, so they called for help from all departments, organizing a hospital-wide consultation. When the consultation invitation from the hospital-wide meeting reached the orthopedics department, Director Tan said he would go and have a look, and then diagnosed postoperative cobalt poisoning following an artificial hip replacement.

Director Tan hardly expended any effort in diagnosing the disease. Faced with so many complex symptoms, he focused on one part of the patient’s past medical history: a metal-on-metal left hip replacement.

He immediately suggested a reevaluation of the patient’s left hip X-rays and a test for heavy metal ions in the patient’s blood.

The test results indicated that the patient’s blood cobalt ion levels were over a thousand times the normal level.

X-ray images showed severe wear of the metal-on-metal artificial hip prosthesis.

Metal-on-metal artificial hip replacements are now used less frequently, as the health risks from metal debris caused by wear are not yet certain.

Most replacements now are ceramic-on-ceramic, or ceramic-on-polyethylene, or metal-on-polyethylene.

There was a time when some doctors preferred metal-on-metal large femoral head replacements. These prostheses had certain advantages, such as generally not dislocating, allowing for a very large range of motion, and the ease of activities like squatting.

This patient chose a metal prosthesis because he was young at the time, and the doctor had mentioned that metal was more wear-resistant. Moreover, he felt that his range of hip motion was quite extensive, so he used his artificial joint as if it were a normal joint, leading to overuse and excessive wear of the prosthesis.

Later, Director Tang performed surgery on him, a revision surgery following the artificial hip replacement. Director Tan showed photos of the surgery; the tissue around the entire joint had turned black. After removing the blackened tissue, a ceramic-on-ceramic artificial joint was implanted. The patient’s symptoms gradually vanished.

This was a very classic case. When a doctor asked Director Tan how he could diagnose the case, Director Tang candidly said, "Actually, I’ve watched ’House M.D.’ from the first episode to the last. I’ve watched the entire series several times. Yes, I’m quite familiar with many of the cases in it. When I saw the symptoms of this case, I couldn’t help but think of a similar one from the show."

It seems that watching television can also be educational for a doctor, as there aren’t many doctors here who have watched medical shows like ’House M.D.’ from beginning to end.

Director Tan said, "I have no interest in other television shows, but I am very interested in medical dramas, especially American ones. They put in more effort into the production."