Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1290 - 984: Low Back Pain Specialist

Chapter 1290: Chapter 984: Low Back Pain Specialist

The weather in the south was still so hot, yet coastal cities seemed to always have a breeze and rarely experienced the dry heat found inland.

Though the days were hot, the mornings and evenings were cool and breezy, which was far more pleasant than the dry heat. Yang Ping walked to Sanbo Hospital in the cool air. It was just past six o’clock when he passed the small square in front of the emergency department and ran into Liang Fatty, who had been persistently jogging in the mornings and evenings, supposedly to lose weight. However, the results didn’t seem too noticeable; Yang Ping thought he looked about the same as before.

Fatty, upon seeing Yang Ping, waved his hand in greeting. This time, Fatty was different from before. Whereas previously he looked pained and was huffing and puffing while running, now he breathed evenly and looked relaxed, suggesting great improvement.

There was another argument at the entrance of the emergency department. Anyway, quarrels at the emergency department had become a common sight. A luxury car was parked in front of the emergency department entrance, blocking it. The security guard asked the woman driver to move it, telling her that it was an emergency lane. The woman driver was unhappy, saying she would just wait a little longer, her friend would come out soon. The security guard said even a short wait wasn’t okay and that she must move immediately.

At that point, the woman driver flew into a rage, yelling at the security guard, "Who do you think you are, a mere security guard, to be pointing fingers at me? Don’t believe me? I can have you thrown out of this city!" She then made a phone call, coquettishly complaining to the person on the other end that she was being bullied at Sanbo Hospital and asked them to call the director of Sanbo Hospital to come and apologize personally.

Yang Ping looked at the woman; she was young and attractive, with a good face and figure to boot. How could her manners be so poor? This was an emergency lane for saving lives; how could it be used so casually?

However, this wasn’t the first time Yang Ping had seen such a scene. He had witnessed it several times before, so often that he couldn’t clearly recall how many times; anyway, it was more than once. The scenarios were all similar, having one thing in common: these people believed the world should revolve around them and clear paths for them.

The security guards at Sanbo Hospital wouldn’t just let her act up. They immediately made a phone call, too. The security department’s tow truck appeared quickly, and without further ado, they towed away her car, intent on taking it to the traffic police, asserting she had violated traffic laws by illegally obstructing the emergency lane.

Seeing this, the woman driver was so furious she lay down on the ground, blocking the tow truck’s path. The security didn’t indulge her; the special patrol team appeared promptly, and everyone lifted the woman like a dead dog and carried her away, all while being recorded by someone following along.

There was also an eloquent security guard providing continuous commentary, explaining the ins and outs of the situation clearly and logically. The entire process was reasonable and legal, with no inappropriateness; the security of Sanbo Hospital feared neither evil nor ghosts, mainly because the director backing them feared neither evil nor ghosts.

Yang Ping had no time to be an onlooker to these bad affairs. He circumvented the area, directly walking to his department from another side, leaving the woman’s screams behind him. However, he did take the opportunity to record a short video on his phone, capturing both the person and the car.

The department was also very busy; everyone was hard at work on their own tasks. In the doctors’ office, Yang Ping saw a Doctor from the Nandu University Medical Digital Medical Laboratory who worked under Professor He. What was he doing here? Yang Ping was just about to find out when

the Doctor proactively reported to Yang Ping. It turned out that Ruixing Medical had initiated a project in collaboration with Nandu Medical University on a virtual reality surgery training system. Professor He had assigned his team to take turns coming over to experience real surgical operations to better develop the surgery training system, as working in isolation from practical application wouldn’t yield results.

Both Ruixing and Professor He were quick to act; not long ago, they were still planning the project, and now it was already underway.

The virtual surgery training system developed in cooperation with Ruixing Medical became the next focal point of Professor He’s work. The greatest challenge of the project lay in tactile simulation. Humans directly perceive the world using five senses: vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. In the virtual reality surgery training system, only vision and touch need to be simulated. Hearing and smell could also be simulated, but they are not essential.

The simulation of vision is completely based on the Digital Human technology, so it’s essentially ready-to-use technology. Tactile simulation, on the other hand, needs to be built from scratch. There is currently no domestic accumulation of technology in this area; it’s essentially a blank slate. However, Professor He’s team, armed with their experience developing the Digital Human, had full confidence in tackling tactile simulation technology and planned to spend years slowly chewing through this tough nut.

Yang Ping also placed great importance on this project. If the project succeeded, it meant simplifying the simulation of surgery training within their own system, which was equivalent to providing each doctor with a simple system. How many surgeries can one perform with their own hands anyway? Innovating a theory or establishing a system that can be continuously improved is the best way to benefit the public, rather than struggling alone.

Doctor Li Min approached Yang Ping to discuss the upcoming National Day and expressed his wish to visit the Elderly Director. Doctors actually do not have the concept of holidays and rest days are usually taken in rotation. It had been a long time since Doctor Li had visited home, so Yang Ping approved his leave.

Although Li Min only had an associate degree, under Yang Ping’s direct mentorship, he had made rapid progress in both theoretical knowledge and surgical skills. He could now proficiently perform basic surgeries from various departments, carry out some difficult surgeries with a fair degree of competence, and had witnessed plenty of top-level surgeries, meeting Yang Ping’s requirements for him: to be skilled in a batch, to master a batch, and to witness a batch.

Overall, Yang Ping was satisfied with Doctor Li. Li was smart, hardworking, and willing to proactively study. When a person has these qualities, their learning outcomes in any field are unlikely to be poor.

Work requires a balance between tension and relaxation. Being in a state of high tension for a long time isn’t good for either mental or physical well-being. Li Min had been under a lot of pressure recently, as he had to fill in his knowledge gaps due to his mere associate degree. Yang Ping took this opportunity to let him unwind a bit, so he could return to the next phase of learning in a better state.

Over the phone, the Elderly Director told Li Min that he had prepared a lot of surgeries for the National Day holiday. They had invited Director Zhang Anyun, the Chief of Surgery at the County People’s Hospital, to be the Chief Surgeon. It was a perfect chance for Li Min to assist in surgeries and gain practical learning experience. Director Zhang was renowned in Nanqiao County; in the small town, he was a well-known figure, with various township hospitals queueing up for his services.

Li Min didn’t know his own level; he spent all day running with a group of top-notch experts, and in their presence, his skills were definitely the weakest. He had no idea of his standing outside of that environment, as he hadn’t made any comparisons.

The Elderly Director also mentioned that since the last surgery on his spine, he hadn’t suffered from back pain again, calling it a solution to decades of chronic problems.

However, discussing his back pain was a sore point for the Elderly Director. Being a doctor himself and misdiagnosing his own back pain for so long was embarrassing. Now, he had a different story for his patients. He claimed that after going to the Provincial Hospital, experts had consulted on his case several times without diagnosing the problem correctly. Ultimately, it was he who made the correct diagnosis and informed the experts, who then realized their oversight and immediately arranged the surgery, leading to the successful outcome he now enjoyed.

This incident not only saved the Elderly Director face but also enhanced his reputation, suggesting he was exceptionally skilled at diagnosing back pain, even when experts from the provincial city couldn’t identify the issue. His fame grew with the tale, and many patients with back pain from out of town came to see him specifically for his story. Over time, more and more patients sought the Elderly Director for back pain, compelling him to establish a specialized back pain clinic, which he branded as an expert clinic, naturally, considering himself an expert in his own hospital.

After receiving approval for his leave from Yang Ping, Li Min immediately called the Elderly Director, who coughed a few times from afar before speaking, "Little Li, there’s something I have to discuss with you in advance, about the time I was treated at Sanbo Hospital––"

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