Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1299 - 988 - Zhang Yidao_3

Chapter 1299: 988 Chapter Zhang Yidao_3

However, Director Zhang’s rough image did not affect his status in Nanqiao County; he was the first-rate surgeon in Nanqiao County’s surgery field, known as Zhang Yidao. He had a generous nature, enjoyed making friends, so his social circle in Nanqiao was vast, familiar with people from all walks of life.

The patient’s family was in a dire economic situation. Director Zhang normally charged one thousand yuan for a surgery outside, so the patient’s family scraped together just over nine hundred yuan, some even in pure currency, wrapped in newspaper and handed over to Director Zhang.

Director Zhang took the money and then gave it back to the patient, "I’ve heard about your situation, let’s forget about the surgery fee. I’d just be wasting time during my holidays, so I might as well come over and perform the surgery for free. You keep the money, I’ll operate on the patient free of charge."

The patient felt embarrassed and tried to insist, but Director Zhang got angry, "You think money is abundant or what? Can’t you understand human speech? I’m offering to do the surgery for free, saving you a thousand yuan, how can you not understand that?"

The Elderly Director was familiar with Director Zhang’s temperament and immediately signaled the patient, who quickly put away the money without another word.

A CT hung above the light box, and as Director Zhang picked his nose, he stared at the blurry CT film and said, "This tumor isn’t too difficult to handle, it’s pretty clear on the film, just cut it out directly, see, all this mess needs to be cut out, and this part can’t be saved, gotta cut it out—"

The doctors and patient’s relatives by the side nodded continuously because they knew of Director Zhang’s fame in Nanqiao, and whenever he spoke decisively about cutting, it meant the surgery would be manageable.

"You need to find me a good assistant, it’s the holiday season now, and it’s not easy for me to pull in people on my own, besides, nobody wants to work for free. You just need to provide someone who can cut and tie knots," Director Zhang decided on the spot.

The Elderly Director immediately recommended Li Min, "Our Dr. Li is quite good, freshly returned from advanced training in the Provincial City."

Li Min!

Director Zhang promptly turned to look at Li Min. He had been to this place before and was familiar with Li Min, "Advanced training in the Provincial City? Which hospital?"

"Sanbo Hospital!"

"Oh, Sanbo has quite a booming development recently, but the old and established Affiliated Hospital No. 1 and No. 2 are still the best. Why didn’t you go there? Just let me know, and I could have pulled some strings for you." Director Zhang was someone who enjoyed helping others and was very enthusiastic.

The Elderly Director explained for Li Min, "It was specially arranged by the Provincial Hall. Our Dr. Li is a nationally recognized good doctor, and this was a reward from higher up, with all training expenses reimbursed."

"Oh—"

In fact, Director Zhang rarely attended meetings or got involved with circles outside of the county town anymore, so he had heard about changes in the Provincial City from others, but his understanding was not thorough.

The patient’s CT scan was clearly taken with a secondhand CT scanner, which affected image quality. However, the general outline could still be made out - a characteristic of grassroots hospitals where having the latest CT scanner models like big hospitals was unrealistic, and one couldn’t simply retake an image if it was of poor quality.

Li Min leaned in closer and saw that the tumor’s blood vessels were very rich and numerous, also forming extensive adhesions with the surrounding area; the surgery was going to be very challenging, certainly not as simple as Director Zhang claimed.

"Director Zhang, this surgery might be difficult, look at all these blood vessels," Li Min pointed at the images on the CT scan, his skill in reading films was now quite impressive.

Director Zhang squinted at the CT images, unable to discern which parts were blood vessels after a long look; he only recognized a few major, named blood vessels from anatomy, but the ones Li Min was talking about were beyond his scope.

"No worries, just ligate all the small blood vessels when the time comes. I’ve done many surgeries like this, rest assured, just be a good assistant to me." Director Zhang had never really seen the details on a CT scan; at most, he could make out a large tumor in the abdomen next to major vessels, as for the supplying blood vessels of the tumor, unless it was an angiogram, they were not easily recognized, and if it wasn’t for angiography, it really couldn’t be made out at all. During the surgery, they’d rely on experience to find each vessel and ligate them, this wouldn’t be his first time performing such a surgery.

What would a young person, just back from a short stint of advanced training, understand? Director Zhang had undergone advanced training himself, but to be clear, it was merely acting as an assistant in the operating room, observing surgeries without any hands-on opportunity. In Director Zhang’s time, if one had a good relationship with the teaching mentor, one might get involved with some simple surgeries, but in the current medical environment, trainee doctors hardly ever had the chance to