Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1492 - 1116 The Headache Problem Strikes Again

Chapter 1492: Chapter 1116 The Headache Problem Strikes Again

Director He became more proficient and naturally gained more confidence, occasionally using a stern tone to remind his assistant to stay alert.

At every dangerous and crucial point, Yang Ping would offer a word or two of advice. Among the dozens of surgical steps, Director He proceeded steadily and bravely, growing stronger with each challenge.

Suddenly, dense ventricular fibrillation waves appeared on the electrocardiogram monitor, heartbeat stopped!

The anesthesiologist nearly leaped from his chair.

Cardiac arrest! And it happened during surgery.

"Direct manual cardiac massage, then direct electrical heart stimulation," Yang Ping advised Director He.

Upon receiving this guidance, Director He immediately stabilized his position and shouted to his assistant, "What’s the panic? What are you afraid of?" Meanwhile, he had already cradled the patient’s heart in his hands, rhythmically compressing and massaging it. This is a more direct and effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation method compared to external chest compressions.

As for breathing, with the aid of the anesthesia machine, Director He did not need to worry for the moment. Standing by, Yang Ping displayed no change in expression. He had seen such incidents many times. Based on his experience, he judged that this patient could basically be resuscitated. The tumor had been resected, relieving the pressure. The heart now had full freedom; sometimes the surgery causes a bit of stimulation, leading to arrhythmia. Once it becomes chaotic, it easily leads to cardiac arrest.

As expected, the internal cardiac defibrillator had not yet been put to use. Director He, relying solely on manual compression, had already restored the heart’s rhythm.

For a seasoned thoracic surgeon, this type of direct cardiac massage is fundamental skill, but the ability to calmly apply such basic techniques amid surgical emergencies requires rich on-the-spot experience as support.

Seeing the electrocardiogram return to a normal waveform on the monitor, Director He let out a sigh of relief. Performing surgery is like going to war; those who have gone through life-and-death battles have completely different on-field experience and mental composure.

With the heartbeat restored, Director He continued the surgery. After grueling effort, the tumor was finally completely excised. The moment the tumor was removed, Director He felt an elevation of spirit.

The tumor, once removed, was sent to the pathology department for pathological examination. Director He performed a final check for hemorrhage, found no abnormalities, and began placing the drainage tube and closing the chest, marking the completion of the surgery.

Thereafter, Director He stepped up in academic stature both nationally and worldwide, and Sanbo Hospital’s thoracic surgery department also caught up with the development fast track.

"If there’s nothing else, I’ll be heading back now. I have quite a few surgeries on my side today as well." Yang Ping prepared to leave.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Director He was deeply grateful to Yang Ping. Such a grounded boss—who would have thought that this young genius, already a Nobel Prize winner, would stand by and support him. Every time he stood there effortlessly, he was like an anchor, giving Director He much more courage.

However, not every department director is as eager to learn. Actually, that’s normal. For example, in high school, the teacher is always available to solve each student’s questions for free, but it’s always the few diligent students who ask. In the hospital, it’s the same. Even with a top-level figure like Yang Ping, it’s still only directors like Director Gao, Director He, and Director Fang who take the initiative to align with Yang Ping and receive his support. Other directors remain slow to progress, and some even stay at a standstill.

For instance, in the Spinal Surgery Department, Director Qin often isolates and sidelines the young, eager Doctor Wen Zhong. Wen Zhong usually observes at the Foreign Research Institute, learning about scoliosis correction until he is proficient, and his surgical skills are essentially formed. But with just a single comment from Director Qin: "The young one lacks experience," Wen Zhong’s surgical privileges were revoked. This matter reached Director Han, who had to transfer Wen Zhong to the Foreign Research Institute for a period before making further plans.

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Exiting from the surgical center of the surgical building, Yang Ping headed to the Foreign Research Institute. Midway, he received a call from Dean Xia, and immediately diverted to rush to Dean Xia’s office.

Dean Xia produced a hospital reform proposal and asked Yang Ping for help to see if it was viable. Yang Ping frowned, as these administrative management issues were not his area of expertise. Dean Xia said, "This is a draft, just help take a look, offer some advice from a doctor’s perspective."

Yang Ping scanned it and roughly understood the reform proposal’s outline: Firstly, to empower the entire hospital staff assembly, enabling them to elect the president and vice-president by representative vote. Secondly, the president must come from within the medical staff and must have over fifteen years of clinical medical service with a high professional title, preventing those unqualified from managing experts. Thirdly, at the end of each year, every president must deliver an accountability report to all hospital staff and accept their inquiries and supervision. Staff have the power to remove a president deemed unqualified. Fourthly, every penny of the hospital’s finances must have a transparent allocation, subjected to the entire hospital’s staff oversight. Every staff member has the right and obligation to supervise. Fifthly, the directors of each department are elected by the votes of their respective department’s doctors and nurses, and then appointed by the president.

"This is just a draft. You don’t need to rush to offer suggestions. You can take your time to think about it, offer some advice from a physician’s perspective, and see how feasible it is. The higher-ups are quite supportive of me proposing a reform plan." Dean Xia seemed quite happy.

At this moment, Director Han also arrived. Now, Director Han is the vice president in charge of clinical work, with an office next door to Dean Xia. Initially, Director Han did not want to become a president, but Dean Xia insisted on bringing him up to manage clinical affairs as vice president because he was the most suitable for the job. Helplessly, he had no choice but to agree to serve as vice president in charge of clinical affairs, to contribute whatever he could to the hospital.