Surgery Godfather
Chapter 520 - 473: The Old Mother

Chapter 520: Chapter 473: The Old Mother

The invitation from Tokyo University Hospital has been sent to the medical affairs office of Sanbo Hospital.

Director Zhao, along with a young officer from the medical affairs office, holding the invitation, hurried to the comprehensive Surgery Department to get a signature confirmation from Yang Ping.

Normally, Director Zhao wouldn’t personally take care of such inter-hospital consultation invitations. A phone call and a notice for someone to sign in the office would usually suffice.

If it were a prestigious professor, he would also just have his subordinates take the invitation to the professor’s department for a signature.

But with Yang Ping’s case, it’s necessary for Director Zhao to make a personal appearance. He was even humming a song along his way to the department.

Seemingly, it’s not Yang Ping, but Director Zhao who was invited.

It really added prestige to his position as the Medical affairs director, Director Zhao thought to himself.

One of the world’s top ten hospitals, Tokyo University Hospital, has formally invited Dr. Yang Ping from Sanbo Hospital to consult and perform surgery in Japan.

This kind of thing is rare even nationwide.

"Xiao Luo! Is the Japanese translator at work?"

Director Zhao turns his head and asks the officer following him.

The officer shakes his head: "The international medical department hasn’t been set up yet, the translators we hired haven’t started work."

Director Zhao frowns: "Then how’s the follow-up communication going to work? We need someone who speaks Japanese to communicate with the Japanese, right?"

The officer happily replies: "No need for a translator, when their hospital called us, they spoke in Chinese. Their standard Mandarin is even better than yours."

Director Zhao immediately has a surprised look on his face, which freaks out the officer. He realizes instantly that he has said something wrong.

Director Zhao is a local. His Mandarin is anything but flattering. Once he starts speaking, he reveals his origins immediately.

"This is Tokyo University Hospital, right? Look carefully, isn’t there any fraud? Telecommunication fraud is rampant nowadays." Director Zhao has read the invitation several times, but he’s still not reassured.

The officer is more aware of the situation than Old Zhao, "This is Anning Group President Ning Qi’s younger brother. Look at the name, Ning Yu. I heard that President Ning personally invited Yang Ping. This invitation is just for formality."

"Ning Yu? Son of Ning Tianxiong?" Director Zhao asks.

Ning Tianxiong, who doesn’t know about him? Former Chairman of Anning Group, who passed on the baton to his daughter after his death.

Everyone expected that the group would stumble, if not spiral into chaos, under the leadership of this young, beautiful CEO.

But they were wrong. This young woman turned out to be a decisive and skilled leader. She initiated aggressive reforms and expansions in Anning Group, which became a real multinational corporation under her leadership.

"Given that he’s seeking treatment in Japan now, why does he still invite Dr. Yang from China to perform surgery? He’s going the long way around, making extra work for himself. Couldn’t he just come to our Sanbo Hospital directly?" Director Zhao is walking and talking fast.

The officer catches up quickly, "We don’t understand the mindset of rich people. Maybe they originally planned to have surgery in Japan. But when the Japanese doctors opened his skull and saw the complexity of the problem, they panicked and quickly sought help. Shouldn’t it be Dr. Takahashi, who studied for half a year under Yang Ping, who suggested inviting Yang Ping? Otherwise, who else knows how skilled Yang Ping is?"

"What kind of nonsense are you spouting? How could it be possible to send for someone while the patient is still on the operating table? Do you think we’re in the same city, that a phone call and a quick pedal to the metal could get a savior here immediately?" Director Zhao reprimands.

The officer mutters, "Even if they’ve opened up the skull, they could also close it and then let him rest in the ward, waiting for the rescue. We’ve done opening and closing procedures before, haven’t we? Why insist on waiting in the surgery room?"

"What were you muttering about?"

"I said, Director, you’re in such good shape that I can’t even keep up."

The two men hurried to Yang Ping’s office in a hurry.

Yang Ping was reviewing a daily report from the Guilin lab. The experiment is going well. A monkey with mild scoliosis has been corrected to normal and is now in maintenance phase.

There are also photos in the daily report, showing the doctors clustered around the monkey, making victorious gestures.

Yang Ping put down the photo and immediately greeted Director Zhao.

"Dr. Yang!"

Director Zhao’s way of addressing him has transitioned from Xiao Yang to Dr. Yang.

"Here’s the invitation for your surgery in Japan. Could you please sign to confirm?"

Director Zhao personally hands over the invitation.

Yang Ping quickly invited Director Zhao to sit down, "For this kind of thing, you could just give me a call and I would go to the medical affairs office. There’s no need to bother you to come here."

Director Zhao said solemnly: "I have to! You really bring honor to our hospital. To be invited to perform a surgery by such a top international hospital is probably rare even across the country."

"It’s just the younger brother of a friend, who fell ill in Japan, and couldn’t be transferred back here, so they invited me to go there and perform the surgery. It’s nothing much." After reading the consultation form, Yang Ping signed his name.

"Just let me know if you need the medical affairs office to do anything." Director Zhao collected the invitation.

"There isn’t much to be done, I was supposed to go there for a meeting anyway, so I might as well perform the surgery when I am there." Yang Ping replied casually.

"Have you arranged for the work of the whole team during your absence? You must pay attention to medical safety. The additional staff that I have chosen carefully for your department must be put to good use." Director Zhao never misses a chance to speak about his line of work.

Medical safety is the most frequently mentioned term by the director of medical affairs.

"Everything has been arranged. Director Han is personally in charge." Yang Ping invited Director Zhao for tea.

If it was only about attending a meeting, there was no need for all this fuss; Yang Ping going alone would have been enough.

However, during the meeting, there also has to be a surgery conducted. The difficulty of this surgery is too high, and to ensure success, the entire team must be taken there.

It’s not that Yang Ping is being showy; it’s just the norm when doctors perform operations off-site. For some complex surgeries with high difficulty and risk, such as heart transplants or coronary bypass surgeries, the chief surgeon will usually bring the entire team—assistants, nurses, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, etc.

These surgeries involve many steps, and any hiccup in any of these steps can lead to unthinkable consequences. If the surgical members do not regularly cooperate, it’s hard to ensure the success of the surgery.

For such types of doctors, if another hospital poaches them, it tends to be not just one person, but the whole team.

At present, the department has added one anesthesiologist and two nurses.

The new anesthesiologist, called Doctor Wang, is tall and thin. He got his doctorate from Nandu Medical University and it has only been three years since he started working at Sanbo Hospital. He is a man in his thirties, a resident physician, and is both reliable and stable.

Doctor Wang always has a smile on his face, is reticent, and works diligently.

Because of his serious and calm nature, Director Han took a liking to him and repeatedly asked Director Zhao for him.

Two additional nurses for the operating room were also requested by Director Han.

Originally, the team just had enough members to carry out a single surgery, with no surplus at all.

Every fundamental position must have a stand-in, so to avoid a situation where the staff is short-handed, it’s not efficient to always rely on temporarily transferring people. This can easily disrupt the work schedule and make management difficult.

Now with anesthesiologists and nurses, they can be divided into two teams, and arrangements for future surgeries will be much easier.

Yang Ping is also satisfied with the people that Director Han helped to bring in.

Having seen off Director Zhao, Yang Ping started to browse the messages in the group chat.

The team of experts traveling to Japan is coordinated by Su Nanchen, who is responsible for liaison work.

The so-called merit-based appointment system means that Professor Su appoints Su Nanchen as secretary. In terms of both knowledge and skill, Su Nanchen is top-notch, and his language skills are advantageous—he is very fluent in both English and Japanese.

This academic conference, seemingly solely for academic exchange, is actually an underhanded contest of academic lineup and ability. Almost all of the elites from both sides have been dispatched.

Xiehe, 301, Beijing’s Third Hospital, Jishuitan, Mo Sixth, Huaxi, and Nandu Affiliated Hospital One. Professors from the orthopedics departments of all these hospitals are included.

On the Japanese side, led mainly by the University of Tokyo’s Affiliated Hospital and the Sojo University Hospital, together with Kyoto University Hospital, Japan Medical University Hospital, Kyushu University Hospital, the National Institute for International Medical Research, St. Luke’s Hospital, and others, they formed an ultra-luxurious team.

The display of strength at this academic forum is to collect votes for the next election. The actual winner will gain recognition and support from representatives of other member countries in the Asia-Pacific Orthopaedic Association.

The party with the most support will be the next chairman of the association.

One side wants to carry on leading the Asia-Pacific Orthopedic Association and refuses to let go; the other side is eager to take its place. The struggle will undoubtedly be intense.

Yang Ping’s team plans to arrive in Tokyo separately. Yang Ping will be traveling with Professor Su’s group, while the other team members will arrive on another flight led by Boss Cheng.

Huang Jiacai will arrive in Japan early to meet up with Ning Qi and prepare for Yang Ping’s arrival.

Song Zimo also arrived in Japan early with Huang Jiacai. As Yang Ping’s assistant, he went to the University of Tokyo’s Affiliated Hospital in advance to visit Ning Yu, the patient, to prepare for the surgery.

Yang Ping’s team has clear tasks, coordinating seamlessly, having already formed a unique operating mechanism.

Clinically, they are centered around assistant Song Zimo. The logistics side is a combination of Huang Jiacai and Boss Cheng. Boss Cheng is mainly responsible for accompanying Yang Ping and taking care of his daily life, while Huang Jiacai is in charge of planning and provision of logistic support.

With a strong team backing, Yang Ping appears calm and composed.

He only needs to focus on performing the surgery well, without troubling himself over anything else – even carrying his bag is taken care of by Boss Cheng.

Speak of the devil; here he is.

Boss Cheng has arrived, full of vim and vigor. He has already checked into the Sanbo Hotel, ready to accompany Yang Ping on the journey at any moment.

"Jiacai has already arrived in Japan. As per your request, you and the professor’s group will be picked up by the Japanese, while the rest of us will be picked up by Jiacai. Song Zimo and Takahashi have already connected and are preparing to schedule a visit to Ning Yu’s ward. Xiao Su already handed me your suitcase at the Sanbo Hotel. Here is the list of your supplies, let me read it out to you—-." Boss Cheng is very reliable.

Yang Ping listened to him reading the list, to his surprise, there was a mention of "Lao Gan Ma" chili sauce.

"Going to Japan, I’m afraid you’re not accustomed to their food. So I prepared this chili sauce. If needed, add some as seasoning, it helps to stimulate the appetite."

"Can’t we easily get Lao Gan Ma in Japan?"

"I’m afraid it’s not authentic."

"Why are there dozens of bottles of Lao Gan Ma?" Yang Ping found it curious.

"It’s a whole box." Boss Cheng replied.

"They said there’s also some for Takahashi and Fujiwara Miyuki. Both of them specifically asked for this, nothing else." Boss Cheng then put away the list.