Surgery Godfather
Chapter 524 - 476: Are You Satisfied with My Explanation?

Chapter 524: Chapter 476: Are You Satisfied with My Explanation?

Tokyo University Hospital has a history of over a hundred and sixty years.

Together with Shun Tian Tang Hospital, it represents the highest medical standards of Japan and is also one of the top ten hospitals in the world.

It’s not about whether or not you can make an appointment to visit this hospital, but rather that you must have a referral letter to see a doctor here.

Most of their doctors are graduates of the Medical Department of Tokyo University, the clinical majors of which are said to be the toughest in all of Japan.

Only the top students among top students have the chance to enter the clinical major of Tokyo University’s Medical Department.

Hence the saying - Only aliens can get in.

It is obvious that these doctors are the elite among the elite doctors in Japan.

The last preoperative case discussion of Ning Yu will start at half past seven on Saturday and end at eight forty.

Because at nine, the Asia-Pacific Orthopedics Association Academic Forum will commence.

For this case discussion, aside from participants from the Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, Central Surgery Department, and other related departments, the Administrative Department and High-risk New Medical Evaluation Department will also participate.

This is a high-risk surgery, and even with the signature of Fujiwara Masao and the nod of Ikeda, all departments are very cautious.

The surgery is too risky, and the invited doctor from outside the hospital is too inexperienced and not well-known.

The hospital agreed to this invitation entirely because of Fujiwara Masao’s endorsement.

Komori Daisuke from Neurosurgery has repeatedly questioned the hospital’s upper management. Ning Yu’s tumor involves the cervical spinal cord and medulla oblongata. The main surgery needs to be conducted by neurosurgery. The task of the orthopedic department is to help open the bone window, as well as to reconstruct the stability of the cranial base and the spine. Now, Fujiwara Masao is taking the lead, replacing neurosurgery with an invited doctor from outside the hospital, and this matter has not been agreed by him.

Professor Ikeda gave the reason that the legal team entrusted by Ning Yu’s family had formally notified the hospital, proposing to invite Dr. Yang Ping from Sanybo Hospital in China to perform the surgery.

As a key member of Ning Yu’s treatment team, Fujiwara Masao has personal connections with Sanybo Hospital in China. It is appropriate and concords with the current procedures of Tokyo University Hospital to invite him to do the operation.

Not only Professor Komori Daisuke, the entire Neurosurgery Department and a part of the Orthopedic Department were strongly opposed to inviting a doctor from outside the hospital.

Apart from academic exchanges with top international experts, inviting an external doctor to perform a surgery should be something from many years ago. That time, they invited Amano Atsushi from Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Dr. Amano, a Japanese citizen famed for his coronary bypass surgery, was invited to perform surgery at Tokyo University Hospital.

At that time, because he was not a graduate of the Medical Department of Tokyo University, and the hospital he was working for was not outstanding and could not be compared with Tokyo University Hospital, he was questioned and opposed by the entire Tokyo University Hospital.

It also led to a stir, and many people thought it was a shame.

If we follow this logic, inviting Yang Ping to perform the surgery now would make them feel extremely humiliated.

Has Tokyo University Hospital fallen to this point?

The angry shouts of the doctors sounded like a storm.

The young members of Tokyo University Hospital, Sasaki from Orthopedics, and Mitsui from Neurosurgery, these are all representative figures. If it weren’t for the strict hospitals system, they would refuse to follow any medical opinions from air-dropped teams.

If it weren’t for Professor Ikeda’s presence, they would have already bullied the hospital into canceling the invitation.

Professor Ikeda is a towering figure of Tokyo University Hospital, Fujiwara Masao is his protege, and Komori Daisuke can be considered his half-student.

For tumors of the spine, it used to be a cross-field between spinal orthopedics and neurosurgery.

Neurosurgeons are good at surgically removing tumors located on the spinal cord. They are clueless about the approach to accessing the spinal cord and medulla oblongata through bone tissue opening, and even more so about how to reestablish spinal and cranial base bone stability.

As a branch of orthopedics, spinal surgeons are skilled at opening the spine and reconstructing it, and deftly restabilize the cranial base and the spine. But when it comes to tumor removal from the spinal cord, they seem to be inferior to neurosurgeons.

So, the spinal orthopedic surgeons began to learn how to completely remove tumors from the spinal cord, and neurosurgeons learned how to reach the tumors through the bone tissue opening, and how to restabilize the cranial base and spine after the tumor removal.

That way, in the case of tumors crossing the upper spinal cord and the medulla oblongate, the two specialties are bound together.

Song Zimo, assistant to Yang Ping, made everyone from the neurosurgery and spinal orthopedics departments on edge on his first day at Tokyo University Hospital.

As a genius, Song Zimo, having followed Yang Ping for such a long time, whether theoretically or surgically, has been instructed by Yang Ping himself.

He is not afraid of these arrogant Japanese "beloved sons of heaven" at all.

On Friday night, while Yang Ping was still eating dinner in the suburbs.

In the office of the neurosurgeon, Song Zimo and the Japanese doctors gathered together to discuss the preparations for the surgery.

"To prevent a malfunction in the laser knife, prepare more super sharp blades, we need twenty. The operation requires precision, and the blade’s sharpness must be maintained at all times," ordered Song Zimo.

"Is that necessary?", head doctor, Sakurai Hirokazu, asked as he paused in his note-taking.

"I am not here to discuss it with you, I am giving you a command, do you understand?" Song Zimo said, his voice deep and magnetic.

"He is just trying to understand the reasons for better compliance with your orders. The quality of Japanese blades is outstanding, with excellent sharpness and durability, five should suffice. These super sharp blades are highly valuable, preparing too many is a waste," another doctor came to Sakurai’s defense.

In fact, Sakurai’s misgivings about the number of blades were due to his inner resistance.

Song Zimo turned and glanced at the doctor who had spoken up. He, like the other doctors nearby, had a fleetingly disdainful and disdainful look on his his face."

"I will reiterate once more, to save time, you only need to faithfully execute every one of my commands. I am only responsible for the patients and my superiors, I am not obligated to answer to you, do you understand?" he continued.

His fluent Japanese, undeniable tone, coupled with his tall and handsome stature and white coat, gave Song Zimo an authoritative presence among these so-called "proud sons of heaven".

"I don’t want Tokyo University Hospital, with its long-standing reputation, to disappoint my superiors. They will arrive early tomorrow morning to participate in a case discussion. Professor Takahashi should have informed you already. Pull yourselves together, and pay attention."

"If you can’t do it, tell me. If you can, then demonstrate your efficiency."

"Also, if it’s not too much trouble, get me a larger white coat."

Finding a proper white coat for his towering one meter eighty five frame, fit enough to be a fitness trainer, was indeed quite a challenge.

Song Zimo stood up.

Head doctor Sakurai Hirokazu kept jotting on his notebook. He loosened his tie, sweat beading on his forehead.

Mitsui and Sasaki, who had been silent throughout the discussion, watched Sakurai, who felt wronged.

"Hold on a minute, we’ll talk about it during the case discussion," Mitsui reassured him and gently touched his shoulder.

This team was invited by Teacher Fujihara. They’ve gone through the hospital’s legal procedures. Everyone must obey their commands, as per the hierarchy among doctors.

Defying orders from a superior doctor is not appropriate behavior for a doctor.

"Mr. Song, please forgive Sakurai, we will follow your medical orders faithfully to ensure the success of the surgery."

Mitsui bowed.

Yang Ping softened his tone: "The case discussion will begin tomorrow morning. Dr. Yang will be there promptly at seven thirty. I hope everyone can be as punctual. We should unite and strive for the success of the surgery. I don’t want anyone to apologize afterwards, it’s futile! If bowing could solve problems, why would we go through all this trouble for the surgery? No amount of bowing can bring a dead patient back to life!"

"Understood!"

Mitsui bowed again, while Sasaki suppressed his discontent.

He is just an assistant, yet he’s managing to suppress these doctors.

The case discussion tomorrow needs to be intense.

"Mr. Song, they just want a reasonable explanation as to why you asked for so many blades. This is Japan, things are a bit different here than in China," Sasaki said calmly, but pointedly.

The undertone was very clear: don’t bring your Chinese thinking here, our blades are of very good quality.

"Do you really want to know the reason? I can tell you. The Kobe Steel incident has made it difficult for me to trust the performance of blades during surgery, are you satisfied with my explanation?"

Song Zimo didn’t mince his words. He had to squash the discontent among these people and create a good atmosphere for the arrival of Yang Ping.

All the Japanese doctors immediately lowered their heads. Their faces turned red with shame. They had never been so humiliated before, but they were at a loss for a rebuttal.

In front of this Chinese doctor, who was just an assistant, they felt an intimidating aura, and he seemed to fear nothing.

"I am going back to rest, you all should rest early too," Song Zimo called the others.

Xu Zhiliang, Zhang Lin, Little Five, Liang Fatty, and others.

They had to arrive a bit earlier than Yang Ping, and they were familiarizing themselves with the environment and equipment in the operating room.