Surgery Godfather
Chapter 883 - 781: Lost to a Bottle of Lao Gan Ma

Chapter 883: Chapter 781: Lost to a Bottle of Lao Gan Ma

The experimental pig had no issues post-surgery, and the ethics approval was also granted; Yang Ping decided to arrange Teng Xinmei’s surgery.

However, Teng Xinmei had only paid ten thousand yuan. Li Guodong did not require her to pay the full hundred thousand before arranging the surgery. With only ten thousand paid, he helped her schedule the surgery and merely reminded Teng Shaokui verbally to promptly make up the hospitalization fees after the surgery.

Of course, such a situation is quite unlikely in a general hospital, because without medical insurance or third-party payment, there would be trouble for the attending doctor if the patient refused to pay after surgery.

As is customary, if the arrears cannot be recovered, they will surely be deducted from the department, taken out of the department’s bonus pool, with the department director and the attending doctor sharing the responsibility, and the attending doctor bearing most of the burden. Hence, the average doctor dares not proceed in this manner.

But Comprehensive Surgery Department at Sanbo Hospital is an exception. It is financially robust, so even if someone runs away, the doctors’ pay won’t be docked, giving Li Guodong the confidence and capital to do good deeds.

Teng Shaokui is an honest man, extremely grateful that the hospital would arrange the surgery despite the insufficient funds, and he never considered absconding without paying after the surgery. Therefore, he still tried every means to raise funds, and the twenty thousand from his relatives had already been received.

Teng Shaokui is a decent person ordinarily, so these relatives, despite not having much money, still lent twenty thousand.

There had been no word from Boss Li since the day he drank, and Teng Shaokui did not plan to ask, to avoid embarrassing others.

The surgery for Teng Xinmei started as scheduled, and Director Xin remained at Sanbo Hospital just for this surgery; he was a bit excited.

It wasn’t that the surgery was particularly difficult to perform; if he were to do it now, he could. But this surgery was brand new, and it’s no exaggeration to say that the new technique offered a new option for patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, and it was the best option at that.

The previous options were either radiofrequency ablation or alcohol ablation, or open heart surgery — even with thoracoscopic surgery, it still meant entering the thoracic cavity with an endoscope; once inside, the heart would still be accessed through the aorta.

Compared with these methods, the myocardial rotary cutting technique is the most advanced.

With the foundation of ten animal experiments, Director Xin was not so worried about Teng Xinmei’s surgery. With this type of surgery, as long as there were no mistakes in resection—neither cutting too thin nor causing perforation, and no debris forming an embolism—the safety of the surgery was guaranteed.

In addition to Director Xin, Professor Cao, Director Xiang of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, and several doctors from Nandu Affiliated Hospital One also came to observe and learn on the day of the surgery.

The surgery was exactly the same as the animal experiments: after making a 5-centimeter incision on the left chest, the equipment entered the thoracic cavity through this incision, penetrated the heart at the apex, and then performed the rotary cutting.

Under surface ultrasound monitoring, about 20 grams of hypertrophied myocardial tissue were cut out, and then the surgery was concluded.

Immediately postoperative, the left ventricular outflow tract obstruction was completely relieved, with the pressure gradient reduced to 18mmHg. The left ventricle, after the resection of the hypertrophied myocardium, had its space greatly expanded, resolving compliance issues very well. The left ventricle could accommodate more blood during diastole and then forcefully eject it into the aorta, restoring the ejection fraction to normal.

Two hours after the surgery, Teng Xinmei had her tracheal intubation removed and was walking normally on the second day postoperative.

This kind of minimally invasive surgery had a much faster recovery than traditional surgeries; she was expected to be discharged in about a week, and could engage in appropriate exercise after leaving the hospital.

The new technology caused less trauma, had better effects, faster recovery, and higher safety. If it were a conventional surgery, normal walking wouldn’t be possible before two weeks, let alone participating in physical activities, and the surgical outcomes wouldn’t be as good either.

Director Xin, unexpectedly called to observe this time, learned this new technology by chance. Carrying a set of rotary cutters, he left Sanbo Hospital contentedly and made a call to his subordinates at the airport, instructing them to wait on preparing patients for surgery until he returned. He wanted to use the new technology.

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Teng Shaokui had already decided to take out a loan to pay the hospitalization fees when Boss Li called to say he had transferred the money.

About half an hour later, Teng Shaokui received a hundred thousand yuan from Boss Li, the full amount.

On the phone, the other party said, "Get the child’s surgery done quickly. I found some buyers yesterday, and it wasn’t until today that I sealed the deal and received the money. Let me know when the surgery is done. I’ll come to see the girl when I have time. I’m also moving, rather busy, so I won’t chat with you anymore."

Before Teng Shaokui could even express his thanks, the caller had hung up.

Seeing the message about the money received on his phone, Teng Shaokui calmed his emotions for a long time; a hundred thousand yuan was no small amount. He had only helped Boss Li once when he was in trouble, and had not expected him to remember it.

With the hundred thousand yuan, Teng Shaokui went to pay Xinmei’s hospitalization fees and found that the total bill was about sixty thousand. So, he paid fifty thousand and temporarily kept the remaining fifty thousand in the card. If the actual discharge cost was around sixty thousand, he would transfer the remaining fifty thousand back to Boss Li.

With this matter finally settled and his daughter not being delayed, Teng Shaokui was overjoyed.

He planned that once Xinmei was discharged, he would help Boss Li with the move, using his own salary to repay the debt.

Teng Shaokui walked with Xinmei in the hospital’s garden.

"Dad, did you borrow that much money from Boss Li?"

Teng Shaokui patted his chest, "I told you dad has a way, you don’t have to worry about anything. Boss Li lent your dad a hundred thousand, and I promised him that once you’re discharged, I’ll go work in the provincial city, help people move."

Xinmei knew that moving was also hard labor, and feeling somewhat distressed, she said, "Dad, I will work hard, I will definitely get admitted to a university in the provincial city. By then, I’ll buy a house there for you to live in."

Teng Shaokui said happily, "That’s the spirit! Study hard and don’t let your mind wander. As long as you put all your energy into studying, you’ll certainly get into university. I reckon I’ll be working in the provincial city for a good few years, waiting for you to join me. By then, dad will take you to school and help you move."

Xinmei nodded, though there was a touch of sadness in her eyes, because her mother hadn’t called at all during her hospital stay.

A father knows his daughter best. Teng Shaokui knew what was on his daughter’s mind and said, "Your mom has also called a few times to ask about you. When she heard I hadn’t been able to borrow the money, she said she was going to mortgage our house to take out a loan. So don’t be upset with your mom; she cares about you a lot."

Xinmei hung her head in silence before saying, "Dad, don’t worry, how could I possibly blame mom?"

Filled with aspirations for the future, Teng Shaokui decided to move properly in the provincial city and earn a good income: "In a few days when you’re discharged, I’ll send you back, finish the farm work and then immediately come to the provincial city. When you’re at home by yourself, take care of your little brother. Boss Li is short on staff right now and needs a strong man like me."

Xinmei agreed, "I know, dad. I’m not short of breath anymore, I can help mom with the work now."

"Take it easy, don’t do any heavy labor. Every year during the busy farming season, dad will come back. Once I start working in the provincial city, we won’t plant as many fields, so there won’t be as much to do."

The father and daughter chatted happily in the garden.

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The bomb-like impact of the 13 papers not only failed to subside but continued to produce ever-stronger shockwaves.

Online and offline alike, heated discussions were incessant. Yang Ping remained firmly at the top of the academic hot search rankings, both domestically and abroad.

[Professor mighty!]

[Professor mighty!]

[Professor mighty!]

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In the WeChat group, everyone typed a string of "Professor mighty!"

[13 papers, and several are published in the same issue. I truly suspect that the CNS editor-in-chief is the professor’s distant cousin.]

[How did the professor manage it?]

[This side has sparked intense reflection, reviewing the entire educational system, wondering why the professor is not from the United States but from China?]

[In any case, it’s very chaotic right now, and there are also people suggesting that there’s definitely some conspiracy. ’Cell’ and ’Science’ have already been investigated by some radical academic groups, suspecting that the editors might have accepted bribes from the professor, claiming the need to maintain academic freedom, and that they must investigate thoroughly.]

[Ignore those brainless fellows; our legal team is ready to fight back.]

[Didn’t those academic groups issue a statement yesterday, withdrawing their inquiry against ’Cell’ and ’Science’?]

[They were so assertive yesterday, so why rescind the accusations?]

[Because Manstein wrote an article specifically about this matter, stating the professor’s papers have such a high level of scientific content that those who haven’t received graduate education or have been through a pseudo-graduate education would find it difficult to understand, leading to misinterpretation. If anyone indeed misunderstands the papers, he’s willing to personally visit the United States to clarify any doubts, and he specifically named the core members of that academic group, praising their enthusiasm. To uphold academic freedom, Manstein decided to join the battle in the United States alongside these groups.]

[Of course, no one wants to be thought of as uneducated, so these radical academic leaders claim that, to maintain academic freedom, they are withdrawing the allegations.]

[Talk about two-faced—all talk and no action.]

[Sigh, there’s a lot of online reflection happening over here, not just limited to the education field, but the nutrition field is also engaging in serious reflection.]

[Nutrition field? What does the professor’s paper have to do with nutrition?]

[Yes, nutritionists are reflecting on dietary structure, suggesting that the United States’ homogeneous diet, as opposed to China’s rich variety of foods, might be detrimental to the brain over time, hindering the emergence of top talent like the professor.]

[A well-known nutrition expert recently published an article claiming to have cracked the code behind Chinese people’s high IQs. She discovered that Chinese households hide a mysterious and unique food—’Lao Gan Ma.’ Through research, she found that this spicy food increases cerebral blood flow and enhances neural activity, which is why Chinese may have a higher IQ than Americans and produce talents like the professor. In the end, her conclusion—they lost to a bottle of ’Lao Gan Ma.’]