Chapter 1708: Chapter 1712: Who Has the Highest Net Worth?
It’s almost New Year, and patients at the hospital have gradually begun preparing for discharge.
No one wants to spend this holiday in the hospital.
The importance Chinese people place on the Spring Festival can even be seen as a belief.
However, only the emergency department can’t completely shut down.
In fact, a series of orderly on-call systems must be formulated.
The probability of emergencies during the Spring Festival is not small.
After all, when everyone is off work, being idle can stir up trouble, so... emergencies tend to increase.
However, most of them are external injuries and not very serious.
As long as the first and second on-call schedules are well organized, there shouldn’t be major problems.
These matters, Chen Cang still has to entrust to Director Li Baoshan, who has been in a completely different mental state since Chen Cang returned.
Every few days, he would invite Qin Xiaoyuan for a small drink.
Overall, his state is very good.
Wang Yong has now become a mainstay of the emergency department.
Chen Cang glanced at his level and found that, unconsciously, he had reached level 31!
Is he already at the level of a senior attending physician?
This truly shocked Chen Cang.
How could his advancement be so fast?
These past days, Chen Cang hasn’t had many surgeries, but whenever he had free time, he would go to the operating room to watch everyone perform surgeries!
At this sight, Chen Cang was dumbfounded!
Not only Wang Yong but even Director An Yanjun’s skills were soaring, and the Chen’s tendon suturing method was now masterfully executed in his hands!
Shi Na, as an orthopedic surgeon, surprisingly mastered the rare small incision appendectomy and minimally invasive small wound techniques.
As Chen Cang’s mentor, Chen Bingsheng’s growth was even more unexpected. He astonishingly discovered that Chen Bingsheng had figured out the digestive tract reconstruction technique!
After coming out of the operating room,
Chen Cang and two general surgeons from Xiehe looked at Chen Bingsheng with faces of surprise and some astonishment.
Because of the surgical skills Chen Bingsheng exhibited, the high degree of completion of gastroduodenal anastomosis after major gastric resection was astonishingly similar to Chen Cang’s theory on digestive tract reconstruction!
This surprised Chen Cang somewhat!
He hurriedly looked into Lao Chen’s file, and upon checking, he was shocked to find:
[Major Gastrectomy]: Master level!
[Pancreatoduodenectomy]: Master level!
[Bowel Resection]: Master level!
These three master-level gastrointestinal surgical skills left Chen Cang stunned.
Back then, Chen Cang clearly remembered that a year ago, major gastrectomy was just at an advanced level, and the others had just reached advanced too, how come...
They broke through to master level within a year?
Moreover, it seems as if they have truly inherited it from him.
If Chen Cang was simply shocked!
The top students who came to the Provincial Second Hospital for training from the capital were dumbfounded upon seeing this scene!
The two general surgeons from Xiehe, Doctor A and Doctor B, newcomers, did not dare to say much.
But inside, their emotions were tumultuous!
Seeing the crowd like this, Chen Bingsheng was also completely at ease.
To be honest...
Even he himself did not know why his progress speed suddenly increased. He felt... this should be the result of accumulated experience!
After the two Xiehe doctors came out, they looked at each other with serious expressions:
"I really didn’t expect... this Provincial Second Hospital really hides such talent!"
"Yeah, I thought we’d just learn a bit from Director Chen when we came, I didn’t expect... even the casual doctors are better than us!"
"You saw that major gastrectomy just now, I dare bet, our Director Zhuang Yueming wouldn’t be able to reach that level!"
"Yeah, it’s amazing, I really didn’t expect that even such a small emergency department at the Provincial Second Hospital would be so impressive!"
...
After hearing their conversation, Chen Cang also became a bit curious.
What on earth happened?
Coincidentally!
After Old Ma came in, he teamed up with Director An Yanjun to take charge of orthopedics and hand surgery.
However, when he saw Director An Yanjun skillfully perform tendon suturing, it left Old Ma at a loss.
He even felt amazed beyond belief.
Such tendon suturing, he only saw one person use it, Chen Cang!
But now, this was already the second person at the Provincial Second Hospital who could do it.
Even that simpleton Wang Qian could do it.
What kind of monsters were these?
Could it be...
The feng shui at Provincial Second Hospital is truly great?
Even Chen Cang was somewhat surprised as to why such things happened.
It wasn’t until Chen Cang inadvertently saw his departmental system that he suddenly understood!
Of course!
He had activated his departmental system when he became the director and could open it.
However, since he came back, he was extremely busy and had been coping tirelessly, not realizing that his departmental system had been activated for a month now.
At this point!
He finally understood why this group of people’s skill advancement speed was so quick.
It was entirely due to the support of the departmental system!
Upon opening it, Chen Cang found that the current department had changed!
[Emergency Department, Director: Chen Cang!]
[Clinical Score: 33 points.]
[Department Skills: Chen’s suturing method; small incision appendectomy, minimally invasive small wound under endoscopy, digestive tract reconstruction technique, Parkinson’s surgery, aortic dissection surgery, beating heart surgery.
Tip: Upon opening the department system, departmental personnel can increase their learning progress while studying related skills, and the greater the departmental contribution and higher the favorability, the faster the advancement speed!]
[Research: Score: 10 points.]
[Research projects: None!]
[Comprehensive score: 43 points, ranking: 308 nationwide, fifth in province!]
Seeing the departmental skills, Chen Cang’s eyes lit up with sudden clarity.
All the skills listed above were techniques mastered by Chen Cang, but many surgical skills Chen Cang possesses, like the recently acquired [spinal fusion connection] surgery, weren’t there!
What’s going on here?
[Ding! Tip, only surgical and skill practices that have undergone clinical research and achieved public results, or skills actively taught, can appear in the department skill column. As the department director, you have the privilege to remove skills, or encrypt them so only those with sufficient departmental contribution and favorability can learn them.]
Upon hearing the system prompt, Chen Cang was excited beyond words.
This... this meant he was to cultivate a private army!
Want to learn?
It’s simple, follow me (crossed out, rewritten)... join me!
Chen Cang understood.
This departmental system is clearly the [guild system] in online games.
Does it even have contribution points?
That’s very straightforward.
By completing surgeries, research tasks, publishing papers, and bringing honor to the department, you can earn contribution points.
Not bad!
Very good!
This way it prevents those who want to gain without effort.
A very humane design.
Moreover, Chen Cang can also actively hide skills.
Once hidden, they can’t be learned.
Looking at the guild system, Chen Cang felt like he could wait a year.
Now, Chen Cang finally understood why the skills of Chen Bingsheng, An Yanjun, and Wang Yong were improving much faster than others.
It was because their favorability was high!
Their departmental contribution was also high!
This way, naturally, the advancement speed was faster.
Thinking about this, Chen Cang was increasingly convinced that his dream of establishing a medical empire in Anyang within 10 years was entirely achievable!
[Ding! Main mission of the medical empire triggered!]
[Mission requirement: Within ten years, make Anyang a leading medical center, establish a comprehensive medical system, cultivate top medical talents, ranking requirement: China’s TOP1!]
Is the main mission finally appearing?
Chen Cang was quite happy.
After being away for a year, the main mission was discontinued while in the capital, but now it’s back.
[Ding! Side mission triggered, make the Provincial Second Hospital’s emergency department the top emergency department in the province, rewards: 1. A research skill (master level); 2. A golden surgical skill!]
Looking at the system mission, Chen Cang paused slightly, feeling this mission... was indeed not difficult!
The rewards could already be considered as a free giveaway.
After all, currently in Dongyang province, the Provincial Second Hospital is the largest.
If this can’t make me the best, Chen Cang felt he might as well go home and farm.
The New Year was just around the corner.
Chen Cang thought about it and decided to let Director Wang Xiangjun of the Emergency Department at Dongda First Hospital enjoy a couple more peaceful days.
Today, Chen Cang was more than surprised.
He never expected that the [Department System] would be so powerful.
...
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In the evening, it was An Yanjun’s night shift.
Old Ma had just come out of the operating room, following behind An Yanjun.
"Director An, can you teach me your tendon suturing technique?"
An Yanjun smiled: "Director Ma, you’re too modest. Let’s learn from each other."
To be honest, when An Yanjun encountered Old Ma, it was truly a clash of two very different personalities.
Director An was more steady, while Old Ma was a bit slippery.
They were in the same team and got along well enough.
Wang Qian, on the other hand, shared similar views with Old Ma; both were simple-minded, and they never ran out of things to say.
Old Ma said to An Yanjun: "Director An, I never expected that our Provincial Second Hospital would have hidden talents. Your tendon suturing, I think, is no less impressive than Professor Tang’s!"
"If you were in the capital, you’d at least be a department head!"
"I’m sincerely asking for guidance."
An Yanjun was flattered by Old Ma’s praises, saying: "Actually, this is just the Chen Method of Tendon Suturing. Now that our Tendon Recovery Center is set up, it’ll be easy to learn later. But... Director Ma, you have a good relationship with Chen Cang, why not ask him directly?"
Upon hearing this, a flicker of ambition flashed in Old Ma’s eyes: "I just can’t stand his smug attitude. If I seek him out to learn, wouldn’t I be giving him an edge for no reason?"
"Director An, you teach me. Once I surpass Chen Cang, I’ll treat you to drinks!"
An Yanjun’s face twitched as he seriously looked at Old Ma, wondering if something was wrong with this guy’s head.
Just when An Yanjun didn’t know how to respond.
Wang Qian suddenly said: "Director Ma, you’re mistaken. Director An is Chen Cang’s student. You... you’re not avoiding him. Instead, you’ve made yourself a grand disciple!"
Old Ma was stunned at first, feeling as if he had been rudely awakened from a dream.
"Young brother Wang Qian! What should I do?"
"How can I surpass Chen Cang?"
Wang Qian chuckled awkwardly: "Hehe, as long as you don’t know the tendon suturing technique, he’ll never be able to beat you in this field!"
"Think about it, if you’re not even in the profession, how’s he going to achieve a sense of accomplishment through you?"
This statement, like pouring hot water over his head, made Old Ma suddenly see the light.
Right!
He looked up, giving Wang Qian, a man as burly as himself, a serious look.
Suddenly feeling a sense of closeness!
Old Ma looked at Wang Qian, at his simple-minded smile, and proactively extended a fist for a fist bump with Wang Qian.
"Expert!"
"Humble!"
A friendship between two simpletons was thus formed.
Watching from the side, An Yanjun felt puzzled about the workings of their minds.
At that moment, Chang Lina happened to pass by and, upon hearing these astonishing statements, was stunned to the heavens, blurting out a "fool!"
Fortunately, no one heard, and he quickly walked away.
...
...
As the saying goes, once Little New Year is over, the full New Year is near!
In recent years, there haven’t been many people at the hospital.
But the emergency department has been bustling these past few days.
The temporary observation ward beds are all fully occupied.
In one room with eight beds, all of them are occupied.
Lately, there have indeed been quite a few people who got into fights after drinking, and occasionally, young men fighting over lovers.
This made Chen Cang lament that despite millions of years of evolution, humans haven’t changed this bad habit.
Early in the morning, as soon as Chen Cang arrived at the emergency, he heard a noisy commotion coming from the first-floor emergency hall.
Chen Cang was taken aback, looking at Chang Lina who worked the night shift, and asked: "What’s going on?"
Chang Lina sighed helplessly: "They’ve been noisy for more than an hour!"
"It’s the two young men who were admitted last night for fight-related injuries, fighting over a girlfriend. Maybe they sobered up this morning, and they’ve just been constantly bickering!"
Chen Cang frowned immediately, asking while putting on his white coat: "Aren’t there a lot of elderly people in the observation room?"
Chang Lina couldn’t help but laugh and cry: "Those elderly people already don’t sleep much. Unable to sleep, they’re actually finding the young men’s quarrel amusing..."
Chen Cang was momentarily stunned, then got up and headed toward the observation room.
Upon entering, he heard two young men bickering.
"Alright, stop telling me off. Last night, I lost my outfit worth 1900, you lost my shoes too, the coconut ones, and my phone broke, totaling 10,000. Pay up!"
The other snorted: "Hah, first get me back what you owe for my watch, a Tissot, over 20,000! You low-life..."
The guy retorted: "Hah, why are you bragging with a Tissot? My whole outfit..."
Chen Cang immediately frowned: "This is a hospital room; if you want to argue, take it outside!"
"What, do you want to fight again?"
"Look at the state you two are in now!"
Both had their arms in casts, legs heavily bandaged, and their exposed faces bore a carefree, unruly expression.
"Director Chen, it’s not... I didn’t start this, he tore my clothes. Surely he should compensate me! It was a Bosideng down jacket, cost me 1900! It was my New Year outfit!"
"What about my watch? Over 20,000!"
The elderly nearby had heard enough.
From morning till now, these two young men had been bickering, adding some unexpected amusement to the observation room.
The four or five elderly who came for observation were mostly okay, and listening to the bicker made them feel rejuvenated.
An old lady chuckled: "Young men, this is nothing. You’re lucky nothing went wrong, otherwise, the value of your bodies would increase by several folds!"
One sentence left both bewildered.
The old lady continued: "Your outfits are worth tens of thousands, do you know how much mine is worth?"
The lads looked at the old lady without much charm and couldn’t help but ask: "A thousand or so?"
The old lady couldn’t help but laugh: "A thousand or so? Young man... a thousand isn’t even a fraction!"
"For me, nothing less than eighty or a hundred thousand!"
The young man heard this and immediately responded with laughter: "Ma’am, you’re kidding! I don’t see any brands..."
A nearby old man said: "The lady isn’t joking. Her brand, it’s an international brand."
"Among us, every old lady and old man here, who isn’t worth tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds!"
"Good health surpasses everything!"
"Young folks, don’t fight anymore. Your bodies can’t take the beating."
The two young men were stunned.
"Sir, stop teasing us! Tens of thousands..."
The old man laughed: "Young man, you don’t believe it? Come, everyone, share how much your outfit is! I’ll start, both my joints are artificial, each costing 60,000!"
Another old man said: "Me, with the fractures, two steel plates, a few screws... cost me over 50,000! Worth it?"
"I have three stents in my heart, conservatively estimated over 100,000!"
"Just look at my teeth, they cost me over 30,000, and this heart pacemaker, imported, several tens of thousands more."
"I had a liver transplant the year before last, and this liver cost me over 300,000!"
...
Watching a few old ladies and gents chattering.
The two were suddenly bewildered!
This...what does this mean?
Chen Cang didn’t expect it; he was initially considering calling the police to handle it.
But, unexpectedly, the old men and ladies settled it with just a few words.
The young men really quieted down.
The old man couldn’t help but say: "Young man, what’s the point of fighting at your age, especially in today’s society?"
"If you really stabbed him and ruptured a liver, it’s not something three to two thousand can fix."
"You’re too young."
The old lady also said: "Indeed, think about it, if a girl really liked you, it’s been two days since the day before; has she come to see you?"
"So, stop living in a fantasy."
...
When the two young men heard this, they immediately blushed with embarrassment!
After fighting, they ended up with nothing, but instead incurred a hefty hospital bill.
Looking at each other’s pitiful beaten state.
With the old folks’ bitter wisdom ringing in their ears, they both suddenly sniffed and burst into tears.
Chen Cang was speechless for a moment!
Old folks really are something!
Old ladies, truly remarkable!
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