Overpowered Resident Doctor

Chapter 767: Chapter 766: A Hurdle

Another Monday came around, and Yan Feifan was back to his regular work schedule.

From nine in the morning until one in the afternoon, Yan Feifan served as a surgical assistant, helping Dr. Zhang Shi’an from the cardiology department complete a complex heart bypass surgery.

After finishing the surgery, Yan Feifan found several voice messages on his phone from Tian Yu.

The little girl, her voice full of smug satisfaction, told him that her geography teacher had the homeroom teacher apologize to her in front of the entire class.

Yan Feifan’s analysis and speculation were correct.

The geography teacher really did have something wrong with his brain. The test results from today revealed a parasite in his head.

The cause of the illness was somewhat unexpected for Yan Feifan.

He had originally thought it was damage to the brain’s speech control center caused by a cerebral infarction or a tumor.

Comparatively speaking, brain damage caused by a parasite was a slightly better outcome.

If they were lucky, he could be treated with medication and wouldn’t need surgery to remove the parasite from his brain.

Around three in the afternoon, Yan Feifan arrived at the office of the head of the cardiology department for a small work meeting convened by Mr. Liang.

The attendees were Yan Feifan and the five top surgeons of the cardiology department.

“This is tomorrow’s issue of the Bin University Journal of Medicine…”

Liang Zhao Kui tossed the journals, which were as thick as two normal monthly issues, one by one to Yan Feifan, Gu Lin, Deng Chunming, and the others.

Yan Feifan took the journal, which still smelled of ink, and saw on its cover a photo of himself in a white coat, a stethoscope around his neck, gazing up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

“Tsk tsk, Yan, this pose of yours is really a bit stiff. It smacks of showing off your good looks.”

Gu Lin looked at the cover, shaking his head as he commented.

“They should have gotten a candid shot of you rushing to the operating room, or coming out of one. That would show the real you.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a light scoff from Deng Chunming.

“Mr. Gu, I think you’re just jealous, aren’t you?”

“You can find fault with this too?”

“I guess that makes sense. At your age, not only have you never graced a cover, but you’re also ugly.”

“Unlike Yan, who’s not only a genius but also dashing…”

Seeing that these two were about to start bickering again, Liang Zhao Kui quickly put on his authoritative air as the department head.

“You two, knock it off. We’re discussing business here.”

Seeing that Gu Lin, who was about to retort, respectfully held his tongue, Liang Zhao Kui continued, “Once this journal is published tomorrow, we can expect a lot of chatter.”

“We have three solid, successful surgeries under our belt, so we can stand tall and fear no one’s doubts.”

“I expect that starting tomorrow, each of us will be receiving calls or emails, either congratulatory or inquisitive.”

“My idea is, why don’t we take this opportunity to set a date for the surgical observation seminar and announce it publicly?”

Gu Lin nodded lightly. “I agree. It’ll save us the trouble of notifying everyone one by one.”

He then said excitedly, “This is a rare moment in the spotlight for our cardiology department this year.”

“With this dual-surgeon technique, do you think we can boost our department’s national ranking into the top five?”

Deng Chunming shot him a look and said discouragingly, “We’d be lucky to maintain our current position. We haven’t made many achievements in other areas this year.”

Gu Lin retorted, “This is different. Yan’s new surgical method is a major breakthrough. One of these is worth ten of anything else.”

Liang Zhao Kui cut in again, “Let’s not get into department rankings and all that.”

“It seems no one has any objections to holding the observation seminar.”

“Next, let’s discuss a specific date!”

Hearing this, Yan Feifan saw the five top surgeons all turn their gazes toward him.

He quickly stated his position, “My only request regarding the date is that you don’t choose the weekend I’m going to Jingcheng for a freelance surgery.”

Gu Lin suggested, “Mr. Liang, why don’t you propose a date, and we’ll see if it conflicts with our schedules.”

Liang Zhao Kui said thoughtfully, “We need to give them time to digest and study this. Too soon won’t work.”

“But if it’s too late, it’ll be the end of the year, and there will be all sorts of events and social obligations.”

“How about this: we’ll set it for about six weeks from now, on that Friday and Saturday in late November?”

After a brief discussion, they all agreed on the date.

Seeing things go smoothly, Liang Zhao Kui said, full of spirit, “Alright, from now on, the entire department needs to prepare for this grand event.”

“It’s been a few years since we’ve hosted such a lively and grand national academic event.”

“I hope we can use this as an opportunity to boost the department’s morale…”

Zhang Shi’an interrupted with a smile, “Mr. Liang, I think you’re thinking too small. This isn’t just a national academic event, it’s a global one.”

“A few days ago, I was talking about this surgical method with a friend from the French Kosh Hospital—he’s also a cardiac surgeon.”

“He expressed that he’s very, very interested.”

Deng Chunming also spoke up, “A cardiac surgeon I met during my visit to the New York Presbyterian Hospital in the United States also expressed great interest in learning more.”

This made Liang Zhao Kui even happier.

He said excitedly, “In that case, let’s send out a wide invitation and host a higher-profile, larger-scale international surgical observation seminar.”

“We’re not afraid of too many people showing up…”

As the meeting was ending, Gu Lin suddenly stopped Yan Feifan and said with a serious expression, “Yan, according to our previous agreement, you’re supposed to submit a surgical observation report for every surgery you attend with us.”

“It’s been two or three weeks. Where’s the post-operative observation report for the ventricular septal defect repair surgery?”

Yan Feifan gave a sheepish laugh and said in a placating tone, “Mr. Gu, it’s not that I don’t want to write it, there’s really nothing to write about.”

“Mr. Gu, your performance in that surgery was practically perfect. All I could do was focus on learning and absorbing. I really don’t have any suggestions.”

A faint smile appeared on Gu Lin’s face, but then his expression tightened, and he said discontentedly, “Yan, don’t think you can get off the hook by flattering me.”

“Was Mr. Liang’s performance in that heart transplant not good enough?”

“And yet you still came up with the dual-surgeon technique…”

Just then, Dr. Ni Leixing, who was still in the head’s office, interrupted, “Dr. Gu, don’t give Yan a hard time.”

“We all understand that an idea like the dual-surgeon technique is a matter of serendipity. It requires specific conditions to spark inspiration; it’s not something you can just conjure up on demand.”

Gu Lin said in a low voice, “Mr. Ni, I think with a guy like Yan, if you just put enough pressure on him, he’ll always manage to spit something out for us…”

These words made Liang Zhao Kui unable to sit still.

“Feifan, you can go. Go take care of your own things.”

Liang Zhao Kui first sent Yan Feifan away, then called back Deng Chunming and Zhang Shi’an, who were leaving his office, gathering the five top surgeons once again.

Liang Zhao Kui said with an exceptionally serious expression, “Dr. Gu, Mr. Deng, Dr. Ni, Dr. Zhang, I’m going to give you the bottom line on Feifan’s physical condition…”

“Feifan’s current physical condition is not very optimistic.”

“That Mr. Yu from the Yu Family says that Feifan is currently in a critical recovery period. If he recovers well, it’s as if he’ll have overcome this hurdle.”

“If he doesn’t recover well, his future will be uncertain.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.

Gu Lin, looking even more anxious, said, “If it’s that critical, then why are you still letting him run around working?”

“He should be at home resting properly!”

Liang Zhao Kui sighed lightly and said, “Mr. Yu from the Yu Family said that Feifan’s situation is a bit strange, mainly regarding his mental state.”

“Letting him do what he loves is actually more beneficial for his physical recovery.”

Pausing for a moment, Liang Zhao Kui continued, “But you don’t need to worry too much. Mr. Yu says he’s quite confident he can get Feifan to make a full recovery.”

“However, during this time, we shouldn’t add any extra work or pressure on Feifan.”

As he spoke, Liang Zhao Kui gave Gu Lin a pointed look…

After leaving the cardiology department, Yan Feifan headed straight for neurosurgery.

This evening, he had to perform tests to find the optimal infrasonic resonance stimulation frequency for the deeply comatose patients Number Two and Number Five.

Whether the costly and troublesome trip to Jingcheng Bai Ning Hospital was worth it would all come down to this test.