My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1219 - 481: Gaining a Wave of Orthopedic Experience Points, Level 6 Incision Skill_2

Vice Director Hee is well aware that his own surgical expertise has its boundaries, and handling this challenging operation hinges entirely on Zhou Can for any hope of pulling it off. Therefore, following a consultation with Zhou Can and Director Xue Yan, they set the procedure for this evening.

What's especially noteworthy is that during the previous incident when the Third Hospital snatched away numerous essential doctors and nurses from Tuya's Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Vice Director Hee remained unmoved.

This caught both Zhou Can and Director Xue Yan off guard.

It's widely understood that Vice Director Hee has long been a meticulous and self-centered individual. Although he yielded to Director Xue Yan and ceased competing for the department head role, he continues to act in a self-serving manner in his routine duties.

By typical reasoning, someone like him would be relatively straightforward to entice away.

However, the Third Hospital failed to draw him in.

Once Zhou Can learned that multiple physicians from the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department submitted their resignations one after another the next day, Vice Director Hee's mood turned exceptionally volatile and furious, leading him to shatter a few mugs in his office.

The precise reason for his rage remains a mystery to everyone.

Perhaps the mass departure of so many specialists from the Thoracic Surgery Department ramped up his workload considerably. Or maybe it was the sudden exit of a bunch of crucial staff, including some he had mentored himself, that ignited his wrath.

Yet, there's an alternative account circulating.

Word is that the Third Hospital dangled a post-tax salary of 700,000 annually to lure a deputy chief physician working under him, with Vice Director Zhang from the Third Hospital handling the recruitment personally.

For Vice Director Hee himself, the offer stood at just 600,000, with no clarification on tax status. Furthermore, the one making the pitch was only a departmental official from the Third Hospital.

The package was clearly inferior to what his subordinate received.

Doesn't that amount to a direct insult to Vice Director Hee's dignity?

It's likely that this second story holds more water. Otherwise, considering Vice Director Hee's nature, he would have jumped ship without hesitation.

Naturally, absent any direct verification, the truth stays elusive.

For Tuya Hospital, regardless of the actual cause, since that wave of key medical and nursing personnel got poached from the department, Vice Director Hee has been putting in extra effort; that's an indisputable reality. The institution and the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department alike have reaped the rewards.

"Dr. Zhou, regarding this patient's mediastinal lymph node dissection and right lung lobe resection, I'm afraid you'll have to take the helm as the primary surgeon."

As the second patient entered the operating theater, Vice Director Hee promptly showed up.

Director Xue Yan was heading a team for a separate heart operation. Her skills in the OR have grown impressively robust these days, so having Zhou Can on hand as support is more than enough.

To her, Zhou Can's involvement in surgeries typically amounts to tying up loose ends.

In critical moments, Zhou Can steps in rapidly to avert disaster.

Put simply, Zhou Can now fills the position that Director Hu once occupied.

"No issue at all, just oversee the procedure from beside me. It's high time us youngsters stepped up more."

Despite the fact that Zhou Can enjoys a solid rapport with Vice Director Hee nowadays.

A lesser figure remains just that.

He refuses to alter his perception of Vice Director Hee due to the man's amiable demeanor or calculated overtures of goodwill. In their exchanges, he consistently stays deferential and guarded in Vice Director Hee's presence.

He also aims to speak sparingly and act proactively, steering clear of anything that might irk Vice Director Hee.

Humans, shaped by their upbringing, develop varied temperaments.

A department might consist of merely dozens, or up to a couple hundred folks, or even beyond.

You can't realistically demand that all members be upright and benevolent.

Every type is present.

The vital part lies in figuring out how to rally these individuals, harness their collective energy, and jointly handle the department's patient care responsibilities. That's the foresight, stature, and leadership prowess a superior ought to demonstrate.

In the last year, Zhou Can has seen tremendous growth in his administrative talents.

This also builds the groundwork for him to eventually guide bigger surgical squads and possibly climb to department head, or even vice president, president down the line.

The operation kicked off without delay.

Once the patient's chest was exposed, the reality inside proved graver than the imaging suggested.

Certain tiny tumors evade detection by even the cutting-edge equipment. Detection demands direct visualization after incising the chest or belly.

"The extent of his cancer cell spread and invasion is much more advanced than we anticipated!"

Zhou Can examined the patient's right lung, adjacent structures, and mediastinal lymph nodes; drawing from his know-how, this pointed to profound cancerous infiltration.

Surgeons experienced in tumor removals recognize that cancerous growths frequently display odd forms and off-putting hues. Non-cancerous ones, by contrast, feature distinct margins and uniform contours.

Similar to how toxic fungi boast eye-catching shades for quick identification.

That said, certain deadly fungi appear unassuming and pristine yet pack poison.

Likewise, a few malignant tumors can mimic harmless ones visually, complicating on-the-spot assessments.

Hence, physicians avoid relying on gut feelings to classify excised masses and instead rush them for lab analysis.

Intra-op checks are common practice.

This usually involves pre-op setup with the pathology team, followed by expedited tissue submission during the procedure for prompt feedback. Benign findings allow standard excision.

For malignant results, wider cuts are needed, potentially with added exploration or node sweeps.

"I could use a magnifying glass here."

At those words, the circulating nurse hurriedly fetched one for him.

"There you go, ready to proceed?"

The circulating nurse addressed him with notable warmth.