Chapter 281 - 186: A 21-Year-Old Attending Physician?

Chapter 281: Chapter 186: A 21-Year-Old Attending Physician?

"That patient... was my daughter."

Zhang Sui took a deep breath.

"Faced with a choice between rules and a life, I chose life. I personally signed the consent form for a surgery that bypassed protocol. I must thank Dr. Jiang He of the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department. It was he—with his solid clinical fundamentals, forward-thinking judgment, and the courage to take risks—who pulled my daughter back from the brink of death."

Zhang Sui stood up, and in front of all the hospital’s key personnel, he turned toward Jiang He and gave a deep bow.

"This ’thank you’ comes from me as a father. As a vice dean, I must critique my past management philosophy. Medicine is a science, but more importantly, it’s about people. Rules are rigid, but people are not. I will conduct a thorough self-reflection, continue to learn, and strive to improve..."

After a brief, dead silence from the audience, Liu Jianbang from the Department of Critical Care Medicine led the applause.

He was followed by Zhao Yumin of the Emergency Department, Lin Peidong of the Anesthesiology Department...

Thunderous applause quickly swept through the entire conference room.

Everyone approved of Zhang Sui’s actions.

And of course, they were full of admiration for Jiang He.

’To make King Zhang the Great publicly self-reflect at a hospital-wide meeting... this kid is a fucking badass...’

Zhang Sui pressed his hands down, signaling for the applause to stop.

"Second, during the rescue, Dr. Jiang used a set of SAP early multi-biomarker prediction models that he developed himself. It has been confirmed that this model has extremely high early-warning value in a clinical setting."

"The hospital has already approved special funding to purchase ten laptops. These ten computers will be used as dedicated auxiliary diagnostic devices and distributed to the Emergency Department, Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Surgery, and the ICU to fully implement a pilot program for Jiang He’s SAP prediction model."

"I expect all departments to cooperate actively. When encountering patients with acute abdominal conditions, please enter the data into the model for an auxiliary assessment."

That’s some serious prestige...

Maxed out, completely.

Back in 2008, for a model created by a young doctor who hadn’t even earned his official attending physician title to get the hospital to fund hardware purchases and promote it to core departments via an official red-headed document...

This was completely unprecedented in the history of Affiliated Hospital No. 1.

After the meeting, the crowd began to file out.

As many department heads passed by Jiang He, they would pat him on the shoulder.

"Xiaojiang, I heard about that blind suturing you did last night. Truly impressive."

"Teacher Jiang, if there’s anything in the future I can’t handle, I’ll be counting on your help."

"The younger generation is truly formidable. Formidable indeed."

"I’ll take the lead in testing this SAP model. Let’s see if the thing you came up with is any good."

"I hear you’ve been blessed by some celestial power? Xiaojiang, is that for real?"

"..."

Almost everyone had left.

Only the master and his student remained in the conference room.

Yang Xu looked at Jiang He with a satisfied expression. "You’ve been doing very well recently."

Jiang He nodded. "I have been working hard."

Yang Xu smiled. "I’ve heard a lot of the department heads talking, and they’ve even given you an exclusive title. Do you know what it is?"

"I don’t."

"The ’Surgery Machine.’ They say you’re fast and flawless in surgery, and you dare to take on even the most difficult operations, with a one-hundred-percent success rate so far. They say in private that you’re a genius doctor, almost inhuman."

Jiang He scratched his head, not knowing what to say.

’How could he explain it?’

’He couldn’t just say, ’I’ve been reincarnated, bitches! Kneel and welcome the return of the Dragon King!’ could he...’

Yang Xu said, "If things continue on this track—with the zero-fatality miracle from the car crash rescue, the rectification from the Ma Huaide incident, and now saving Zhang Sui’s daughter and pushing the SAP model—when the provincial department’s commendation ceremony happens in a couple of days, Dean Chen and I will go have a word with Director Lin Zhenhua... I estimate that your next career jump could be a huge one. If the department agrees to a special approval, they might just promote you straight to attending physician, breaking all conventions."

Jiang He was stunned for a moment.

’An attending?’

’A twenty-one-year-old attending?’

In his past life, a typical medical student went through five years of undergraduate studies, three years of residency training, and then slogged through a few more years as a resident doctor.

The youngest one could be when they passed the attending physician exam was around thirty.

A twenty-one-year-old attending.

What a terrifying combination of words.

"Don’t feel pressured," Yang Xu said. "Your skills are worthy of it. Go on, get to your work."

"Okay, Teacher. Before I go, there’s something I want to tell you."

"Go ahead."

"Professor Wang Xiaoqing has signed up to participate in my miRNA early screening project."

"..."

There was a full three seconds of silence.

Then Yang Xu said, "I had a feeling this project of yours had a lot of potential. Yes, I’ll come to the lab more often to provide guidance from now on."

"Okay, Teacher."

"By the way, Jiang He."

"Yes?"

"When the time comes, talk to me beforehand about the project’s progress and direction. If you’re busy, just let me be the one to tell them about these things in the lab. You know what I mean, right?"

How could Jiang He not understand?

’His teacher just wanted to show off in front of his wife!’

Jiang He nodded. "Got it, Teacher. From now on, I’ll tell you first whenever I have an announcement to make, and then you can relay it to the project team members."

Yang Xu clapped Jiang He heavily on the shoulder. "My good student."

At those three words, Jiang He suddenly had an auditory hallucination.

He almost misheard it as "my good daddy," which gave him a shock...

...

In the afternoon, Jiang He returned to the lab at Southern Medical University as usual to oversee the project’s progress.

He also took the opportunity to give Chen Hao the test paper he had prepared in his spare time.

"Old Jiang, what’s this?"

"This is the entrance exam for the project team’s expansion. Take it and print a few copies. You’ll be in charge of proctoring the exam in the lecture hall."

Chen Hao took the papers, flipped through them, and then it suddenly dawned on him.

"Huh? I have to proctor too?"

"Not ’too.’ Just you. You’re a core founding member of this project and the main force in the lab experiments. I trust you."

Chen Hao shook his head frantically. "Wait, wait... Old Jiang, did you forget there’s a heavyweight applicant on the list?"

"Professor Wang Xiaoqing?"

"You know and you’re still sending me!? A professor is going to be there! Are you telling me that I, a third-year undergrad, have to take these papers and proctor our School of Basic Medical Sciences’ own Master Extinction?!"

Nearby, Cheng Xiyao covered her mouth and giggled.

Jiang He said, "I believe in you, Chen Hao. You can do it. You need to project the aura of a core member."

"Oh, for fuck’s sake... Old Jiang, don’t mess with me! That’s Professor Wang! I tremble if she even glances at me during her normal lectures, and you want me to watch her take an exam? That’s way too awkward!"

Jiang He deliberately teased him, "What’s so awkward about it? In the world of research, proficiency makes the master. Once Professor Wang passes the exam and joins the project, she’ll have joined later than you. According to the rules, she might even have to call you Senior Brother Chen."

Chen Hao instantly broke out in goosebumps.

"OH, FUCK! No, no, no! Please don’t!! I still want to graduate! Old Jiang, you’re pushing me into a fiery pit!"

A burst of cheerful laughter erupted in the lab.

Even Gu Yizhou, who was usually stone-faced and engrossed in his experiments, couldn’t help but let out a couple of chuckles.

Yi Xiangwan was curious. "Brother Gu, so you do know how to laugh."

Gu Yizhou was not amused.

Yi Xiangwan started, "Senior Brother, how about..."

Gu Yizhou grabbed a stool, and Yi Xiangwan quickly shut her mouth.

One was always the other’s kryptonite.

...

After arranging the work at the lab,

around dusk, Jiang He grabbed a quick bowl of Longjiang pork trotter rice near the entrance and prepared to head back to the hospital for the evening emergency shift.

Just as he reached the hospital entrance, he suddenly got a call from Yang Xu.

"Teacher?"

"I’m so pissed off! Fuck, this is just bullying!" Yang Xu was fuming, letting the curses fly.

Jiang He: "?"

In both his past life and this one,

he had never seen his teacher so angry.

’What... what’s wrong?’

"Teacher, calm down. What happened?" Jiang He quickly shed his relaxed mood and asked seriously.

On the other end of the line, Yang Xu took several deep breaths, apparently trying to calm himself.

"Jiang He, get to my office right now. Immediately."

"Okay, I’m on my way."