Chapter 1380: Busy as a Bee

Chapter 1380: Chapter 1380: Busy as a Bee

(Thanks to An Lin Xiaoxiao and DRDER for the encouragement through monthly votes)

As the old saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools.

For a surgeon, his "tools" are not just the surgical instruments but his mastery of surgical techniques.

Liu Banxia is currently honing his skills, having started his internship journey in pediatric general surgery at the third hospital.

For a doctor aspiring to specialize in pediatric general surgery, this is a rare opportunity. After all, specialized tasks should be handled by specialists, and specialized hospitals excel in this area.

To put it simply, take an anal fistula for example.

Even though many general hospitals have proctology departments, like Jiang Tao at the second hospital who is striving to build up the proctology department and challenge the proctology hospital in the province.

But he also knows that achieving this is not easy.

A simple truth is, many people aim to go to specialized hospitals. These hospitals have a large base of patients, and their operating rooms are constantly performing proctology surgeries.

The same applies to pediatric general surgery, with children’s hospitals being the main base for these doctors. They see pediatric patients all the time, and if surgery is required, there’s no escaping it.

When it comes to general hospitals, pediatric surgeries aren’t absent. Besides some emergency surgeries, most elective surgeries are directed towards children’s hospitals.

For those like Zhou Shuwen, who have the capability to perform pediatric surgeries, they tend not to proactively organize such procedures.

Because they often happen infrequently, making them difficult to perform. Added to the usual packed surgery schedules, their workload doesn’t decrease just because they come to the emergency center.

Liu Banxia is busy for this reason; he needs to learn from the children’s hospital. There’s a lot to learn there, but he can’t delay his work in the emergency center, so he has to speed up the process.

The morning rounds are now completely handed over to Wang Chao to lead. His reward: three chicken legs. He originally planned to give two, but Wang Chao insisted on having an extra one.

He also delegated some of the emergency center work to Chen Xuehai.

After all, both are deputy directors; since he’s not the business deputy director, temporarily handing it over to Chen Xuehai is understandable.

The training work is temporarily led by Shi Lei, with Su Wenhao assisting, and Xu Yino supporting upon return from vacation.

His remaining tasks are surgery and internship, turning him into a purely surgical doctor.

He’s nearly reached the state of being oblivious to the outside world, focusing solely on surgical learning, even postponing collaboration with Jinshui District Hospital for now.

Not exactly postponed, just that the current collaboration is limited to NOSES surgeries. Patients need to be concentrated on a single day, utilizing several operating rooms.

Otherwise, he really can’t afford to waste any more time given his busy schedule, as he’s always out early and home late.

One day he has to intern at the children’s hospital for an entire day, and they have two temporary surgeries added in. On his side, he also has two NOSES surgeries to perform.

What to do?

It’s manageable; start at midnight, and complete it by morning.

Then grab a nap, have breakfast, take a shower, and dash to the children’s hospital.

Over there, they won’t accommodate his schedule. Having the opportunity to intern as an outsider is already extending a huge favor from Chen Zhenxing.

How much he learns depends on himself.

Many at the children’s hospital don’t take his internship seriously.

Because they are true experts, aware of the challenges in pediatric general surgeries. How can one fully grasp it just by watching once?

Even Liu Banxia once performed a jejunal atresia surgery, and the baby recovered well, but that doesn’t mean he’s highly skilled in pediatric general surgery.

Children are different from adults, and newborns differ from children.

Each pediatric general surgeon undergoes meticulous training, consuming a lot of time to develop their skills.

This is owing to Chen Zhenxing’s influence; with such a reputable Chief Director and the second hospital’s rising fame, giving some face isn’t an issue.

"Hey, Wang Chao, why do you look so worn out? Your wedding day is still far off; don’t worry so much."

Seeing Wang Chao yawning as he approached, Wei Yuan teased.

"Brother Wei, I feel like I’ve boarded a pirate ship. Ever since I agreed to that guy, I’ve been stuck in a pit." Wang Chao said pitifully.

"Managing these six is just too challenging. They surpass me in some areas; how am I supposed to lead them? Plus, I have to help him with rounds, and there’s the work on my hands. It’s really an unbearable situation."

"Didn’t he treat you to chicken legs? What’s the problem? Shi Lei is also busy now, running around every day. These interns are about to graduate soon, so there’s plenty of work." Wei Yuan replied.

"Brother Wei, let’s make a deal? He’s going to that side for surgery training for the next few days. Can you help me hold the fort?" Wang Chao said.

"No way, there’s way too much work here. Besides, I’m from the first team; it’s not right to meddle in your second team’s affairs. Seriously." Wei Yuan replied earnestly.

"Brother Wei, you’re being narrow-minded, too narrow-minded. I’m not from the second team either. I’m, at most, a reserve member." Wang Chao complained.

"What’s going on? What’s this about the first and second teams?" Shi Lei came over.

"Help share the workload for that busy guy a bit more? Just take the six little ones on rounds every morning. I’ll treat you to pig’s feet, really, every day." Wang Chao once more tried finding people to share the work.

Shi Lei decisively shook his head, "I’m so busy now I don’t even know what I’m supposed to be doing. I used to see him wandering everywhere, always joking around. Who knew he had so much work?"

"I’m puzzled too. Don’t you think we’re handling a lot of his work? But the proportion of this work in his daily tasks isn’t huge. So why is he fine while we’re so busy?"

"Exactly, Xu Yino, come over, quickly, let’s study this together." Wang Chao saw Xu Yino arriving at work and hurriedly called out.

"Wow, must be a big deal?" Xu Yino asked with a smile as she ran over.

"Just wanted to ask, how does Liu Banxia usually work? Why do I feel so exhausted?" Wang Chao asked.

"Teacher Liu’s work? Doesn’t seem like anything special. You need to be more specific." Xu Yino said.

"Take rounds for instance. Why do you have so many issues? I see him doing rounds; he completes it joyfully, just chatting and that’s it." Wang Chao said.

"Uh... Actually, when joining Teacher Liu on rounds, he doesn’t do them seriously." Xu Yino said.

"He just chats with patients and their families for a couple of minutes, says a few greetings, and that’s it."

"As for you, we feel your rounds are meticulous, so we ask more questions. Teacher Liu also mentioned that teaching is essentially a revision process."

"So, is that exhausting the silly kiddos?" Wang Chao said, amused and frustrated.

"But how does he manage to control the situation for so many patients in the department? He couldn’t possibly know nothing about them, right?"

"He checks medical records and daily examination notes, and listens to our reports. We usually report on patients post-surgery with fever and infections."

"Currently, this type of patient is relatively few, so it’s just occasional. He masters all this through conversations with us."

"What about the teaching and training work?" Shi Lei asked.

"Not too sure about that either, but whatever Teacher Liu does feels like chatting. Talks and chats get things done."

"Just like the liver transplant patient a few days ago, brought back to our department with declining health indicators. Teacher Liu was really busy then but figured it out after ten minutes of chatting."

"It turned out the patient was worried that using his son’s liver would affect his son’s health and future. Didn’t know what he said, but everything was resolved, and the patient was discharged smoothly."

"And the phantom limb pain patient in the VIP room, they were discharged just a few days ago. Sought Teacher Liu during discharge, but he wasn’t around."

"Qingqing’s assistance was significant, and the image experiment was quite successful. But in the patient’s heart, Teacher Liu was most appreciated."

"In my opinion, Teacher Liu is really busy every day, but his kind of busy is hard to comprehend or imitate by us."

"However, one thing is for sure; Teacher Liu’s work efficiency is exceptionally high. While chatting in the hall, his eyes find our mistakes and immediately spot them."

The three nodded, acknowledging that Liu Banxia’s work efficiency was indeed high. In this regard, they had no choice but to agree.

"Xu Yino, you all need to work hard. His internship will be over in a few days. During this time, you need to focus on rounding up the patients properly." Wang Chao said.

"Really? Anyway, Teacher Liu always treats rounds as an easy task." Xu Yino said.

"Not easy, really not easy. I bribed the other two to help with rounds, and they refused." Wang Chao said quickly.

Xu Yino laughed, "Teacher Wang, actually when we do rounds with you, it doesn’t exhaust our minds. If there’s something we don’t understand, we’ll ask directly."

"But not with Teacher Liu. Any hint to use more brainpower, or involve basics, and questioning him gets us teased for at least a week."

"Simply put, you choose who to seek advice from." Wang Chao felt resigned.

"Teacher Wang, are you having pig’s feet for lunch? Teacher Liu can’t make it back today, his meal card is with me." Xu Yino said.

"Yes, definitely eating. Doing his work has worn me out, can’t go without eating." Wang Chao said joyfully.

"Let’s go, do the rounds, aim to finish early today. Hang in there, for a few more days, then he won’t be so busy anymore. Then I’ll also have some peace."

Watching Wang Chao leave, Shi Lei shook his head.

Poor Wang Chao, swayed by Xu Yino, still has to endure a few more days.