I nodded, but I didn't agree in my heart. Without innovation and pioneering spirit, how can science progress? In the final analysis, our profession is science, not pure sales. There is a fundamental difference. I thought to myself.
"Dr. Feng, although you have not been in our hospital for a long time and are the only male doctor in our department, you are very serious and dedicated in your work. Everyone thinks highly of you, and your patients respond well to you.
Better. You are also very vocal about the professional title evaluation this time. I have also said good things to you from the hospital leaders. You should do your best. Don't think about unrealistic and lofty things all day long. We are in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Those common diseases are enough for you to study for a lifetime. To be honest, I have studied the issue of female hormones for a lifetime and still haven’t fully understood it. For example, the issue of female menopause, if you make a breakthrough on this topic
That's really serious. This is a worldwide problem, much more difficult than in vitro fertilization. Don't you think so?" She continued.
I nodded again. I quite agree with what she said, because what she said about female hormone issues, especially the menopausal issues that occur in women before and after menopause, is a scientific problem that is difficult to break through. It includes not only hormones
Changes, as well as various physiological and psychological changes. I don’t know how many people in the world are studying it, but few people have made substantial progress. This problem is the same as human cancer, heart disease, viral infection, etc.
, are all world-wide problems. If any of these studies can achieve a breakthrough, the Nobel Prize in Medicine will be his.
People nowadays often have a misunderstanding, that is, they always think that cancer is the biggest and most terrifying enemy that takes away human lives. In fact, this is not the case.
According to statistics from the World Health Organization in recent years, heart disease ranks first among the top ten most deadly diseases in the world. Heart disease is a major disease in North America, Europe, and Oceania, especially among the elderly.
The greatest threat is that 750,000 people die from this disease every year in the United States alone. Second is malignant tumors. Next in order are cerebrovascular disease, also called stroke or cerebral hemorrhage. Gastroenteritis, including dysentery, influenza and pneumonia.
.Bronchitis, including emphysema and asthma. Diabetes. Tuberculosis. Infectious diseases and trauma.
After coming out of Director Qiu's office, I was immediately embarrassed: Should I go to Director Zhang's place?
Although what Director Qiu said is not completely correct, what she said does make sense. The IVF project is certainly important, but it involves too many departments and the funding issue is also a big problem. It is far less than I thought before.
Simple.
I was sitting in the office at a loss because I didn't know how to reply to Zhuang Qing. Of course, the most fundamental problem was not Zhuang Qing's problem, but that she had to face Dean Zhang.
When I was in trouble, Zhuang Qing came to the office, "Are you free now? Let's go." She said to me.
"Zhuang Qing, I think things are too simple." I shook my head and smiled bitterly.
"What? The director doesn't agree?" she asked me in a low voice.
I shook my head, "It's not a question of whether she agrees or disagrees. It's just that I imagined the problem too simply. This matter is very complicated."
"Then what should I do? My cousin just called me to ask when you are going," she said.
"Ah? What did you say?" I also started to panic.
"I told you to go there in a moment. Just go after the ward inspection," she said.
I was stunned immediately.
"What's the matter?" she asked.
"What should I say now?" I smiled bitterly, secretly blaming Su Hua for his original suggestion, and at the same time I was angry at myself for being so meddlesome.
"Forget it if you don't go. I'll call him right away. Really, you! Find something to do if you have nothing to do!" She said, turned around and went out.
I felt very guilty and depressed.
However, Zhuang Qing came back after a while and said, "He asked you to go there right away. He also said that he had something to ask you."
I was very confused, "He has something to ask me? How could that happen?"
"How do I know? Let's talk about it after you go. Come on, I'll go with you," she said.
I had no choice but to follow her out of the office. But I still wondered: Dean Zhang knows me? Otherwise, how could he ask me something?
Dean Zhang is one of those people with a cheerful personality, because he is an orthopedic surgeon. He is not tall, thin, and always looks energetic. I had heard about him when I first arrived at the hospital.
Story. It is said that his wife is very beautiful and tall. Someone joked with him and said: Your wife is really a flower stuck in something. He was not angry at all, but smiled and said: Flower stuck in cow dung.
There are nutrients in cow dung, and the more flowers bloom, the more beautiful they are. It is said that his temper is not particularly good, and when he gets angry, he is scarier than those tall and thick men. Once, a family member of a patient in the orthopedics department was in the ward.
He made trouble unreasonably and threatened to do whatever he wanted. At this time, he came out, holding a hammer in one hand and an ax in the other. He looked at the patient's family members coldly, "What do you want? I have all kinds of people here.
We all have weapons. I have used this hammer to break other people's bones, and I have used this ax to cut off a patient's injured leg. Do you want to try it?" As a result, the patient's family members were so frightened that they ran away in panic.
I didn't quite believe these stories when I heard them, but the narrator swore that they were absolutely true. The narrator said: "Orthopedics are all using things like that for surgeries. He told that person at the time
While the patient's family members were talking, they kept using the ax to mark several joints of the man. The man was so scared that his legs were weak. Let alone axes and hammers, what kind of things are not available in orthopedics? Saws, pliers, chisels, etc.
Everything is available.”
His words immediately reminded me of an incident during my internship in surgery: It was a night shift, and a patient with an injured finger came in because someone smashed his finger with a hammer during a fight. The teacher who was with me at the time
It was an orthopedic surgeon. He brought the patient into the treatment room, gave the patient local anesthesia, and then said to the patient: "The tops of the phalanges of your fingers are all smashed. The broken pieces must be removed."
Cut off all parts, otherwise it is likely to become necrotic, and if it continues to develop, amputation may be necessary." The patient had no choice but to agree.
So my teacher began to use pliers to remove the broken bones and meat from the patient's finger. However, because the fingers were very rich in nerves, and the patient was not so sensitive to anesthetics, he immediately suffered from pain.
He screamed. The teacher then ordered me to tie the patient's hands and continue to use pliers. The patient was sweating profusely in pain and screamed like a slaughtered pig.
Orthopedic surgeons are sometimes very barbaric. So I somewhat believed the narrator. The person who told me the story of President Zhang was none other than Wang Xin. An acquaintance of mine when I lived in a single dormitory is now the person named Xiao
Husband of a smart girl.
I followed Zhuang Qing to the hospital's administrative building. The door to Dean Zhang's office was open.
"Uncle." Zhuang Qing stood at the door and called inside. Her voice was tense. I hurriedly followed and found Dean Zhang sitting behind his large desk and smiling at us.
"Xiao Qing is here? Are you Feng Xiao? Come on, come in and sit down."
"Uncle, I'm back to work. I brought Dr. Feng here specially." Zhuang Qing said.
"Okay. You go back. You and Xiao Song haven't been to my house for a long time. Tell him that you can come to my house for dinner on the weekend. Your aunt has said it many times." Dean Zhang said to Zhuang Qing.
He said with a kind face.
"Yeah." Zhuang Qing said, "I'm going back to the ward."
"Okay." Dean Zhang was still smiling kindly at her.
I was secretly surprised: He didn't know that Zhuang Qing was divorced?
It was my first time to go to the hospital leader's office, and I suddenly felt a little nervous and at a loss.
"Xiao Feng, come on, sit down. Don't be so formal, okay?" He said to me enthusiastically. Then I went to sit on the sofa next to his desk, with my butt only sitting a little bit of the sofa. I sat upright.
"Dean Zhang, are you looking for me?" I started to ask.
He immediately laughed, "Didn't Zhuang Qing tell me that you wanted to talk to me about something?"
I suddenly felt embarrassed, "This..."
"Just tell me if you have anything to do. It's okay. I'm in charge of business, and I've received several letters praising you. Haha! I was also talking about finding a chance to get to know you. But Zhuang Qing called me and said that you want to
Isn't it just right to ask me for something?" He said to me with a smile.
I was surprised, "Letter of commendation? Whose is it?"
"Of course he is your patient. Several patients have written letters to praise you in the past. Recently, a patient named Shi Yanni also wrote a letter. You should remember this patient, right?" he asked me.
Shi Yanni? Isn't she Lin Yi's wife? I thought to myself, and then I understood: This is just a favor. A letter can have a big effect if it is big, and a small thing if it is small.
I nodded, "She is staying in the hospital bed under my care and has not been discharged from the hospital yet."
"Xiao Feng, don't underestimate these letters of commendation. They represent the patients' most sincere gratitude. We have to refer to these opinions for this professional title evaluation. Haha! I won't say much else. We all know each other today.
You. Now tell me, what exactly do you want to see me for?" He asked me with a smile.
I had no choice but to bring up the matter of in vitro fertilization to him.
After hearing this, he began to ponder, lit a cigarette and started smoking. Most surgeons smoked, and it seemed that he was no exception.
After a while, he raised his head and said, "Xiao Feng, tell me what you think. Tell me why our hospital should launch this project?"
I was startled. To be honest, I had not seriously thought about such a problem at all. When I came here, I was just prepared to briefly talk about this matter as a last resort. At the same time, I also estimated that he would be like Director Qiu.
That directly rejected my proposal. But who knew he would ask me this question, and his tone seemed very cautious. (To be continued)