Doctor: I Can Synthesize Infinite Entries

Chapter 109: Chapter 108: Remarkable Achievements, Double Happiness

"Recently, our department has been cooperating with the Emergency Department, transferring over a hundred patients from the outpatient clinic who required cholecystectomies. Out of trust for the Emergency Department, Director Huo, and doctors like Wu Ting, my department offered its full cooperation. However, just the other day, Dr. Lu Xuejun from my department discovered some abnormalities."

"And here today, I must bring this matter to light and have Director Huo give us a reasonable explanation."

Director Cai presented the admission and discharge records for surgeries performed by the Emergency Department, which Lu Xuejun had collected. Seeing that over one hundred patients were all discharged on the same day, all the directors broke out in an uproar.

"After a cholecystectomy... over a hundred people, all discharged on the same day! This clearly violates the standard criteria for postoperative discharge."

"Furthermore, according to Dr. Lu’s report, on the very day our department transferred the first batch of patients to the Emergency Department, he received a call for help from Dr. Qin Donglai. Dr. Qin stated that the Emergency Department didn’t have enough doctors to handle the surgical volume, but Dr. Lu refused his request."

"The very next day, Dr. Lu saw Dr. Qin bring in two senior physicians from other hospitals to save the situation. And after that, they continued to request even more patients from my department."

"While I was away on a business trip, Dr. Wu Ting from the Emergency Department requested patients from my department, claiming it was for the development of a new surgical technique. Since I was out of town, and because I trusted Dr. Wu—and I won’t deny, partly because I was anticipating his new research project—I approved his request. I also instructed Dr. Lu to offer his full cooperation."

"Who would have thought it would turn into this situation? The moment I found out, I immediately communicated with Director Huo. However, I didn’t receive the response I was due. After all, my Hepatobiliary Surgery department was also involved, having referred a large number of patients."

"So, I have no other choice but to use this hospital-wide meeting to bring the matter out into the open, let everyone here be a witness, and hear Director Huo’s explanation."

After he finished speaking, Director Cai looked calmly at Huo Yun.

Hearing Director Cai’s report, many of the department directors began to speculate.

"Could it be that the Emergency Department intentionally admitted more patients to meet its surgical volume targets for the hospital’s performance review?"

"Now that they have their own dedicated operating room, were they afraid their surgical volume and departmental performance would be lacking? Were they worried people would be unhappy that the Emergency Department got to have that OR?"

"But to openly falsify data, even sacrificing patient recovery time just to increase the turnover rate of hospital beds... that’s just absurd!"

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For a moment, the directors were all indignant, unable to comprehend the Emergency Department’s actions. If their speculations were true, this would be a major incident—a massive scandal for the medical industry!

Dean Tang’s expression also soured, and his tone was sharp:

"Director Huo, what is your explanation for the situation Director Cai has described?"

Huo Yun remained remarkably calm in the face of Cai Qi’s public accusation:

"What Director Cai said is true. Our Emergency Department did admit and then discharge over a hundred cholecystectomy patients in this period."

"This is precisely what I was planning to report on at this meeting. It’s also a progress report on a major victory for our team and the entire Emergency Surgery Department in our project to build a key specialty in laparoscopic techniques!"

"Of course, this achievement was also made possible by the strong support of the Hepatobiliary Surgery department."

Amid the crowd’s confusion, Huo Yun started a prepared PowerPoint presentation. Simultaneously, he had drafts of a paper by Wu Ting’s team distributed to all the directors and Dean Tang.

"As you directors review the draft paper from Wu Ting’s team, I will simultaneously present our brand-new research project."

In a clear and steady voice, Huo Yun began his presentation.

As the slides progressed, a vast amount of surgical data—including various preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative videos and photos—was presented in neatly organized categories.

The directors were stunned as they watched the presentation on this unprecedented surgical technique, a combination of National Medicine and modern medical practices.

Director Cai of Hepatobiliary Surgery, in particular, felt like a whole new world was opening up before him as he saw the application of the Qi Mechanism Theory of Ascending and Descending and the electrode pads placed on the patient’s acupoints.

’You can perform a cholecystectomy like this?’

In contrast, the presentation then showed surgical photos from the control group.

Director Cai suddenly realized something as he looked at the familiar doctor and ward setting on the screen.

"That’s Dr. Lu Xuejun from our Hepatobiliary Surgery department, and those are our ward patients!"

Cai Qi then recalled that Wu Ting had given him a heads-up about this before. He just never imagined the project would progress so quickly.

As he looked at the analysis of various metrics for the experimental and control groups...

Director Cai could see the night-and-day difference between the two.

This was all hard, recorded data.

The more he watched, the more stunned Director Cai became, and the more his face burned with shame.

Dr. Lu, a pillar of his own department, was now being displayed in front of everyone as a negative case study, a mere backdrop for comparison.

At that moment, Director Huo announced the core findings of their research project.

"Based on surgical and recovery data from nearly two hundred cases in our experimental and control groups, we can conclude that Wu Ting’s team’s Qi Mechanism-Assisted Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy significantly shortens patient recovery times and completely resolves complications common to the traditional surgical technique, such as vomiting and nausea."

"This project represents another blockbuster surgical technique from our Emergency Department, following in the footsteps of the Wu’s Umbilical Hole Laparoscopic Appendectomy and the Suspended Gasless Abdominal Laparoscopic Appendectomy."

"As of now, this surgical technique will be officially implemented and promoted within our department."

"Of course, Dr. Wu Ting previously had a verbal agreement with Director Cai. Once the technique proved successful, it would be jointly developed with the Hepatobiliary Surgery department. The results would be applied to their ERAS ward to support the bid for Fan City’s first Hepatobiliary Surgery ERAS ward program!"

Listening to Director Huo’s report, Cai Qi, who had just moments ago felt deceived and undermined by the Emergency Department, was now hearing that the fruits of this technique would be first applied in his own ward. It felt like a blessing from heaven!

"Did Dr. Wu really say that? Director Huo, you’re agreeing to apply this surgical technique in our Hepatobiliary Surgery ward!"

Director Cai had been desperately looking for a breakthrough for his enhanced recovery program. He never imagined Wu Ting would be the one to provide the solution.

"Of course. This is also a joyous event that will advance the comprehensive strength and influence of our City First Hospital."

"And here, our Emergency Department would like to once again thank the Hepatobiliary Surgery department for its invaluable assistance in advancing this project!"

Hearing Huo Yun’s words, the directors present were filled with admiration and, even more so, envy.

"Director Huo is so magnanimous!"

"I’m so envious. Director Huo, if you have the opportunity, you should collaborate with our department too."

The other directors all started showering Huo Yun with praise and flattery.

Cai Qi went so far as to stand and bow to Huo Yun, expressing his utmost respect and gratitude.

"Director Huo, thank you to your department for sharing the results of this project. On behalf of all the doctors in my department, I also want to thank Wu Ting’s team in the Emergency Department."

"I’m confident that with the results from Dr. Wu’s project, our application for the Hepatobiliary Surgery ERAS ward has a strong chance of being selected. That being the case, could you have Dr. Wu coordinate with me after this meeting to help us optimize and refine our application?"

Director Cai was prepared to revise the application documents immediately. Wu Ting’s achievement had given him genuine hope.

Huo Yun, of course, agreed and promised his full cooperation.

Seeing Huo Yun and Cai Qi now on such good terms...

Dean Tang chose this moment to speak, offering a final summary and officially commending the Emergency Department and Wu Ting’s team.

With this project’s success, the hospital administration was also preparing to increase its support for the Emergency Department.

Dean Tang was deeply gratified. All of this had been under his purview, and the more brilliant the Emergency Department’s achievements, the better he looked.

Moreover, this was a case of double happiness.

Not only was the Emergency Department’s key specialty program succeeding, but the Hepatobiliary Surgery department’s ERAS ward program was now also within arm’s reach.

An enhanced recovery ward—especially the first in Fan City and one of the first in the nation.

If their application was successful, they could make a name for themselves at this year’s "National Hepatobiliary Surgery ERAS Standard Ward Selection and Inaugural Demonstration Ward Awarding Ceremony," hosted by the Jin Country Medical Association’s Hepatobiliary Surgery Branch. This would greatly enhance City First Hospital’s influence and reputation within the industry.

The hospital-wide meeting concluded with the Emergency Department and Wu Ting’s team having stolen the show.

After the meeting adjourned, Director Cai went straight back to his department and immediately convened a meeting.

He announced the achievements of Wu Ting’s team, and then the relevant departmental teams began revising and re-optimizing the ERAS ward application materials.

With the selfless cooperation of Wu Ting’s team, the entire ERAS ward application was finalized just three days later.

Director Cai watched excitedly as Lu Xuejun filled out the application on the website. All that was left was to wait for the review committee’s response.

The selection for the ERAS Standard Ward was done through an online application portal, and the review committee also conducted the preliminary screening online.

The experts involved were from top-tier hospitals and universities all across Jin Country.

Professor Ma Mengchao, Director of General Surgery at Jiuhua Hospital, was one of the expert reviewers on the panel.

He had recently reviewed several applications submitted by various hospitals.

During the preliminary screening, each application was randomly sent to seven experts for cross-review. After scoring, any application that met the excellence threshold would be added to the finalist list for the final selection.

Professor Ma Mengchao was extremely busy, as he was also preparing to travel to Xiao City for the 12th Annual Conference of Basic Surgery.

He used a rare moment of downtime to review this new application.

Initially, Professor Ma found it unremarkable, seeing no clear advantage over the other applications from across the country.

That is, until he saw the mention of technical support from a brand-new surgical technique, a summary of the related research project, and, most importantly, the description of the project’s results.

’By combining National Medicine with modern medicine, they shortened the recovery period for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy to less than a day and completely resolved all related complications?’

Professor Ma’s interest was suddenly piqued. And when he saw the name of the person leading the project, he felt a sense of familiarity.

’Fan City First Hospital, Emergency Department... Wu Ting?’