Chapter 968: Chapter 968: This Is a Decisive Battle

(Thanks to Shang Chengjiu, Wen, Yi Qu Motou, Dingxin Dingxin, Long Baobao32, Chunyi for the vote encouragement)

Even though last night’s journey home was nerve-wracking, Liu Banxia felt lively today after a good meal and a solid night’s sleep. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The Audi still needs to wait for Shen Xinhao and the others to finish the paperwork before it can be sent to the 4S shop for repairs, but he doesn’t need to worry about that, someone is handling it.

Heading to work today, Liu Banxia pondered for a while and decided to drive Qiaoqiao’s Panamera. He thought about being more discreet by driving the Lexus, but worried if Qiaoqiao and the other two were out strolling, a bigger car would be more comfortable.

"Director Liu, Director Liu, come over here."

Just as he entered the emergency center, Wang Chao waved at him vigorously.

"What’s up? Want to observe with the director today too? Just go where you’re scheduled." Liu Banxia asked with a smile.

"Oh, I won’t follow along this time. Are you okay?" Wang Chao asked with concern.

"Huh? You know about it too? Don’t spread it around, making me look like some kind of hero. I’m fine, and those four people are fine too, they’re currently being interrogated by Captain Shen." Liu Banxia responded.

"Did you hear it from Auntie? Auntie and politics aren’t even on the same line. And it was already after hours yesterday, you’ve got a wide range of connections."

"I heard it from our Old GrandMaster at home, otherwise I wouldn’t have the means. It was indirect too; my future father-in-law mentioned it during a meeting yesterday, and it just came up because they remembered you."

"Top Ten Youth Award is definitely yours, just keep working hard. Not just at our Second Hospital, even if you leave the medical system in the future, I feel there won’t be any issues."

"Oh, stop it. I just want to get my current work right. My favorite place is beside the operating table, that’s where I feel most at home." Liu Banxia responded with a smile.

"Thanks, though. Let’s eat lunch a bit later, and order me a dish, it’s been quite a shock." Liu Banxia said after patting Wang Chao on the shoulder and went to change clothes.

Wang Chao felt a little troubled. Technically, he was the one delivering the good news; it should be Liu Banxia ordering him a dish, right? Why do I have to arrange for him?

Helpless, not sure from when, Liu Banxia completely has a hold on me.

Liu Banxia didn’t pay much attention to this situation and overlooked Officer Ma’s position. Wang Chao had mentioned before, Officer Ma is also part of the official system, his father-in-law is a legitimate leader.

He’s just not interested in these matters; otherwise, if he looked up names online, he might find something.

"Have you really decided not to get involved today?"

Just after changing into his white coat, Chen Xuehai approached.

"I’m just here as a bystander. There are so many big leaders, I can learn a lot just by observing." Liu Banxia said.

"I also need to be on standby, hopefully without needing to open the chest. If it really comes to that, I have to step in." Chen Xuehai said.

"Teacher Wu is also getting prepared; if the right kidney is a problem, he’ll need to step in too. This really isn’t easy, to be more cautious, Director Zhou even invited Director Xue from the vascular surgery department in the inpatient unit."

"I didn’t know that, I only knew Teacher Wu needed to prepare." Liu Banxia said with amazement.

"But today’s tasks for the director are quite challenging, need to perform tumor separation and liver autotransplantation. Last time watching you do cardiac autotransplant shapefitting was so intricate, way harder than allotransplantation."

"That’s right, but Director Zhou will surely manage it. Are you going on rounds or what?" Chen Xuehai asked.

"Going up to give my VIP a massage then head to the operating room. Gotta hurry, see you." Liu Banxia said.

Chen Xuehai nodded.

Today’s surgery is quite major, though it’s not as challenging as the full abdominal organ transplant last time, the difficulty of pure liver autotransplantation is high too.

Plus, the patient’s physical condition isn’t very good, for everyone involved today, the pressure is immense.

He’s quite proficient, even if he’s just giving a massage to Tang Feifei and Wu Shaoming, it’s essentially the same technique, just in a different location.

His skills are really superb now, he could definitely open a massage parlor without fooling anyone.

It’s just his heart is distracted, so today he applied a bit more pressure for better results. Wu Shaoming suffered a bit, starting to sweat on his forehead.

"Don’t mind it, today we have a grand battle at the emergency center, quite high-level, I need to be there to witness it." Liu Banxia said honestly.

"It’s okay, still manageable. After every massage, it feels numb and warm. Dr. Liu, how much longer do I need?" Wu Shaoming asked.

"At least another week for better results." Liu Banxia replied.

"During your initial diagnosis, your injuries were underestimated. Be more careful in the future, don’t really give yourself up for art. You’re still young, you’ve got many decades ahead."

"That girl Tang Feifei, she never listens. I’ll have to get my wife to talk to her when there’s time, can’t be too reckless, it will come back later."

"Ah... it’s really not easy to make it in the entertainment industry. I don’t look particularly striking, and it’s taken me so many years to achieve just this little bit," Wu Shaoming sighed.

Every industry has its own hardships, and the entertainment industry is known for being treacherous. When chatting with Tang Feifei, they’ve discussed this before. However, it was mainly Qiaoqiao’s curiosity, and Liu Banxia was just eavesdropping.

After giving Wu Shaoming a massage, Liu Banxia didn’t hang around chatting as usual and darted off to the operating room.

By the time he arrived at the OR, the six interns were already standing there in a neat row.

"You all seem pretty eager; looks like you have a strong ambition. Not bad," Liu Banxia said in all seriousness.

"Teacher Liu, how about a bet on who the director will choose to go on stage?" Xu Yino asked excitedly.

"What does it have to do with me? Anyway, I’ve secured this opportunity for you. Once you step down, you owe me a meal," Liu Banxia said nonchalantly.

The people in the observation room were speechless hearing their conversation.

For such a major surgery, and they’re thinking about food?

"Teacher Liu, then how long do you think today’s surgery will take?" Xu Yino gritted his teeth.

"Six to nine hours, it can’t be any less. If it’s less, it would be disrespectful to this huge tumor," Liu Banxia responded.

"Your time span is a bit too big, isn’t it?" Xu Yino protested.

"What can I do? It also depends on whether the right kidney gets in the way," Liu Banxia replied.

"If the right kidney is problematic, then we’ll need Teacher Wu to step in, to competently perform an autotransplant without taking up too much time."

"Were you intentionally saying that just because you knew I came in?"

As soon as Liu Banxia finished speaking, Wu Wenlin’s voice came through.

"Oh, Teacher Wu, I really wasn’t! I’m just stating the truth," Liu Banxia hurriedly replied.

"If an autotransplant of the right kidney is required, we’ll do it together. Since Chief Director Zhou didn’t assign you anything, we can’t let you stay idle, and it will also save some surgery time," Wu Wenlin said.

"Thank you, Teacher Wu, I’m always ready," Liu Banxia replied cheerfully.

This is also an opportunity because autotransplant is more difficult than allotransplant, and now that the emergency center has a urology department, general surgery doctors can’t get involved in kidney transplants.

Watching the interaction between the two, many people were a bit envious. But what can they do? The patients belong to the emergency center, so they get to reasonably allocate resources.

It’s not like this in the inpatient department, where resources are genuinely scarce, and many people compete for a single surgery opportunity.

Like today’s surgery, the renowned six interns of the emergency center can come to observe. Judging by their conversation, someone will even be selected to assist on stage.

If it were at the inpatient department, where would they get such an opportunity? Even to assist, you would need to be at least a senior attending physician, if not an associate chief physician.

Because this surgery is of such a high caliber. Both the main surgeon Zhou Shuwen and those invited to assist are top hands of the Second Hospital.

However, everyone was somewhat puzzled as to why Zhou Shuwen didn’t choose Liu Banxia as his primary assistant.

His hands are so fast, and involving him would surely make the surgery more efficient.

At that moment, Zhou Shuwen and his large team walked in.

"Originally, I planned to call these guys in later, but they were in such a hurry and insisted on coming in together," Zhou Shuwen said with a smile.

"Chief Director Zhou, I just told Director Liu, if a kidney autotransplant is needed, he’ll be my assistant," Wu Wenlin said.

"I thought I’d let him rest, but if you have your eye on him, take him," Zhou Shuwen replied generously.

"Though this surgery is nominally mine, it involves many critical operations. So let’s rely on you all to put forth our best effort to relieve the patient’s suffering."

"Some of my operations will be assisted by Shi Lei as my primary assistant. Then, I’ll randomly choose one of these six as the second assistant. You all can choose just as freely."

Hearing Zhou Shuwen’s words, there was a collective gasp from the onlookers. Even Xu Yino and his group felt their hearts pound hard.

The intention of Zhou Shuwen was too clear; this surgery was prepared for Shi Lei and the six interns.

Shi Lei is currently an associate chief physician and his disciple, making him a well-deserved primary assistant. The six interns are slightly more distant from direct apprenticeship, but he’s bold enough to randomly pick one as a secondary assistant, which signifies his recognition of the six interns.

Moreover, since he’s choosing randomly, those who came to assist today would follow suit, making it essentially a talent showcase for Shi Lei and the six interns. No wonder Liu Banxia wasn’t used.