6 Are all students from top schools this ridiculous? So unreasonable! (1/2)

Two weeks passed.

Everyone in the hospital learned about Zhang Fan's accomplishments. Some looked down on him, some insulted him, and some praised him. However, Zhang Fan appeared to ignore all comments as he continued volunteering for all the work he possibly could.

Superintendent Batu even came over to ask Zhang Fan if he disliked being in surgery department #2. If that was the case, the superintendent was willing to switch Zhang Fan with Guo Qiliang in surgery department #1. Zhang Fan would have agreed to this if it wasn't for the fact that he had already started studying orthopedic surgery in his System.

Finally, surgery department #2 received their first real patient. An ethnic minority fellow got on his motorcycle despite being drunk and ended up crashing into a tree. However, this fellow was extraordinarily lucky as he was perfectly fine everywhere except for a right humerus (upper arm) bone fracture.

When the ambulance brought him to the hospital, Director Nuar drunkenly said that the surgery should be performed immediately. Director Nuar was already in such a condition that he was no longer able to perform any surgeries unless he was drunk. His extreme alcoholism over the years had made it so that his hands would tremble violently whenever he wasn't drunk.

Normally, the resident doctor Chen Qifa would perform all the orthopedic surgeries, while Director Nuar would assist him. Whoever was on duty between the two brain surgeons would be in charge of holding the surgical retractors.

Chen Qifa was highly pissed off at how active Zhang Fan had been over the past two weeks. 'You're just a newcomer. Why not obediently behave? Why show off so much by hopping around everywhere?' Since Chen Qifa had tested for but failed to pass the medical license exam dozens of times over several decades already, his way of thinking had become somewhat twisted.

Chen Qifa fully intended to bully Zhang Fan during today's surgery. When he arrived at the operating table, he commented, ”Director Nuar, I accidentally injured my right hand yesterday, so I can barely use any of my strength. I won't be able to do anything other than hold the surgical retractors today.”

An old veteran like Director Nuar immediately could tell that Chen Qifa was intent on bullying Zhang Fan with this.

The hell with injuring his hand? Director Nuar had clearly seen Chen Qifa eating with chopsticks held in his right hand just this morning. Although Chen Qifa wasn't targeting Director Nuar himself, Nuar was the only person in the operating room with a medical license. This meant that anything that happened during the surgery would become his responsibility.

Director Nuar paused in contemplation for a moment before responding, ”Doctor Chen, you're a veteran doctor with excellent techniques. You'll be able to perform this surgery well even with an injured hand. This patient will be recorded as yours after the surgery is complete.” In Kuake City Hospital, the doctors were paid by commission, so the more patients that they saw, the more they would get paid.

Both of them completely ignored Zhang Fan, who was also in the room. It wasn't that Director Nuar was looking down on Zhang Fan. He knew that everyone had to start as an intern doctor at one point in their career. It was that Director Nuar was quite clear on the skill level of the average intern doctor who just joined a hospital. Although Zhang Fan was skilled at sewing surgical sutures, this only meant that he had clever hands, but couldn't prove anything else about his skills.

”Director, Doctor Chen injured his hand. Why not allow me to try this surgery procedure? While I was still an intern during my studies, my teacher already allowed me to perform such procedures. You and Doctor Chen can guide me as I perform the surgery.” Zhang Fan had finished studying the traumatic injury course in his System over the past few days. Now that he had an actual chance to perform a surgery, he definitely wasn't going to give it up.

Chen Qifa was already getting prepared to perform the surgery, but he was immediately angered upon hearing Zhang Fan say this. ”Sure, let's let Doctor Zhang try it out since he's a college student,” Chen Qifa replied in a distorted tone.

Director Nuar was also quite angered at Chen Qifa. 'The hell, are you trying to give me a hard time as well? You can't even pass your medical license examination, so why are you acting so high and mighty? As for you, Zhang Fan, you're nothing but a novice!'

Although he didn't say any of this out loud, Director Nuar now had a rather ugly expression. Right when he was about to say something, Zhang Fan spoke up first. ”Director, I guarantee that there will be no problems with me performing the surgery. If anything goes wrong at all, I'll immediately take off my white doctor's coat, resign, and leave this hospital.”

”Oh my, don't you sound amazing. I'd like to see if you can really act on your words when that happens.” Chen Qifa looked down on Zhang Fan, and didn't say anything else.

”This is about someone's potential life or death. It's not something to joke about,” Director Nuar said to Zhang Fan in a severe tone.

'Hmph, you actually realize that a human life is at stake here? Yet you're completely drunk for a surgery?' In his mind, Zhang Fan was also looking down on Director Nuar.

”Director, please rest assured. This is only a fractured humerus. If I really can't handle this surgery, I'll immediately quit this hospital. Surely you and Doctor Chen will be able to handle the surgery if I'm unable to.”

'What the hell will it have to do with me?' Chen Qifa glared, and was about to say something when Director Nuar spoke first. ”Alright, then you take charge for this surgery. If you can't accomplish it, you don't need to actually quit the hospital. Just learn properly from Doctor Chen in the future.” Basically, Director Nuar was saying that Zhang Fan should become Chen Qifa's disciple.

Director Nuar was also quite angry with Chen Qifa's behavior. 'Damn you, you're just an unlicensed doctor who can't even pass the medical license exam, yet you dare to stir up trouble for me? Let me see just how humiliated you'll be if this novice actually manages to succeed with this surgery,' Nuar thought to himself.

”Okay, Doctor Zhang will be the head doctor in charge of this surgery. I'll be the primary assistant, and Doctor Chen will be the secondary assistant. Everyone, wash up and disinfect,” Director Nuar announced.

There were only two members of Kuake City Hospital's anesthesia department. The disciple was Ma Lihua, a Uighur Muslim woman in her mid-thirties. Since she had her medical license, she was the director of the anesthesia department. Her teacher was nearing fifty years of age, yet her teacher didn't have a medical license, so the teacher could only watch the disciple become the anesthesia department director.

Ma Lihua was in charge of anesthesia for today's surgery. She had fair white skin, a tall and curvaceous figure, large eyes, and a high nose bridge. However, her extremely crooked teeth ruined her otherwise beautiful looks. Because of her crooked teeth, not only did Ma Lihua rarely speak, she almost never smiled. This made her appear to be quite a serious individual.

”The anesthesia is ready. Go ahead and begin the surgery.” She nodded at the surgeons without saying anything else.