Chapter 209 - No shortcuts in gaining skills (1/2)

Major paths in life would be simple yet also require great concentration. Zhang Fan was extremely addicted to grinding in his System, just as if it was an illegal drug. His attitude towards the System constantly evolved. At first, he was confused. Then, he was worried that the System might disappear at any moment. Zhang Fan then learned some orthopedic surgery knowledge, and activated general surgery courses in his System.

Now, Zhang Fan was focused more and more on improving his overall medical abilities. He was no longer as anxious as before. He now had a girlfriend, home, and car. His life was now stable. He no longer needed to worry about daily life or finances.

Zhang Fan had an ordinary life ever since young. Maybe that was why he didn’t have high requirements for his financial condition. Zhang Fan was more than satisfied with what he already had. All that remained for him was to follow his original dream.

Although Zhang Fan was currently unable to access new courses in his System, he constantly grinded the ones that he already could. The best way to improve one’s medical skills would be to endlessly practice and learn. As the days passed, the accumulation of water droplets would be enough to make a sprout grow into a tall tree.

Shao Hua was also working hard at studying. She was the type who was good at studying to begin with. Zhang Fan was really proud of her!

As humans evolved from crawling on hands and feet to becoming bipedal, the ankle joint was basically an enlarged version of the wrist joint. Without mentioning the complex nerves here, just the bone structure of the ankle joint was already highly complex.

Wang Yongyong’s former teammate decided to go ahead with an ankle surgery in the end. The chronic pain in his ankle was too much for him to bear.

Private hospitals loved performing this type of surgery. First of all, this type of surgery would use very little medical equipment. Additionally, very little medicine would be required during and after the surgery. Apart from paying the doctors, the rest of the surgery fee would be pure profit. The kickbacks at Chinese public hospitals was why nobody performed research or worked on surgeries for smaller body parts.

The ankle joint was far too small. Normally, several incisions would be required for the surgeon to be able to properly see the ankle injury. Not only that, there was far too little room for the surgeon to move around in here. The number one problem with ankle surgery was that the medical equipment would break inside the ankle joint! That was evidence of how difficult ankle joint surgery could be.

Professional athletes would often have better connections than ordinary people would. The more famous the athlete, the better the connections they would have. Wang Yongyong’s former teammate had a detailed investigation done on Ma Wentao’s hospital before deciding to go ahead with the surgery. The moment that he heard that Ma Wentao was actually the son of the leader of the border province, he felt really reassured about going ahead with the surgery.

That was just how people were. Although many people would really look down on young and rich second-generation individuals, they would also unwittingly follow the young and rich second-generation individuals! The teammate never would have decided on the surgery so quickly if the private hospital had been owned by a regular merchant instead. In a way, Ma Wentao’s social status was an advantage!

Zhang Fan didn’t need to worry about pre-surgery checkups, informing the patient’s family about the surgery, or getting the signatures for the necessary paperwork. Ma Wentao’s hospital’s surgical department was running quite smoothly with several doctors to do the work now. Not only were these doctors Ma Wentao’s surgeons, they had also been recruited by Zhang Fan.

Zhang Fan knew in good detail about all these doctors that he recruited, from their moral character to their medical abilities. Currently, Li Liang wanted to learn more about arthroscopies, so Li Liang was assigned to be the surgical assistant for all surgeries that used arthroscopes.

“For this surgery, you absolutely must be careful because the space is so small. It’s easy to accidentally injure the cartilage in the ankle joint. That’s why it’s necessary to be extremely knowledgeable on the tissue structure here.” Zhang Fan taught Li Liang as they made the pre-surgery preparations.

Li Liang had only average talent, but he had the good trait of being willing to work hard. Back at Kuake City Hospital, Li Liang had practiced tying surgical knots so much that he filled the metal railings of the hospital dormitory bed with black knots. Over just one night, he used a total of five boxes of string. He was the type who tried to make up for lack of talent with hard work. This was simply how the medical field was!