Chapter 294 - Teacher Ouyang! (1/2)
What was bliss? What was truly precious? Only by experiencing loss would one understand. Still, little Wang Congcong had only felt extreme pain when he lost his right hand. He was too young to realize the consequences of losing his hand.
His parents, who had ashen expressions, had felt more pain than anyone else. They were accompanied by Wang Congcong’s grandparents who felt endless regret. Why had animals been able to pass on their genes for millions of years already? That would be due to the instinct to protect their young.
Wang Congcong’s family had collapsed when his hand was cut off. If it hadn’t been for Zhang Fan and his hand and foot surgery hospital today, then the best result possible for this family would’ve been falling apart. Yes, that was already the best result.
The worst possible result would be unimaginable. Perhaps something even more tragic would happen. Saving just one life would be something wonderful, not to mention saving an entire family.
Now that the surgery was over, Zhang Fan, Li Liang, Song Bing, the anesthesiologist, and the operating room nurse all escorted little Wang Congcong out as if they were his bodyguards!
All of them were smiling. Although their bodies were sore from standing up for several hours, they were all standing up really straight and proud right now. The doctors were feeling incredibly happy right now. This was the feeling of having achieved something.
When a doctor acted like Superman and saved the patient when the patient and their family were in despair, the doctor would truly feel wonderful afterwards. If the feeling of happiness from achieving something could be ranked, doctors’ feeling of happiness from saving patients could probably be ranked in the top three.
That was the charisma of the doctor profession. Things were tense and stimulating in this job. Doctors would see more blood and shattered body parts than anyone else, along with scenes that would cause a rise in adrenaline.
A doctor would then use the skills that they had learned over the past decade or even several decades in order to save those who were on the verge of death. This was quite exciting to even imagine. However, the learning process to reach such a level of medical skill was far too harsh. It was like slowly committing suicide!
“Congcong! My Congcong!” Parents would forever care about their children. When Wang Congcong exited the operating room, his parents were so excited and anxious that words wouldn’t do the scene justice.
Wang Congcong’s family all saw that he was wearing a cast and that his right hand had been reattached to his arm. His mother cried endlessly at the sight. She was a combination of happy, excited, and relieved. Wang Congcong’s grandparents’ hands trembled as tears flowed from their eyes when they saw how his hand was still slightly pale. They wanted to go up and hug him, but they were still feeling guilty about what had happened to him. The grandparents could only hesitantly stand by the side with tears dripping down as they looked at him! This incident was probably something that the family would never forget in their lives.
Wang Congcong’s father and uncle were doing slightly better. They hurriedly said to the doctors, “Thank you for your hard work! Words can’t express our gratitude! If the child’s hand… It’s truly unimaginable!” Everyone then escorted little Wang Congcong to his patient room.
Batu had originally finished his work shift for today already. When he learned of the successful surgery on the child, he didn’t come to the hospital, as he knew that wouldn’t do anything. Instead, he went to go visit a government leader.
Some time later, Wang Congcong’s patient room became filled with reporters and cameramen!
“Dear audience, this is the only hospital in all of Chasu City that’s capable of performing limb replantation surgery. This afternoon, a child who’s only four years old…”
Batu had directly used every single connection that he possibly could! Having reporters come report on something on live television couldn’t possibly be done with money alone. Batu had tried his hardest for Zhang Fan’s hospital’s sake. This was all because he felt that Zhang Fan had been a true friend to him!
Wang Congcong seemed like a young animal that had left his mother’s side for too long as he curled up in his mother’s embrace and grabbed his mother’s clothing tightly with his left hand. He snuggled up against his mother’s chest! Although his right hand was in a cast, it was now impossible to tell from the skin color that his right hand had previously been sliced off.
Chen Qifa was incredibly happy as he stood in front of the reporters’ cameras and kept explaining what had happened. Basically, he went on and on about how dangerous the young child’s situation had looked, how hard all the doctors at Zhang Fan’s hospital had worked, and how amazing everyone’s skills were.
Originally, Zhang Fan should have been the one to do this as he was the leader of the hospital, but he didn’t want to appear in front of the cameras. It was inconvenient for Batu to appear on camera as he was an ex-convict, so surgical director Chen Qifa was the only one who could represent Zhang Fan’s hospital.
Chen Qifa had never been on television before. He was really, really excited. His words sounded rather strangely forceful when he first faced the cameras. However, he had a strong heart as a doctor, so he spoke more and more smoothly as time went on, and he wouldn’t stop!
After the surgery was finished, Zhang Fan informed Li Liang and the other doctors about the postoperative care procedures, and then secretly left to go home. He had already done everything that he could! He seemed really cool as he left without taking any credit!
Zhang Fan was also feeling really happy right now. He was a normal person. He was just a young man in his early 20s. He felt like he had accomplished something wonderful! He unhurriedly walked home while humming a random song. That was how happy he was. His happiness couldn’t be described by words.
“Are you home?” Zhang Fan called Shao Hua.
“Yeah. Are you working overtime today? There’s food waiting for you at home. Are you almost here? If you’re almost here, I’ll go heat it up for you so that you can eat as soon as you get home.” Shao Hua was currently studying accounting. She was already really accustomed to how Zhang Fan was never able to return home at a set time for dinner.
“Food? I’m on my way right now. I miss you!” Zhang Fan suddenly exclaimed.
“Oh! Haha, I miss you as well! Hurry home!”
Zhang Fan rarely showed much emotion like this. Although Shao Hua didn’t know why Zhang Fan was in such a good mood, she was quite satisfied that he still remembered her while being so happy. Shao Hua was such an excellent and rare lover!
Zhang Fan’s home was a safe haven where he could go and relieve his fatigue. He started walking swiftly towards his home.
Back in Wang Congcong’s patient room, everyone, even his aunt-in-law, had bright smiles. After the live interview finished, Chen Qifa informed Wang Congcong’s parents that his right hand would mostly be unaffected, and that the right hand’s functionality would be restored to almost completely normal as the child grew up. This meant that his future life wouldn’t be affected.
Chen Qifa’s words truly reassured the boy’s family. They felt as if a dark cloud above them had suddenly transformed into a bright sky. They didn’t mind the 20,000 yuan medical fee at all, even though it would give them a bit of financial hardship. They simply wanted Wang Congcong to be able to grow up healthily without any disability. That was all they wanted, which wasn’t much.
Zhang Fan’s shadow elongated as he walked under the sunset on the street which had plenty of flower fragrance and bird song. The world seemed so wonderful to him right now. He hoped that this would last forever!
Zhang Fan’s rheumatology patients were slowly discharged. The fatty hotel manager from Kuake City was now in much better condition after medical treatment. He would have to manage his gout by himself by losing weight and watching what he ate. Gout was quite easy to deal with if a patient could simply do that. However, actually being able to lose weight and watch what one ate was quite difficult for countless people!
Wang Yan was also discharged. Zhang Fan had performed a splenectomy for her right after her blood platelets increased slightly. Wang Yan then adamantly insisted on immediately getting divorced. She didn’t even ask for anything at all in the divorce. Wang Yan recovered quite swiftly due to her lover Teacher Li’s excellent care for her. She finally got to taste what a sweet life was like after bitter hardship!
Humans were truly strange creatures. Now that Wang Yan had experienced being on the brink of death, she valued her life far more than before. She now felt like she was the most fortunate woman in the world. Her life was filled with honey-like sweetness now!
After all of Zhang Fan’s rheumatology patients were discharged, that also concluded his rotation in the rheumatology department. Originally, there were still many more departments that he could be rotated into, but Superintendent Ouyang was no longer willing to let Zhang Fan continue to be a rotation doctor. Zhang Fan went to the hospital administration department to receive his next rotation assignment, only to be told that he should report to the superintendent’s office.
In Chasu City Hospital, there was a joke among all the doctors that the hospital secretary’s office door was like a city gate that anyone could enter or exit, and that the hospital secretary was just a friendly greeter! People were indeed quite mean to others. The hospital secretary was weak and useless. Anyone could trample on him. So what if he was actually one of the highest-ranking leaders of the hospital?
Chasu City Hospital’s hospital secretary, who was an older man, was far too pitiful because Superintendent Ouyang was far too powerful. All personnel of Chasu City Hospital viewed Superintendent Ouyang as a terrifying existence!
Superintendent Ouyang had excellent professional knowledge. She was more skilled at internal medicine than most of the internal medicine directors. It would be impossible to even try and fool her regarding medical knowledge.
She viewed incidents as they were rather than only treating incidents based on who was involved. Despite corruption being common, Superintendent Ouyang was actually a relatively fair leader. This helped to make everyone respect her authority.
She had a really sharp tongue that could really pierce the heart. She wouldn’t help anyone to save face.
She was protective of her own staff, really overprotective. She would act like a mother wolf whenever she faced outsiders while protecting her employees. She was a respectable yet also scary old lady superintendent. Everyone in the hospital was both afraid of and respectful to her.