Chapter 17 Section 17

Xi Ji went to work at eight o'clock in the morning as usual, feeling lazy all over. She did feel fatigue accumulated, but she couldn't rest.She may be able to ask for leave on the grounds that she is not feeling well, but she feels that others will think that women are not physically strong after all. On this day, she had to go to the general outpatient clinic first, because the inpatients had to undergo coronary angiography examinations, and she was going to be a trainee. The patient was a sixty-three-year-old man who had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery. After the thirty-minute examination, Xi Ji and the patient sat side by side on the chairs in the waiting room.His expression is very cheerful. Judging from data such as electrocardiogram and blood pressure, his heart is obviously much better than before hospitalization, and he himself can feel the difference.

"I don't feel uncomfortable in my chest when I am active. It feels good. In the past few years, I have been panting after a little exercise. I thought it was because I was old. It seems that it is impossible to die if you are sick." The male patient became A lot of words. When Xi Ji first arrived at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, this patient was still in the intensive care unit.She remembered that the postoperative situation was not ideal at that time, and Yuan Gong, who was holding the knife, talked with Xi Yuan with a serious face.However, after working tirelessly to continue the treatment, the patient has mostly recovered and should be discharged soon.

Although the life of a resident doctor is hard, if there is anything that can make people forget this hard work, it is the smile of the patient after recovery.The comfort is unparalleled. The male patient narrated various plans after discharge from the hospital, and there were many things he wanted to do.While listening, Xi Ji looked around inadvertently, and then noticed a man.This person looked familiar, nearly thirty years old, with a thin build. Xi Ji's eyes moved with him, watching him walk towards the stairs leading to the basement.General outpatients will not go to that floor. "That it?"

Xi Ji found that the patients around her were asking her questions. "Huh? Ah, sorry, you mean?" "How long will the doctor stay in this hospital?" the patient asked. "I think, there is still more than a month." "Is that so. After the training is over, you will be transferred to another hospital, right?" "I don't know yet, why would you ask such a question?" "Because," the patient whispered after looking around, "Aren't there a lot of rumors now? Is that true?" "Rumor?" Xi Ji turned to face him. "What rumor?"

His expression resembled that of a kid caught playing a prank. "I guess I shouldn't have said that." Xi Ji put on a smile. "If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to tell me, otherwise I will be very concerned about it!" "That's right." The man looked at Xi Ji tentatively and said, "It's about the threatening letter! I heard that the reason is the medical negligence of this hospital, is that true?" Xi Ji felt her face was stiff. "Who did you hear about this?" "No, it's not anyone, I heard it from everywhere..." The patient became more and more vague.

Apparently, it has spread among patients.Xi Ji couldn't help becoming worried. When returning to the clinic, the patient would definitely ask non-stop. "Is that rumor true?" He stared at Xi Ji and asked. She shook her head. "We don't know the details, and we haven't heard of any medical errors." Xi Ji's "we" refers to all doctors, but the interpretation of patients seems to be different. "Ah, that's right, Dr. Himuro is not an official doctor of this hospital, so they won't tell you the details." He suddenly realized and nodded.

Xi Ji wanted to refute "I didn't mean that", but he didn't do it.She doesn't want people to think she's offended by her damaged self-esteem. "Are the patients talking about the threatening letters?" Xi Ji asked. "Of course. Didn't the doctors come here to explain it to us? They even asked if they wanted to be discharged early or transferred to other hospitals. Even if they said such things, it must be unusual!" Xi Ji nodded.The hospital believes that even though the possibility of mischief is high, hiding something from the patient would cause confusion, but as far as the patient is concerned, doing so reinforces the seriousness of the matter.

"I'm fine, and I'll be discharged soon, but the patients who have to stay must be very disturbed. The same is true for Dr. Ice Room. I hope nothing will happen to you while you are in this hospital." He might have said that out of good intentions, but Xi Ji didn't know whether to nod.Seeing her ambiguous expression, the patient may have misunderstood, and said something like this in her ear: "Otherwise, I will ask the people above to ask the doctor to change to another hospital? I have a little connection." Xi Ji looked at him in surprise and shook his head quickly. "It's okay, I don't want to change hospitals."

"Really? But, if something happens, just speak up, it's considered a kindness." The patient stood up with a smile and left with steady and strong steps.Xi Ji watched his back and thought to himself, what is a resident doctor? They do the same things as regular doctors, and most patients think the same way.However, once her illness recovered and her mood calmed down, she immediately regarded her as a rookie who had just left the society. However, being a rookie is a fact.She also didn't know if the hospital treated her like an adult.Perhaps, as the patient said, there was indeed an inside story about the threatening letter, but the resident was kept from knowing it.

She returned to the office with a sad mood.There is an operation at ten o'clock today, and it will be performed on an elderly man with aortic valve insufficiency. The operation was performed by Yuan Gong.When Xi Ji arrived at the office, he saw him drinking coffee leisurely, without feeling nervous before the operation. "It's almost time to prepare for the operation?" Xi Ji spoke to confirm. "Yes, but it's not clear yet." "What's wrong?" "CE told us to wait." "Mr. Tamura? Is there a question?" The Tamura mentioned here is a clinical engineer working in this hospital. He not only maintains the medical equipment at ordinary times, but also operates the artificial heart-lung device whenever cardiovascular surgery is performed.

"He said that the condition of the artificial heart-lung is weird. It should mean that he found something wrong." "Then...it's terrible." This is indeed a big deal.If the artificial heart-lung device cannot work, it can be said that it is almost impossible to perform cardiovascular-related operations. "Mr. Tamura said it's not a malfunction, but he just needs to confirm it, otherwise it will be bad. Although there is a backup machine, but that one is very old, don't be so stingy in the hospital, it would be great if you are willing to buy a new one." "How much does that machine cost?" "Well," Yuan Gong crossed his hands in front of his chest, "you can buy a house in Tokyo." Xi Ji was speechless.Seeing her like this, Yuan Gong smiled and said, "Isn't CE an artificial heart-lung circuit for every operation? How much do you think it costs?" Xi Ji had no idea at all, just shook his head silently.Yuan Gong raised a finger. "It's not ten thousand or one hundred thousand, it's one million, you can't escape." "It's so expensive..." "It's used to replace the heart and lungs, no matter how expensive it is." Yuan Gong turned his gaze to Xi Ji's back.When she turned her head, she saw CE Tamura walking in with a serious face, sweating profusely. "How's the situation?" Yuan Gong asked. Tamura tilted his stubby neck. "I've checked it, and there's nothing abnormal. It's weird, what's going on?" He muttered to himself. "What's the matter?" "Oh, I just don't know what's wrong. I don't know when the machine restarted. I didn't touch it, and there is no abnormality in the power supply." "Restart?" Xi Ji asked. "Simply put, the switch was turned back on." "Does the machine turn on automatically?" "That's impossible." Tamura sneered. "If there's ever a power outage, that's a different story." "There won't be a power outage there." Yuan Gong pouted. "Because of the UPS." "Yes, if there is a problem with the power supply, it will be a mess by now." "Strange." Yuan Gong frowned. "However, is the machine itself okay?" "No problem, I promise." "Okay!" Yuan Gong patted his knee and stood up. "Get ready for the knife." On the way to the operating room, Xi Ji told Yuan Gong what he had just heard from the patient while walking, that rumors about threatening letters and medical negligence had already spread. "So? What can we do?" Yuan Gong looked forward and asked. "No, I was thinking, what should I do better..." "Nothing to do. That matter has been handed over to the police, and you can answer the patient in the same way." "However, if this continues, the patient will become more and more disturbed..." "No way, since you don't trust this hospital, you can go to another hospital. Patients have this right. All we can do is save the patients in front of us." Yuan Gong stopped and pointed at Xi Ji's chest. "I order you as an instructing doctor, you are not allowed to think about anything except the next operation, you understand?" Startled, Xi Ji nodded. Before the operating room, nurses prepare to push the patient in.Yuan Gong rushed over and spoke to the patient.Nozomi Mase is also inside. Looking at Wang, Xi Ji suddenly remembered that the man she saw on the general outpatient floor just now, she had seen him late one night, and Wang was with him at that time. Xi Ji began to wonder who the other party was, but then shook her head.Don't think about anything other than surgery, I was warned just now. The originally slightly vibrating bright spot suddenly drew a big wave.Rang Zhi looked at it carefully, held his breath, and operated the adjustment buttons while watching the LCD screen of the handheld oscilloscope. Just now, the operation began—he was sure of it. Others were in the car, guessing the situation in the operating room from the hospital parking lot. He installed power monitoring displays on the uninterruptible power supply lines connected to the cardiovascular surgery operating room.That is the device he made in the company yesterday. The monitor can emit radio waves and transmit signals. Life support systems such as artificial heart-lung devices must always be connected to an uninterruptible power supply.These devices are working, indicating that the operation has officially begun. But, beyond that, he doesn't know anything. How the doctors and nurses opened up the patient's body in the operating room is completely unknown from the outside.Some hospitals install television screens outside to make it easier to see what is going on in the operating room, but this hospital does not have such equipment. The bright spot of vibration on the oscilloscope screen is the only clue for Rang Zhi. What can be done with this little thing?He felt uneasy, relying on this clue alone, was he going to perform an impossible task that could never be repeated or turned back? What a mess—he thought again.However, this is also what he knew from the beginning, this is the plan he came up with after understanding all the situations. Turning off the switch of the oscilloscope, Joji started the engine.The function has been confirmed, and the effect is good. What I have to worry about now is whether the monitoring display will be discovered, but this can only be left to fate. More importantly, Rang Zhi looked towards the hospital entrance. Despite the threatening letters on the news, the response of patients has not changed significantly, and the number of general outpatients has not decreased. He feels restless.Why?Why do you have to come to this hospital?!