godfather of surgery

Chapter 509 Are you an orthopedic doctor?

Saudi Arabia, a country that made its fortune from oil, exudes a local arrogance all over its body.

Jeddah is naturally also contaminated with this unique temperament, where cars pass by, resplendent buildings, sea fountains in the distance, and the Kingdom Tower under construction.

The Kingdom Tower is said to exceed 1000 meters. If completed, the height will exceed the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and become the world's first building exceeding 1000 meters.

Everywhere is telling people that this is a place where wealth gathers.

The driver sent them to a hotel near the hospital, settled their luggage, and immediately went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner without stopping.

Yang Ping is very satisfied with this arrangement. He doesn't dislike foreign food, but he definitely doesn't like it. He likes his Chinese food the most.

This restaurant is owned by people from Sichuan, and the business is booming, because there are also many Chinese in Jeddah, and they can be supported by the delivery of working meals at a large construction site nearby.

And during the holidays, workers from these construction sites have dinner with them.

Not far from Yang Ping's table, there were a few people in overalls eating, with the words China Construction Seventh Bureau on the clothes.

I heard from the boss that the construction projects they are building have a scale of more than one billion yuan.

These workers were finishing their meal, packing their luggage and preparing to leave. The shop owner gave them a few bottles of Laoganma.

"How long are you staying here? How about taking two bottles too?" The shop owner was very enthusiastic.

Yang Ping shook his head: "It's too polite, we only have a short stay."

"They sometimes have a bad appetite, so they rely on this to appetize." The shop owner explained.

The dishes in this Sichuan restaurant are very punctual. It is really good to be able to eat such punctual Sichuan dishes abroad.

Time was running out, and after dinner, Professor Li took Yang Ping back to the hotel without stopping too much.

Yang Ping took a shower, changed his clothes, took a rest, and followed Professor Li to the IMC Hospital.

This is the largest hospital in Jeddah, a newly built heart center, which brings together a large number of top doctors in the world.

Of course, most of these top doctors form a group to make money. They sign a contract with the hospital, and as long as they spare a few days for surgery every month, they can get a lot of commission.

Of course, there are also those who are invited by charity organizations to perform surgery, but such cases are rare.

Some doctors with low qualifications simply came to practice, because in the main hospital, they would not have many opportunities, but here there are more opportunities to do it.

The Saudi Red Cross often sends helicopters to neighboring countries to pick up patients and then send them here for treatment, all expenses paid by charities.

Professor Li comes to Saudi Arabia almost every month, and he is very familiar with this place. He is a contract doctor here, and at the same time, he has the mission of the International Red Cross.

Most of the nurses here are recruited from the Philippines, and there are also some Korean nurses. Saudi Arabia does not allow women to work in nursing.

Follow Professor Li to the doctor's office in the Heart Center. The office is very spacious and can accommodate dozens of people working at the same time.

"Everyone stop working, let me introduce you!"

Professor Li clapped his hands.

The doctors in blue washclothes immediately stopped their work, and the doctors who were discussing the operation plan also fell silent and raised their heads.

"This is Dr. Yang, whom I invited from China, and he will perform the operation on the mirror child."

After the brief introduction, there was a commotion in the office, and some people started whispering.

They all knew that Professor Li Zehui invited a top cardiac surgeon from China.

And because of this, the relationship between Professor Li Zehui and his brother, Professor Dodge from Cleveland, was very tense.

Because Professor Dodge insisted on performing this operation, Professor Li Zehui strongly refused.

Li Zehui and Dodge are the top doctors at the Cleveland Heart Center, and this doctor can perform operations that they cannot perform.

From the looks of it, he is still a very young doctor.

"Hello, Doctor Yang!"

The first person to stand up and shake hands was a strong Caucasian man over 1.8 meters tall. He greeted Yang Ping in English.

Yang Ping responded to him in English, and then shook hands with him.

"Dr. Dodge, the attending doctor of the Cleveland Heart Center, can perform heart surgery on children and adults." Professor Li Zehui introduced.

In the United States, the professional title of doctors is not so complicated, there are only two levels - resident doctor and attending doctor.

The resident doctor, called Resident, is receiving training and is not qualified to practice medicine independently; the attending doctor, called Attending, has completed the training and can practice medicine independently.

American doctors do not have a process of evaluating professional titles, and the attending doctor is for life.

Each attending doctor has full autonomy in the diagnosis and treatment process of the inpatients under his supervision, and other attending doctors have no right to interfere.Even department directors and deans are only administrative positions and have no right to interfere with the diagnosis and treatment plans of other attending doctors.

Different residency programs have different training periods, and different disciplines have different residency training periods. The internal medicine system generally takes 3 to 4 years, and the surgical system takes 5 to 7 years. For example, thoracic surgery and neurosurgery, these trainings take a long time, seven years.

Some go on to follow-up subspecialty training, such as cardiac surgery.

So in Cleveland, as doctors, Li Zehui and Dodge are both attending doctors.

And some can be called Professor XX, which is another evaluation system, the teaching evaluation system of the college, and has nothing to do with practicing medicine. It can be understood that if you have the ability to practice medicine, or have this idea, you can go to the school to get one. Professor Dangdang, this is an extra, has nothing to do with the doctor's professional title level, and it is understandable to be a part-time job. ,

Dodge, like Li Zehui, can perform heart surgery on children and adults.

There are very few surgeons in the world who can perform both pediatric and adult heart surgery, and they are simply rare treasures.

"Which hospital in China does Dr. Yang work? Anzhen, or Fuwai?"

Dr. Dodge only knows Anzhen or Fuwai for cardiac surgery in China, but compared with the Cleveland Heart Center, these two hospitals are nothing special.

Yang Ping shook his head: "No, I'm from Sanbo Hospital."

"Three Bo?"

Dodge muttered several times, "Sorry! I haven't heard of the heart surgery department at Sanbo Hospital."

Regarding Dr. Dodge's directness, Yang Ping was not angry. He said frankly: "Our cardiac surgery has just started, and my main business is orthopedics, not cardiology."

Dodge was shocked suddenly, his eyes widened immediately, and his lips were slightly opened. If there were not so many people around him looking at him, he would have stretched his mouth to the limit.

orthopedics!

Call in an orthopedic surgeon for heart surgery?
What a joke!
Did you hear that right?
Dodge turned his gaze to Professor Li Zehui, in order to confirm whether he had heard it wrong, but that he was really so crazy.

Invite an orthopedic surgeon to perform heart surgery!

Professor Li Zehui looked very calm: "Dodge, you heard me right, yes, Dr. Yang's main specialty is orthopedics, but it doesn't prevent me from inviting him to perform the operation on the little guy. I will endorse him, which is in line with the medical regulations here. .”

Professor Li spread his hands in a Western style and shrugged.

The entire office is full of cardiac surgeons, and even some rookies will not think that they are inferior to an orthopedic surgeon.

All the expectations in the hearts of these doctors dissipated in an instant. It is impossible, absolutely impossible for an orthopedic doctor to perform heart surgery.

Not to mention this top-notch surgery, even if it is an ordinary pediatric heart surgery, how could an orthopedic surgeon win it.

Some even laughed, and others got busy with their work.

"I'm sorry, Doctor Yang, some things have to go through a process, but this does not prevent me from asking you to perform the surgery. I have the final say on this matter." Professor Li expected this scene to happen.

The first mirror man, a little girl, Dodge insisted on performing the surgery, but the little girl died on the operating table.

Dodge believes that this is nothing, no one in the world can successfully complete this kind of operation, as a pioneer, his courage is already commendable.

But Li Ze would not think so, he thought there was a more powerful doctor in the world, and that was Yang Ping.

So this time, no matter what, he didn't let Dodge touch the patient.

He even issued an order to the subordinate doctors: no one should touch the patient.

This order annoyed Dodge very much, and it also made the relationship between them very tense.

When they came to this hospital, Dodge and Li Zehui had always cooperated happily, and they had quarreled several times because of this matter.

"Well, I won't delay your work, I wish you a happy work!" Dodge said to Yang Ping very gentlemanly.

Then he said to Li Zehui, "Let's talk about it sometime. You should explain something to me."

Dodge suppressed his anger. Li Ze would never let him touch this patient, but he invited an orthopedic surgeon to perform the surgery. He even thought there must be some conspiracy.

"Dodge, I'm not your subordinate doctor. I'm fully responsible for any decision I make, and I don't need to explain it to you." Li Zehui took Yang Ping to his desk, and when passing by, he clung to Dodge's ear and lowered his voice Say.

"Each of us is responsible for Cleveland's reputation."

Dodge also lowered his voice.

Professor Li didn't want to waste time on this matter, so he turned to Yang Ping and said, "Dr. Yang, let's look at the medical records, and then go to the ward to see the patient?"

"Marshall!"

Li Ze would call out a doctor's name.

The doctor named Marshall has already brought over the medical records, and the electronic screen on the desk is also covered with pictures.

(End of this chapter)