Overpowered Resident Doctor

Chapter 554: Chapter 553: Living Up to Expectations

August 2nd, Friday.

At six in the morning in Binhai, the eastern sun had already crested the horizon. Under the glare of the morning glow, the slight coolness of the early hours was rapidly dissipating as the heat began to rise.

Yan Feifan, who lived in Apartment 701, Unit 1, Building 9 of Zuimo Court, slowly awoke from his slumber.

Meanwhile, at the Binhai University Affiliated Hospital, located at the intersection of University Road and Renmin Road, the day’s hustle and bustle had already begun after only the briefest of lulls.

Jio Xin, from the Plastic Surgery Center, led eight junior nurses from the night shift, including Xv Shuang and Wang Rong. Carrying cleaning and disinfection supplies along with several banners, they hurried toward the hospital’s teaching district.

Their destination was the hospital’s Comprehensive Teaching Building.

There, they would find the largest comprehensive teaching operating room in the entire hospital.

This fully transparent, sealed operating room was surrounded by a terraced viewing gallery arranged in a 270-degree arc above it.

Above the viewing gallery hung several large, high-definition screens that could display the lead surgeon’s actions at the operating table in real-time.

The gallery had two hundred twenty-seven seats, but if people squeezed in, it could accommodate three hundred, both sitting and standing.

Jio Xin and the other nurses were going to perform a full sterilization of the operating room and inspect its instruments and equipment.

They also had to clean the viewing gallery and make some arrangements for the event...

At seven in the morning, Yan Feifan finished his workout and prepared to eat breakfast.

His breakfast today was simple.

It was a bowl of thick oatmeal porridge soaked in milk, mixed with mini-donuts, assorted nuts, and various fruit slices.

Yan Feifan didn’t actually like this kind of Western-style breakfast.

But it was high in sugar and calories, and a single bowl could sustain him through five or six hours of high-intensity work.

Even though he disliked it, Yan Feifan had to eat it heartily.

Today’s surgery was scheduled to last seven hours and thirty minutes. During the latter half of the operation, Yan Feifan would need to eat a few pieces of chocolate and drink some water to replenish his energy and fluids.

At half-past seven, Yan Feifan’s dedicated surgical nurses, Meng Yao and Ye Lin, arrived at the Affiliated Hospital’s Plastic Surgery Center at almost the same time.

After changing into their scrubs and getting ready, they went to the Plastic Surgery Center’s surgical supply room to collect the necessary items: surgical instruments, sutures, sterile drapes, gauze, and other consumables, as well as some routine medications.

Meng Yao and Ye Lin needed to cross-reference these items with the surgical checklist Yan Feifan had given them, inspecting each one individually.

They paid special attention to the surgical instruments to avoid receiving any defective ones.

The two of them had to deliver these checked and approved surgical supplies to the operating room in the Comprehensive Teaching Building.

They also had to request the anesthetics, emergency blood plasma, and rescue drugs required for this surgery.

Because they weren’t using the Plastic Surgery Center’s own operating room this time, they had to prepare all the required instruments, medications, and backup emergency supplies themselves.

This made for a very busy morning for Meng Yao and Ye Lin...

At eight in the morning, Lin Qian and Qi Xiuping, serving as Yan Feifan’s surgical assistants for this operation, also arrived at the Plastic Surgery Center one after the other.

After completing their work preparations, they split up.

Qi Xiuping hurried to the teaching operating room in the Comprehensive Teaching Building to perform a final check on all preparations, including the equipment, surgical instruments, supplies, medications, and any potential rescue items needed.

Once he confirmed all pre-operative preparations were in order, Qi Xiuping would adjust and calibrate the equipment according to Yan Feifan’s height, standing position, and personal habits, such as the position of the surgical microscope and the height of its eyepieces.

The purpose of this was to allow the lead surgeon to dive directly into the operation without any distractions.

As for Lin Qian, she met up with the senior anesthesiologist for this surgery, Luo Zhen, and went to the patient’s room to perform the final pre-operative physical examination on Ya Jiaojiao...

For Yan Feifan, every time he had a surgery, all he needed to do was enter the operating room at the scheduled time.

But in preparation for this operation, the assistants and nurses serving him had already been busy for one or two hours beforehand.

And to ensure the work of the surgical assistants and nurses proceeded smoothly, employees from the hospital’s administration, logistics, supply rooms, pharmacy, and blood bank also needed to make their own preparations in advance.

A single surgery required the hard work, directly or indirectly, of at least thirty to forty people.

In a properly managed hospital, the pre-operative preparations and post-operative procedures for any surgery follow strict regulations and protocols.

Just like the pre-op preparations at the Affiliated Hospital, the surgical nurses would first perform a check, and then the surgical assistants would check everything again.

Therefore, situations where a piece of equipment fails or a medication is missing during an operation were simply impossible.

As for post-operative incidents, such as gauze or even surgical clamps being left inside a patient’s body, such things could never happen in a properly managed hospital.

At the Affiliated Hospital, for example, before a patient who had just undergone surgery was allowed to leave the operating room, the surgical nurses and assistants had to meticulously count and verify every single item against the surgical checklist—instruments, gauze, sterile drapes, and even used medicine vials and bags.

If even one item was missing or couldn’t be accounted for, the patient would not be permitted to leave the operating room.

Those shocking news stories online about gauze being left in incisions or even wrong-site surgeries were all cases of severely substandard hospital management.

It was best to steer clear of such hospitals...

At 8:20 in the morning, Yan Feifan arrived at the hospital.

He had intentionally arrived a little late, mainly because he didn’t want to engage in meaningless greetings and small talk with others.

Upon reaching the Affiliated Hospital, Yan Feifan headed straight for the Comprehensive Teaching Building.

However, when he reached the waiting hall in front of the surgical area on the second floor of the East Wing, accompanied by his sister, Yu Suye, and Tian Yu, he was surprised to find a large crowd gathered there.

Hospital Party Secretary Meng Huaxin, President Liu Jin, Vice President Hou Jianfeng, Vice President Chen Changrui, and Disciplinary Committee Secretary Han Xianghong.

The five top hospital leaders were all present.

Yan Feifan also saw office directors Wu Peng and Ren Zhen; Qu Ying, who was in charge of publicity; and from various departments, Director Wang Chuan, Lo Jun, Mrs. Yu, Qin Ying, Miao Quan, Director Qee Sheng, Dr. Qiu Ge, Director Liang Zhao Kui, Director Wan Yuming, and Qin Feng. He also spotted several other doctors he knew, like Zhou Xian and Gon Yan Nian.

Just as Yan Feifan stood there stunned, Meng Huaxin strode over and said in a booming voice, "Mr. Yan, we’ve come to cheer you on."

"Mr. Yan, this is your first time demonstrating your medical skills in front of so many colleagues from across the country. Are you nervous?"

Yan Feifan, feeling rather touched, said, "Thank you, Secretary. Thank you all for coming. Thank you, thank you!"

He then admitted frankly, "I wasn’t nervous at first, but seeing you all here has actually made me a little nervous."

His words drew a ripple of soft laughter.

Liu Jin also approached Yan Feifan and said with a smile, "Feifan, it would be strange if you were nervous. We all know you have nerves of steel; there’s nothing you don’t dare to do."

After a pause, he added in a serious tone, "Today, you could say, is the starting point for you to step beyond the Affiliated Hospital and conquer the nation."

"Feifan, go and show them all your strength and talent."

Yan Feifan nodded firmly. "Teacher, I will."

Facing the crowd, he declared loudly, "Thank you for your concern, encouragement, and support. I will work hard and not disappoint your expectations."

With that, Yan Feifan strode toward the isolation doors of the surgical area.

Just as he walked through the doors, he heard Tian Yu’s shout from behind him.

"Mr. Yan, you got this!"

Following the young girl’s voice, amidst a burst of laughter, more shouts of "You got this!" rang out...

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