Great Doctor Ling Ran
chapter-773

Chapter 773: A Common Illness

The ECG monitor looked a little bit like traditional light boxes in karaokes.

The German-made anesthesia ventilator was cast aside. No one was using it at all.

There was a catheter inserted into Naldo’s body, and his breathing was hurried as he looked at the floor. Even though he was lying face-down, his hips were raised as the second half of the operating bed was elevated. This made him look like a folding knife.

Whenever the hips and legs of a person lying face-down were elevated, he would look like a folding knife.

Ling Ran walked around the operating bed and looked around. He inspected the clothes that were wrapped around Naldo’s limbs to prevent him from getting scalded by the endotherm knife during the surgery,

After he inspected everything carefully, Ling Ran ordered, “Go ahead and administer anesthetics.”

Ma Yanlin stepped forward with a solemn expression.

Meanwhile, Ling Ran grabbed the patient’s examination slip, unfolded it, and started reading it.

The examination slip had been translated and handwritten. Basic tests such as kidney function test, urine test, and stool analysis were performed. The samples were sent outside via a helicopter, and they got the results through the satellite phone.

Before this, due to the circumstances, Ling Ran had no choice but to make do with what he had. Right now, the rain had stopped for a while. Even though the span of time was not enough for them to evacuate all the patients, they could send quite a lot of samples to get tested in laboratories outside.

Such was Ling Ran’s habit. Even if it was only a hemorrhoid surgery, he would like to have as many tests done as possible.

“Let’s get started.” Ling Ran glanced at the figures on the ECG monitor. He did not bother to confirm things with Ma Yanlin.

Both the doctors were self-trained and rookie anesthetists, and there was no point in them confirming things with each other.

Ling Ran turned and pointed at the stainless steel plate. “Large-curved hemostatic forceps.”

“Okay.” The nurse immediately handed the pair of hemostatic forceps to Ling Ran.

Under normal circumstances, doctors did not need to provide guidance to the nurse, and they might not even need to name the instruments they needed. When it came to common surgeries, the nurses might even know the instruments better than the doctors.

However, the doctors did not have this privilege as they worked in Guozheng Charity Hospital, and the only nurse left did not even speak their language. Moreover, the nurse had never participated in a hemorrhoid surgery before. Guozheng Charity Hospital offered a very limited number of surgical programmes, and this was why the nurse had not participated in many kinds of surgeries before.

Ling Ran clamped the internal hemorrhoid forcefully with the forceps.

As Ma Yanlin saw how grotesque the internal hemorrhoid was, which was as large as a goose’s egg looked, he could not help but tremble a little. “It’s really shocking to the eyes.”

“7-0 surgical thread.” Ling Ran was not swayed, and he had no intention of chatting with Ma Yanlin. He grabbed the thick surgical thread which had been inserted into a needle. He then quickly made a figure-8 loop on the hemorrhoid on top of where the forceps were clamped. Next, he made a knot.

“Scalpel.” Ling Ran asked for a scalpel and cut open the patient’s skin at the position below where the large-curved hemostatic forceps was clamped. He then made a large V-shaped incision along the line he had drawn before this…

Ling Ran had never favoured small incisions.

Whenever he carried out surgeries, Ling Ran took a lot of things into consideration, and he was a careful person. Because of this, he had always preferred to make large incisions.

And because the internal hemorrhoid was as large as a goose’s egg, it was impossible for Ling Ran to make a small incision even if he wanted to.

“Scissors.” Ling Ran tossed the scalpel aside and raised his left hand to ask for a pair of scissors. He raised the hemostatic forceps in his left hand and pulled up the body of the hemorrhoid.

In short, right now, what Ling Ran had to do was to remove a sarcoma which was as large as a goose egg from the patient’s anus and try his best not to hurt any surrounding tissues.

There were actually many similar surgeries. This was how facial acne and cysts were removed too. The difference was that hemorrhoids were often larger, and it was not like the patient could see it in the mirror. Hence, they often were not aware of how large the hemorrhoid had become.

For doctors, the removal of hemorrhoids, acne, and cysts were basically the same. It was just that the incidence rate of hemorrhoids was higher.

After the internal hemorrhoid which was as large as a goose’s egg was removed, Ling Ran made a figure-eight loop at where it was. The surgery was almost done. Next, he carefully removed the rest of the internal hemorrhoids… Ma Yanlin did not really have anything to do, and his gaze kept drifting towards the large hemorrhoid the size of a goose’s egg that had been removed.

“I’ll leave the rest to you.” Ling Ran did not have the intention to finish up the surgery.

Hemorrhoids surgery was one of the most basic surgeries, and this patient’s hemorrhoids were not located at a fatal position. Hence, from a surgeon’s perspective, this surgery was a piece of cake.

If it were not for the fact that a lot of people suffer from hemorrhoids, most large hospitals would not even bother to offer this surgical method.

In Ling Ran’s opinion, though, hemorrhoid surgery was an extremely suitable kind of surgery to put in some practice.

In Ling Treatment Group, Ma Yanlin’s abilities were slightly inferior to those of Lu Wenbin and Zhang Anmin. However, this was mainly because he did not have enough experience. At the end of the day, all three of them were considered an ordinary elite doctor. Tertiary Grade A hospitals were full of resident doctors and attending physicians like them. As long as they received careful guidance and had enough opportunity to put in some practice, they would fare well. However, if they did not have enough chances to improve themselves, they would turn out to become mediocre doctors.

However, there was also competition within their treatment group.

Since Ma Yanlin was the weakest skill-wise, he received the least opportunities. Because he was often relegated to second assistant or third assistant, he did not have many chances to train his judgment.

Hence, simple surgeries like hemorrhoids surgery was just the right kind of surgery for Ma Yanlin to put in some practice right now.

This applied to Yu Yuan too…

Ling Ran made way for Ma Yanlin and started thinking about how to go about things.

A little not used to being in the spotlight, Ma Yanlin stepped forward and started cutting the ends of the hemorrhoids that had been tied. He then trimmed the incision and stopped the bleeding…

Ma Yanlin was drenched in cold sweat. There was no telling if it was because he was tired or scared.

Ling Ran watched the surgery and guided Ma Yanlin. When he saw that the nurse had passed Ma Yanlin a vaseline gauze for drainage, he left feeling at ease.

In a show of sharp-wit and alertness, Selena left together with Ling Ran.

The corridor of Guozheng Charity Hospital was quiet and peaceful.

Outside the window, it was raining cats and dogs again. However, those in the hospitals were feeling a lot more at peace.

Even though the rain had only stopped for two hours and the helicopter that was going back and forth had only evacuated three patients and two elderly and weak people, the people in the hospital were feeling a lot more hopeful after having their troubles come to an end.

The atmosphere in the hospital was so cheery that it was as if everyone was having a party.

Since death was no longer a treat, the place had become a lot livelier, and everyone’s will to live had become a lot stronger.

“Doctor Ling, you’re done with the surgery, aren’t you? Was it a success?” One of the patient’s family members staggered over.

Ling Ran nodded. “It was a success.”

“Hm… after the hemorrhoids are removed, there won’t be any pain anymore, right?”

“For postsurgical pain, you just need to take painkillers. Usually, there will be noticeable improvements after 48 hours.” Ling Ran thought about it and continued, “We encourage the patient to only defecate 24 hours later, and for the catheter to remain for 48 hours…” Ling Ran explained the situation and Selena translated what he was saying.

The patient’s family member became a little hesitant after he heard that.

Selena got anxious when she saw that and said, “Just spill the beans if you have anything to say. Doctor Ling is very busy…”

“My hemorrhoids have been giving me trouble too.” The patient’s family member sighed and said. “It’s because I’ve been sitting down too much. You know, it’s been raining for the past few days, and I had nothing else to do…”

“Do you want to receive surgery?” Ling Ran had not really been paying attention to how the patients’ family members were doing. He could not help but furrow his eyebrows.

“Can I?”

“We’ll have to look at the disease progression of your hemorrhoids.” Ling Ran paused for a moment and continued, “Or you can wait until the roads are cleared and head to a proper hospital for surgery.”

The patient’s family member shook his head furiously. “I put in my name at the hospital last year, but they did not allocate me a slot even after I waited for two months. I don’t want to wait anymore. Doctor Ling, can you please take a look at my condition…”

He then continued in a hushed tone, “I have a few friends who are suffering from hemorrhoids too.”

Three men dawdled over from another corridor as they coughed softly. They were walking in a weird manner due to the pain from their hemorrhoids.

Ling Ran nodded slightly. He then turned and said to Selena, “Ask Ma Yanlin to come over and take a look at their condition.”