Surgery Godfather-Chapter 632 - 574: Duke’s Fund

Indeed, whether it’s surgery or research, the beginning is the peak.

Yang Ping has no choice, he needs to save time. He can’t intentionally stretch out the learning curve in surgery and in research, he can’t fumble for three or five years just to please people.

If one has the wings of an eagle but flaps like a hen, there are either issues with intellectual capacity or with character.

The content of this course is a new technology that is still in clinical trials.

Therefore, there won’t be much interaction in the class because not many people will understand this.

However, this does not prevent these young doctors from discussing according to their understanding during their free time.

Dr. Jin arrived more than ten minutes later than Director Gao. By the time he arrived, there were no seats left and it was even hard for him to find a suitable perspective.

But soon, with his reputation among the young doctors, Dr. Jin secured a seat in the corner.

The trauma orthopedics department also handles some cases of spinal fractures.

This group of patients overlaps with the spinal surgery department as a source of patients.

In hospitals where the resources for patients are tense, if the boundaries are not clearly defined, the two departments often compete fiercely for patients, taking bold actions.

When it comes to their livelihood, even the closest of kin can become enemies, let alone colleagues from the same hospital.

An admission source refers to the source of patients.

Top-tier hospitals don’t need to consider this, but for general hospitals, it’s a pressing problem.

Without patients, there is no income, and this is a very practical problem.

Public hospitals actually receive very little financial allocation, it’s so small that it can be ignored, they basically depend on their own profitability.

Civil servant salaries are all solved by financial allocations, but doctors’ salaries are almost entirely paid by the hospital’s own earnings.

So under this economic logic, if there are no patients, or too few patients, there will be no income, leading to the plight of not being able to distribute wages. For public institutions, although they cannot declare bankruptcy, they exist in a state similar to bankruptcy.

Given this, it’s not surprising for department directors to turn hostile when competing for patient sources.

At Sanbo Hospital, the orthopedics department has more than enough patients to treat, so there are no boundaries drawn for patients that overlap between the spinal surgery and trauma orthopedics departments.

Whoever admits a patient with a spinal fracture treats them, showcasing their special skills.

Dr. Jin, as a perpetual attending physician, has given up hope for any promotion, but he has never stopped pursuing his medical skills.

Director Han had nothing to do over the weekend and came to peek into the teaching room. Whether they were graduate students or interns, those crowded at the door automatically stepped aside. The doctors near the door all actively gave up their seats when they saw Director Han.

Director Han waved his hand to signal everyone not to disrupt the atmosphere and also took a good seat without any hesitation and began to listen carefully.

Director Qin of the spinal surgery department did not show up.

Instead, his subordinate, Dr. Wen, appeared among the audience.

The joint surgery department didn’t show up either, as if they had the least presence among all the subspecialties.

Yang Ping was still lecturing up there, everyone was listening attentively below. It’s fine if they don’t understand new ideas right now, they can write them down and ponder them later.

Those who lecture on stage all share one bad habit. Once they start speaking, they go on and on, and slowly lose control.

This is especially true for professors and leaders.

Often in academic conferences, they agree on fifteen minutes, but as they speak their brains become excited and they cannot stop. The host has to keep ringing the bell to remind them: pay attention to the time!

Professors are fine, upon hearing the hint, those with thick-skinned will say: give me two more minutes.

The thin-skinned ones will hastily wrap up their speeches, forcibly repressing all their enthusiasm.

But it’s different when leaders speak. Who dares to ring the bell to remind them of the time? Not only can they not ring the bell, they also need to take notes seriously, pretending to be carefully listening to the speech.

Similar to a straight highway, no matter how attentive the driver is, he is likely to doze off while driving.

The same happens in leaders’ meetings, there’s a pile of people dozing off at the bottom, and the reason is here.

Yang Ping, on the other hand, is one of the rare speakers who do not have a speech excitement syndrome.

When he finished, there was only a solitary spine floating on screen, causing everyone to be startled from their contemplative state that the research had ended.

The audience was unhappy, feeling that the time was too short. Just as they were beginning to understand, the lecture ended abruptly.

It was now time for questions and discussion.

Yang Ping stood at the podium, waiting for everyone’s questions.

Song Zimo, holding the microphone, moved among the rows, his tie fluttering, ready to hand the microphone to anyone who wanted to ask questions.

Someone raised their hand, and Song Zimo passed the microphone to them.

Director Han looked at Yang Ping on the stage, nodded slightly, filled with a sense of fulfillment.

One good doctor is enough!

In the midst of everyone’s bustling discussion, Director Han quietly left the conference hall, and at this time, he bumped into Director Qin, who was late, at the elevator door.

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August’s black beer was really effective in keeping him alert.

At four in the morning, he was staring at his computer screen with bright eyes.

The course materials were stored in the forum’s data section, which August referred to, watched repeatedly, and did not miss a single detail.

Opportunities belong to those who are prepared. Without a solid foundation in Chinese, he wouldn’t be able to access this mysterious forum, let alone communicate with them or understand these topics.

Now, whenever August saw a Chinese character, he felt as though it contained mysterious information.

If he could personally go to China and see a successful clinical experiment case with his own eyes, then the Duke’s son, his own nominal nephew, would be saved.

"Disperse deformity, maintain stability, guarantee distraction, these are the professor’s three principles for osteotomy."

Takahashi mainly focuses on trauma orthopedics, but if he wants to take over Fujiwara’s position, he must be an all-rounder in orthopedics.

Therefore, Takahashi put a lot of effort into spine-related practices.

Coupled with his good foundation in Chinese, he was able to summarize the core principles of osteotomy in twelve words.

In the end, Takahashi exclaimed, "It’s truly magical, truly amazing!"

"Disperse deformity, every vertebra needs osteotomy; maintain stability, osteotomy should be selected in the posterior column whenever possible. If osteotomy must be performed in the anterior or middle column, try to maintain the stability of the posterior column."

"The large frame is for coarse adjustment, the small frame is for fine adjustment, and on the basis of overall correction, the correction of each part is independent, thus avoiding any obstruction to bone distraction at a certain part, which affects the progress of others."

"Yes, these healthy bone tissues are rich in blood supply. As long as the operation is done properly and not rushed, bone distraction rarely fails. Even if one part does fail, other areas can wait for it, or abandon that part and continue to progress, which will not affect the correction process."

"I finally understand."

"The first international clinical experiment base has to be the Specialty Surgery Hospital in New York," Luo Sha, a spine surgeon, announced proud.

With the help of Robert, he had already made a lot of preparations.

Whether it was the source of the disease, or the medical legal and ethical procedures, he was ready.

Behind the screen, Takahashi showed a disdainful sneer.

"We are not well prepared, we can only wait until next time."

The one who laughs last is never the proudest.

What a sly fellow!

Robert cursed in his heart, knowing that the Japanese had made sufficient preparation, but pretended to abandon it.

"It seems I am behind, but gentlemen, I will work hard."

August believed that although Germany had joined the forum last, the duke’s huge financial power and determined resolution backing him up provided the greatest possibility of securing this opportunity.

"Public fund" powerful financial resource, conducting medical research worldwide, it is not something a single hospital, or even a few of them, or academic organization could compete with.

"Oreo? Is the date confirmed?"

"It’s been confirmed, a week from now!"

"We arrive on the same day? Stay in touch."

In addition to coming to Sanbo for further study, August will represent the "duke’s fund" and have the first conversation with Yang Ping.

Perhaps, it could open the door to a major collaboration.