White armor

Chapter 100 Sealing the Heart with Concrete

Luo Hao opened the door and came in.

"Director Feng, Director Gu can fly over. I checked the plane tickets and I can arrive at 3pm at the earliest."

"Okay! I'll report it right away." Feng Zixuan took a deep look at Luo Hao, "You buy the air ticket and go back to the finance department for reimbursement. I'm not familiar with Director Gu, so you're responsible for contacting him."

"Okay, Director Feng, don't worry, I'm here."

Smart people speak simply, so Feng Zixuan was not too polite and hurriedly went to Zhuang Yongqiang and Jin Rongcan to report the matter.

Luo Hao was not in a hurry to leave, but took pictures of the images with his mobile phone before leaving.

Send a copy to Director Gu, Luo Hao holds the image data in his hand and looks at it carefully.

Cement sealing is not uncommon and is almost a common "complication" of vertebroplasty.

But the cement pierced the heart, pericardium, visceral pleura, and right lung like a dagger, which is relatively rare.

How much cement is put in during vertebroplasty?

Luo Hao sighed. It's really hard to describe the level of orthopedics in the first year of medical school. If you don’t know how to fool around, you might even let the consumables dealer into the operating room.

Walking back with the phone in his hand, Luo Hao was shocked when the phone vibrated.

[People say that a man will be a boy until he dies, but how can there be a boy...]

It was Director Xiao calling.

Luo Hao picked up the phone.

"Hello, Director Xiao."

"Ronald, come to the Health Commission in the afternoon. We will meet in the afternoon for any unusual matters!" Xiao Zhenhua said happily.

"Uh... I'm sorry, Director Xiao, I have an emergency surgery here."

Xiao Zhenhua on the other side of the phone stopped talking for a moment, and there was some radio noise on the phone.

"It's Brother Qiang's father."

The radio signal was a little stronger, but Xiao Zhenhua still didn't speak.

He didn't hang up the phone at this time, mainly because of the scene Xiao Zhenhua witnessed with his own eyes some time ago.

"Geng Qiang."

"Who is Geng Qiang?" Xiao Zhenhua asked solemnly.

Luo Hao was helpless. The Health and Medical Commission was really unwelcome, and its level was appallingly low.

Xiao Zhenhua's level is indeed too low to be able to contact Geng Qiang. This is not his fault.

Not to mention him, even the boss of the Health Commission is different from other ministries and commissions, which shows the lack of attention to the Health Commission.

It’s just a small fringe ministry.

After a brief explanation, Luo Hao reluctantly said that Director Gu from 912 came to rescue the station this afternoon, and apologized repeatedly.

"Huh, it's important to treat illnesses and save people. Ronaldinho, you're busy on the other side." Xiao Zhenhua sighed, "I've already pushed for it. I'll delay it for a while, but I can't change the date. Just take a look, it doesn't matter whether you come or not. Saving people is the most important thing.”

"Thank you, Director Xiao." Luo Haoke hung up the phone politely.

Xiao Zhenhua's appearance instantly disappeared from Luo Hao's eyes, and only the image of the cement-sealed heart dangled in front of Luo Hao's eyes.

Although the difficulty of the operation is just that, it still depends on the condition of the elderly person.

Luo Hao did not return to the interventional department, but contacted Geng Qiang and went directly to the orthopedics department.

Geng Qiang's face was gloomy, and the smile he had before was gone.

Luo Hao knew the mentality of the patient's family members and he understood the condition.

The condition was relatively simple - the patient underwent L3 kyphoplasty 5 days ago using polymethylmethacrylate medical bone cement.

This morning, the patient suddenly developed right-sided pleuritic chest pain with radiating pain in the mandible and shoulder.

Chest X-rays and computed tomography scans revealed an intracardiac foreign body.

Geng Qiang had obviously just found out about Director Gu of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, who Luo Hao helped contact 912. Although his face was dark, he was still polite to Luo Hao.

After seeing the patient, Geng Qiang accompanied Luo Hao out.

"Ronald, thank you."

"Brother Qiang, you're welcome." Luo Hao comforted, "This is one of the complications of vertebroplasty. There is a problem, and we will actively solve it. Director Gu will arrive at three o'clock in the afternoon. I will pick him up. I will send this to the old man directly. Go to the operating room."

"Is it enough to sew up the broken heart?" Geng Qiang asked coldly.

"It should be fine after sewing. The probability of success of the operation is very high." Luo Hao looked at Geng Qiang's dark face and comforted him, "I can be discharged from the hospital and go home in two weeks. My life after the operation will not be affected and will basically return to normal." ."

"Alas." Geng Qiang was not happy because Luo Hao was rarely able to speak. He sighed, obviously in a bad mood.

Luo Hao didn't comfort him anymore.

He has come across a lot of anxious attitudes among patients’ family members, and some people simply cannot listen to anything they say.

After sending Luo Hao to the door of the ward, Geng Qiang suddenly raised his head and said, "Xiao Luo."

"Ok?"

"Do you doctors often encounter similar situations?"

Luo Hao smiled, "Brother Qiang, do you want to smoke?"

"Let's go."

The two came to the fire escape. Luo Hao took out the cigarette and handed Geng Qiang an unbitten one. Then Luo Hao explained, "Every director and surgeon has his own way of solving problems."

"When something goes wrong, it's best if you can solve it yourself. If it's more difficult, you have to use your network resources. Doctors from higher-level hospitals come to the rescue and use higher-level technical power to solve inevitable complications."

When Geng Qiang heard Luo Hao say the word "inevitable", he raised his head and looked at Luo Hao.

"Ronald, I know you have good intentions and are helping Director Xue of the Department of Orthopedics. But I am a family member of the patient, and I don't think what you said is right."

“Being prepared for danger, no one can guarantee a smooth life.”

Luo Hao accepted Geng Qiang's gaze calmly.

"For example, Brother Qiang." Luo Hao said, "You remember the Huoshenshan Hospital a few years ago."

Geng Qiang didn't know what Luo Hao was going to say, so he just nodded.

"A hospital in ten days is a miracle, but I think it's more than that."

“I have a buddy who studies civil engineering, and he said at the time that this was an almost impossible task.

What to do about the geological and hydrological survey of the target land parcel?

What if we don’t do this, even if we build a house, the foundation will soon settle? What should I do if it tilts? What should I do if the virus-laden sewage pipes sink or burst? "

"Without a clear survey of the hydrological conditions in advance, who knows whether what will be dug out with a shovel will be soil or a swimming pool?"

"Afterwards, he came up with a bold idea. I can't touch these things, but I guess you can, Brother Qiang."

Geng Qiang was silent.

“There has long been a plan to survey the geology, soil, hydrology and other data of the reserved land in advance, and this target land has been kept in the contingency plan.

Maybe ordinary people will never encounter this emergency plan in a lifetime or two, but once they encounter it, they can immediately dig it out from the pile of old papers and put it to great use. "

Geng Qiang continued to remain silent and did not comment on Luo Hao's words.

"The same goes for doctors. Doctors in higher-level hospitals have a high status and are praised by others. We are talking about utilitarianism, mainly because they are useful."

"No one can guarantee a safe life. If something goes wrong during a surgery, or if you encounter a patient whose diagnosis is unclear, just make a phone call and there will be a big boss to help solve the problem."

Luo Hao intentionally or unintentionally distorted the previous topic, but Geng Qiang did not correct him.

"Be prepared, be prepared. Complications are unavoidable, otherwise we wouldn't talk to the patient's family so much before the operation. Once complications occur, doctors who are well aware of them have alternative plans."

Geng Qiang took a deep drag on the cigarette and shook his head, "Ronald, you didn't do the surgery. There's no need for you to go around in such a big circle to remind me of complications."

"Brother Qiang, what I said is true." Luo Hao sighed helplessly, "A few years ago, a leader went for an inspection and caught a cold. There was no tertiary hospital in the area, so he was given a temporary intravenous drip in a local hospital."

"After taking the medicine, my cold symptoms improved immediately. However, when I returned to the provincial capital and took the medicine normally, the effect was not as good as in the countryside."

"Dexamethasone is used in the countryside, but in large doses. The effect is certainly good, but there are many hidden dangers."

Geng Qiang looked at Luo Hao seriously, as if he wanted to see clearly what Luo Hao was really thinking.

"Brother Qiang, you haven't seen how you scared our dean. I know the mentality of the patient's family, but you keep looking down and everyone is under great pressure."

"You also taught the patient's family a lesson." Geng Qiang said helplessly.

"Tell the truth, Brother Qiang." Luo Hao put out his cigarette, "I'm contacting Director Gu to prepare a surgical plan. Leave it to me. Don't worry."

It was also the first time that Geng Qiang heard a doctor talk to him like this.

Luo Hao was very honest and even gave a certain promise. He was not a dog.

He nodded and sent Luo Hao away.

Watching Luo Hao's figure disappear, Geng Qiang didn't move for a long time, as if he was frozen.

After leaving the orthopedic ward, Luo Hao returned to the interventional department and began to contact Director Gu to carefully study the surgical approach and solutions.

In fact, there was nothing to study, but Luo Hao still cautiously asked Director Gu, and then went to the system operating room to try.

No accidents.

Geng Qiang's father's condition is relatively simple. It just looks scary and is nothing to Director Gu.

Director Gu performs at least ten similar surgeries a year, all to help orthopedic surgeons solve future problems.

Seeing that the patient had no new problems, Luo Hao was relieved.

When the time came, he ate casually and went to pick up Director Gu with Feng Zixuan.

Dean Jin also went with him, and the medical university paid a lot of attention to this matter. Just like Luo Hao said, the whole hospital was very nervous.

After receiving Director Gu, Dean Jin and Feng Zixuan expressed their gratitude.

Director Gu exchanged some polite greetings, but he didn't care about the two higher-level leaders at all. All his attention was on Luo Hao.

Dean Jin and Feng Zixuan knew they couldn't be envious of this.

"Dr. Luo, please go back to 912 when you have time. Every time you call me, my heart skips a beat. What do you call this? It's like being a night owl who comes into the house and doesn't do anything." Director Gu complained.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry." Luo Hao said with a smile, "I'm busy here, Director Gu, don't be angry."

"Angry? How dare I be angry with you?"

"It depends on what you said." Luo Hao said quickly, "I am really busy recently. I am improving my surgical skills and I am too busy to have time."

"Should cardiothoracic surgery be thrown away?"

"No!" Luo Hao replied affirmatively.

"Okay, come up and set up the stage for me today." Director Gu said, "I'll go back and explain to the boss."

Luo Hao was full of confidence. The operation was actually not difficult. Director Gu was still there, so he didn't need to activate the [flow] state.

"Director Gu, I have been doing something unusual recently."

"Deputy senior position? It's time for you to become deputy senior position. If you had stayed in the imperial capital, you would have already been promoted to deputy senior position with just one look from the boss. Do you deserve to go through such trouble?"

"High-level job."

"Huh?" Director Gu glanced at Luo Hao, then smiled, "That's fast enough."

"You have to hurry up, otherwise you won't have the nerve to go back and see the bosses..."

Director Gu smiled bitterly without saying anything.

Everyone else is the boss, but the boss still likes to ignore him; if it were Luo Hao, he would become the bosses.

Thinking back to the anger of his boss when Luo Hao was reported with his real name years ago, even Director Gu felt a little envious.

He is considered a direct disciple, but in the heart of Boss Zhou, he is not as good as Luo Hao. Where can I go to reason?

"Director Gu, please get in the car." Dean Jin walked quickly to the car and opened the door.

Director Gu took one look and smiled, "Dean Jin, you don't have to be so polite. You really don't have to. We are all our own people. I can just take Luo Hao's car. Dr. Luo, you can drive."

Dean Jin's mouth felt bitter.

In front of these big bosses in Beijing, the director of a large tertiary hospital in the provincial capital, who is a dignified person, is really no match for Luo Hao.

Forget it, Dean Jin doesn't dare to complain.

……

First Hospital of Medical University, Orthopedic Ward.

Zhuang Yong forced a smile and hunched over to open the door to the ward.

"Leader, please come in."

A man in his fifties walked into the ward.

He had a gentle chat with Geng Qiang's father. Seeing that the old man was really lack of energy, he comforted him a few words and turned to leave.

"Surgery is needed? Who will do it?"

"Leader, Director Gu from 912 has already disembarked from the plane at this time. We will send the old man to the operating room immediately." Zhuang Yongqiang lowered his head slightly and answered simply and quickly.

"Director Gu of 912? If I remember correctly, he seems to be a member of the health care team. There's been something going on there recently, and the doctors from the health care team can't leave Beijing. Who contacted him when he flew here so quickly?" the man asked doubtfully.

Zhuang Yongqiang and Geng Qiang were startled.

Can't leave the imperial capital?

How did Luo Hao invite Director Gu here?

They thought that Luo Hao invited Director Gu to come because of the good relationship between students and teachers. With a phone call, Director Gu gave face and flew directly to the provincial capital to rescue the station.

Saving people is like putting out fires. Being quick is also a professional characteristic of doctors, so I didn't think much about it.

They didn't know the difficulty until that person spoke.

Geng Qiang was smart. He was startled for a moment and then immediately replied, "The leader is Luo Hao."

"Dr. Luo has been busy after hearing about it. At this time, he went to the airport to pick up Director Gu."

"Oh, Ronaldinho is still in contact with that side."

The man spoke softly, then said some decent words to comfort Geng Qiang, and then left.

In less than 10 minutes, Zhuang Yongqiang's clothes were already wet with sweat.

Disgracing such a big person in front of the boss, the first year of medical school was completely humiliated.

Fortunately, the great god Luo Hao was here, and he inadvertently saved a little face for the first-year medical student.

Seeing the black car leaving the hospital, Zhuang Yongqiang took a deep breath and said, "Secretary Geng, I'm really sorry."

"Ronaldiano told me that there is no 100% chance of success in the operation."

Geng Qiang also calmed down. He fully understood the importance of what the leader just said.

Luo Hao persuaded himself while moving. Recently, he couldn't leave the imperial capital at all, so Director Gu came to rescue people.

This favor is huge, even bigger than I thought before.

"Dr. Luo Haolo has received Director Gu. Let's send the patient away."

"Okay, hard work."

……

……

"Are you all so serious?" Director Gu stood in the operating room, chatting with Luo Hao.

The anesthesiologist is busy giving anesthesia, but more often than not there is no physical performance to show that he is very busy.

The equipment nurse and circulating nurse were counting. Every time the number reached 12, the circulating nurse would freeze and then continue counting.

It was obvious that everyone was nervous.

Director Gu was a little helpless, he didn't like this atmosphere.

"Director Gu, there is nothing we can do, everyone is nervous."

"The higher the technical level of the operating room, the more willing it is to drive." Director Gu said with a smile, "There is a saying about food and warmth. Ronaldinho, do you remember?"

"Hey." Luo Hao smiled.

"I'm here, why are you nervous?" Director Gu said, "You don't see patients like this very often. I wipe the butts of ten or twenty orthopedics every year."

"Who is the most serious patient? Director Gu." Luo Hao followed Director Gu's words.

“The cement penetrated the heart but not the pericardium, causing pericardial tamponade.”

"!!!"

Director Gu was not nervous. He was waiting for the anesthesiologist to finish his work and come on stage.

Luo Hao had reported the patient's condition to him before, so he knew it well.

"By the way, Dr. Luo, I encountered something really abnormal recently."

"Director Gu, what's wrong?"

"I went to Chengdu for a meeting some time ago. After eating a few hot pots, I started to have diarrhea." Director Gu said, already a little angry.

It's genuine anger, not just pretending.

"I went to the bathroom, and guess what? The place where toilet paper was supposed to be was filled with hand sanitizer! What the hell!"

"???" Luo Hao was stunned when Director Gu said this.

What the hell is this?

“It is said that hemorrhoids are common in Chengdu, but you don’t have to put hand sanitizer next to a pit!”

Luo Hao couldn't help but laughed when he thought of the embarrassed Director Gu at that time.

"When you pass Shuangliu in the future, you must be careful about this."

"What happened next?" Luo Hao asked.

Director Gu glared at Luo Hao fiercely.

"Don't ask if you shouldn't ask. If you have the ability, just try it and you will know."

Luo Hao chuckled, lowered his head and looked at his thumb picking at his slippers.

"By the way, the boss is very kind to you. Do you know that all the members of the health care team cannot leave the imperial capital recently?" Director Gu asked calmly.

Dean Zhuang's ears perked up when he thought of that person's words.

"I don't know." Luo Hao raised his head and was surprised, "Director Gu, did you ask for leave?"

"The boss asked me to throw a knife, and I said hello to the leader of the health care team, the director of the health committee and the relevant leaders. The boss took my place when I was away."

"Uh..." Luo Hao scratched his head.

"Go back and see the boss when you have time. He misses you." Director Gu said lightly.

After saying that, he strode to wash his hands.

Luo Hao followed Director Gu closely.

Not only did Dean Zhuang's ears stand up, but his hair also stood up. Dual-band and multi-band radio frequencies were blended together, and the radar power was turned to the maximum to capture all information.

"Dean Zhuang, what did Director Gu just say?" Jin Rongcan asked in a low voice, confused.

Zhuang Yongqiang didn't say anything, but stared blankly at the cardiothoracic and orthopedic doctors posing.

Soon, Luo Hao came back first and started disinfecting.

Disinfect, lay sterile drape, and the surgery begins.

Luo Hao stood in the first assistant position and squeezed the first cardiologist of the Medical University into the second assistant position next to Director Gu.

The operation was very quick, and a 10cm cement "dagger" was taken out in less than 6 minutes.

Director Gu immediately began to suture the heart and right lung.

I watched an extremely difficult surgery completed from start to finish in less than an hour under the hands of Director Gu.

The director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department of the First Hospital of the Medical University said with emotion, "Director Gu, your skills are really high!"

"Haha, this surgery doesn't require any skills. You guys don't do much orthopedic surgery, so you rarely take the blame for them. I have a lot of similar patients there, and I've seen them a lot and done them a lot, so I've already become familiar with them."

"Director Gu, if he has similar patients again, I'll have to trouble you." The director of the cardiothoracic surgery department of the First Hospital of the Medical University climbed up the pole.

But Director Gu didn't answer, as if he didn't hear what the director next to him was saying, and asked Luo Hao directly.

"Dr. Luo, please buy the ticket."

"I bought it. I was afraid that the surgery would delay my time, so I bought a slightly later flight ticket." Luo Hao was a little apologetic, "I'll get off the stage and have a bite to eat in a while. I'll chat with you for a while, and the time is almost up."

"Well, as long as I can get back today, if something happens in the imperial capital, I can't mess with the boss." Director Gu has already stitched up his right lung.

The anesthesiologist asked the anesthetist to inflate his lungs. No air bubbles or blood was seen. Director Gu turned around and stepped down.

Luo Hao and the director of cardiothoracic surgery began to finish and suture.

Director Gu did not take off his clothes directly after stepping down, but picked up the cement "dagger" he had just taken out.

"Director Gu, thank you." Dean Zhuang Yongqiang came to express his thanks quickly.

"You're welcome, it's just a small job. Dr. Luo called me and I have to come. As doctors, we often cannot help ourselves. You can also do this surgery."

Director Gu said half a sentence very calmly.

Everyone knows why Director Gu is asked to fly. Everyone knows.

"But Dean Zhuang, this cement is big enough. Our orthopedics department has rarely seen similar situations in the past two years. You can send someone to learn from their experience."

Zhuang Yongqiang was a little embarrassed, but Director Gu was talking about technical matters, serious matters.

Some operations will make big mistakes if you do it yourself, maybe you just overlooked a small point.

To put it bluntly, it is just a layer of window paper.

If it is exposed, there won't be so many nonsense.

Zhuang Yongqiang took note of what Director Gu said and planned to send someone to study in a month or two.

After the operation was over, the patient was already awake when he was sent back.

Director Gu talked to Geng Qiang for a few minutes and explained the situation clearly - the patient was fine and could be discharged from the hospital in half a month.

Thank you very much Geng Qiang.

Out of caution, Director Gu looked at the patient again after changing his clothes.

Seeing that there was no accident, Director Gu took Luo Hao and left.

"Director Gu, Doctor Luo, wait a moment." Geng Qiang ran over, "It's so late, let's have a meal together. Director Gu, don't refuse, this is a little thought from the patient's family."

Luo Hao scratched his head a little.

"Brother Qiang, there's still something going on with the Health Commission. I have to go over and take a look."

"What's going on?" Geng Qiang asked.

"Exceptional promotion will be discussed at the meeting today."

(End of this chapter)