At this moment in the operating room, Wu Guoxi spoke with a heavy tone, "Doctor Zhang has worked hard, and you've done everything you should have done. From here on, let Shen Qiang take over the surgery."

Hearing this, Zhang Yujian raised his eyebrows coldly, "Why should I?"

Wu Guoxi paused for a moment and then solemnly said, "The patient's pylorus has been infiltrated by cancer, and there is metastasis to the perigastric lymph nodes, including the lower end of the common bile duct, the head of the pancreas, the pylorus, the duodenum, and the small intestine, all of which need to be removed."

"After that, we need to perform a liver-enteric anastomosis, pancreatic-enteric anastomosis, and duodenojejunostomy. For your skill level, this is too much of a stretch."

Zhang Yujian scoffed, "You are saying it's too much of a stretch for me, but not for an intern?"

Wu Guoxi frowned, "I have been in the operating room for over thirty years. I can tell the caliber of a surgeon as soon as they begin to operate. Trust me, this operation is beyond your capability; hand over the knife to Shen Qiang before you make a fatal mistake."

Zhang Yujian proudly scoffed, "My surgeries are famously precise."

Wu Guoxi coldly raised an eyebrow, "Which one of the top 500 famous doctors of Huaxia are you? I don't seem to recall."

Zhang Yujian was stunned.

The top 500 famous doctors of Huaxia were actually selected by Huaxia's most renowned medical journal, Huaxia Medical Journal. It listed the top 500 doctors in Huaxia, and not just Zhang Yujian, but in the entire Provincial City, only a handful of doctors made it to that list.

Needless to say, Zhang Yujian was not one of them.

"I am assigned here as your primary assistant because the chief believes in my ability," Zhang Yujian said with an unsightly expression.

Wu Guoxi laughed, then seriously said, "In front of the chief, you are a pillar because your father works in the Ministry of Health. The surgeries you performed in your previous hospital were famous, and everyone praised you, also because your father works in the Ministry of Health."

"Once out of the operating room, I guess the chief will smile and say you did well, but in this operating room, we both know your true level."

"Now, step back and hand over the surgical knife to Shen Qiang."

"This is not a discussion but an order, because I, Wu Guoxi, am the leading surgeon for this operation, and you are merely an assistant."

Hearing this, Zhang Yujian exclaimed angrily, "What can you do if I don't step back? I have been enduring fatigue, and you want Shen Qiang to take over halfway through the surgery? Isn't this a slap in my face in public?"

Wu Guoxi's expression turned angry.

Just then, the always silent Shen Qiang calmly said, "Director Wu, I appreciate your trust, but let him continue for now. The patient's surgery is crucial, and if he truly can't handle it, I will step in when necessary."

"Nonsense!" Wu Guoxi's face looked terrible.

But then, taking a deep breath, he said sternly, "Doctor Zhang, you had better measure your capabilities, do not force me to remove you from here."

Hearing this, Zhang Yujian laughed, looked up at the crowded observation room, and scoffed, "This is the surgery I am performing at Bikang, and I will demonstrate my competence through it to everyone."

Gazing mockingly at Shen Qiang, Zhang Yujian laughed, "I will show these interns what the gap is like, make them eagerly come to me and beg for my teaching."

"Don't waste time," Shen Qiang said calmly.

Zhang Yujian turned his head, focused on the surgical table, and scoffed, "Then I will show you my competence! Let you see what precision is!"

In the observation room.

Director Su frowned deeply while watching Zhang Yujian operating beside the surgical table.

"The pancreas is removed, the technique is standard, and his hand is steady; it feels not bad."

"Yes, the gallbladder removal was also done neatly, without hesitancy, very decisive and confident."

"The small intestine removal seemed a bit rushed, though."

"That's true, but everything seems to be okay for now."

Listening to the whispering of the other doctors in the observation room, the face of Director Su gradually relaxed; after all, Zhang Yujian did possess some capabilities.

Like Shen Qiang, he completed a four-year undergraduate program plus one year, then worked in a hospital in a third-tier city for four years. Now in Provincial City, Bikang was doubtlessly just a stepping stone.

With his father's connections in the Health Department, it wouldn't take many years before Zhang Yujian could move to a better hospital.

For example, the City People's Hospital, the Provincial People's Hospital, even transferring to the Medical University Affiliated Hospital was not out of the question.

Therefore, keeping Zhang Yujian at Bikang as a deputy director for a few years was a good move for his career.

And for Director Su, it was a favorable opportunity to curry favor without cost.

It would please those with ties to the Health Department, and he wouldn't have to pay any price.

So, as long as Zhang Yujian was capable of conducting surgeries above the third level, there would be no problem appointing him as the deputy director.

Just as Director Su was smugly calculating all this, the operation room suddenly descended into chaos.

Suddenly seeing fresh blood spurting from the patient's abdominal cavity, Director Su stood up in shock.

"It's over! He's severed the patient's artery!"

And almost at the same time as the entire observation room erupted in alarm,

the monitoring devices in the operating room began to sound frantically.

"Blood pressure is plummeting, he's in hemorrhagic shock, he won't make it!" Dr. Li cried out in horror.

Almost simultaneously, Shen Qiang leaped onto the operating table and forcefully pressed down on the artery inside the patient's abdomen.

"Inject adrenaline!" Wu Guoxi shouted, prompting the nurse beside him to act immediately.

At that moment, Shen Qiang, pressing down hard on the artery in the patient's abdominal cavity, said, "Hemostatic forceps, I'll perform the vascular repair surgery."

Wu Guoxi sighed.

While standing beside Shen Qiang, Zhang Yujian, looking dispirited, stared blankly at the patient's abdomen that was nearly full of fresh blood and said blankly, "It's no use, the surgery itself has already caused him to lose a lot of blood, and I've cut his artery; he's as good as dead."

"Hemostatic forceps!" Shen Qiang shouted angrily.

Zhang Yujian turned his head to look at Shen Qiang beside him and suddenly exclaimed angrily, "Are you stupid? He's already beyond saving!"

Slap!

Shen Qiang raised his hand and delivered a heavy slap, making Zhang Yujian stagger and clear the way.

Then Shen Qiang reached over for the hemostatic forceps nearby and clamped the patient's arterial vessel.

Wu Guoxi looked at Zhang Yujian, who was pale and covering his face, and sighed helplessly, "Shen Qiang, don't be like this, Dr. Zhang didn't mean for this to happen, but maybe it's just fate."

"Given the patient's current condition, he can last at most three minutes. We can't even wait for more blood supplies from the blood bank; he's already dead."

Shen Qiang, having clamped both ends of the arterial vessel with hemostatic forceps, impatiently said while using a blunt syringe to extract clots from both ends, "All this talk of 'no hope' and 'certain death' is incredibly annoying!"

"If we don't seriously try, how will we even know it won't work!"

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