Next day.

9 AM.

Inside the first operating room.

At this moment, inside the operating room, Zhao Heng and Tian Zhen are preparing for the surgery.

"Don't be nervous, Dr. Zhao is the best at surgeries, and the anesthesia is done perfectly."

Noticing that Sun Xinxin seemed a bit nervous, Tian Zhen softly comforted her from the side.

"Mm, thank you."

Sun Xinxin was initially quite nervous, but Tian Zhen's words instantly calmed her. Such a gentle and understanding nurse sister is truly loved by patients.

After a while, Zhao Heng smoothly completed the anesthesia, and Liu Ziang and two resident doctors also entered the operating room.

The surgery today is for demonstration purposes, so the staff from the equipment department pushed in the high-definition surgical field camera.

"Junior, how's it going?"

As soon as he entered, Liu Ziang asked.

"Everything's ready, all normal."

Zhao Heng nodded.

"This surgery is on the brain stem, a rare opportunity. You all should watch and learn."

Liu Ziang nodded and turned to the two resident doctors to speak.

"Okay, Director Liu."

The two resident doctors nodded repeatedly; among all neurosurgeries, performing surgery on the brain stem, the forbidden zone of the brain, is considered extremely challenging.

Moreover, in a top-tier tertiary hospital, perhaps only one or two surgeons can operate on the brain stem.

The value of this surgery is thus easy to imagine.

Watching Liu Ziang instruct the two resident doctors, Zhao Heng also thought about when he would have a few people under him to delegate tasks to.

At least for now, although the ward already has Wang Tao, and senior ER resident doctor Liu Meng also wants to apply over, Zhao Heng's own qualifications remain too shallow. Despite his high skill level, his bachelor's degree seems lacking in Eastern Hospital, where most are doctoral graduates.

However, the issue of academic qualifications can't be resolved overnight; completing a joint master's and doctoral program takes at least two years to graduate.

"Junior, is there any issue with the anesthesia?"

After instructing the resident doctors, Liu Ziang also spoke to Zhao Heng.

"Mm, everything is normal."

Zhao Heng replied again.

Since it's a surgery on the brain stem, even though it's a secondary arterial repair surgery, it's still significant. So it's essential to ensure all patient's conditions are normal before surgery.

"Then let's begin."

Liu Ziang nodded, trusting the anesthesia done by Zhao Heng.

More importantly, today's surgery must be coordinated with Zhao Heng to be foolproof.

Even though Liu Ziang can be considered Eastern Hospital's top surgeon now, he can't claim 100% certainty in every neurosurgery.

At Liu Ziang's words, the two resident doctors suddenly looked at Zhao Heng with wide eyes.

They had seen surgeries conducted by Zhao Heng and Liu Ziang before, but the complexity was hardly comparable to this one.

Are anesthesiologists this amazing these days?

They can even compete with the neurosurgeons for work?

This was the heartfelt astonishment of the two resident doctors at the moment.

Zhao Heng was unfazed by the two resident doctors' surprised looks.

In these two months, he had seen too many such looks.

In reality, if you stay a step ahead of others, they may think you're a genius, but if you're too far ahead, they might consider you a monster.

Currently, Zhao Heng was naturally aware of some opinions about him within the hospital.

His approach was to choose not to respond to these rumors; the world has plenty of them, after all.

Soon, the surgery began.

Although this is mainly an arterial repair surgery, the artery's location is within the medulla oblongata of the brain stem.

The medulla oblongata is the region containing vital centers for respiratory and circulatory control. It contains dense neural structures, with cranial nerves 8 to 12 exiting the brain stem and multiple neural nuclei regulating and controlling heartbeat, breathing, digestion, and other critical body functions. It is often considered the body's life center.

Thus, any surgical manipulation causing minor changes or damage to the medulla oblongata may lead to significant or severe neurological deficits or even complications that threaten life.

Especially considering the patient undergoing surgery now, Sun Xinxin, is a top-level ski athlete. Any extremely minor neuronal damage might be negligible for an average person, but for someone like Sun Xinxin, it could directly end her athletic career.

"Junior, your skills have really improved quickly."

During a momentary break in the surgery, Liu Ziang suddenly remarked with admiration.

Since he started paying attention to Zhao Heng, it has only been about two months. In these two months, he witnessed Zhao Heng's skills improve at an almost rocket-like speed, a rate of improvement he had never seen in anyone else.

If it were just a straightforward technical improvement, that would be one thing. However, Zhao Heng's experience and knowledge base improved alongside his technical prowess, almost as if he had been practicing for decades.

Not only did Liu Ziang feel amazed, but the two resident doctors assisting the surgery were also somewhat bewildered.

At first, seeing Zhao Heng assisting Liu Ziang, the two resident doctors thought it would be just barely competent assistance, considering Zhao Heng's current role as an anesthesiologist.

For an anesthesiologist to assist a neurosurgery expert across disciplines is already quite remarkable.

However, seeing Zhao Heng play not just a supporting role but in some aspects, performing with a level of proficiency and fluency comparable to Liu Ziang's, was quite shocking.

Is it really possible for one to master multiple disciplines so proficiently?

Watching Zhao Heng perform surgery, the two resident doctors almost felt their spirits crushed; they had worked hard through multiple challenges to enter Eastern Hospital as legitimate doctoral graduates.

Now Zhao Heng, a bachelor's degree holder, was surpassing them surgically, to the point they had no comparison. It was terrifying.

"Not bad, I feel like I've hit a bottleneck recently."

Zhao Heng said.

He was speaking the truth; after acquiring and integrating the skills and experiences of almost all the excellent doctors at Eastern Hospital, he indeed felt his level had stagnated.

The doctors at Eastern Hospital could be considered among the nation's top. If Zhao Heng wanted further improvement, he would have to seek out academicians in life sciences from various medical colleges.

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