"Alright, then I’ll leave it to you...!"
For the first time, Fu Chachun used an honorific with Zhou Can, obviously feeling a bit embarrassed.
It’s like a newly married daughter-in-law changing her way of addressing her in-laws; it always feels a bit dishonorable.
"Alright, this issue has a rather good solution. Old Fu, you have to accept the punishment for your mistakes. Negligence during surgery is your first offense. Publicly insulting Zhou Can and defying leadership is your second offense."
After Director Lou’s strenuous mediation, the situation progressed to this point, and he had no intention of ending it here.
Those who should be punished must be punished.
However, the punishment for Fu Chachun would not be as severe as dismissal.
"I accept the punishment!"
Fu Chachun nodded honestly.
"Your surgical privileges will be suspended for a week. If your surgical procedures remain non-pliant in the future, the operational privileges will be permanently revoked. You must publicly apologize to Zhou Can within the department to eliminate negative impacts. You need to be clear about one thing—Zhou Can is now the deputy team leader of the operating room and your superior. Respecting your superiors is a fundamental principle for every employee."
After Director Lou managed to get through to Fu Chachun, he mercilessly informed him of a fact: Zhou Can is his superior.
"The suspension of surgical privileges for a week is acceptable. But as for publicly apologizing to Dr. Zhou, can it be changed to apologizing to Dr. Zhou in front of a few key department leaders?"
Fu Chachun recalled the negative impact of the self-reflection letter he wrote six months ago, still shuddering at the thought.
This time, being asked to apologize publicly to Zhou Can was too damaging to his self-esteem.
"This matter is not negotiable."
Director Lou replied directly with six words.
Although Fu Chachun appeared honest and timid on the surface, he was indeed quite cunning. He looked imploringly at Zhou Can, putting on a pitiful face.
But unfortunately, Zhou Can was never a saint.
If Director Lou hadn’t personally intervened in resolving this today, relying on Zhou Can’s disposition, he would have definitely kicked Fu Chachun directly out of the emergency room. At the very least, removed him from the operating room and permanently revoked his surgical qualifications.
Public apology in front of the entire department’s medical and nursing staff is essential and not negotiable.
At this moment, Zhou Can had already figured things out.
Director Lou’s personal intervention could actually be interpreted as a kind of protection for Fu Chachun.
It’s akin to having your child make a mistake; if someone else disciplines them, it’s bound to be a severe beating. If a parent disciplines, although also strict, it’s mainly through scolding.
"I accept!"
Seeing Zhou Can having no intention of making any gesture, Fu Chachun had no choice but to accept reality with dismay.
"I’ll hold a short departmental meeting after work. There are some announcements to be made, and that’s when you will publicly apologize to Zhou Can. Everybody, get back to work!"
After Director Lou gave the final word, he waved his hand.
The two walked out of the director’s office one after the other, with many of their colleagues secretly observing. They noticed Fu Chachun looking like a defeated rooster, crestfallen and pale. Zhou Can, on the other hand, appeared as usual, with a calm expression.
It seemed Fu Chachun had lost.
People quietly discussed the department’s final handling of this matter.
Unfortunately, neither of the parties involved disclosed anything.
...
Inside the operating room, the female patient on bed 1 lay quietly on the operating table.
Because she had a good foundation of trust in Zhou Can, the munication between them went very smoothly. Her family were simple and honest ordinary people. Now that their daughter’s toe had issues, hearing Zhou Can’s explanation, they simply thought they were unlucky to encounter an unavoidable ’postoperative plication.’
Even though they were not well-off, they were still willing to take the risk for another surgery for their daughter’s health.
As Zhou Can had thoroughly understood the situation with Fu Chachun before the operation, he directly released the suture of the third toe of the left foot after the surgery began. He almost effortlessly found the severed nerve.
In the anatomical diagram, blood vessels are shown in red lines, and nerves in yellow lines.
Without extensive surgical experience, it is not easy for surgeons to find nerves.
Because in clinical practice, nerves appear indistinguishable from ordinary body tissues. They often hide well within muscle blocks, making them even harder to spot.
Moreover, there are various types of nerves, like the well-known trigeminal nerve, spinal cord, brainstem, as well as the less-known sympathetic nerve, parasympathetic nerve, vagus nerve, and Plant Nerve Plexus, to name a few.
Once the severed nerve’s two ends are found, the first step is to perform debridement on the severed ends, followed by anastomosis under a microscope.
From here, it bees evident that every surgical procedure has a mutual dependency.
The more surgical skills one masters, and the higher the level of each surgical skill, the more likely one is to succeed in surgery.
Nerve anastomosis is not only a meticulous engineering task but often yields less satisfactory results.
Because nerve cells are the only non-regenerative cells in the body.
Non-regenerative means they cannot grow and heal.
It can only rely on bridging threads within the neurons to reconnect, allowing nerve electrical signals to circulate again.
But even if it’s a tiny nerve, it still contains thousands of small nerve fibers inside, akin to precise wiring. Cutting the nerve also means severing all these much finer nerve fibers than hair strands.
Almost no surgeon can accurately reconnect them one by one.
As long as a small portion is successfully reconnected, it’s considered a successful neural anastomosis.
In clinical practice, it’s not unmon to see patients suffering spinal cord injuries due to dancing, falls from heights, or car accidents, leading to paralysis of the lower body. Such patients, having been to major hospitals nationwide and even abroad, still find no cure.
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