Masterful Miracle Doctor

Chapter 1176 - 1134: Medical Trial Application

The next evening, Lin Jie, An Kexin, and the others took the high-speed train to leave the Capital City and return to Binhai."Brother, open your mouth!"

Absorbed in studying the medical case files, Lin Jie heard Lin Miao's words and gently opened his mouth, soon noticing a slightly sweet little piece has been stuffed inside.

Without thinking, he took a bite!

Sour, so sour it felt tooth-shattering.

Lin Jie frowned and looked across at Lin Miao, only to see her face showing an accomplished mischievous smile.

Lin Miao shook the colorful jar of candies in her hand, laughing, "Hehe, this is sketchy-flavored preserved fruit candy. Brother, you had the green lemon candy just now, isn't it sour?"

"Want to try some other flavors?"

Lin Jie glared at her with irritation and snorted, "Taste them yourself!"

Sitting diagonally across from Lin Jie, An Kemeng looked through a few physical examination reports in her hand and said in surprise, "Brother Jie, this little girl named Gao Qin is already sixteen, but she's not even 1.5 meters tall and only weighs 62 pounds."

"That's like a typical bean sprout, a level two wind figure!"

Lin Jie nodded and sighed, "Congenital coronary artery abnormality, along with ventricular septal defect."

"The coronary artery malformation causes insufficient blood supply to the heart itself, making it unable to operate at full capacity to supply the body, thus resulting in slowed physical development."

"Frankly, the fact that this little girl has lived until now is already somewhat of a miracle."

An Kemeng softly responded and then asked again, "Brother Jie, repairing a ventricular septal defect should be a relatively simple heart surgery, right?"

"Why hasn't she undergone surgery until now?"

Lin Jie explained, "Did you forget my earlier half-sentence?"

"Coronary artery malformation is the primary heart disease for this little girl. Correcting this vascular abnormality is tantamount to dissecting the heart all over; the surgery difficulty is substantial."

"If this problem can't be solved, merely repairing the ventricular septal defect isn't significant."

An Kemeng once again responded softly and chuckled, "Fortunately, she encountered Brother Jie, who can lead this surgery."

"Don't blindly trust me; the difficulty of this surgery is indeed very high."

Lin Jie showed a bit of a wry smile, saying, "To be honest, after researching the little girl's condition again today, I somewhat regret impulsively taking this case last night."

What he said wasn't fake; he genuinely felt some regret.

Shen Lanruo had told him this morning that after simulating overnight, she discovered she had no capability to perform this surgery.

As Lin Jie's memory successor, Shen Lanruo was rather puzzled when he rashly took on this patient, asking him directly, "Where does your confidence come from?"

Confidence?

Lin Jie accepted this case not out of confidence but because of a feeling.

After seeing the little girl's heart image last night, Lin Jie inexplicably felt that he could correct this heart malformation via surgery without needing a heart transplant.

After hearing Lin Jie's response, Shen Lanruo paused for a moment and then said softly, "This surgery requires extremely meticulous, almost exacting control to minimize surgical trauma."

"Otherwise, the fragile heart after reconnection may not beat again."

"Ah Jie, through repeated brain surgeries, you have made your hands possess the precision of a high-accuracy robot, which exceeds mine."

"This should be surpassing the master, right?"

Lin Jie heard gratification and a hint of disappointment in Shen Lanruo's tone.

However, this did not make him jump for joy.

After the impulsiveness passed, Lin Jie scrutinized the little girl's medical files again, realizing he had somewhat optimistically underestimated the difficulty of the surgery in his excitement last night.

"The little girl's body is too frail."

"In the past half year, she spent more than half the time in bed due to her physical condition, and there's a high probability she wouldn't endure this ten-hour major surgery."

"Furthermore, this little girl's heart, affected by the coronary artery malformation for sixteen years, has developed abnormally, and due to compensatory effects, the ventricle has somewhat enlarged and thickened."

"Correcting malformed coronary arteries, repairing ventricular septal defect, correcting development abnormalities, slimming the ventricle - with such a series of surgeries, it's exaggerated to say it's like dissecting this heart all over again and reassembling it."

"After such intense surgery, I somewhat doubt whether this heart can be revived under electrical stimulation!"

An Kemeng pondered with her chin in her hand, saying, "Brother Jie, can you divide the surgery into stages?"

"Correct the coronary artery malformation first, then wait for the little girl's heart and body to recover some, before doing the subsequent heart surgery?"

Lin Jie shook his head, saying, "This method has very little feasibility."

"Even a healthy adult can't handle one chest surgery after another, let alone a physically weak little girl."

"Moreover, the correction surgery for coronary anomaly is the main focus; other heart surgeries are considered supplementary."

Lin Jie explained in detail, "To be specific, the correction surgery for coronary anomaly causes fifty points of heart damage. The concurrently performed surgeries for repairing ventricular septal defects and correcting developmental anomalies, with slimming down the ventricles, only add an extra two, three, or four points of damage."

"However, if these surgeries are done separately, the damage would skyrocket to twenty, thirty, or forty points. Repeated surgical scars on the heart severely affect its function and significantly increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest."

"Therefore, completing the surgery in one go is the best plan."

"All right, all right, let's stop talking about surgeries!"

Sitting beside Lin Jie, An Kexin said gloomily, "The purpose of this trip was to escape from the heavy workload and relax completely."

"But Ajie, you are still contemplating patient surgery plans today. Aren't you tired?"

Lin Miao echoed, "Exactly, it's rare for us to get out and have fun, we should put work aside. Brother, stop thinking about that little girl's condition, let's play..."

She paused for a moment and said, "How about we play mahjong?"

"You've learned how to play mahjong?" Lin Jie asked in return.

Lin Miao shook her head and said, "No, I haven't. All my colleagues know how to play mahjong; they laughed at me for not knowing. They even said it's an essential social skill one must have."

An Kexin chuckled softly, "What essential skill? Don't listen to their nonsense. I don't know how to play mahjong, Kemeng doesn't either. I have never seen Ajie play mahjong."

"I don't know how to play!" Lin Jie muttered.

At this time, his phone rang; it was a call from Minister Xiao Chen of the Health Commission.

"Hello, Minister Xiao!"

"Hello, General Lin! I wanted to discuss some matters with you while you're in the Capital City, but I've been too busy to find a free moment. I can only communicate with you over the phone now."

"Please go ahead, Minister Xiao!" Lin Jie politely replied.

"We at the Health Commission strongly support the relocation of Binhai University Medical School to the Binhai Phoenix Mountain District."

"We hope the medical industry, medical research, and medical education in the Binhai Phoenix Mountain District will form a scale advantage and become a globally renowned and influential medical center."

Lin Jie agreed, "The expectations of the Health Commission are our goals to strive for."

Xiao Chen chuckled lightly on the phone and continued, "Expert Lin, have you considered the proposal I mentioned before about implementing elite education at Anlin Medical College?"

Lin Jie bluntly said, "Anlin Hospital has been extremely busy; I haven't really given much thought to establishing Anlin Medical College."

Xiao Chen's voice came over the phone, tinged with emotion, "Expert Lin, I understand that ever since your reputation began to rise, you've been continuously busy with work and rarely taken a break."

"Considering your situation, I don't wish to add more to your workload..."

Upon hearing this, a word popped into Lin Jie's mind: "But."

"However, our country's medical field truly needs a top-tier medical education institution to train a group of medical talents, elevating their skill level to be on par with those from the world's leading institutions."

"The Health Commission is planning to collaborate with the Ministry of Education to establish such an educational institution."

"Currently, only you, Expert Lin, have the ability to attract the nation's best medical students to apply for this educational institution."

"Expert Lin, we just need you to lend your name as the inaugural dean, and you don't need to worry about funding, campus construction, faculty, education, and management elements."

"We also promise that the graduates of this institution will be given priority in selection by Anlin Hospital."

"Those two national key medical laboratories at Anlin Hospital also need researchers to fill them out, right? These two labs can also be part of this medical college."

Lin Jie couldn't help but smile internally.

Xiao Chen's words sounded good: just lending his name could reap many benefits, but once he lent his name, many things wouldn't be up to him anymore.

He knew his own disposition well, one could say he had a certain level of compulsiveness.

If this medical college that bore his name was not running well, he certainly wouldn't be able to sit by idly.

Lin Jie thought it over and decided to delay, saying, "Minister Xiao, this is not a small matter. Let me think it over carefully."

"Okay, Expert Lin, please consider it seriously. I look forward to your response."

Just as he was about to hang up, Lin Jie suddenly said, "Minister Xiao, there is something I need to mention to you!"

"Oh, Expert Lin, go ahead."

Lin Jie briefly explained the condition of a little girl named Gao Qin, and then continued, "Last night, Gao Qin's father found me, desperately asking me to use a heart donated by a cancer patient for a transplant for his daughter."

"Given the scarcity of healthy organ donors, yet relatively higher numbers of body donations from cancer patients."

"Considering my new cancer induction therapy, I would like to request the Health Commission to consider whether Anlin Hospital can be specially authorized to conduct a clinical medical experiment on organ transplants from cancer patients!"

"This..."

Xiao Chen pondered for a moment over the phone and said, "This is not a small issue. I will have relevant medical experts study it first and then get back to you..."