Chapter 225: 225 General Surgery Department Two Cold Face Chapter 225: 225 General Surgery Department Two Cold Face Having received specific notice only yesterday evening, Xie Wanying had no opportunity to introduce herself to the department teachers in advance; therefore, she could only go to the doctor’s office alone.
She couldn’t find out who would be her mentor, as no one had informed her.
Inside the doctor’s office, a few doctors were busy at work. Each of them was busy logging into computers to write medical records or checking lab reports, or standing by the desks sorting things out, with no one having the time to spare her a glance. Whether they were medical students, advanced trainees, or doctors from this department was hard to discern unless she got closer, but that would definitely be unwelcome.
A nurse came in with a medical record to hand over to a doctor and turned to leave when Xie Wanying, after a moment’s consideration, approached her quietly and asked, “I’m a new intern here, Teacher, do you know which doctor I should look for?”
“Didn’t they tell you who to find?” The nurse was also surprised upon hearing her, “I don’t know how you doctors arrange these things. Perhaps wait here, and when it’s time for the department to hand over shifts, if you still don’t know, you can ask the director.”
After hearing this, Xie Wanying didn’t ask further but chose to continue listening at the nursing station.
Sure enough, the nurse went back to the nursing station and mentioned her inquiry to her colleagues: “Said she’s a new intern? I find it strange. Didn’t the interns arrive a while ago? They’ve started working after the New Year.”
“How many?” asked another nurse.
“Could it be a sudden last-minute arrangement?”
“Whom does she need to find?”
“Is Dr. Tan in charge of a group?”
“Haven’t I told you already? Beds 1 to 12 are under Dr. Tan’s care.”
Having grasped this critical piece of information, Xie Wanying searched for the departmental staff board hanging on the wall, found a doctor with the surname Tan—Tan Kelin, a deputy chief physician. From his photo, he seemed quite young, probably around the same age as Doctor Jiang.
Now that she knew what he looked like, Xie Wanying followed the clues to find the wards, the four rooms with beds numbered 1 to 12. There was one attending doctor and one head nurse in charge of two rooms each, making up two groups.
In these four rooms, she checked to see if there was a doctor present. Coincidentally, she saw a young male doctor wearing green scrubs under a white coat enter the ward and then go into the second room, stopping in front of bed number six.
“Did you eat or drink anything this morning?” the doctor asked.
The patient shook his head: “No, no, you told me yesterday that I couldn’t eat.”
“Did the anesthesiologist come to see you yesterday?”
“I think so, said that he would be doing the anesthesia for me.”
“Good, the nurse will take you up to the operating room in a while.”
“Will you be performing the surgery, Doctor Sun?”
“Dr. Tan and I will do it, as we’ve discussed with you before.”
The patient, perhaps too nervous, could barely remember what the doctors had previously told him and just nodded.
Standing at the doorway, Xie Wanying stole a glance at the name badge of the doctor: resident physician Sun Yubo, younger than her Senior Brother Huang, with a somewhat youthful appearance.
After communicating with the patient, Sun Yubo prepared to leave upon completing his task.
“Doctor Sun, I’ve come today to start my internship,” Xie Wanying quickly seized the opportunity to follow and ask him, “The nurse said I could look for Dr. Tan.”
“I haven’t heard from Dr. Tan about anyone coming to intern today.”
This person answered her while looking down and walking, sparing her not a single glance, clearly indicating he was busy with his own matters.
As Sister had said last night, the people in General Surgery Department Two generally had a cold demeanor. In comparison, Teacher Ren really picked and chose their mentors with extreme care over those few days, treating them with great tenderness.