Team Saber (4)
Lee Ye-rim’s eyes wavered at Choi Ki-seok’s words.
“Let’s talk in a quiet place first.”
“······yes.”
The two people sat down in the conference room of the thoracic surgery ward.
Click!
As Choi Ki-seok locked the door, the conference room became a secret room.
“This is a problem that both I and this teacher know, so I’ll ask you straight. Are you having a hard time because of this teacher?”
“······.”
Lee Ye-rim could not answer easily and looked at him.
“There are only two of us here. Please feel free to speak.”
“It’s true that Teacher Han is a bit harsh. Still, it’s bearable.”
“This is not a question of whether to tolerate it or not. The Chief is harassing this teacher. What he did in the hospital room just now was at a level that cannot be tolerated with open eyes.”
When Choi Ki-seok raised his voice, Lee Ye-rim flinched.
“I’m sorry. I was so excited. But this is anger directed at Chief, no, Han Min-woo.”
“······.”
“And just know one more thing. If this teacher turns a blind eye like this, his bad behavior will continue.”
Choi Ki-seok finished what he was saying and looked at Lee Ye-rim.
Rather than being frustrated, I felt sorry for her not being able to come forward easily.
Ye-rim Lee is a nurse who has just been hired at the ward. If you report Han Min-woo’s harassment, you may face backlash.
Because hospitals are strict with whistleblowers.
Ki-seok Choi brewed coffee and placed it in front of Ye-rim Lee while she was contemplating an answer.
“······.”
“······.”
A long silence followed.
“Aren’t we doing something useless for no reason?”
“Absolutely not. If you just help this teacher, I will take responsibility and send that bastard away.”
“Hehehehe. You bastard.”
Ye-rim Lee began to sob.
Choi Ki-seok moved to the seat next to her and patted her shoulder.
How difficult must it have been for you to feel like you were suffering from a dumb, cold heart?
I also felt sorry for not taking care of her sooner.
“Thank you. I feel a little relieved after crying.”
Lee Ye-rim, who stopped crying, smiled.
“Then let me tell you my story now.”
“······.”
“Actually, a similar thing happened to a senior at a hospital I worked at before. One of the doctors was overtly skinshipping the senior. The senior couldn’t stand it anymore and reported the doctor’s harassment to the head nurse. But do you know what happened?”
“how?”
“He originally said that you should just hold on for a little while. And the story must have gotten into the medical clinic, so the doctor started harassing the senior. In the end, the senior quit the hospital.”
“So you said it was useless.”
“······Yes. I want to do well here. It’s my first time at a university hospital, and my family was happy to hear that I got into the medical school.”
Yerim Lee took a sip of coffee.
“I can scold Han Min-woo without causing any harm to this teacher.”
“Is that possible?”
“If you prepare now.”
Choi Ki-seok nodded vigorously.
He may have criticized Han Min-woo or reported the sexual harassment to his superiors due to his emotions, saying it was in the past.
But it was different now.
As my political power increased, I learned how to treat people and how to make deals.
“Mr. Lee, please do as I ask for the time being.”
Choi Ki-seok gave instructions to Lee Ye-rim, and Lee Ye-rim listened and nodded.
“Can I just do that?”
“Yes. Leave the rest to me.”
“Thank you, Teacher Choi. If it weren’t for Teacher Choi, I would…”
Lee Ye-rim blurted out his words.
“What’s important is this teacher’s courage. I only spooned it.”
Choi Ki-seok used an encouragement skill on Lee Ye-rim.
[The emotions of the person receiving encouragement brighten.]
[Immunity, disease resistance, and regenerative power increase significantly.]
Tiring!
[A new rapport has been formed with Ye-rim Lee.]
NEW [Ye-rim Lee (Medical Worker): Rapport Stage 2 – Faith]
When I looked at the status window, the list of suicidal thoughts had disappeared.
First, I climbed a big mountain. Now all that’s left is to stab Han Min-woo in the face of justice.
I will show you that it is not the place that makes the person, but the person that makes the place.
“Will it happen?”
“yes.”
Choi Ki-seok came out of the conference room with Lee Ye-rim. At that moment, Minjoohyuk was approaching from the other side of the hallway.
“Senior. Would you like to have a late-night snack?”
“I said something nice. My stomach is full of beggars.”
After breaking up with Lee Ye-rim, Choi Ki-seok took a seat in the party office with Min-joo Hyuk.
“Are you tired from the Norwood team practice these days?”
“How do you know that?”
“Hmm. There is an information source that was secretly planted.”
Choi Ki-seok playfully showed off his arrogance. Actually, I heard it from Jeong Seol-hwa a while ago.
“You bastard. If you know, try massaging my shoulders. It’s going to be hard.”
“I will take care of it.”
Choi Ki-seok used Tyrant’s Descent and adjusted his strength appropriately to massage Min-joo-hyuk’s shoulders. Minjoohyuk then enjoyed the massage while repeatedly saying, “It’s refreshing.”
“What can’t you do?”
“well.”
“By the way, there’s a neonatal patient you saw in the emergency room.”
“yes.”
“Our team decided to perform the surgery. We sent a consultation to the cardiology department, and they said it would be difficult with a stent.”
“I thought so too.”
Choi Ki-seok nodded slightly.
The patient was suffering from aftereffects of tetralogy of Fallot surgery he had received at a previous hospital.
The only way to restore it is surgery.
“The surgery is tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow? Aren’t we in too much of a hurry?”
“Professor Kwon’s review was distorted because Professor Jang tackled him during the morning meeting. So, we decided to finish the preliminary surgery first before the Saber team. Thanks to this, the people below are divided.”
Minjoohyuk sighed as if the ground was falling.
“Professor Kwon is all good, but the problem is that he is stubborn and sometimes angry. This is why I wanted to work under Professor Jang…”
“But if you’re a senior, you do well wherever you are.”
“I admit that too.”
Min-hyuk smiled.
“By the way, senior. I have a question.”
“What?”
“What kind of person is Teacher Seo Ji-hoon?”
Choi Ki-seok took out the name of a person on the staff organization chart in front of the thoracic surgery ward.
“Senior Jihoon? I’m in the same class as Chief. Why?”
“I was just curious.”
“This thing smells a bit putrid? What’s your plan this time?”
“Well… I’m not the only one involved in this matter. Can’t you tell me after it’s over?”
“Do what’s comfortable for you.”
Minjoohyuk paused before continuing.
“Senior Jihoon is simply amazing.”
“Awesome?”
“I was told I was a genius from medical school to my internship. What’s a little surprising is that I chose thoracic surgery.”
“Hmm… So senior Seo gave up on thoracic surgery midway through?”
“That’s right. After working for about a month, I went to become a military doctor.”
Min-hyuk shrugged his head.
“If you go to the same school as the Chief and become a military doctor, you will be discharged soon, right?”
“I contacted you a while ago and they said you will be discharged at the end of this month.”
“Do I return to the hospital right away after being discharged from the military?”
“It must be difficult because it’s not the resident recruitment period?”
“I understand that our hospital has a special recruitment process that other hospitals do not have, but that is possible. It has not been two months yet.”
“That’s true, but… that requires a recommendation from an assistant professor or higher.”
“If Teacher Ji-hoon were to come, would there be anyone who wouldn’t recommend him? We’re already struggling because there’s no one around.”
“Do you see this guy?”
Min Min-hyuk stared at Choi Ki-seok with a wistful look in his eyes.
“Are you telling me to seduce my senior and bring him to the thoracic surgery department?”
“Please. I really need your strength.”
Choi Ki-seok bowed his head.
The recruitment of Seo Ji-hoon is one of the important steps for the future. If this goes astray, you have to go back a long way.
“Well, I’ll talk about it first.”
“thank you.”
“You owe me one. Remember that.”
While we were talking, the midnight snack we had previously ordered arrived.
Ki-Seok Choi continued his conversation with Min-Hyuk Min while having a late-night snack.
* * *
The next day.
A Rosette observation room.
Several staff members, including Jo Ji-hwan and Jang Hyuk-pil, sat in the seats.
After a while, the Norwood team’s surgery will begin.
The first team surgery performed as the heart clinic remodeling nears completion.
Everyone’s interest was special.
“What does Professor Jang think of today?”
“Even Professor Kwon will not be easy. The patient is so young and the aftereffects of the previous surgery are serious.”
“I think so too…”
Jo Ji-hwan rubbed his chin and continued speaking.
“Professor Jang, what do you think is the most important thing when performing a surgery?”
“It’s about choosing patients who can be safely saved.”
Jo Ji-hwan laughed, showing his teeth at Jang Hyuk-pil’s answer.
The answer seems to have been satisfactory.
‘Do you not trust me?’
Hyukpil Jang was lost in thought while controlling his facial expression.
So far, I have tried to avoid doing anything that would make Jo Ji-hwan look bad. However, the problem is that they are still asking exam questions like this.
He felt it instinctively.
Taking away Jo Ji-hwan’s throne will be more difficult than expected.
While the staff waited in the observation room, the patient and the Norwood team entered the rosette all at once.
Today’s surgery is pulmonary valve surgery and right ventricular hypertrophy removal.
‘It will never be easy.’
Hyukpil Jang stared at Ilsu Kwon, who was standing in the position of the surgeon.
If there is a problem with the pulmonary valve, there are two surgical methods.
One is surgery to reconstruct an existing damaged valve, and the other is surgery to replace it with a mechanical or tissue valve.
In the case of the patient undergoing surgery today, the valve is not in good enough condition to require artificial valve replacement.
However, as far as he knew, the guardian strongly wanted reconstruction.
It is natural that the difficulty of surgery increases when reconstructive surgery is performed.
Still, it seems like you chose the staff well?
“I think the same.”
Jang Hyuk-pil agreed with Jo Ji-hwan’s words.
The surgeon for today’s surgery is Kwon Il-soo.
The first assistant is Min Byeong-seok, a full-time cardiac surgery instructor.
The second assistant is Jaewon Woo, a second-year fellow.
The third assistant is Min-hyuk Min, a third-year resident.
Looking at the experience and age of the team members, they surpass the Saber team.
The question is how teamwork is demonstrated in actual surgery.
“Pulmonary valve reconstruction begins now.”
At Kwon Il-su’s words, the anesthesiologist began administering general anesthesia.
Afterwards, the heart was exposed through a median sternotomy, and the heart-lung machine was activated.
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With the heart-lung machine running, the surgery came to a close.
Hyukpil Jang crossed his arms and stared at the two large monitors at the top of the observation room.
One monitor showed the view of the operating room, and the other showed the surgery.
“Meth.”
The silver blade split the patient’s pulmonary artery.
Eventually, the completely damaged pulmonary valve was revealed.
The structure of a valve can easily be likened to a door.
The frame that supports the door is called the valve ring. The door parts are called valve leaves.
In the case of the surgery patient, the door and the frame supporting the door were all damaged.
“5-0 vicryl (absorbable suture).”
Geek.
Kwon Il-soo tightened the suture needle with a needle holder and began suturing. He then gathered the surrounding muscles and tissues to rebuild the valve annulus, which is the frame that supports the door.
His suturing and knotting techniques were flawless.
With delicate touch, the valve ring gradually regained its original shape.
“As expected, it’s Professor Kwon.”
“I guess I was worried for no reason.”
The expressions on the faces of the staff members who were watching the surgery with full of worry began to gradually clear up.
But just as quickly as I was relieved, something happened.
Blood started flowing somewhere in my heart.
“Woo Jae-won suction!”
“yes!”
“Byungseok, find the bleeding area!”
Kwon Il-soo’s expression darkened as he gave instructions.
