When the Doctor Uses A Hack
Chapter 1113 - 1116: Unique Institute-Level Project (Additional Release 2)

Wu Tongpu unlocked his phone and opened WeChat, then clicked on Chen Cang's Moments.

"Could it be because of this?" Wu Tongpu handed his phone to Xiao Zhehai, asking out of curiosity.

Xiao Zhehai took a closer look and was momentarily stunned...

What is this?

Is this an artificial blood vessel made from polyester fabric?

Xiao Zhehai carefully read the WeChat article and frowned: "Tsk tsk, the ideas of young people are indeed numerous! Can this be useful?"

Wu Tongpu shook his head: "However, he just performed surgery a few days ago, a thoracic aortic replacement operation. His anastomosis took 40 minutes. How long do you need?"

Xiao Zhehai smiled proudly and said: "18 minutes."

Wu Tongpu nodded: "Yeah, that matches the timing! He later reached the level of yesterday..."

After finishing his thoughts, the two men approaching their sixties exchanged glances and nodded at each other.

They had an idea in mind.

No matter what, it's worth a try, right? What if it works?

Polyester fabric isn't expensive.

After discussing this, Wu Tongpu said: "By the way, why have you come to the capital? I was so caught up in discussing surgeries with you that I forgot to ask!"

Xiao Zhehai replied: "There's a surgery tomorrow at the Peking University Affiliated Hospital, a rare syphilis-induced abdominal aortic aneurysm case, and the patient is a public figure."

Upon hearing this, Wu Tongpu was taken aback: "Syphilis? Be careful. Why bother?"

Wu Tongpu didn't probe for details; there are rules in this industry, including signing non-disclosure agreements.

Xiao Zhehai couldn't help but smile: "I need money. This surgery pays three million. Would you do it?"

Wu Tongpu was genuinely surprised: "Three million? Goodness, that's big money! It's no wonder they could invite you. But tell me, what do you need so much money for? You have no kids, no ties to anything!"

Xiao Zhehai smiled mysteriously: "When I die, I want to establish a foundation to manage my money and award those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of cardiac surgery."

Hearing this, Wu Tongpu chuckled: "Always full of ideas! People who return from abroad are different."

Xiao Zhehai said earnestly: "This can have a great impact."

Having spent 18 years in the United States, Xiao Zhehai understood deeply that sometimes money and honor can be more tempting than anything else.

At this moment, Wu Tongpu said: "Oh, I wanted to ask you something. Chen Cang, the kid wants to lead a clinical study on cardiovascular and general surgery concerning Marfan syndrome and thoracoabdominal aortic replacement surgery..."

Wu Tongpu discussed the matter with Xiao Zhehai again.

After listening, Xiao Zhehai sighed: "The vigor of youth, fearless like a calf facing a tiger! Weren't we the same at that age?"

Wu Tongpu nodded: "Do you support it?"

Xiao Zhehai thought for a moment: "If I were you, I would support him! Don't care about what others say; if everyone did the same thing, how could there be progress? Isn't that how all advancements in surgery, ideas, and guidelines started?"

Xiao Zhehai gave Wu Tongpu a side glance: "With such a promising young man, if you don't support him now, you'll regret it when he's gone!"

"You, how much is your face worth? Will you lose a piece of flesh if someone criticizes you? Look at me; I don't care about others' opinions. I'm willing to operate on a syphilis patient for three million!"

Wu Tongpu couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, the value of face is ambiguous. It's deemed valuable and worthless at the same time.

Xiao Zhehai left China at 21 and returned at 39. He knew full well the importance of reputation to domestic doctors!

But he was different; work was work, and for surgeries outside of work, he had clear prices. For those difficult and high-priced operations, he didn't refuse.

Xiao Zhehai's reputation in the industry was average; many doctors accused him of having no medical ethics and being profit-driven.

However, no matter what, he was regarded as the best at major vascular surgeries in China; and you just had to admire him for that!

From the age of 50, he started planning his project—to create a fund, managed by a team, to establish an award. As for what his colleagues said?

Xiao Zhehai never cared. Since ancient times, no one has ever been regarded as the definitive best; nobody acknowledged anyone as their superior.

In 2000, not long after returning to China, he participated in the publishing of a surgical book "Major Vascular Surgery", directly pushing forward the progression of major vascular surgeries with Academician Yang Pei.

The momentum continued and in 2002, he successfully removed a 15-centimeter-long false aneurysm, the largest artery aneurysm surgery in the world at the time.

In 2009, he gave an academic report titled "850 Cases of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm" at an international major vascular surgery conference in Sydney, stunning his global peers with over a thousand cases of abdominal aortic aneurysm surgeries under his belt.

Therefore, regardless of how others judged him, he remained at the peak of his industry, towering above the rest.

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The next day, the Capital Emergency Center once again discussed the project concerning Chen Cang and He Zhiqian among others.

The two directors, Su Haoqiang and Wu Tongpu, raised their hands to vote in support, and the others also had no choice but to follow suit.

Their endorsement signified the official approval of a project with a whopping one billion yuan in research funding!

Such a heavily funded hospital-level project was unprecedented!

It was even unique on a national level.

The hospital's annual budget for scientific research was not extensive, and in the interest of development, many hospitals preferred building towers and new wards...

After all, that is considered performance for a director!

These directors of tertiary hospitals, at least starting from the rank of a senior official, sought after a splendid future. How to harvest achievements?

Scientific research is the slowest to show results!

Hence, many hospitals didn't prioritize it. A project could take three years from the application to conclusion, then another three to start application, and yet another three for outcomes... After a decade, the results might still be uncertain—who would be foolish enough to pursue that?

Thus, hospital-level project funds were usually in the tens of thousands, with only a few reaching hundreds of thousands.

Now, however, the Capital Emergency Center officially announced the news on their website!

One billion yuan in research funds was granted, which amounts to the hospital's budget for many years, right?

Even Su Haoqiang felt the financial pinch.

But this time, they had come to a conclusion.

Let's give it a shot!

If they succeed, a ray of light will shine, benefiting not only the entire Capital Emergency Center but the entire field of disease treatment.

If it doesn't work out... there are so many failed projects every year, if they feared failure, how could anything be accomplished?

After the news was released, the entire hospital was in an uproar.

When everyone saw the announcements on the official hospital website, they were astounded by the figure.

We're talking about a billion yuan!

Chen Cang, a visiting scholar, actually secured one billion yuan in research funding from the Emergency Center!

Every corner of the hospital was abuzz with discussions about this matter.