Chapter 60 Acupuncture and Anesthesia Surgery - "At the beginning of the 1970s, I made a fortune from zero-yuan purchases"

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After getting up early, doing morning exercises, and having breakfast, everyone went to the health center.

The morning sun shone slantly on the blue bricks and gray tiles, and the steps in front of the door glowed with green light.Several patients who had arrived early were already sitting on the benches in the corridor waiting. Some were holding their stomachs, some were coughing, and some were taking a nap with their eyes closed.Wang Jianxin and the others walked through the courtyard and met the doctors from the health center who had also come to work. They all greeted each other.

"Good morning, Captain Wang."

"Good morning, Dr. Zhao."

Over the past few days, we have become familiar with each other.

Dr. Zhao, in his forties, specializes in general internal medicine. He graduated from a technical secondary school in the 1960s and is the technical backbone of the health center.He is a typical snake oil doctor - he treats all kinds of diseases, including internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, and gynecology, and prescribes all kinds of medicines. He has a living pharmacopoeia in his belly.He was full of desire for new medical knowledge. Every time he saw the medical books brought by Wang Jianxin, his eyes lit up and he insisted on borrowing them back to copy them.

Dr. Wang, surgeon, is a retired military doctor who has worked in the military health system.He didn't talk much, but he was very agile with his hands and had strong surgical debridement and suturing skills. The wounds he sewed were as flat and neat as a tailor's stitches.His hands were calloused, but he was as steady as a rock when holding the scalpel.

Nurse Li, in her thirties, was originally a nurse from Beijing Hospital, but was transferred to this commune health center due to family reasons.She is skilled, attentive and patient with patients. She is now a close confidant of local women.Whenever a daughter-in-law gave birth to a child or a daughter had a gynecological disease, she would come to see her, and she would never be bothered.

There are also several young doctors and nurses in their twenties who have just graduated from health school within two years. They have some theoretical knowledge but far from practical experience.It belongs to the category of high-minded people but low-handed people - it sounds clear and logical when it comes to doing it.But they are young, willing to learn, and represent the future of the health center.

There are also three barefoot doctors, all local farmers, health personnel recommended by poor and lower-middle peasants and received short-term training. They study and work here.Their level of education is not high, but they are close to the common people. They know better than anyone who has a headache.

At eight o'clock sharp, everyone was busy.Patients came to the clinic one after another. Wang Jianxin sat behind the table and looked at them one by one.Headaches, stomachaches, coughs, and fevers are all common illnesses and are not serious problems.He sees quickly but carefully. He asks what should be asked, checks what should be checked, and prescribes what medicine should be prescribed.

At around ten o'clock, Lao Yang, the cook in the commune canteen, was helped in.

Lao Yang was in his fifties, as thin as a bamboo pole, with prominent cheekbones and deeply sunken eye sockets. The skin on his face was sallow and without a trace of blood.He was bent over, holding his stomach with one hand and holding the door frame with the other, sweat all over his forehead.

"Doctor Wang, I did it again..." Lao Yang's voice was weak, as if it was squeezed out of his throat.

Wang Jianxin knew Lao Yang, and he cooked the meals he ate in the cafeteria these days.Lao Yang suffers from gastric ulcer, which is a chronic problem. In the past six months, he has often been in pain that made him unable to eat, and he has become so thin that he has lost his shape.When I had an attack in the past, I could overcome it by taking some medicine, but today it seems I can't.

Wang Jianxin asked him to lie on the examination bed, pressed his abdomen with his hands, and at the same time used his spiritual consciousness to explore. He found that there was a huge ulcer about four centimeters by three centimeters in the gastric antrum, reaching as deep as the serosa layer. It had eroded to a branch of the right gastric artery, and there was active bleeding.Without surgery, he could suffer severe bleeding at any time and his life could not be saved.

Wang Jianxin straightened up and said: "Surgery, removal of most of the stomach."

Dean Zhao stood nearby and his expression changed when he heard this.He hesitated, rubbed his hands, and said, "Captain Wang, our health center has never done this surgery before. A partial gastrectomy? Our conditions -"

"There has to be a first time." Wang Jianxin interrupted him.

Dean Zhao looked at Dr. Luo, then at Dr. Zhao and Dr. Wang, as if asking for their opinions.Doctor Luo stood at the door, holding an enamel jar, with no expression on his face. He only said: "I'm watching from the side."

Dr. Zhao and Dr. Wang looked at each other, and Dr. Zhao spoke first: "Captain Wang, you are the surgeon, and I will cooperate." Dr. Wang nodded without saying anything, and had already begun to roll up his sleeves.

"Start preparations for surgery immediately." Wang Jianxin turned to Liu Xiaodong and said, "Go and clean up the operating room, disinfect the instruments, and lay out the surgical drapes."

"Yes!" Liu Xiaodong ran away.

Zhou Xiaomei raised her hand: "Captain, anesthetic-"

Wang Jianxin's heart sank.I brought some anesthetic with me when I came here, but it wasn't much. After using it for the past few days, I've used it up.The health center's own inventory of anesthetics is already low. When taking inventory a few days ago, we discovered that not even a single lidocaine was left.

"Acupuncture." Wang Jianxin said.

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