Doctor Strange Called Him a Pro

Medical Center.

Night falls.

When the patient's daughter arrived, she didn't cause any trouble and directly signed the authorization to revoke the ventilator.

This was her mother's wish.

She didn't think there was anything wrong with Adam saving her mother without her knowledge.

"I will first give her a sedative to relieve her discomfort, and then I can remove the tube."

Adam stood before the hospital bed, took the authorization agreement, and glanced at them. "Ready?"

"Um."

The patient's daughter nodded with tears in her eyes.

Adam was about to administer a sedative to the patient.

"Etc."

The patient's daughter called for a halt.

Adam came to a steady stop.

Goodbye, Mom.

The patient's daughter leaned over and kissed him on the forehead as a farewell.

Are you ready?

Adam had to repeat himself, looking at the patient's daughter for a few seconds after she nodded, before administering the sedative, turning off the monitor, and removing the tube.

How long will it take?

The patient's daughter asked, tears welling in her eyes.

"You'll have to wait a while."

Adam said gently.

After waiting for a while, Adam checked the patient's heartbeat and pulse, nodded to the patient's daughter, and announced, "Time of death: 8:23."

After saying that, he left the ward.

In the corner corridor.

Cristina, Liz, George, Meredith leaned back on the gurney again, each with a complicated expression.

"What happened? Was he cooked?"

Adam chuckled and teased.

"You were the one who almost got boiled alive, weren't you?"

Cristina rolled her eyes at him. "What, even the famous Dr. Duncan gets threatened with a lawsuit by a woman? Has your charm worn off?"

"Hehe."

Adam smiled, but didn't continue the conversation, instead changing the subject. "Did you have surgery for carnivorous disease today?"

It's normal that he's not favored by his teachers.

After all.

He's not Leonard!

"Speaking of this makes me angry."

Cristina sat up straight and looked at Adam: "Dr. Sheran used to be your resident physician, but now that Bailey has taken leave to protect her pregnancy, Dr. Sheran is taking us as well. It's a disaster."

"It can't be that bad, can it?"

Adam laughed and said, "Sheran is a very nice person, much easier to get along with Dr. Bailey."

"That's the problem!"

Cristina complained, "We are interns, and we follow the residents to learn skills, not to play pretend games with her. This so-called compassionate treatment is simply absurd."

"You two had a conflict?"

Adam asked curiously.

"No."

Cristina said coldly, "I just disagree with her surgical plan. The patient has flesh-eating disease, and the infection in his leg is spreading rapidly. The correct approach is to amputate immediately to prevent blood infection and death. But she is acting on emotion and insists on eliminating all the Flesh-eating Bacteria first. This is risking the patient's life."

"She also called Dr. Burke to come and inspect the place."

Meredith added quietly.

"No way?"

Adam looked at Cristina in disbelief. "You asked your boyfriend to seduce Sheran? Did Sheran throw a tantrum?"

Questioning the surgeon in the Operating Room is already a taboo.

Not to mention an intern who called her Attending Physician boyfriend to question her superior surgeon.

This is simply crossing the line.

Any surgeon with dignity would lose their temper.

"Of course he lost his temper."

Meredith interjected again. "She gave Dr. Burke. Dr. Burke a good talking-to, leaving him speechless and forcing him to leave the Operating Room."

"I'm just worried about the patient's life."

Cristina retorted stubbornly.

"The patient is a Marla runner. Once amputation occurs, even if he survives, he will suffer greatly."

Meredith countered, "Dr. Sheran's treatment plan is correct. After consulting with the patient and her new husband, we chose to remove the Flesh-eating Bacteria cells as much as possible first, and then amputate if the infection continues."

"By the time we wait that long, the patient might already be dead."

Cristina retorted, "Isn't our first priority as surgeons to ensure the patient's survival?"

"Of course not."

Adam shook his head. "Our first priority as doctors is to keep patients alive as much as possible while respecting their choices."

"The facts have proven Dr. Sheran's choice."

Meredith laughed, "She stood there for eight hours straight and performed surgery, finally successfully removing all the Flesh-eating Bacteria cells, saving the patient's life and leg. Now Dr. Burke is having Cristina apologize to Dr. Sheran."

"This time it was an incredibly lucky low-probability event, but what about next time?"

Cristina said unhappily.

"The issue now is not whether your treatment plan is right or wrong."

Adam cautioned, "Of course you can keep your opinion, but once the senior surgeon has clarified the surgical plan, you shouldn't have someone else pressure the senior surgeon, let alone your boyfriend."

In other words, Sheran has a good temper.

Otherwise, any other doctor would definitely make a big fuss and make you and Dr. Burke lose face.

You should apologize.

"I admit that my actions were somewhat impulsive."

Cristina paused for a moment, then stubbornly said, "But I still believe my treatment plan is the correct one."

No, you're wrong.

Adam shook his head and said, "Do you remember that patient who rushed towards Dr. Liz's photo magazine, and who ultimately wanted to be castrated and didn't want Liz to get close to him?"

"Remember? Why?"

Cristina was taken aback.

"Who performed the surgery?"

Adam pointed out, "What's his nickname? And why was he given that nickname? Why doesn't Attending Physician earn the respect of his junior doctors? Even interns dare to contradict and argue with him?"

Cristina was stunned.

The surgeon was Dr. Victor, an older doctor nicknamed "Softie".

His famous quote is, "Young people like to take their chances with cancer, but at my age, I know I need to be more efficient."

The key is to cut it clean.

Regardless of your mental health, as long as it's near the cancerous area, it's all cut off cleanly and easily.

However, the cost is that many patients who were originally able to have a certain quality of life have completely lost it, and are living a life worse than death.

The patient who was almost castrated, under Liz's strong insistence, even the very rule-abiding Dr. Bailey chose to outwardly comply but inwardly defy her, which angered Softie and drove her away.

By performing the surgery themselves, the nerves were preserved, allowing the patient to regain their strength in the future.

Even knowing that the risk of relapse was much higher than originally expected, the patient was still extremely grateful to Liz and her team.

"Cristina, a clean cut is indeed the most effective method."

Adam said earnestly, "You can indeed save more lives with your scalpel, but you can't completely ignore their post-operative quality of life."

Moreover, by choosing a radical approach, aren't you also giving up on more challenging surgeries that require both saving lives and ensuring postoperative quality?

So, does that mean that in the future, you'll gradually develop a situation where you won't take on surgeries unless you're absolutely certain, only accepting those you're confident in, pursuing the empty reputation of a 100% cure rate?

P. S.: Only one chapter at noon, the rest will be updated tonight, sorry! Hmm, as for whether it's one or two updates tonight, it probably doesn't matter, right? After all, I doubt many people will be reading tonight. Merry Christmas Eve to all the big shots having fun in the presidential suite! Don't worry about this poor author still writing; I'm doing alright...