Surgery Godfather-Chapter 558 - 506: The Fifteen Plan

An hour later, a staff member at Mayo, fluent in Chinese, called Director Zhao’s office directly, indicating that Sanbo Hospital’s visit could be given priority arrangement.

How much priority? The timing and the number of visitors could be decided by Sanbo Hospital themselves. Once the time and attendees were determined, they needed to provide a list of names, and Mayo would send official invitations according to the list to facilitate Sanbo Hospital’s visa application process at the embassy.

When Director Zhao received the call, he couldn’t quite believe it, but the incoming call clearly displayed an international number.

The fluent Chinese on the other end of the line took him by surprise.

His English translator was right next to him, yet the caller chose to speak in Chinese.

However, Director Zhao had no idea that the other party was even more nervous than he was.

Given the time difference, the morning in China corresponds to the evening in America, meaning that the administrative staff at the Mayo Clinic was already off work.

This indicated that the phone call was made overtime.

Moreover, the person who could speak Chinese was hastily arranged.

In the United States, it really wasn’t difficult to find someone who was fluent in Chinese.

After hanging up the phone, Director Zhao looked confused, feeling like he was in a melodramatic twist of events.

Mayo Clinic is one of the top hospitals in the world, weren’t they said to schedule visits a year in advance? Now they say they can arrange it at any time, and the person in charge is not speaking English, but Chinese.

Just how much influence did Yang Ping’s call have? Did he command such respect?

Director Zhao immediately reported the matter to Dean Xia, who was also very surprised. They knew Yang Ping was a genius, but he was still young, and it would take some time for him to make his mark.

In his office, Dean Xia nearly jumped out of his seat with excitement.

He wasn’t angry, but rather, overjoyed.

The man had a habit; when he was angry, he would slap his solid hand on the table, and when he was happy, he would do the same.

Thus, his office desk was made of elm wood, solid enough to withstand his heavy slapping.

This guy is amazing, it was clear that Mayo saw potential in Yang Ping. Obviously, Mayo’s passionate reaction showed their intentions to work with Yang Ping.

At the same time, Dean Xia was secretly relieved that he had taken early action; otherwise, this young talent would have been snatched up by others.

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Dean Xia repeated the name Mayo over and over in his mouth.

The hospital ranked first in the world for overall strength.

Their medical level and management system were both at the top of the world’s pyramid.

Given such a golden opportunity, how could Dean Xia possibly let it pass? Don’t think that Mayo’s enthusiasm is out of pure charity, there must be benefits to reap; surely the next step would be to invite Yang Ping as a visiting professor or something similar.

As sharp as Dean Xia was, how could he not have thought of this?

There was a reason Mayo placed so much emphasis on this; under the push of John Ansen, they were preparing to establish some sort of cooperation with Yang Ping, inviting him to serve as a visiting professor at Mayo, to regularly give lectures and guide surgeries. This proposed cooperation carried a certain degree of urgency.

For such a genius, how could Mayo possibly let him slip away? They would surely try all they could to win him over.

This visit arrangement was but a mere token of goodwill.

Subsequently, Mayo would offer some more significant gifts, such as spots for exchange internships, laboratory cooperation, research topic collaboration, shared patient data, remote case discussion, and so on.

How could they let Mayo take full advantage of them? Dean Xia’s mind raced, and he quickly picked up the phone, summoning a bunch of heads from the medical affairs and teaching and research departments to prepare for a meeting.

Dean Xia wanted to discuss a thorough, complete, and scientific cooperation proposal for Mayo.

The goal of this proposal was to fully utilize Mayo to enhance the capabilities of Sanbo Hospital, including medical and management levels.

Damn it, they were just worrying about this issue when this opportunity came directly to them.

Even the plans for the first, second, and third five years took shape in Dean Xia’s mind.

Dean Xia sat down and carefully pondered his first five-year plan.

He planned to transplant Mayo’s entire management model into Sanbo, first bring it over and implement it, then carry out adaptive improvements during operation.

Each department should select two young doctors to undergo training at Mayo, yes, two from each department, including clinical, medical technology, and administrative personnel.

Sanbo had gathered a large number of PhDs in reserve for this day.

These PhDs would go to Mayo for standardized specialist training, and depending on their specialties, they would be trained for three to five years.

Then, other PhDs would go to other top hospitals for training.

Sending so many people out now would be financially tight for the hospital.

But they could cut costs in many areas, delay payments to drug suppliers, and give up additional infrastructure construction and renovation for the time being.

There’s no point in having a hundred-story building without the right talent.

If they have the best talent, even if it’s a bungalow, patients will flock from all over the world.

Three to five years from now!

At that time, the overall strength of Sanbo--

The thought alone excited Dean Xia, and the key point was that he would still be in office then, not retired.

The A plan of his first five-year plan was somewhat ambitious; he wasn’t sure if Mayo could accept it. Therefore, they also needed to have a B plan, C plan, and so on.

After Director Zhao finalised things with the Mayo Clinic, John Ansen started getting in touch with Yang Ping via WeChat. He expressed in a boastful manner that he had resolved the issue of the visit in record speed.

John Ansen had set up a forum named Young Forum which has already attracted over a dozen of America’s top spine, neurosurgery and tumour surgeons.

Currently, there are three sub-forums: Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Tumor Surgery.

Each sub-forum has a designated moderator. For instance, John Ansen himself moderates the Neurosurgery sub-forum.

The official articles released on the forum have copyright disclaimers and are traceable. Anyone found to have plagiarized the articles will face severe penalties.

It is important to remember that these are the world’s top specialists. Together, they could easily take on a copyright infringer.

Yang Ping holds a high status in this forum, much like how Linus Benedict Torvalds is treated in the Linux community.

Each document he uploads tends to spark intense discussions.

This kind of open and shared cyber community is practically real-time and much more efficient than publishing articles. Top doctors really appreciate this method.

Thus, besides feverishly learning from Yang Ping’s medical cases, they also upload their own cases onto the forum to share and discuss with everyone.

Even the coding of this cyber community is done by top programmers, gathered through these doctors utilizing their influence.

Operating costs are met by donations.

Anyway, with someone like John Ansen running things, everything is no problem.

Just know that in America, the influence and appeal brought by these top surgeons are incredibly strong.

"Currently, there’s a flurry of interest in learning Chinese in the forum. Plans are in place to dedicate a special sub-forum for Chinese learning," John Ansen reported.

This is necessary because all of Yang Ping’s articles are published in Chinese. While it is possible to understand the articles using translation services, it’s always better to know Chinese.

Medical term translation, whether from Chinese to English or English to Chinese, always ends up messy.

Thus, many domestic experts and professors have excellent English skills. After all, in order to learn advanced knowledge, one must understand the language.

Similarly, these top doctors who want to learn from Yang Ping must understand his language.

Yang Ping writes in Chinese because it’s his native language and the one he is most comfortable with. He could also write in English if he wanted to, but he wouldn’t be able to express himself as freely.

There are many advantages to Chinese that English can’t compete with, like efficiency.

The keystroke rate for writing an article in Chinese is much lower than in English. To prevent carpal tunnel syndrome, Yang Ping doesn’t like to use English.

Especially as Yang Ping likes using double-stroke input: two keys per character. The rhythm is very good, and he has compiled a large vocabulary database that makes writing articles feel like flying – an experience that English cannot compete with.

Reminded of Takahashi’s teacher, Teacher Tang, who had greatly improved Takahashi’s Chinese, Yang Ping wanted to recommend him to be the dedicated teacher for the Chinese learning section.

However, he wasn’t sure if Teacher Tang would agree, so he decided to let Takahashi do some persuasion.

After John Ansen reported on the forum’s plans and progress, he mentioned the Mayo Clinic’s intention to invite Yang Ping to be a visiting professor.

Yang Ping expressed his agreement, but said that the Mayo Clinic would need to communicate with the Sanbo Hospital about this, as it involved both hospitals.

Since Yang Ping agreed, John Ansen had some direction. He could let the Mayo Clinic officially start negotiations with the Sanbo Hospital.

The Mayo Clinic probably wouldn’t expect that Xia Changjiang was already planning to form a team to handle them – these negotiations would be very formal.

Busy with these tasks, Yang Ping started to examine the experimental data treating scoliosis with an external fixator.

This experiment has already entered its final stage. If the animal experiment data is eligible, it could start clinical trials immediately. Once complete, it could go on to the market.

Since this device is a completely new application of technology, rather than an improvement on existing technology, the procedures are very strict.

If this newly developed external fixator successfully obtains clinical application, the system space can reward thirty million points. This way, there will be enough funds to start the project for cultivating muscles with stem cells.

In system space, points are equal to currency. Without points, you can’t get anywhere – you can’t even sleep. That’s because the entire system space is supported by points. If the points are too few, the air in system space will be very thin and the environment will turn harsh, making it unbearable.

So, learning to play this system well is also a mind-challenging matter.

You need to plan your research topics. If you exhaust your points on a topic and still haven’t made any progress, you’ll face a long time without points to support a new topic.

According to the current system rules, the points supporting a large-scale experimental project aren’t something you can accumulate just through performing surgeries.

It’s clear that the system’s demand for Yang Ping is no longer about doing surgeries well, but about making breakthroughs in medical research.

Therefore, the points rewarded for research achievements are much higher than for clinical surgery. A valuable innovation can benefit patients far more than performing one surgery.

Cultivating muscle cells with stem cells, this kind of experiment consumes tens of millions of points. It’s predicted to consume twenty to thirty million points. Accumulating this many points through surgeries might take many years, if it’s feasible at all.

The daily reward points from normal surgeries are pitifully low, and high-difficulty surgeries aren’t available every day.

Looking at the full-spine X-rays of these little monkeys, the severity of their spinal curvature was naturally divided into mild, moderate, and severe. Now, all the mild and moderate cases were successfully corrected, and the severe ones showed obvious improvement. Given some more time, they would likely be successfully corrected too.

This just shows the power of the spatial lab. As long as there are enough points, you can keep experimenting until you make a breakthrough.

Then take the successful data and repeat it in the real world, bypassing mistakes and going straight for success.

This external fixator correction for scoliosis, with its incredible maturity, made people incredulous. Professor Liang has been closely following the progress of the experiment. He had never seen a topic progress so smoothly, achieving its goal while avoiding almost any pitfalls.

The next step, the application for clinical trials, should not be an issue with such dazzling data. Where the head of the nation’s expert assessment group is also Professor Liang, it’s sure to go smoothly and swiftly.

When it comes to clinical trials, practically speaking, Yang Ping can use it on his patients but cannot market it yet.

He became excited thinking of how, in not too long, he could use this new set of equipment to cure scoliosis without having to perform surgery.