Surgery Godfather-Chapter 624 - 567: Insomnia and many dreams

August felt that it was about time to plan a trip to China soon.

To meet the "Man from Earth" as he imagined him in his heart.

In Malaysia, the entire procedure of Yang Ping’s surgery on Guo Jingyao’s triple compound case was witnessed by August. Such rare cases involved a series of interconnected complications, each trap leading to another.

For this seemingly unsolvable case, the young doctor managed to overcome each challenge, just as if he knew the best path through the maze, successfully completing the surgery.

At that time, August felt that this young doctor was like a "Man from Earth", full of confidence and power.

His mind was sharp and calm; his hands were nimble and steady.

Upon leaving Malaysia, August did not immediately contact Yang Ping. Instead, he focused on learning Chinese and waited until the right moment to connect with Yang Ping.

By the time he drove back to Harald in Munich from the Duke’s castle, it was already night.

Despite his fatigue, August turned on his computer and eagerly logged back onto the mysterious website.

The spine external fixator had a few more cases, and August couldn’t wait to browse the new cases.

Like a thirsty desert traveler finding a water source, he greedily absorbed the knowledge therein, contemplating the principles over and over again.

In the chat room, a few people were discussing cases again.

Here, no matter how high your academic status, your identity was that of a student known only by a nickname.

August felt as if he had returned to his student days, a sensation that was both strange and mesmerizing.

"I plan to launch a research topic on the correlation between negative emotions of surgical doctors and giant medical device companies. I welcome anyone who is interested in participating in this multicenter study," said the person using the alias "Radish Head". His message was followed by a long list of names.

Upon reviewing the detailed plan of the research topic, August was thoroughly impressed.

As one of the members, Oreo would not want to be left behind. Without any hesitation, he promptly added his name to the list.

Clearly, the German had successfully integrated into the organization.

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Furious Doctor Robert, once decided, acted immediately.

A doctor has absolute authority over the choice of instruments used. He is the ruler of his domain.

Under the puzzled look of the American giant corporation, several directors of the New York Special Orthopedic Hospital collectively announced the temporary cessation of the giant’s orthopedic consumables due to safety issues.

The giant corporation immediately sent high-level engineers to New York for communication. These engineers were all experts with doctorate degrees.

Security issues must be justified and substantiated. You can’t just be arbitrary. We are all experts, we could sit down and talk it out!

They wouldn’t simply comply without cause, saying that there’s a lack of contractual spirit.

Fine, here’s your reason. Doctors experienced a sudden onset of anxiety, irritability, depression, and other negative emotions when using the giant company’s instruments, a mental shift that could severely jeopardize the safety of surgery.

For the sake of patient safety, Doctor Robert decided to conduct a large-scale survey in North America, along with an extensive double-blind study.

Doctor Robert requested the giant company to provide a set of completely unmarked instruments to be used for the research study on "Correlation between Giant Equipment and Negative Emotions of Surgical Doctors".

The question of academics is serious.

The New York Special Orthopedic Hospital is a leader in the orthopedic field worldwide. Its actions often set a precedent.

Other hospitals, regardless of whether they have encountered similar problems, followed suit for precautionary reasons, waiting for the results of Doctor Robert’s double-blind study.

We depend on science, we are serious, meticulous, and all are experts with a scientific spirit.

Robert organized a team mainly consisting of orthopedic surgeons and psychologists to perform the double-blind experiment.

Some groups used instruments from other companies, while one group used instruments from the giant corporation.

All of these instruments arrived without any markings. The chief surgeons were not aware of which company’s instruments were being used. Their usage time and environments were kept as similar as possible, with the chief surgeon’s mood changes and sleep conditions monitored and documented.

They studied the correlation between a doctor’s emotions and various aspects of the instruments, such as the material, shape, color, reflectivity, and even the sound of metal colliding.

Subsequently, Tokyo in Japan also claimed to have experienced a similar phenomenon. While it was currently uncertain whether the instruments were the cause, they decided to suspend the use of the company’s instruments for safety reasons.

Germany was the first to react on the European side, stating that similar symptoms were indeed observed. As an experienced specialist and the current president of the Spine Academic Association, Doctor August stated firmly in front of the camera that he had identified a new problem. He recently found that frequent use of the giant corporation’s instruments not only led to feelings of unease, irritability, and depression but also caused symptoms of insomnia and vivid dreams.

August stated: he did not take this seriously initially, but the discovery by the Americans served as a reminder for him. Therefore, he took the situation very seriously.

He decided to suspend the use of all the giant’s instruments and join Doctor Robert’s multicenter international research.

Patients’ safety always comes first, and the mental health of doctors should also be cared for.

Lastly, Doctor August solemnly told the reporters: the experiment was complicated, and to observe the samples would take at least a year. They awaited the hard truth.

What on earth is going on?

The executives of the powerful corporation are baffled, wondering why these top-ranking professors have all unanimously paused use and began shouting for double-blind control experiments.

Experiments that will take at least one year? They’ll starve for a year then.

With such harmonic synchronization, the executives suspected that their medical instruments truly were problematic.

Anxiety, unease, emotional instability, and suffering from insomnia and frequent dreams - it seemed the executives were exhibiting these symptoms as well.

An employee in the company’s warehouse in Thailand expressed that after long-term exposure to these medical instruments, he began suffering from insomnia and frequent dreams. He had not known the reason until now.

Workers, salespeople, and anyone else who had touched these instruments in different countries all revealed that they too exhibited similar symptoms.

One worker even claimed that they had recently been experiencing unusual sexual orientations and suspected it was related to the instruments. They were planning on suing the company.

The market in China collapsed, and the world plunged into a nightmare of insomnia and dreams. How much longer could this go on?

The CEO at the corporation’s headquarters was also suffering from insomnia.

This was destroying people’s trust in the corporation. The CEO shivered at the thought and pieced everything together. He wondered if they had offended a powerful entity that should not have been crossed.

What kind of entity could mobilize so many top orthopedic surgeons globally?

Even after pondering till his brain hurt, the CEO couldn’t figure it out. Even if he stepped in, these big shots wouldn’t take him seriously.

When he reflected on the recent unscrupulous actions of the company, he didn’t find anything amiss. But on further consideration, their hunting down of a small Chinese company seemed quite distasteful.

Was that the problem?

The CEO of the corporation angrily shouted at Hans during a phone call:

"What on earth happened? You must give me an answer!"

I have no idea what happened. If the actions of the Chinese hospitals are related to Professor Su Qingyun, how could the reaction in North America, Europe, and Japan be related to this too?

Who could command such a large group of international academic authorities?

Hans lamented that he was innocent.

All I did was scheme to block a small Chinese company, why has this turned into a crisis? Hans was on the brink of insomnia.

Regardless of the reason, headquarters commanded a slowdown in the plan to target Ruixing.

Hans reluctantly lifted the ban on Ruixing, though the so-called ban was already full of holes and moot.

Wanting to kill and acquit on a whim, they were so full of themselves.

The embargo was lifted, but things remained the same.

Ruixing was still Ruixing, even Europe was busy approving clinical trials for its spinal external fixator.

The corporation was still the corporation, and no one bought into its plea.

PR personnel tried putting out the fires everywhere, looking to discuss things with these experts and big shots. But who exactly did they step on? They needed a clue.

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"Oreo, what about your case?"

"I plan on coming to China Sanybo Hospital for training. I’m not sure if the professor has time."

"You’re fortunate, while the professor is quite busy, he’ll personally instruct this forum’s members. Only members of this forum could receive instructions from the professor. The forum has various procedures and contact methods. Check carefully."

"I’ll check, I need to contact Teacher Zhang."

"Teacher Zhang is quite strict, Oreo, be careful. Before you head out, you should learn how to brew tea. There’s an electronic scale in the doctor’s office cupboard, it may help."

"I have an old friend in the sports medicine center, he’s very helpful. If you need help, just say the word."

"The intern dorm is nice, the hospital cafeteria food is also good, and there are lots of restaurants nearby. There’s a great hot pot restaurant, and if you mention the hospital, they offer a discount."

"Anything else I need to be aware of, seniors, please tell me."

"Charge your WeChat wallet, and send red packets in the group."

"When doing rounds, try to stay hidden, try to stand in an inconspicuous location."

"There’s a guy in the operating room, likes to smoke."

"There’s an old guy on the lower floor. If you see him, avoid him. He wears glasses with tape on them."

"That’s a lot of information, I need to take notes."

August is excited once again. Starting from now, he isn’t on the same level as the Brits, he could finally say goodbye.