Chapter 108 Hospital Assessment
Lu Xiao paused, his ears turning red, but he stiffened his neck and refused to admit it: "Nonsense, I was just trying to maintain family harmony."
Su Tang suppressed her laughter and leaned close to his ear: "Oh? Then why is Deputy Captain Lu blushing?"
A warm breath brushed past his ears, and Lu Xiao's body stiffened a little. He held her hand tightly with his backhand and strode forward.
"Hurry up, or the cafeteria will run out of food."
Looking at his slightly hurried back, Su Tang smiled with her eyes curved.
This guy is quite funny.
But it's also funny, he cares so much because of her.
The next morning, the two took the military vehicle to the hospital where Lu Xiao's troops were stationed.
The car wobbled along for more than three hours before arriving at the destination.
The hospital is located halfway up the mountain. The red brick walls are painted white. A wooden sign of the military hospital hangs at the door. It looks more imposing than where Su Tang had stayed before, but the equipment is not much newer.
Su Tang even felt that this hospital was not as good as her unit.
But she wanted to be with Lu Xiao and didn't want to continue living apart, so she had to overcome this hurdle.
The exam was scheduled for the afternoon, so Lu Xiao first took her to the hospital dormitory to settle down, saying that the hospital had specially arranged accommodation for the candidates who came to take the exam.
Although it is called a dormitory, it is actually just a small room of about ten square meters, with a wooden bed, a desk with peeling paint, and a wooden cabinet with a missing leg in the corner. Fortunately, it is kept relatively clean.
Lu Xiao touched the peeling dust on the wall and frowned.
Su Tang didn't care. He put down his luggage and looked around: "It's pretty good and clean."
She took out a piece of cloth from her bag and wiped the desk clean in a few strokes. "You go do your thing. I'll get ready myself."
Lu Xiao wanted to say something, but he looked up at the time and realized he had to get busy.
He had no choice but to remind her not to be nervous and then hurried out.
The afternoon exam is divided into written test and practical test.
The written test covered some basic theories, which was child's play for Su Tang, who had eight years of clinical experience.
She wrote quickly and handed in the paper in less than half an hour, which made the old doctor in charge of the exam open his eyes wide.
The practical exercise is to suture wounds on simulated patients.
Several candidates next to him were shaking with their hands while holding needles and thread, but Su Tang was very calm.
She remembered the aseptic operation standards learned in modern times. She first wiped the area around the wound three times with an alcohol cotton ball, and then used boiled tweezers to clamp the needle and thread. Her technique was incredibly skillful.
The suture stitches were thin and even, with almost the same spacing, which made the doctors watching nearby nod their heads repeatedly.
The examiner, Director Zhang, was a man in his fifties. He put on his reading glasses and looked closely for a long time. Then he looked up and asked, "Who did you learn this suturing technique from?"
Su Tang approached him and just whispered: "I learned it abroad."
Director Zhang didn't ask any more questions and nodded. "Not bad, better than many of the young doctors here."
After finishing the exam, Su Tang felt relieved. Just as she was about to go find Lu Xiao, she saw two young women in white coats whispering not far away, glancing at her from time to time.
"Have you heard? This girl is Deputy Headmaster Lu's girlfriend, and she got the exam through the backdoor."
"Look at her, she's so delicate and tender, how can she be a doctor? I guess she's just here to get by."
The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for Su Tang to hear.
She frowned slightly, ignored it, and turned to walk towards the dormitory.
I was targeted as soon as I arrived. It seems that the days ahead will be uneasy.
Sure enough, when the results came out the next day, Su Tang got first place, but no one notified her to go to work.
Lu Xiao went to see Director Zhang to ask about the situation, and when he came back he looked unhappy.
"What's wrong?"
Su Tang handed him a glass of water.
Lu Xiao took a sip and said in a deep voice, "Someone said that you don't have enough qualifications and your previous work certificates are incomplete. They want you to review them again."
Su Tang was stunned for a moment, then he understood.
It wasn't an audit at all; it was clearly someone who didn't want her to stay. She'd heard before she arrived that the hospital's surgery department was short of a lead surgeon, and she was afraid someone might see her as competition.
"don’t worry,"
Lu Xiao held her hand and said, "I'll talk to the dean. It will definitely be okay."
Su Tang shook his head: "No, gold will always shine. The more they act like this, the more I want to stay."
A hint of determination flashed in her eyes. She had endured eight years of hardship in modern times, so why should she be afraid of such a small obstacle?
As he was speaking, Director Zhang pushed the door open and came in, holding a document in his hand. "Su Tang, right? The dean looked at your grades and asked you to report to the surgery department first, on a one-month probationary period."
Su Tang's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to say thank you, he saw Director Zhang sigh: "But you also know that the situation in the hospital is complicated, and some people are gossipy. Please bear with them."
Su Tang nodded: "I understand, thank you."
After Director Zhang left, Lu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief: "I told you it's okay."
Su Tang smiled, but knew in his heart that this was just the beginning.
But she had suffered this hardship when she first came to the Northwest, so this was nothing to her now.
She packed up her white coat and walked towards the surgery department.
When the two women saw her yesterday, their eyes were full of surprise and dissatisfaction. Su Tang straightened her back and walked past them without looking at them.
No matter how many obstacles there are, she has the confidence to stand firm.
After all, her skills are not exaggerated.
When Su Tang reported to the surgery department, the head nurse led her to the nurses' station and pointed to a dusty desk in the corner: "Doctor Su, you will work here first."
A sneer immediately came from the side. It was one of the women who talked about her yesterday. The name tag on her name said "Li Min".
"Director Zhang places too much importance on connections. He immediately assigned us desks right after we arrived. We spent half a month standing in the corridor at first."
Another person named Zhao Xue echoed this: "Exactly. Some people, no matter how good their sutures are, what's the point? I'm afraid they have no clinical experience at all."
Su Tang didn't respond. He picked up the rag and was about to wipe the table when the head nurse suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Doctor Su, today's instruments haven't been sterilized yet. Please go and take care of them."
The surgical sterilization room was at the end of the corridor. It was dark and damp, with iron racks piled high with blood-stained needles and forceps.
Su Tang frowned. This job should have been done by a nurse, but it was thrown to her, a doctor.
As soon as she put on her gloves, Li Min came in with a tray. "Thank you for your hard work, Doctor Su. Please disinfect these newly used scalpels. We have an appendectomy surgery this afternoon."
There was still blood on the blade of the knife in the tray, obviously it was deliberately not cleaned.
Su Tang stared at the tray for two seconds without saying a word, then picked up the disinfectant and began to wipe it carefully.
She knew that this was a deliberate attempt to intimidate her.
She had experienced these things once when she first arrived in the northwest and went to the hospital, so it was not a difficult thing for her now.
She is not one to admit defeat.
She could handle those people before, and she can do it now.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
