Great Doctor Ling Ran

Chapter 87: The Return of Department Associate Director Pan

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

At five minutes to two in the evening, Huo Congjun entered Hall 3 from the back.

He lowered his head a little, allowing the wind from the air conditioner to brush through his unruly hair. In his hand were some notes that he was planning to use for the talk. He had managed to set aside some time to put those notes together. He gazed at his hands. His fingers had saved countless lives. They used to be stubby and firm, but were now thin and wrinkly, as though all energy had been drained from them.

Huo Congjun chuckled self-deprecatingly and silently encouraged himself. ‘My health is going downhill, but my experience and knowledge are at its peak. I can spread my ideas, and I manage my Emergency Department…’

His heart, which had fought off immense stress and crippling fatigue countless times while balancing responsibility against mindless routine and threading the thin line between giving up and persevering countless times was ceaselessly pumping nutrient-filled blood into his brain, making his cheeks flush.

He raised his head gently, just like he had done thousands of times before this.

Hall 3 could fit more than a hundred people, and it was filled to the brim. There were even some people standing in the corridor.

Huo Congjun’s heart had gone through trials of fire and ice, but even it skipped a beat at the sight.

“So many of you here. You didn’t come to the wrong conference hall, did you?” Huo Congjun cracked a joke, but immediately regretted it. ‘What a lame joke. Why did I do it?’

Soft laughter rang out from the crowd.

The good thing about having many attendees was having the listeners play a more active role when it came to feedback.

Huo Congjun became at ease again. He laughed out loud, sounding like Huo Congjun once more. “Thank you for supporting me with your presence and for your support, everyone. I reckon that many people here would want me to talk about my Emergency Department, but it would be inappropriate for me to bring this up, especially when the poll to decide the Emergency Medical Care’s pilot area would be held soon. To avoid the suspicion of me canvassing votes, the subject of my talk today is autologous blood transfusion…”

“All of you should be very familiar with autologous blood transfusion already. Compared to allogenic blood transfusion, it has several more advantages to offer. For example, blood shortage is becoming more and more of a problem nowadays. Propaganda and other methods cannot be used to solve this problem. As doctors, our best countermeasure would be to replace allogeneic blood transfusion with autologous blood transfusion…”

Having so many pairs of eyes fixed on him was enough to leave Huo Congjun dancing in joy. His uplifted mood also served to aid in the delivery of his speech. Huo Congjun was especially happy when the audience moved to gather in front while they looked at the front row.

He was speaking so excitedly that he did not notice Ling Ran, Doctor Zhou, and the others who were at the second row.

Huo Congjun’s gaze was far-reaching. He gazed vacantly at the back of the hall, not focused on any particular person. His voice was powerful, and he looked rather high in spirit.

Huo Congjun was very certain that all the audience in the conference hall were all still practicing doctors. The local community of doctors was not large to begin with, and if the circle was further limited to doctors in tertiary grade hospitals who practiced emergency medicine, that number would be diminished even further. Several members in the audience looked familiar to Huo Congjun.

There were some unfamiliar faces, and the number of female doctors were more than male doctors in the audience, but Huo Congjun could indistinctly sense the disposition exclusive to doctors coming from them.

“Autologous blood transfusion is not without disadvantages of its own. Some of those disadvantages can be solved with good management, but others may be difficult to solve in the near future. Hence, the balanced use of autologous blood transfusion is a new frontier…” Huo Congjun spoke excitedly, only concluding his speech when he received a reminder by the emcee.