The finals of the first "Crescent Cup" Young Doctor Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Formula Competition in the United States were held at Boston City Hall, the capital of Massachusetts.

Boston City Hall is arguably the landmark of Boston. However, it was once synonymous with ugliness and was controversial among the people.

After World War II, countries gradually recovered from the post-war period and began to build on a large scale, especially in some large cities in the United States, such as New York and Chicago, which changed their urban appearance with each passing day.

Boston, the only one, has not changed for decades, coupled with the sluggish economic development of Boston, the old appearance of the urban area, especially the low skyline, which looks particularly shabby.

At that time, some writers described it as a city that was dying!

After Kennedy took office in 1961, the U.S. economy began to rise significantly, and the whole society was full of enthusiasm for positive change. Against this backdrop, the City of Boston decided to spur social and economic development through a series of public building renovation programs, thus heralding a new era for the city.

Boston's City Hall Square, then Boston's largest public space, was an important link between Washington's High Street, Quincy Market, and the waterfront, and its political significance made it an important part of the recovery plan.

At that time, the city of Boston held a design competition, and through an open competition, a well-known designer won the first place before the construction began.

The design scheme may have been really "trendy" in its time, and many architects praised it, or they wouldn't have won the championship.

It took six years to complete, and after it was completed, architects and some so-called experts touted it as a model of American Fauvist architecture, with complex structural features, concrete inside and out, atriums and elevated walkways overlooking the lobby space below, one of the most important civic buildings in the United States, and a world-famous Fauvist building that will go down in history.

Ordinary people, however, are not buying it. The citizens felt that it was ugly and criticized it one after another, this is simply the ugliest and ugliest building in the whole of America! Not one of them!

But whenever outsiders come to travel, talk to the local people, and mention the building, the local people will give a comment without exception - "ugly." ”

"Spending so much money and building such an ugly thing, I don't know what the fat-headed guys at the city hall think."

The people criticized it for its large and small, heavy and dull, empty square, and rough skin, where is this Fauvist style, it is clearly poor and ugly!

Who built a house without even painting the walls? It's all white, putty! Just bare cement exposed? It's inside and out!

What about tiles? Can't even afford a tile?

So, in 2015, the Boston City government couldn't bear it anymore, didn't want to be embarrassed anymore, and really couldn't keep up with the trend of the times, so it once again called for proposals, renovated it, and rearranged its functions and layout.

This time, the functional layout of the building was adjusted into two parts, with areas open to the public below the fourth floor and office areas above the fifth floor.

A lot of recreational spaces, public art spaces, landmark water features, greenery and other facilities and landscapes have been added, and most importantly, a lot of lights and lighting have been added to make the colors, especially at night, colorful and vibrant.

After renovation, it barely deserves its cosmopolitan status.

The first National Young Doctor Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Formula Competition, after the decision of the organizing committee, the venue of the competition was selected here.

It was originally planned to be held at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard University Hospital, but there were too many patients there for fear of affecting the normal operation of the hospital, so after a meeting and discussion, the public area was finally chosen, the lobby of the southwest entrance of Boston City Hall.

The lobby is three stories high and is usually used for concerts, dinners, and commemorative events.

There is also an open atrium garden that can be walked from one end of the building to the other.

This place, plus the city hall square outside, is very large, in addition to more than 1,000 contestants, judges, staff, media reporters from all walks of life, and many citizens and friends came to the scene to watch.

On the day of the competition, young elite doctors from all over the United States gathered together to communicate and greet each other, and the atmosphere was very warm.

Only those players from California hid in a corner in obscurity, and did not dare to go out to greet people.

Mick Wells of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, relying on his third-place position in California, went out for a spin and soon came back with his face covered.

"Dr. Mick, what's that on your face?" Nearby, James, a doctor from John Muir-Walnut Creek Medical Center, asked.

"Don't mention it, you will be ridiculed when you go out, why is there no cubicle in this hall, and it is not safe to sit here." Mick Wells muttered.

Sure enough, soon, doctors from many other hospitals took the initiative to come over to say hello. Everyone is in a circle, they are all well-known top hospitals, and they have met a few times in academic exchanges or something.

Come and say hello and have a chat. You say, what are you hiding?

"Hello, heck, isn't this our California colleague? Dr. Mick, why did you run so fast just now, I haven't talked to you yet! Where did we just go......"

"I'm sorry, I'm not feeling well, I want to go to the bathroom, Henry, you can say hello here." Mick Wells said to his companions, and then slipped away.

Companions: "......"

Next, they finally realized Dr. Mick's embarrassment.

What's more, this group of people is here to stir up trouble, and they are openly and secretly squeezing no one in California.

James from Walnut Creek Medical Center couldn't help but sneer and said, "If you have the ability, you are better than our California Doctor Zhou!" ”

Meaning, if you are all suppressed by Zhou Qiao, then don't laugh at the second brother and the third brother. You're not much better.

"Haha, Dr. Zhou does medical aesthetics, although Dr. Isner of our Cleveland Clinic is only 38 years old, his attainments in the field of cardiac surgery are praised by even some academicians, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first young doctor in China."

"Our Mayo Clinic is also full of young experts."

"We at the Massachusetts General Institute are very confident that we will win the championship this time!"

"Even we at Brigham and Women's Hospital have a chance of winning the championship, Dr. Chow? You don't blow it. I've seen his record, and it's only 600 points in the first round of simulated competition, and it's as if other states don't have 600 points. ”

"That's it, who doesn't have a few 600 points. I've heard that the states add up to almost 200 people! ”

"Everyone, don't say it, don't say it, the game is about to start, and the host is going to speak!" Henry hurriedly changed the subject.

The opening of the moderator interrupted this unpleasant chat. California's doctors were relieved, but they were so aggrieved. Especially Dr. Mick Wells, who had just returned from the restroom and hid from him, felt that he had disgraced Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

When did even the people of Brigham and Women's Hospital dare to review Cedars-Sinai Medical Center?

Doctors at UCLA and San Francisco medical centers were a little resentful, wondering why didn't Dr. Zhou come yet? If you had participated in the competition in the name of either of our two medical centers, you wouldn't have done this!

Although they felt a little aggrieved, they were still convinced of Zhou Qiao's level. After all, they know Zhou Qiao the most. Heart, how can Dr. Zhou only do medical aesthetics? What a difficult surgery has never been done!

Zhou Qiao really didn't act with the doctors in California, because the hotel he lived in was better, and there were two big beauties around him, who would like to be with a group of big brothers and sisters in their thirties and forties.

Thirty or forty-year-old European and American big brothers, too greasy, and bald; The eldest sister in her thirties and forties is too bloated, where can her body match the eyes of Murphy and Stephanie?

Zhou Qiao and the others came a little late, and happened to meet the doctors in Maryland. Stephanie greeted her former colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who were staying in the same hotel again.

Then there was just a vacant seat on the side, and Stephanie pulled Zhou Qiao to sit down.

Murphy followed Zhou Qiao, and wherever Zhou Qiao sits, she sits. She also doesn't want to meet up with the doctors in California, the main thing is that the UCLA Medical Center, which "has a grudge against her", ruthlessly rejected her last year, making her autism worse, saying that there is no guilt in her heart, which is impossible.

It's normal to be rejected when looking for a job, but being criticized for being useless, saying that it is incompetent, and it will cause a lot of trouble to the hospital. What's more, she is still a genius, a person who got a medical doctor at the age of 19, is she not a little arrogant?

Except for Professor Eric Pasente, the rest of the hospital, Murphy didn't like it and didn't want to pay attention.

Besides, Murphy was originally very cold and unreasonable.

After the opening of the host, bigwigs at all levels spoke, and even invited the governor of Massachusetts to come and show their faces, express their support for the event, and encourage the doctors.

Reporters took pictures, TV stations broadcast live, sponsors advertised, and after that, the host announced the rules of the competition.

It is similar to the sub-division, except that one is added.

Because in the first round of simulated competition, the full score was 600, and when the division was divided into divisions before, each state almost had 2-4 perfect scores, that is, among the more than 1,000 people present, one or two hundred people could get the full score again, if the game was not wrong.

This is the upper limit of the simulated competition, not the upper limit of the contestants.

Therefore, after discussion by the organizing committee, the length of the competition time was also included in the reference range this time.

If there is a tie in the total score of the two rounds of competition (simulated competition + surgery video), the first round will be sorted according to the length of the first round, with the shortest one in front and the longer one behind. Then take the top 20 and advance to the finals!

As soon as this rule came out, many people became nervous. Because some people are naturally slow, if you don't compare time and do it slowly, you can get 600 points, but if you compete with others for time, it is easy to make mistakes in busyness, and you may not get 600 points.

Some people raised objections, and the explanation given by the organizing committee was: "Sometimes the condition is urgent, saving people is like fighting a fire, and it is naturally fast and the quality of the operation is good!" ”

This reason does make sense, the patient is about to die, and you are still slow, and before you finish it, the patient will die.

Some people think, if it takes too long in the surgery video, will it affect the results? However, the video of the operation has been submitted a long time ago, and it is too late to regret it now.

In addition, the final live broadcast finals, do you also have to consider hand speed? If this is the case, it will add a lot of difficulty and variables to the competition!

Zhou Qiao and Murphy looked at each other and smiled, not caring at all. It doesn't affect them at all, and it even adds to their advantage. Because, Zhou Qiao's hand speed naturally has nothing to say, and Murphy, who has done thousands of surgeries in his dreams, has already practiced it. In addition, Zhou Qiao added some points to her body, and also added finger dexterity and body flexibility.

Stephanie also smiled slightly, if it was about dexterity of fingers, she also thought that among so many doctors on the scene, she could also rank in the top ten.

Maybe girls are naturally dexterous in their hands.

Zhou Qiao glanced at Stephanie and encouraged: "Do it with your heart, believe in yourself, you will definitely be able to do it!" ”

Zhou Qiao didn't say this purely comforting, but really saw Stephanie's progress.

When competing in the California Division, only one of Stafanie's six techniques reached the master's intermediate level, and the remaining five were all master-level beginners, but later she received so many patients in the clinic, and every operation was handed over to her as the chief surgeon, Stephanie was indeed very talented and had a strong learning ability.

I have to say that it is a demon. There are no ordinary people in the seeds of medicine!

Of course, there is still a big gap with Murphyby.

According to Zhou Qiao's estimate, as long as all six techniques reach the intermediate level of the master level, he will be able to get full marks in the first round of simulation competition.

Among the doctors present, excluding Zhou Qiao and Murphy, after systematic detection, only two of them had reached the master-level level of all six techniques, and no more than fifty people had reached the master-level level of more than one of them.

After all, they are young doctors, and most of them are still at the master level and below.

Stephanie is in the fifteenth and twentieth place, and with Stephanie's natural speed of hands, there is still hope for a top-10 rush.

In this finals, the organizing committee has prepared 100 simulation equipment, and there are 1,200 contestants, that is, 12 rounds will be completed, and the estimated time is two to three days, and there is no repechage match.

Then the organizing committee also informed everyone of the good news, that is, the evaluation of the surgical video has long ended, and the scores have been prepared.

Except for the top 20 doctors who enter the final battle, all the rest of the doctors will receive a medal of elite doctors for the finals carefully prepared by the organizing committee. Solid gold!

As soon as this news came out, the atmosphere of the scene was once again pushed to a high court.

That is, in this simulation competition, you have to be careful, you only have one chance, you have to do your best! Secondly, the participation awards are all doctor's commemorative medals made of pure gold, so how precious should the final champion and runner-up prizes be?

It's just that the organizing committee hasn't revealed it for the time being, but just said that it will surprise everyone when the time comes, creating a lot of mystery.

But for most people, it's just a life to participate in the prize and accompany the prince to study!

However, no one gave up, and everyone was in high spirits.

Soon, the race began!

Since this time it was "accelerated", and each player played their fastest hand speed, so some of the players who were not skilled enough, or had slow hand speed, made some mistakes that should not have been made, resulting in lower scores than expected.

For example, a doctor at the University of Pennsylvania Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia shouted at the end of the game because he only scored 599 points, while in the previous division competition, he scored 600 points out of 600!

The same is true of a doctor at Houston Methodist Hospital, with a full score of 600 in the first round of the division, this time he panicked on the spot, only 596 points, mainly because the players on the side were too powerful, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, the opponent's clearance progress exceeded him too much, he panicked, his hand shook, and then, specially, he was deducted points!

The system automatically deducts, and there is no place to say if you want to reason, depressed!

Mick Wells finished the game and walked back with his head held high, because, this time, he had no mistakes and scored 600 out of 600!

The most important thing is that in terms of time, he is also much more than last time, last time, he was a full hour and five minutes, this time, he may have held back for too long, he was ridiculed too much, turned his grievances into strength, inspired an absolute fighting spirit, a super god, and played a good score of forty-nine minutes!

And last time in the California division, Murphy, who ranked second, also took fifty-five minutes, that is, he surpassed Murphy!

Mick Wells finished clearing the level, looking at the score and time popping up on the screen, even he couldn't believe it!

But soon, he was in high spirits and elated, and returned to the area where the California doctors were located. As he was leaving, he ran into the doctors from other states who had mocked him earlier, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at each other.

Stephanie noticed Mick Wells' results popping up on the big screen and couldn't help but look at Murphy worriedly: "Can you surpass him this time?" ”

Murphy pouted softly, but didn't say a word.

Actually, she wasn't worried at all, because she didn't fully play last time. Murphy's fingers are dexterous, and the six techniques are all master-level peaks, and they are strong when they are strong.

Murphy whispered, "You're still worried about yourself." ”

"Hmph." Stephanie snorted softly, saying that she didn't know the hearts of good people. Will I lose to you? Well, even if you lose, you shouldn't be thrown away too much. I'll win the prize too!

Stephanie remembered the progress she had made over the past few days, took a deep breath, and suddenly gained confidence. Her own progress, she herself knows, just never says. She was holding her breath too!

(End of chapter)