This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 74: A High-Prolific Patient Referral!
"I won't go anymore, Dr. Lu. I sincerely want to come back to see you again."

"If you're really upset, we'll go outside and set up a table right now. Just tell me how many drinks you want me to have. If I even flinch, I'm a coward..." The young, burly man was really going all out.

Before he got injured, he thought that when people die, their eggs fly to the sky, and everyone has only one life, so who's afraid of who?
But after he crashed his motorcycle and crippled his leg, he realized that people are made of flesh and blood, and that pain and inconvenience really do occur.

"That won't do. Our hospital prohibits patients from offering meals and drinks. If you're willing to have surgery, you'll need to go through the pre-operative examinations first. I'll go prepare the necessary documents for your consultation and signature."

"Once the contraindications for surgery are ruled out, we'll go into the operating room to do the suturing..." Lu Cheng wasn't in a hurry.

The young man's bleeding had already stopped, and the tendon rupture without active bleeding was a 'pseudo' scheduled surgery, which could be postponed.

In fact, the written communication materials are all standard templates. However, before the preoperative examination results are available and no absolute contraindications for surgery are ruled out, Lu Cheng will not bring the patient into the operating room.

Don't be fooled by youth and strength. If someone has a heart condition or other problems and dies on the operating table during such a minor surgery, they could face legal trouble.

……

After Lu Cheng finished preparing the necessary documents, he was still pondering a patient's postoperative medication. He was debating whether or not to prescribe anticoagulants, but ultimately decided against it.

"Knock knock knock!" A knock sounded on the office door.

“Lu Cheng, this patient came back from Jishi.” Zeng Huanqi, who was on duty in the emergency room today, surprised Lu Cheng as soon as he spoke.

Jishi is a prefecture-level city in Xiangzhou, and it has several top-tier hospitals such as Xiangzhou People's Hospital and Xiangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. Its medical level is obviously much higher than that of Longxian People's Hospital.

Lu Cheng tilted his head: "Auntie, you were injured in Ji City, you can just go to the state hospital, right?"

The patient is a woman in her late forties. She has just undergone surgery and is wearing sterile gauze and bandages. It looks like she has a ruptured flexor tendon in zone 2.

The aunt said, "Dr. Lu, I am from Long County. My daughter is a nurse in the orthopedics department of the state hospital. She told me that your surgery is better."

“My daughter asked me about it, and she said that my injury involves multiple tendon ruptures. If it is not treated properly, it can easily lead to complications.”

"Let me see your medical records..." Lu Cheng went up to him and reached out to ask the person accompanying him, who was probably the aunt's husband, for the medical records.

Upon seeing the diagnosis, Lu Cheng exclaimed, "Auntie, how did this happen? There are ruptured tendons in your wrist, fingertips, and the backs of your fingers?"

"You have vascular damage? You should go directly to the state hospital!"

"I can't perform finger artery suturing," Lu Cheng said frankly.

"The machine got tangled in it... ah?" The aunt instinctively answered Lu Cheng's question, but when she heard that Lu Cheng couldn't fix it, she was stunned.

The auntie was a little flustered: "What do I do now? Do I have to go back to Jilin City?"

Lu Cheng nodded: "Your case involves vascular damage, and it's vascular damage in an uninhabited area, which is something I can't treat right now!"

"If it were a blood vessel injury in another location, I could still manage to do it."

How long have you been injured?

The middle-aged man, who had been silent until now, finally spoke up: "At 9:30 this morning, my wife went to take care of something nearby and drove back right away."

"Dr. Lu, you're not joking, are you?"

Lu Cheng shook his head: "How could I joke about something like this? You were transferred from Jilin City to our Long County for my sake, I'm overjoyed, how could I joke about something like this?"

"But if it can't be done, it can't be done. But don't worry, I'll call another teacher to see if he's available."

“If he is available, you don’t need to refer him. If he is not available, you have to go back to Jilin immediately.”

"This involves a ruptured tendon and a severed blood vessel in an uninhabited area, which I cannot perform at the moment."

Lu Cheng's suturing skills have reached (Specialization 20/20), and he is just one step away from the next level. However, vascular suturing in the no-man's land requires taking that final step even before entering the field.

This can be considered Lu Cheng's only oversight in local suturing so far.

"This? Dr. Lu..." The couple's expressions were quite unpleasant. Firstly, they were annoyed by the whole ordeal, and secondly, they wondered if their daughter was unreliable.

Fortunately, Professor Tong Yuan'an was free today, and upon hearing Lu Cheng's call 'requesting help,' he agreed without hesitation.

"Xiao Lu, it's rare for you to ask me for a favor, I can't refuse. Please have the patient wait for me in the emergency room!"

“We’ll go on stage together then,” Tong Yuan’an said with a grin.

Ever since being hit hard by Lu Cheng a few days ago, the fat guy Tong Yuan'an has become withdrawn. Lu Cheng originally thought he was just a little angry or had a temper.

Actually, it wasn't as exaggerated as I thought. Lu Cheng explained, "Teacher Tong, I have a case of lower limb flexor tendon A3 that needs to be treated. Please do this first, and I'll come back to learn from you after I've finished that."

"Oh, by the way, Professor Tong, this patient was transferred from Jilin City, which has already delayed her by almost two hours, so her surgery may need to be scheduled a little earlier."

A sharp voice came from Tong Yuan'an's end. "What the hell?"

"Patients from Jilin City are being transferred to your Long County? This is the first time I've heard of this..."

"Teacher Tong, it's a misunderstanding, and I can't resolve it on my own, so I can only ask for your help." Lu Cheng's tone was gentle and ingratiating, showing a clear understanding of his own limitations.

Lu Cheng would never take risks for things beyond his capabilities, and he wouldn't pretend to be aloof if someone asked for his help.

After making the call, Lu Cheng explained to the couple, "The Professor Tong I invited to you is a professor of hand surgery at Xiangya Hospital. He happened to be visiting our hospital in the countryside, and his skills are much, much better than mine."

"So you were lucky, but don't be so reckless next time."

"For emergencies like this, we try to get treatment at the nearest facility to avoid wasting time..."

Lu Cheng's attitude was quite warm, and although the couple felt a little strange, they could only reply, "Thank you, Dr. Lu."

“Professor Tong is a professor at Xiangya Hospital, so we’ve come to the right place.” The aunt’s conflicted expression finally eased a lot.

[By calming the patient's emotions, her menopausal anxiety syndrome was alleviated to some extent, earning 0.8 skill points!]

Suddenly, a considerable amount of skill points appeared out of nowhere, which made Lu Cheng look at his aunt thoughtfully.

She is indeed 45 years old and going through menopause. Perhaps this time she was transferred from Jishi to Longxian for treatment in order to find a better treatment outcome.

This age group is going through menopause...

"Okay, I need to go talk to another patient and get some signatures. I'll have Dr. Du come to talk to you and get your signatures later. Professor Tong will be here soon after you've finished signing."

"Your previous blood test results are complete. We'll do an electrocardiogram, and if there are no complications, the surgery can proceed."

"Don't worry, since we're here, let's make the best of it. At least Professor Tong is here," Lu Cheng muttered to himself.

"Okay, okay..." The aunt nodded, a faint smile appearing on her lips.

[By calming the patient's emotions, her menopausal anxiety syndrome was relieved to some extent, earning 0.9 skill points!]

The skill points my aunt gave me are really productive!
But similarly, this auntie is bound to be difficult to deal with.

Lu Cheng then asked Tian Duoduo from the nursing department to take the two to the nurses' station to rest. After calling Du Daihua, who was on standby for surgery, Lu Cheng also called Zhang Tiesheng.

Professor Tong needs an assistant to perform the surgery, but Tong Yuan'an may not bring Peng Kun with him, so the emergency department needs to provide a surgical assistant.

Meanwhile, Lu Cheng called Lin Qianlong again to explain the situation and his 'assessment' of the aunt's emotions.
"Yes, Xiao Lu, you did a great job."

“This patient was referred from Jilin City based on hearsay. After all, he is a very stubborn person, so we need to handle him carefully in advance.”

"I'm coming right away!" Lin Qianlong didn't shirk responsibility at all, no wonder Lu Cheng called him to the emergency operating room to oversee things...

(End of this chapter)