This miracle doctor just wants to be fired!

Meanwhile, in the interventional cardiology room of Jinghua City People's Hospital, the atmosphere was so tense it was hard to breathe.

On the interventional operating table, Dr. Chen Ming, the chief resident of the Department of Cardiology, wearing a heavy lead apron, was concentrating intently on performing coronary artery surgery on a patient.

This patient had suffered a sudden ventricular fibrillation outside the elevator that morning and was discovered in time by Chen Ming.

In the morning, after being resuscitated by Chen Ming and brought back to the CCU, the patient underwent emergency cardiac enzyme tests and bedside electrocardiograms, and a clear diagnosis was quickly made: acute anterior wall myocardial infarction!

This is the root cause of ventricular fibrillation.

As the attending physician and chief resident of the cardiology department, Chen Ming immediately initiated the emergency interventional surgery procedure.

The patient was quickly wheeled into the catheterization lab.

Chen Ming is the chief resident of the cardiology department and has extensive experience in handling various emergency cardiac surgeries.

After the radial artery puncture was successful, Chen Ming steadily controlled the guidewire and slowly inserted it into the coronary artery.

"Smoking, stomp on it!" This is a common term in interventional cardiology surgery, which actually means injecting contrast agent after a successful puncture.

Following his instructions, the assistant injected the contrast agent, which flowed into the blood vessel at a constant rate through the catheter.

The patient's coronary artery morphology was instantly and clearly displayed on the screen.

The mid-segment of the left anterior descending artery is completely occluded, and the surrounding collateral circulation is thin, resulting in a large area of ​​myocardial ischemia. This is the culprit that leads to myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation in patients!

Chen Ming precisely adjusted the direction of the guidewire, preparing to pass through the occlusion, but the plaque in the occlusion segment was hard, and the guidewire was blocked twice.

The assistant couldn't help but whisper, "Professor Chen, should we switch to a guidewire with stronger support?"

"Try again, be gentle to avoid damaging the blood vessel wall." Chen Ming slightly rotated his wrist, and finally, the guidewire successfully passed through the occluded segment and reached the distal end of the left anterior descending artery.

Chen Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "It's over. Balloon preparation, low-pressure dilation!"

The balloon was slowly advanced to the occluded site. As the pressure gradually increased, the narrowed blood vessel on the screen was slowly opened, and a faint flow of blood began to pass through with difficulty.

A second injection of contrast agent confirmed that 75% of the stenosis remained.

"Preparing to implant a 3.0×20mm stent!"

The stent is precisely delivered to the lesion site, and as the release button is pressed, the stent steadily expands and adheres to the blood vessel wall.

After another injection of contrast agent, the image on the screen brought a sigh of relief to everyone.

The patient's blood flow in the left anterior descending coronary artery was completely restored, the TIMI flow grade reached 3, and there were no complications such as vascular dissection or hemorrhage.

On the monitor, the patient's heart rate stabilized at 78 beats per minute, blood pressure rose to 118/75 mmHg, and the previously slightly rapid breathing gradually stabilized.

"Surgery successful! The blood vessel is open!"

Chen Ming slowly straightened up and took off his surgical gloves.

The heavy lead apron was already soaked with sweat.

His arms were a little numb after more than an hour of high-intensity work.

"Notify the CCU to prepare for admission. The patient will be transferred to the intensive care unit after the operation, and continuous electrocardiographic monitoring will be conducted. Close observation of changes in myocardial enzymes and any bleeding at the puncture site will be maintained."

As Chen Ming took off his lead apron, he carefully gave instructions to the nurse beside him.

"I'll go and discuss the patient's condition with the family."

As soon as the operating room door opened, the patient's son, Zhang Daqiang, who was waiting outside, rushed over immediately.

"Doctor, how is my dad? Was the surgery successful?"

"Don't worry, the surgery was a success, and the blocked blood vessel has been completely opened." Chen Ming patted him on the shoulder. "Fortunately, the rescue was timely. He will be under observation in the CCU for a few days afterward, and as long as there are no complications, he will recover quickly."

Zhang Daqiang's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. He was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes, and he bowed repeatedly to express his gratitude.

"Thank you so much, doctor! I'm so grateful! It's all my fault for being so careless this morning and not listening to the ER doctor; I almost got him into trouble..."

Upon hearing this, Chen Ming recalled that after the patient was revived by CPR, the family also recounted their experience of seeing a doctor in the emergency department that morning.

He nodded in approval at the emergency room doctor's accurate prediction of Wellens' syndrome: "The emergency room doctor's judgment was very professional. If we had followed his advice and intervened earlier, the patient wouldn't have developed a heart attack. Don't blame yourself too much; it's good that the patient is safe now."

"Okay, thank you, doctor!"

Zhang Daqiang thought to himself that once his father recovered, he would go to the emergency room to properly thank the ER doctor from that morning.

……

On the other hand, online discussions about the emergency department of Jinghua City People's Hospital and Zhou Cheng are spreading like wildfire.

The defamatory video posted by the patient has long since gone beyond the scope of the initial personal accusation and has been widely reposted by multiple domestic media outlets.

At this point, the situation was far beyond what could be resolved simply by having the patient delete the video.

The snowball of public opinion is growing bigger and bigger, and has formed a concentrated condemnation of the hospital and Zhou Cheng.

Worse still, the vast majority of media outlets that reprinted the story did not conduct any in-depth investigation into the ins and outs of the matter. In order to gain traffic and attract attention, they all made a big fuss about the headlines and exaggerated the emotions involved.

Such as...

Shocking! Emergency room doctor at Jinghua City People's Hospital shows a complete lack of medical ethics, refusing to treat a patient and then walking away.

"Patients refused help, doctors indifferently leave work: Exposing the dark side of public hospital healthcare."

Absent in a life-saving moment! Doctors at Jinghua City People's Hospital disregard patient safety to go home.

Headlines like these are ubiquitous on major social media platforms and news apps.

In the comments section, netizens launched a barrage of criticism against Zhou Cheng, even implicating the entire Jinghua City People's Hospital, accusing the hospital of chaotic management and a lack of professional ethics among its medical staff.

The hospital's publicity department staff were extremely busy, constantly issuing clarification statements in an attempt to restore the truth of the matter.

However, in the face of overwhelming public opinion, these rational voices seemed particularly weak and were quickly drowned out by netizens' insults and media hype.

Li Qiang, deputy director of the medical affairs department, looked at the ever-increasing negative public opinion data, his face so gloomy it could drip water.

He knew that things were completely out of control.

……

It was 8 p.m. that evening.

The door to the conference room in the administrative building of Jinghua City People's Hospital was suddenly pushed open, and President Duan Bingzheng walked into the conference room with a livid expression.

He was followed by heads of several departments, including the medical affairs department, the publicity department, and the emergency department.

"Please sit down, everyone. We need to have an emergency meeting to discuss how to handle the public opinion surrounding this incident in the emergency department!"

After everyone was seated, the conference room fell silent, and everyone could feel the anger emanating from the dean.

Dean Duan Bingzheng spoke first: "Look at the mess online right now! Major media outlets are frantically reprinting false reports, and netizens are hurling insults. Our hospital's reputation is about to be ruined! Li Qiang, tell us what's going on!"

Li Qiang stood up, his face full of helplessness: "Dean, the situation is more serious than we expected."

"After Zhou Cheng refused to treat a patient in the morning, he posted a video online, which was widely shared in less than half a day. Now, at least a dozen mainstream media outlets have reprinted the related reports, all of which are sensationalist headlines with exaggerated claims."

"We have verified that the patient did not register at the time and it was already past closing time. Zhou Cheng also informed him of the attending physician. The patient himself did not have any acute symptoms. These crucial pieces of information were completely ignored by the media."

"I asked Zhou Cheng to apologize to the patient and delete the video before, but he firmly refused. Now, even if we find the patient, deleting the original video is useless because public opinion has already spread."

"Refuse to apologize?" The dean frowned even more. "Is he still throwing a tantrum at a time like this?"

Emergency Department Director Li Jianming quickly spoke up: "Dean, Zhou Cheng's usual medical practice is very standardized. This time, the patient was indeed being unreasonable. I have already looked into it. There were other patients and medical staff at the clinic entrance who can testify to this, and the surveillance footage can also reconstruct the scene."

Although Li Jianming and Zhou Cheng didn't get along well usually, at this critical moment, if he couldn't protect Zhou Cheng, he would lose face for the emergency department!

"What's the use of saying all this now? The most urgent thing is to calm public opinion!" The head of the publicity department waved his hands anxiously. "We've already issued two versions of the clarification statement, but nobody reads them. The comments section is full of insults."