Healing Doctor

Chapter 145 The Surgery Zone is Gone (Bonus Chapter by Alliance Leader Yi Yang x7)

During this period, Ji Xiang was working in a routine manner, and his days were uneventful, like plain water. It's always good to drink more of it, even if there's nothing else to do.

Most days are like this; you can press the fast-forward button.

But hospitals are permanent, while patients come and go; every new wave of patients requires a new batch of medical records. The Second Affiliated Hospital has a fast patient turnover rate, so Ji Xiang's typing speed is getting faster and faster.

A few days later, on a sunny afternoon, the chief physicians and professors who had finished their surgeries that morning were resting, while the junior doctors were busy writing medical records, changing dressings, and communicating with patients' families in the doctors' office.

Mr. Wu sat in his office, groaning with boredom.

"Why is there a problem again?"

The voice was somewhat shrill, and even the medical record folders in the office seemed to echo it softly, agreeing with Mr. Wu's statement.

"Mr. Wu, was the rescue really that horrific?" Lu Kai asked.

A patient just arrived; it's an emergency room, and the resident is in charge of treatment. Lu Kai, who is a reserve doctor, saw the patient with Director Wu. After examining the patient, he looked quite grim.

During the conversation, the resident physicians vaguely learned some details about the situation at the time—the patient was a 21-year-old male who had suffered a genital injury in a car accident two months earlier. He was taken to the nearest local hospital, where a physical examination revealed that the surgical area had disappeared.

It is estimated that he was thrown into the air. A severed urethral stump was visible at the base of the surgical area, and the diagnosis was "perineal trauma with surgical area loss".

Doctors at the local hospital performed debridement, sutured the urethral stump and the skin at the root of the surgical area, performed a cystostomy, and placed a balloon catheter.

Because the injuries were quite severe, the local doctors were not confident in their treatment, so the patient was sent to the Second Affiliated Hospital for a second opinion from a higher-level hospital.

After all, it was a major car accident, and the patient will be permanently disabled. It's not a big deal to let a higher-level hospital take a look and take the blame.

Because the doctor who performed the sutures had received further training at the Second Affiliated Hospital and had a good relationship with General Manager Wu, General Manager Wu did not refuse.

According to local paramedics, the car accident resulted in 3 deaths and 1 injury, with the young male patient being the sole survivor.

But he was also unfortunate; the surgical area was completely gone...

The patient came to the Second Affiliated Hospital because of difficulty urinating. Dr. Wu diagnosed the patient with acute urinary retention after urethral trauma and admitted the patient for treatment.

Patients with this condition are most prone to relapse and suffer from chronic illnesses that persist for years.

"Of course, I asked the 120 emergency doctor, and they said it was terrible."

"Then why is he alright?"

"This is not normal. I've seen patients with more than a dozen steel bars piercing through their bodies, less than 1 cm from their hearts. To be honest, I still don't understand how patients with bilateral hemopneumothorax managed to hold on until the ambulance arrived and then the fire department had to come and cut the steel bars."

Mr. Wu made an exaggerated gesture.

"Sigh, if you have the chance, please don't use 120. Sometimes I see too many tragic situations, and when I cross the Bridge of Helplessness, I have to drink an extra bowl of soup. No, even one bowl isn't enough."

Lu Kai didn't quite believe it, but the fact that the patient's surgical area was directly hit and he didn't become a eunuch sounded tragic no matter how you looked at it.

"Mr. Wu, you've seen quite a few patients like this, so why are you having such a headache with him?" Lu Kai asked.

"Let me teach you a lesson." General Manager Wu stood up, closed the office door, and lowered his voice by 10 decibels. "About 5% of the people we encounter have antisocial personality disorder."

"Well……"

"In other words, patients and their families may place the blame for the accident on the doctor who treated them."

"Mr. Wu, isn't that a bit much?" Lu Kai exclaimed in surprise.

"Exaggeration? Let me tell you something." Mr. Wu shook his head. "Back in 15, a movie star posted some photos on Weibo of herself receiving an IV drip at the hospital. There was blood under her arm, and the sheets were stained with blood."

"ha!"

Upon hearing that the sheets were stained with blood, Lu Kai immediately perked up.

Ji Xiang remembered a few things, the timing of which was roughly the same as what General Manager Wu had mentioned, but he didn't know which ones they were.

"At the time, netizens expressed their desire to dox the nurse who gave the injection, hold her accountable, demand her dismissal, and criticize the hospital's leadership."

In short, the fans were heartbroken.

I read the comments, and almost all of them strongly condemned the nurse who committed the assault. Many people even wanted to contact the medical administration to investigate any financial problems the hospital might have.

"Wow, is it that serious? It's just from the needle pricks, it's not that bad."

"After all, he's a movie star," Mr. Wu emphasized, a mocking smile already on his face.

"Mr. Wu, is that the one whose story was reversed later?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Oh, you seemed quite young back then, yet you still remember this," Mr. Wu said with a smile.

"Hmm, I vaguely remember."

"What exactly happened? What happened in the end?" Lu Kai asked anxiously.

"That movie star's PR team is quite good. They quickly realized the mistake in the Weibo post, deleted it, and reposted a revised one."

The only difference between the two sentences is...

Mr. Wu paused for a few seconds, keeping everyone in suspense.

"I miss the medical staff in our motherland so much!"

"Oh, so it's overseas."

"Yes, I could tell from that photo that it was a foreign hospital; the equipment setup is different from that in China," Mr. Wu said proudly. "Later, the tide turned, and all the fans started to feel sorry for the medical staff, while nobody cared about the mistakes made by the medical staff."

"Ha, this is different from the patient I just mentioned."

"It's something like that. You should be careful when you become doctors in the future and try not to make mistakes," Mr. Wu advised.

This statement has some logical flaws, but Ji Xiang understands what General Manager Wu means.

Through all the ups and downs over the years, that's how everyone has lived.

From the moment the term "medical dispute" first appeared until now, countless things have happened; who can truly say for sure?

Mr. Wu's caution was justified.

"Knock knock knock~"

"Please come in."

An old man with dark skin and wrinkles pushed open the door. His clothes were covered in dust, and his eyes and brows were full of sorrow.

The old man didn't dare go into the doctor's office, but timidly asked, "Dr. Wu, I've brought my son."

"Okay." Mr. Wu immediately stood up to prepare to see the patient.

He said that, but he never hesitated to do what he was supposed to do.

Ji Xiang and Lu Kai followed behind General Manager Wu to see the patient. He noticed the old man's appearance and the patient's age that General Manager Wu had just mentioned.

He must be the patient's father, probably in his forties, but he looks at least twenty years older than his actual age.

It's probably just the friction of life, plus this huge family tragedy.

After leaving the room, Mr. Wu warmly approached the wheelchair not far away. He was very kind to the patient and pushed the patient directly to the treatment room without asking the patient's family to push him.

After entering the room, several people helped the patient lie down on the treatment bed, and General Manager Wu examined the affected area.

A slightly yellowed gauze was placed on top. After removing it, a 0.3 cm × 0.2 cm fistula could be seen at the suture site from two months ago. When squeezed, thick fluid flowed out.

Ji Xiang couldn't bear it and was also afraid that something might happen to President Wu, so he focused his mind and came to the system space.

(End of this chapter)