Healing Doctor

Chapter 182 Empathy that Will Affect Your Worldview

Ji Xiang did not speak to Zhao Zhe.

Although Zhao Zhe was older, he was just as clueless as I was in the hepatobiliary hospital. If I had any questions, I should ask the system NPC.

Only the explanations from the system NPCs are the most authoritative, and Ji Xiang now has a blind trust in the system NPCs.

Perhaps I've misunderstood, or perhaps this is some kind of extremely difficult technique.

Upon arriving at the system space, Ji Xiang greeted the system NPC and immediately explained the situation he had encountered.

"Teacher, why is the liver and gallbladder hospital doing this?"

"Hey!" The system NPC looked utterly disdainful.

His disdain was completely undisguised.

"Teacher..." Ji Xiang was surprised to see such an expression on the gentle and kind face of the system NPC for the first time.

"Some surgeries were performed incorrectly," the system NPC said calmly, his expression fleeting before returning to normal. "But justice will prevail. A hospital performing such a large number of surgeries has a very low academic standing in the field. Do you know why?"

"Because the surgery wasn't done well?" Ji Xiang asked.

Even the way he asked that question felt incredibly strange.

If a surgery is performed incorrectly, the hospital and doctor's reputation will suffer, and they will gradually lose patients; this is normal.

It's unbelievable that so many patients still have poorly performed surgeries.

Ji Xiang had also heard his father say that many years ago, the food and service at train stations and tourist attractions were of very poor quality, as they relied on one-time customer traffic.

But this is medical!

This is surgery!!

This is a patient!!

This is a matter of human life!!!

He had a vague suspicion, but Ji Xiang dared not believe it.

"Their surgery was performed incorrectly," the system NPC said. "The choice is yours."

"Teacher," Ji Xiang said, his lips pressed tightly together, after a few seconds of deliberation, "I want to do empathy."

The system NPC was originally old, with his hands behind his back and his back hunched.

But upon hearing Ji Xiang say this, he suddenly looked up, his eyes flashing like lightning, as if he could see through all of Ji Xiang's thoughts in an instant.

"You told me last time that empathizing with cancer patients requires meetings," Ji Xiang said softly. "I've been through it once, and I didn't have any psychological problems."

"This time is different."

"Teacher, I insist." Ji Xiang's stubbornness kicked in, and he said with his neck stiff.

That's just how young people are.

Although it is unrestrained and not steady, it is this unrestrained and vigorous spirit that carries boundless vitality.

The system NPC hesitated for a moment, then stared at Ji Xiang.

"This empathy you've experienced could have a profound impact on your entire life. Are you sure?" the system NPC asked.

"I'm sure," Ji Xiang insisted.

"Then I'll go discuss it." After saying that, the system NPC waved its deformed hand and turned to walk towards the end of the corridor leading to the operating room.

Faintly, Ji Xiang heard a faint sigh.

It could be a system NPC sighing, or I might have misheard.

Ji Xiang stood quietly in the operating room of the system. There was no noise here; the silence was unsettling.

Ji Xiang carefully considered what the system NPC had just said, and combined it with what he had seen with his own eyes, he felt that he had touched upon the truth.

However, this truth was hard to accept, and Ji Xiang felt a little sad.

After a long time, the system NPC slowly walked back.

"Teacher, do I need to sign this? I'll do it," Ji Xiang said quickly.

The system NPC shook its head, stared at Ji Xiang, and after a long time slowly said, "This empathy will have an absolute impact on your values. Because you insisted, we barely approved your application during the meeting."

"!!!" Ji Xiang and the system NPC stared at each other in silence, wondering what the old man was going to say next.

"Dr. Ji, are you sure you believe in this?"

"Teacher, novels sometimes mention this, saying that one's Dao heart is unstable." Ji Xiang asked, somewhat puzzled.

"It's really just what I feel in my heart," the system NPC said with a smile when he mentioned Shen Lang's name, but then became serious. "Let me repeat it again: this time, your empathy might affect your entire life. Are you willing?"

"willing."

"Okay." The system NPC didn't waste any more words and led Ji Xiang into the room where he could empathize.

With flickering light and shadow, Ji Xiang found himself lying in a hospital bed.

The doctor is making rounds.

The head doctor was bald, with a receding hairline that made him look like an old doctor. Behind him followed a group of doctors in white coats, one of whom lagged behind and walked to the bedside after the head doctor left.

It should be the attending physician.

"Don't worry, the surgery will be quick." The attending physician was quite kind; he stepped forward to comfort Ji Xiang.

Ji Xiang smiled habitually, nodded in confirmation, and immediately searched his memory.

This time, I am a patient, but not a kidney tumor patient; I have liver cancer.

I went to one of the most famous hospitals in the country for medical treatment and went through a lot of trouble to get admitted to the hospital and prepare for surgery.

Because the tumor is distributed in both the left and right lobes of the liver, it is impossible to remove both lobes directly, so surgical intervention is temporarily abandoned and interventional treatment is performed instead.

Ji Xiang recalled his own imaging data. The two tumors were not large, about 2×3cm. If he had surgery, the results would have been quite good.

The attending physician was in a hurry during rounds, and Ji Xiang understood that there were many patients here, so there was no time to say even a single extra word.

The thought of two tumors growing on "his" liver made the hairs on Ji Xiang's back stand on end.

Similar to the surgical patients I just saw in the operating room.

As the doctor hurriedly left, someone nearby said, "Don't worry, the doctor who performed the surgery today is their head surgeon."

Ji Xiang nodded; he could hear the comfort and worry in his lover's words.

Soon, a junior doctor came and took him to the interventional catheterization lab to prepare for surgery.

Lying on the DSA operating table, Ji Xiang identified the machine model, his mind already racing with thoughts of how the surgery would be performed and what the postoperative results would be.

The surgery wasn't particularly difficult, so there shouldn't be any problems, Ji Xiang reassured himself.

The fact that the surgery took only 15 minutes and involved placing the patient on the hepatic artery without any superselective approach made Ji Xiang feel choked up and find it hard to accept.

Effect……

Ji Xiang felt a mix of emotions.

Based on his "shallow" medical knowledge, he knew that the situation might not be good. Coupled with the seriousness of the system NPC, Ji Xiang vaguely guessed what would happen.

The nurse quickly checked the names.

A few minutes later, the doctor came in wearing a lead apron, inserted the film into the viewer, and checked it again.

Very thoughtful. No wonder it's a top-tier specialized hospital in China. Ji Xiang felt somewhat relieved.

They weren't demonstrating surgery, but they were very serious about it.

The surgeon scrubs their hands, returns to disinfect, and prepares for surgery.

The iodine solution was ice-cold, giving Ji Xiang goosebumps. But this was nothing compared to the sterilization required for a circumcision, and for the "battle-hardened" Ji Xiang, it was nothing.

(End of this chapter)