Healing Doctor

Chapter 242 Blue Ears

"Is Dr. Ji here?"

The door to Director Liu's office was pushed open, and Lu Gang rushed in.

"Old Lu, what's the rush? Take your time." Director Liu sat leisurely in his chair, smiling at Lu Gang.

"Dr. Ji, the surgery you just performed went so smoothly. Was it not difficult? Was the surgery very simple? You could even do it if you put a dog on it." Lu Gang asked directly, frankly, and with a hint of bias.

Ji Xiang shrugged and looked up at the sky.

There's a reason this person was kicked to the medical office; he doesn't even understand the most basic social etiquette, and he came directly asking if the difficulty level was too low.

And that last sentence... reminded Ji Xiang of a silly roe deer.

"Of course." Director Liu chuckled. "Old Lu, those journal articles you've been reading are all nonsense. The surgery itself is very simple; I could do it with my eyes closed."

"You?" Lu Gang glanced at Director Liu sideways. "You draw blood right away, and you're still bragging here."

Director Liu blushed slightly, but he was thick-skinned and pretended nothing was wrong. "It was Xiao Ji who made the bleeding. What does it have to do with me? You must have misjudged. Besides, am I any better than a dog?"

Ji Xiang watched helplessly as Director Liu spouted nonsense. If he hadn't performed the surgery dozens or even hundreds of times himself and just completed it personally, he would have believed it.

"Huh? Really?" Lu Gang was fooled by Director Liu. He looked at Director Liu in surprise and tried hard to recall the situation of the surgery.

"Of course," Director Liu said. "How simple is the surgery? You know what surgeries resident physicians can perform, right? You're in the medical affairs office."

"I know, the gastrointestinal tract can be used for appendectomy, and at most, a hernia surgery can be performed."

"Yes, surgical treatment for massive hydronephrosis in our urology department is equivalent to appendicitis and hernia in the gastrointestinal tract. In fact, it's a slightly lower level. Old Lu, you read literature every day, but you've been misled by it."

"Director Liu said jokingly."

He takes revenge for every wrong he has. Lu Gang had previously insulted him, saying the surgery would definitely fail, so he immediately retaliated.

"..."

Lu Gang would never believe that unless he was a fool.

"Bullshit."

"You watched Xiao Ji complete the surgery right before your eyes, what's so ridiculous about that? By the way, I didn't completely let go; I was constantly adjusting the mirror. If anything went wrong with Xiao Ji's surgery, I would immediately take over."

"Well."

Lu Gang's head was spinning.

Ji Xiang chuckled to himself, knowing that Director Liu wasn't trying to steal credit, but just teasing Lu Gang.

"The surgery was indeed..."

Before Director Liu could finish speaking, Lu Gang's phone rang.

"Feed?"

"Oh, what? Blue ears? Are you a human doctor or a veterinarian?! Blue ears is also called swine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, that's a disease veterinarians treat, it has absolutely nothing to do with the human doctors at our Second Affiliated Hospital."

"Why would I know? I may not have eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run. What are you all good for?"

"Go right away."

Lu Gang hung up the phone and said angrily, "The medical level of our Second Affiliated Hospital is getting worse and worse. And yet, they still act all high and mighty every day, saying they're awesome."

"Old Lu, you're amazing! You even know about swine reproductive and respiratory syndrome." Director Liu was truly impressed this time, completely in awe.

"My family used to raise pigs. I saw them when I was a kid. That's what the vet said," Lu Gang said irritably. "No one has blue ears."

Which department should we consult?

"Silly Monkey King"

Lu Gang used a pun to show his contempt for the ear, nose and throat department.

"Go and take a look right away."

Ji Xiang's heart skipped a beat. "Teacher Lu, may I go with you to take a look?"

"What's so interesting? You have no idea how unreliable clinicians are. I guess the patient was wearing a blue cap and the color bleeds off."

"..."

Ji Xiang shrugged.

"Dr. Ji, don't be so skeptical. You thought it was something like in a comedy sketch, where the testicles change color, but it turns out the underwear is fading color, right?" Lu Gang said as he walked out. Ji Xiang and Director Liu made a gesture, and Director Liu waved with a smile.

"This kind of thing is very common in clinical practice, it's nothing serious," Lu Gang rambled on. "Some doctors don't even wipe their gloves clean, they just call for a consultation if they see the color is wrong, I'll go and yell at them."

"Teacher Lu, you..."

"What about me?" Lu Gang turned around, staring at Ji Xiang. "Are you trying to say I have a bad temper?"

"Why are you so interested in massive hydronephrosis?" Ji Xiang asked.

Lu Gang looked Ji Xiang up and down very carefully, staring at him for a full two seconds.

"The book says this disease is difficult, but you, a junior resident, handled it quite well. By the way, Director Bai went to retrieve your laparoscopic surgery video, and I felt something was off."

"Check the video recording?"

"They said there's some kind of surgical competition coming up, and Director Bai wants to gather some data. But don't get your hopes up too high. I think he just wants to see how it goes, and he'll most likely still ask Director Liu to perform the surgery."

"Director Bai really has a good eye," Ji Xiang thought with a smile.

"Blue ears, I think they have blue ears." Lu Gang cursed as he strode quickly to the ENT department.

"Old Lu, you're here. Please take a look." A middle-aged female doctor was waiting for Lu Gang in the corridor. When she saw him rushing in, she immediately said apologetically.

It seems to be different from what Lu Gang described.

Where is the patient?

"In the treatment room."

Without wasting any words, Lu Gang strode into the treatment room.

A female patient in her twenties sat on the bed in the treatment room, looking terrified.

She doesn't seem like a real person; she's more like a two-dimensional character from an anime.

The ears are a bit pointed, and not only that, the color is also abnormal, showing a faint blue hue.

"Huh?" Lu Gang was taken aback; this was not what he had imagined.

"Have your ears always been this color?" Lu Gang asked.

"No, doctor," the female patient said timidly, "I had a cold a few days ago, took some medicine, and then my ear started to hurt and changed color."

Lu Gang tore open a pair of sterile gloves, put them on, and tore open a bag of iodine-soaked cotton balls to wipe the female patient's ears.

"pain!"

The female patient shuddered.

"It really isn't fading." After confirming this, Lu Gang took off his gloves and threw them into the medical waste bin.

"Old Lu, don't let the head nurse see this. This is all part of the cost." The professor from the ENT department was drooping his eyelids as he looked at it.

"Tch," Lu Gang said disdainfully, "Can it still be used after washing?"

Ji Xiang suddenly thought of the joke about turning a used condom inside out and using it again. He wondered if Professor Lu Gang was just making a joke or if this was actually done in clinical practice.

However, it's probably not advisable. Saving costs in this way could potentially lead to infection and transmission.

"Strange, tell me in detail what's going on." Lu Gang looked the female patient up and down, his gaze finally settling on her blue ears.

His long hair had fallen down his forehead, making it look like half an eyebrow, which was really funny.

(End of this chapter)