Healing Doctor

Chapter 270 A Familiar Yet Strange Feeling (Alliance Leader Stinky Fruit's Dad x2)

After the surgery, Ji Xiang took the patient to the ICU, while Lu Gang was restless.

He hesitated for a long time, and after Ji Xiang left, he pulled General Manager Wu to the CT room to copy the patient's imaging data.

"Director Lu, what's wrong...?"

"I didn't understand anything from the diagnosis to the surgery. I'll go back and study it myself," Lu Gang said bluntly.

"Your diligent and studious spirit is truly admirable. No wonder your diagnoses are so accurate. You're amazing," Mr. Wu praised sincerely.

However, Lu Gang suffered a defeat in his secret duel with Ji Xiang today, and his mental state was off. He also felt that President Wu's words were sarcastic, which made Lu Gang very unhappy.

Mr. Wu also found it strange. The diagnosis was correct, the surgery went smoothly, and the patient was sent to the ICU without any further trouble. So why was Director Lu Gang so sullen?

There is a huge gap between people, and it is impossible to truly empathize with each other.

Lu Gang copied the information and sent it to one of his classmates when he returned to his residence.

"Monkey, I sent you a video file." After sending the file, Lu Gang called his classmate.

"Oh? You want to ask me for a diagnosis?" Lu Gang's classmate asked with a smile.

He knew Lu Gang's temperament very well, so he was quite surprised that such an arrogant person would take the initiative to ask him to watch movies.

"Isn't it normal to seek help from friends and family when you encounter something you don't understand?" Lu Gang recounted what had happened that day. "Monkey, I've sent the patient's imaging data to your email. Could you take a look at it for me?"

"Didn't you notice?"

"Hmm, I didn't see it at all," Lu Gang said, troubled but telling the truth.

At home, Lu Gang no longer maintained the professional demeanor he had in the hospital. With a cigarette dangling from his lips, his right foot on a chair, and a few buttons undone on his pajamas, he casually made a phone call.

"Let me take a look," Professor Hou said seriously.

"Monkey, to be honest, if it were me, I would have immediately sent the liver and gallbladder to the abdomen," Lu Gang said. "There were no warning signs at all, but this... young doctor here insisted that both ureters were ruptured. It's very strange, extremely strange."

"Let me take a look at the film first."

After listening to Professor Hou's long explanation, Lu Gang hung up the phone.

He put down his phone, lit another cigarette, and silently recalled the entire process of the operating room consultation that day.

It's common knowledge that ureteral rupture is not considered in patients with blunt trauma. Furthermore, imaging studies also do not support the diagnosis of ureteral rupture.

Based on those two "illusions"?

Lu Gang thought to himself silently, feeling extremely resentful.

But he couldn't find any reason to slander Ji Xiang. It turned out that he was simply not good enough, and a loss was a loss.

As Lu Gang expected, Professor Hou would call him in ten minutes.

But he kept smoking one cigarette after another, smoking half a pack, and more than an hour passed, and his phone remained silent as usual.

Did the boss not notice anything wrong?

Should we send Ji Xiang for an autopsy? Lu Gang had a feeling that something was off about the little guy, he wondered to himself.

Suddenly, the WeChat video call ringtone sounded, startling Lu Gang.

He was just about to dissect Ji Xiang, but such a dark thought couldn't be allowed to see the light of day; it was utterly absurd.

"Monkey, what do you think?" Lu Gang answered the phone.

He suddenly realized it was a video call in a WeChat group, and in addition to Professor Hou, Jiang Huaiming, the deputy director of the CT room, was also there.

"Old Lu, I watched the film and couldn't see any problems, so I had Xiao Jiang take a look," Professor Hou said honestly.

"..." Lu Gang was speechless.

Even Professor Hou didn't notice?

"Old Lu, you've experienced quite a lot over there," Deputy Director Jiang Huaiming said with a smile.

"We happened to encounter an emergency."

"I didn't expect you to have such an expert in analyzing films on your end. Is it a talented person from the CT room who happens to be here?" Jiang Huaiming asked.

"No, it was diagnosed by a urologist...and he's a young doctor."

"Is it that amazing? The images are very difficult to diagnose; you have to calculate them by analyzing the attenuation of the X-rays." Jiang Huaiming, who works in imaging, gave an extremely professional evaluation.

Deputy Director Jiang Huaiming started talking non-stop about the technical aspects, going on for a full ten minutes before finally explaining the film clearly.

"This is beyond the scope of your urology or rheumatology department. Even if you bring this film to our hospital, only two or three people, including me, can understand it," Deputy Director Jiang Huaiming said with certainty.

"..."

Lu Gang recalled Ji Xiang's young face.

"That's right, Professor Hou told me the surgery wasn't delayed, right?"

"Yes, the surgery is complete, and a double-J stent has been placed," Lu Gang said. "He's been transferred to the ICU after the surgery, and I'll check on him again first thing tomorrow morning."

"I really didn't expect that." Deputy Director Jiang sighed again, "You have such capable people on your side. Everyone says that grassroots hospitals are full of hidden talents, and there are often some amazing guys there. I didn't believe it before."

Professor Hou and Deputy Director Jiang Huaiming chatted for a few minutes, expressing their gratitude, before ending the three-person conversation.

Then the phone rang.

"Old Lu, did your young doctor really make that diagnosis himself? Is there really such a capable young fellow?" Professor Hou asked specifically.

Lu Gang recounted his experience.

The patient was brought to the hepatobiliary surgery department in the emergency room. The surgeons had already started removing the spleen when they opened the abdominal cavity and saw a severe retroperitoneal hematoma. Only then did they call the urology resident for a consultation.

This is a common occurrence in hospitals, and Lu Gang was certain that Ji Xiang was seeing that film for the first time.

After finishing his account, Lu Gang went through it again, making sure no details were missing.

Professor Hou was silent for a few seconds, then laughed heartily, "Indeed, the younger generation surpasses the older."

"Monkey, that young man... let me put it this way, you know Zhou Tianbo, right? He's Old Master Gu's student."

"Know."

"Yesterday, Professor Gu organized a surgical competition for Zhou Tianbo, and the young man won first place."

There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Lu Gang's statement contained a great deal of information; Professor Hou needs to digest it carefully.

"What's his name?"

"Ji Xiang".

Professor Hou repeated the name several times, carefully memorizing it.

"That's settled then, Lao Lu. Contact me again."

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Gang slumped into a chair like a deflated balloon, hugging his knees and lost in thought.

With the analysis of the most professional radiology experts, he knew that it was his own lack of skill, not that Ji Xiang had the ability to predict the future.

That claim was impossible; Lu Gang was simply unconvinced.

As for Ji Xiang...

Lu Gang, with a cigarette dangling from his lips, thought about Ji Xiang's resolute stance during their confrontation, and his doubts grew stronger.

After thinking about it for a long time, Lu Gang still couldn't understand why he cared so much about a resident trainee.

He tried not to think about it, but that strange feeling persisted.

After some time, Lu Gang suddenly remembered something and slammed his hand on the chair.

He knew what was wrong—Ji Xiang's aura!

Lu Gang had only ever seen that kind of confident aura in some of the most brilliant old professors at the school.

No wonder it felt so familiar yet so strange.

(End of this chapter)