Healing Doctor

Chapter 311 Different Treatment

German orthopedics? Ji Xiang was taken aback. Did that mean orthopedic surgery was well-developed in Germany?

Indeed, Germany is a world leader in precision instruments, and orthopedics is particularly reliant on equipment. However, it would be an exaggeration to say that German orthopedics is superior.

Just as he was thinking this, Director Liu continued, "Xiao Ji, don't listen to Director Sui's nonsense. In our urology department, some names are censored online, but in their orthopedics department, even just those two characters are taboo."

"What are you saying?" Director Sui stood up, reached out and flipped through a stack of banners on the windowsill, and Deng Chaohong quickly went to help.

Soon, Director Sui found a banner and took it out, with four big characters printed on it: "German Orthopedics".

"Look, this was given to a patient who had a tibia and fibula fracture when he was discharged from the hospital."

"What the hell!" Director Liu's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "What does it mean for a patient to send you this kind of banner?!"

Ji Xiang didn't understand either. He felt that there seemed to be a huge secret involved, so he listened attentively.

"Impressive, isn't it?" Director Sui boasted, then tossed the banner aside with a smug look on his face. "It's all because you guys always talk about German orthopedics. Some patients don't know what that means and think it's a compliment to the hospital's doctors for their excellent surgery, so they give a banner to them when they're discharged."

"What exactly is German orthopedics?" Ji Xiang asked, not understanding.

"Xiao Ji, you didn't know?"

Even Director Liu was stunned this time, looking at Ji Xiang with suspicion, thinking he was driving.

However, judging from Ji Xiang's bewildered expression, he probably really didn't know.

"I don't know." Ji Xiang and Director Liu stared at each other.

"Go back and look it up online yourself." Director Sui laughed. "Old Liu, go back now, you're about to start surgery."

"Director Sui, please be nice to our Dr. Ji," Director Liu said, standing up. "When we need Dr. Ji to perform surgery, please don't make excuses."

"That depends on how much work Professor Deng has, right, Professor Deng? After all, we're from the orthopedics department, so we get priority when there's work!" Director Sui wasn't going to give in with just a few nice words; regardless of whether they were useful or not, he first tried to smooth things over with Director Liu.

Deng Chaohong knew he would be caught in the middle, but he still followed along and, as he wished, managed to get Director Sui to see him and directly hand Ji Xiang over to him.

"I will definitely cooperate fully," Deng Chaohong said ambiguously, trying not to offend anyone.

Director Sui didn't say much to Ji Xiang, but instead put his arm around Director Liu's shoulder and led him to the ward entrance. They laughed heartily about something, patted each other on the back, and then said their goodbyes.

Zhao Tianjiao was burning with jealousy; he felt that Ji Xiang had completely stolen his thunder!

As he left, Zhao Tianjiao glared fiercely at Ji Xiang.

"Dr. Ji, thank you for the patients from the other day," Deng Chaohong said softly as he led Ji Xiang to hand over his shift.

"Teacher Deng, you're too kind."

"I'm not just being polite, there was very little bleeding during the surgery, and the results were quite satisfactory."

I arrived at the doctor's office and began the shift handover.

After the medical staff finished explaining the situation, Director Sui coughed and said, "The day before yesterday, a patient in the emergency room was brought in with gastrointestinal tract equipment, and something went wrong. The patient's family complained, and the medical affairs office issued a document to remind us to learn from this experience."

"Director, what's the matter?" someone asked.

There's a short chat time after the shift handover. It's not mandatory, but once the director starts chatting, there will definitely be people joining in.

"The emergency room doctor said something about using cola to pump the stomach, but after the patient was transferred to the gastrointestinal tract, the patient and their family didn't accept it. In short, it was a small matter, a misunderstanding in communication. The doctors in our department are all good communicators, so everyone knows that. It's better to say a few more words than to cause trouble."

Ji Xiang turned his head to ask a question, but seeing Professor Deng Chaohong listening intently to Director Sui's speech, he hesitated for a moment, then focused on the system operating room.

"teacher……"

Ji Xiang told the system NPC about the cola stomach-washing incident.

"Do they use cola for stomach lavage?" Ji Xiang asked.

"That happened a long time ago. A Greek doctor used Coca-Cola to pump a patient's stomach and even published an article about it in the European Journal of Gastroenterology. It's not often used in clinical practice, but it's somewhat useful."

"Uh..." Ji Xiang asked curiously.

"Shall we give it a try?" the system NPC asked with a smile.

Ji Xiang nodded.

Using cola to wash the stomach probably involves using acidic substances for some purpose, but isn't stomach acid enough?

Upon entering the next room, where light and shadow flickered, Ji Xiang felt a sharp pain in his stomach before he even opened his eyes.

"Ouch~~~" Ji Xiang couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Doctor, doctor, please help! My dad is in so much pain!" a woman's voice called out.

Ji Xiang didn't open his eyes; he tried to recall things during the intervals between the pain.

"Myself" is a 72-year-old male patient who enjoys drinking a little alcohol, but has a low alcohol tolerance and no pre-existing medical conditions.

I suddenly started experiencing severe abdominal pain yesterday, which was unbearable. Later, I vomited frequently, which is why I came to the hospital for a checkup.

After blood tests were done and several hours later the results came back, an endoscopy revealed that I had stomach stones!

Ji Xiang had heard of gallstones and urinary tract stones, and had even experienced urinary tract stones himself, but what the hell was a stomach stone!

"Painkillers cannot be used for the time being." The doctor's words interrupted Ji Xiang's thoughts.

"We suspect it's a gastric bezoar with partial obstruction, requiring surgery," the doctor continued. "Using painkillers might delay treatment. Come with me, I'll explain some treatment options."

Ji Xiang held his belly and tossed and turned for twenty minutes before his "daughter" finally returned.

"How can the doctors at 912 be so unreliable!" the daughter complained.

"What did the doctor tell you?" asked the family member of the patient in the next bed.

"They said you're too old, and if you're worried about post-operative recovery, they could try feeding you Coke through a feeding tube. Coke, that's so unreliable. I didn't understand a word the doctor said," the daughter said angrily. "It's hard to believe this is 912, really..."

"That's what they told us when we were admitted to the hospital," said the family member of the patient in the next bed. "We refused, and they went straight for surgery to remove several large stones."

"Kidney stones? My dad also has stomach stones. You can really grow stones in your stomach?" the daughter asked in surprise.

"My husband likes to eat dried persimmons, but the doctor said that persimmons contain a substance that reacts with stomach acid. Does your dad like to eat dried persimmons too?"

"My dad doesn't eat dried persimmons. When he was hospitalized, the doctor asked me for a long time before I remembered that a few days ago my dad heard someone say that hawthorn can lower blood pressure, so he dried a bunch of hawthorns and then ate them with alcohol."

Ji Xiang suddenly recalled this incident.

"The doctor said that drinking alcohol with hawthorn can easily cause stomach stones. Sigh, if only people could stay healthy all the time. It's really painful when you get sick.

(End of this chapter)