Healing Doctor

Chapter 488 We should still offer help when we can.

"Xiao Ji is amazing!" Director Liu praised.

"Hmm." Director Bai rarely gave such a clear and positive answer, his face full of approval and satisfaction.

Ji Xiang's toughness was unexpected, and it wasn't just ordinary toughness, but the kind that left no way out.

That's why Director Bai slammed his fist on the table, stood up, and was inexplicably happy.

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"Dad, Ji Xiang has gone too far! This is like defecating on the prostate of morality!" Zhao Tianjiao's mind stirred, and he became somewhat angry. He said in a low voice.

"No," Dean Zhao said in a deep voice, "Sometimes when we encounter patients in the hospital who don't have money, the department will use its reserve medications for them. You've seen that, haven't you?"

"I've seen it. It was gentamicin given to an elderly man who had a femoral shaft fracture after surgery. It seemed to be leftover from another patient's nebulization treatment, so it was kept before it expired. I saw that Mr. Xu gave me special instructions before using it, and he even signed a document."

"Those are all details," Dean Zhao said seriously. "Doctors aren't as saintly as portrayed in the propaganda; they're just ordinary people who need to support their families and earn money. Our medical system is a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, trying to do everything, but who ends up being sacrificed?"

As Dean Zhao spoke, he looked directly at Zhao Tianjiao, his serious expression making Zhao Tianjiao feel disoriented and as if he had made a mistake.

"Why did I go to the administrative office instead of clinical work? Many people advised me against it, but only your grandfather supported me." Dean Zhao knew that Zhao Tianjiao couldn't answer this question, so he continued, "It's because we understood."

Zhao Tianjiao was somewhat taken aback, as his father never talked to him about medical ethics or professional conduct. Sometimes, when the hospital held meetings focusing on medical ethics and professional conduct, his father would go home, have a few drinks, and complain about it.

But what the old man said today was different from usual.

"but!"

Dean Zhao did not continue the previous topic, or rather, he turned the complaints and grievances back on track and emphasized his tone.

"But as long as it's within our capabilities, we should still provide some help to patients. This is a doctor's bottom line; you must..."

Before Dean Zhao could finish his sentence, Director Fan, after a brief moment of surprise, immediately replied with a smile, "It's just surgery, it won't cost much. Is 100,000 enough?"

"Spend it first."

Zhao Tianjiao was stunned by this conversation. In his opinion, Director Fan was definitely a big shot in the entertainment industry, so why was he so cautious when talking to Ji Xiang?

Dean Zhao stared intently at the two people on the screen, seemingly having completely forgotten about his earlier remarks about doctors' bottom lines.

"Dad, what are you looking at?" Zhao Tianjiao asked blankly.

Dean Zhao did not answer his son's question immediately, but continued to look at the screen.

"I'll go and tell Director Li. If everything's alright on your end, Director Li will proceed with the surgery." Ji Xiang said, then turned and left.

He then said something to the patient's family, but Dean Zhao didn't listen and instead stared at Ji Xiang.

"A prodigy".

When the camera turned to him, Dean Zhao spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Dad, I'm here." Zhao Tianjiao was confused.

"Don't be hostile towards Ji Xiang in the future," Dean Zhao said.

"ah?!"

"His family background must be extraordinary. Although this idea is a bit strange, you should stay away from Ji Xiang."

"He's just an ordinary person. If he came from a good family, he could have come to our Second Affiliated Hospital for standardized residency training."

"That's true, but something just doesn't feel right." Dean Zhao pondered the conversation between Ji Xiang and Director Fan, hesitated for a long time, and finally pressed his hands down to end the topic.

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"Xiao Ji is quite assertive," Director Liu laughed.

"That's right, that's what I admire most about him," Director Bai said. "Being young, having good skills, being highly competent, and even being able to make diagnoses are all good things. But if someone so young doesn't have the bottom line of a doctor and is just like an old attending physician, then there's nothing to it."

"Times have changed."

"No way," Director Bai said firmly.

"Speaking of which, Lao Bai, you really are the kind of person who remains untainted by the mud."

Director Bai smiled slightly, gazing intently at Ji Xiang on the screen.

"It's normal for Xiao Ji to do this." Director Liu wasn't surprised at all. "When he first came to the department, a student didn't have the money to remove stones, so he had to have lithotripsy done many times at a hospital down there. His kidneys almost broke."

"Oh, I remember, it's the patient you asked me for a help spot."

Director Liu had no doubt about Director Bai's memory. He smiled and said, "Dr. Ji's learning ability is quite strong. Although he has no practical experience, he did a very good job as soon as he started, making full use of all available resources."

"What is talent? This is it!" Director Bai pointed at Ji Xiang on the screen. "No matter what resources he has behind him, and no matter how confident he is that Director Fan won't refuse... Hahaha, it doesn't seem like it. You can tell from Director Fan's micro-language that he doesn't dare to offend Ji Xiang."

"Xiao Ji's family has a very powerful background."

"It doesn't matter." Director Bai waved his hand. "I don't expect him to do anything. As long as he can be a good doctor, that's enough."

The patient's family quickly accepted the condition; to them, it was like a windfall that had fallen from the sky and hit them on the head.

Suddenly, Director Bai paused slightly.

"What's wrong, Lao Bai?"

"People are really a mixed bag; they can think of all sorts of things," Director Bai said, pointing to the comments on the screen. "I told you to turn off the comments to protect your intelligence, why are they still on?"

Director Liu chuckled. Everyone had been cheering, and Lao Bai hadn't said anything. Now that a few people had expressed different opinions, he started to get unhappy.

However, the comments were quite bizarre, with some criticizing the show for disrespecting personal privacy without offering any solutions.

"Look at this nonsense," Director Bai said disdainfully.

Liu Zhi laughed heartily.

When it was just the two of them, Director Bai was very relaxed, unlike in the hospital where he had to maintain a proper demeanor.

His words just now implied that he treated Ji Xiang like his own child, and he was quite protective of him.

"Seeing them spout nonsense reminds me of those unreasonable people who demand distribution based on noise," said Director Bai.

"Look, look, there's someone here saying that even if you invite the world's most famous experts to perform surgery, you can't let the cameras in," Director Liu said with a laugh, pointing to a comment on the screen.

"The world's most famous expert," Director Bai said, curling his lip in disdain.

At this moment, Director Bai was no longer a machine that only dealt with clinical messes; he had become somewhat human.

"Ten years ago, when we started performing TIPS surgery, we brought in experts from the United States. The ratio of patients who applied to those who were admitted was almost one in a hundred."

"Ninety-three to one," Director Bai gave an accurate number.

"Oh well, they don't understand. Let's drink, let's drink, what's there to get angry about?" Director Liu raised his glass and clinked it against the glass in front of Director Bai, then took a satisfied sip.

(End of this chapter)