Healing Doctor

Chapter 510 The production team really dares to do anything.

The picture quality is not like that of a familiar variety show, but rather like that of a movie.

The figure in the background is studying, and the symbols such as sin and COS evoke a sense of familiarity mixed with strangeness.

If it weren't for the long wait, everyone would have thought this was a "crash" from another movie.

"Something's not right!" Liu Zhi said hesitantly, looking at the figure studying.

"It looks like he's still wearing a bottle on his chest, that's definitely not right," Director Bai added, squinting.

Director Liu knew his old friend had sharp eyes and a photographic memory, and Director Bai's words filled the gaps in his memory.

"Yes! It's a breastplate, this is..."

"The patient, I suspect, has just undergone surgery!"

Director Bai said in a deep voice, his sharp eyes immediately revealing the essence of the problem.

Director Liu was stunned by Director Bai's judgment.

The production team really dares to do anything, using patients as actors to film a movie. Isn't that a bit unserious?!

And that's a patient, a patient! A patient with an IV drip attached to their chest!

The two didn't continue speaking. Since it was a program on an online platform, not a downloaded video, they couldn't turn the camera back to watch it again, so they could only silently continue following the camera.

The girl was studying diligently, the sound of her pen scratching against the draft paper filling the air, while a well-known online teacher was giving a lecture on the tablet next to her.

The image gradually fades from color, as if time is passing.

A few seconds later, the girl stapled the draft paper. After doing all this, she picked up a staple and habitually put it in her mouth.

This action startled Director Liu and Section Chief Bai, who both froze in surprise.

"It's a foreign object in the airway!"

They both said it in unison.

Yes, it's a foreign object in the airway!

In the next scene, the staple disappears from the girl's mouth, presumably because it was swallowed unintentionally.

"Cough cough cough~" A slight cough alerted the viewers in front of the screen to what had happened.

This approach... seems to have deviated from the original purpose of variety shows, but undeniably—it's more entertaining.

The peak of the previous episode was surpassed, and the production team directly filmed a short video with the patient!

Foreign objects in the airway can range from mild to severe. Mild cases can be coughed out, while severe cases require open-chest surgery and may even lead to respiratory distress and sudden death.

Director Bai frowned as he stared at the screen, as if he had encountered a serious medical dispute.

Director Liu, who usually drinks alone, put down his glass and stared intently at the television screen.

The patient's symptoms quickly worsened. Although only a few segments were used to describe the situation, the black-and-white cinematic quality immediately drew the audience into the program.

Even the many doctors watching the program had countless treatment plans popping into their minds, only to be immediately rejected.

It depends on where the staples are placed.

The patient's parents took her to the hospital for an X-ray. Off-screen, a heavy voice was explaining the images in front of the X-ray reader, and the tip of a ballpoint pen landed on a deep part of the right main bronchus.

"There's a foreign object in the airway here, which has already caused an infection. If treatment isn't timely..."

The voice was telling a story.

The various complications were described, ranging from unilateral atelectasis, severe pneumonia complicated by lung abscess, septicemia, to the patient's sudden death.

The child who was just studying hard suddenly has to face death. Coupled with the heavy and dark visual style, the director vividly portrays the foreign object in the airway through his cinematic language.

"Old Bai, what should we do?" Director Liu asked.

"It's difficult to remove with a bronchoscope, and a thoracoscope won't work either. I guess we'll have to open the chest and feel it out by hand," Director Bai said. "However, if the production team arranges a special episode, I think it will be because Ji Xiang finally used a clipper to remove the staples."

Director Liu glanced back at his old friend. "Old Bai, are you guessing based on medical common sense, or do you simply have confidence in Ji Xiang?"

"If this were at our Second Affiliated Hospital, I reckon it would have required open-chest surgery," Director Bai smiled slightly. "After all, it's a TV program, so the possibility of open-chest surgery is small. Besides, the patient is already on camera, so what more needs to be said?"

Director Liu nodded. Old Bai's analysis was reasonable and insightful.

As he spoke, a highly realistic animation appeared.

The bronchoscope was inserted into the airway, slowly approaching the staple "stitched" on the right main bronchus.

The staples were very thin, and the bronchoscope's catcher was very cumbersome. After several attempts, the problem was not solved, but instead, secondary pneumothorax was caused.

Old Bai's guess was right! Director Liu wasn't surprised; he just felt that everything was perfectly reasonable.

The patient did indeed film the program with a IV drip attached to his chest.

An ambulance sped by, and the Department of Thoracic Surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Medical University began a consultation.

The experts presented their opinions, to which Director Bai neither commented nor agreed; he simply listened quietly.

"Old Bai, your kind of 'supernaturally intelligent' thinking is too boring. Putting aside professionalism and looking at it from an ordinary person's perspective, you'll feel very nervous," Director Liu said.

"I'm very nervous myself," Director Bai said in a deep voice. "Secondary pneumothorax caused by bronchoscopy is something that will definitely be explained to the patient and their family before the operation. But if they don't acknowledge it, it will become a medical dispute."

"You're really boring," Director Liu said disdainfully.

"That's true. I deal with similar disputes every day in the medical office."

"I'm thinking about how the surgery should be performed."

"Wait and see, Ji Xiang will be on stage soon," Director Bai said.

There weren't many scenes of the consultation, but every expert and director had a very serious expression. Coupled with the pale, black-and-white visuals, a strong sense of oppression was palpable from the screen.

"The last time I watched a black and white film was Schindler's List," Director Liu said. "I never expected a variety show director to be so creative."

"That fits the situation quite well," Director Bai said. "Director Li from the Interventional Radiology Department said we could give it a try. Hey, I knew right away it was an interventional radiology job. It's a pity, all four of our hospital's top surgeons who can perform surgery have gone to the south. The south is really aggressive in poaching talent."

"People make more money from selling land. The more expensive the housing, the richer the city. And the richer the city, the more skilled doctors it can attract. You can't change that, Lao Bai. No matter how hard you try, this is the general trend."

"With me here, we can delay the time by about 3 years."

Director Liu was stunned when he heard his old friend's bold words.

This is Lao Bai's honest opinion. Although he is powerless to reverse the overall trend, he can delay it for three years.

In these three years, countless lives have been saved. But no one knows what kind of efforts Lao Bai made behind the scenes, and no one will remember him.

"It's going to be a difficult surgery. I doubt the head surgeon there can handle it." Director Bai made his conclusion as he watched the gurney being wheeled into the operating room.

(End of this chapter)