Healing Doctor

Chapter 526 Dealing with Difficult Patients

"Little Ji is here!" Director Liu exclaimed excitedly.

"What good is he coming?" Director Bai cursed. "The First Affiliated Hospital is just making things difficult for us. I don't know if it's the program's arrangement or the hospital's. With this chief complaint, what kind of diagnosis can you give? Don't even mention Ji Xiang, you couldn't get any big names in diagnostics here."

"Go ahead and do the CT scan, start from the head." Director Liu said with a beaming smile as he saw Ji Xiang.

"Heh." Director Bai sneered, clearly not agreeing with Director Liu's words.

"Hello," Ji Xiang said with a smile.

For a moment, Director Liu and Section Chief Bai had a vague illusion that the consultation room was full of flowers, all blooming at the same time.

"Hello, doctor." The woman was also slightly taken aback, and her expression softened a little, unlike when she was facing Zhao Mengmeng, when she was so serious, sharp, and ruthless.

"Where do you feel unwell?"

The woman described her symptoms again, just like before.

Although the words are the same, the tone and the content expressed are different.

The more Director Liu looked at it, the happier he became.

It's said that good looks are everything, and Ji Xiangguang certainly benefited from this.

"Oh, these are neurological symptoms. I'll contact a neurologist for you. Wait a moment, let me see who's on duty today, and I'll take you there in a bit," Ji Xiang said with a smile.

"Bang!" Director Liu slammed his hand on the table. "See? See? I told you Xiao Ji was awesome!"

Director Bai smiled slightly, neither confirming nor denying.

Ji Xiang is indeed remarkable; the subtleties he displays are best understood through experience rather than explained in words.

He doesn't seem like a resident or intern at all, but rather like a senior attending physician who has been working in the clinic for over a decade.

"Doctor, I have other things to do. It's too much trouble to register, and there's a long queue. Please just see me." The female "patient" began to make things more difficult for Ji Xiang.

Good looks can certainly reduce the difficulty, but only to a limited extent.

"No need to register, I'll transfer your number directly to the neurology department on the computer," Ji Xiang said.

"There are too many people over there, but no one here. Just take a look and prescribe some medicine for me, then I'll go back."

The woman pressed on relentlessly.

"Oh well."

Ji Xiang was also helpless, but his smile and tone of voice remained unchanged, displaying impeccable professionalism.

"Damn it!" Director Liu cursed. "Get one of the bosses at the First Affiliated Hospital out here! I don't believe any of them can understand the patient's illness. Shameless! Screw them!!"

"The production team deliberately created this gimmick. It wouldn't be good to let Xiao Ji off so easily." Director Bai shook his head, somewhat displeased.

Ji Xiang's handling of the situation has reached its limit. Even if Director Liu and Section Chief Bai were put in those seats, they would still only be able to say the same thing.

This is the best solution, bar none.

However, the woman was clearly a nurse from the First Affiliated Hospital posing as a patient, so she resolutely refused to be transferred to another outpatient clinic and even made a show of causing trouble.

However, similar patients are not uncommon, and Director Bai did not think it was too much for the First Affiliated Hospital to make things difficult for Ji Xiang.

"How long have you been experiencing general weakness, headache, and memory loss?" Seeing that he couldn't get rid of the patient, Ji Xiang had no choice but to start asking questions.

"3 or 4 months."

"Has there been anything irregular in your life lately?"

"No, I work out every day, my work isn't too busy, I go to bed around 10 pm, and I get 8 hours of sleep every day. I also go for a morning run..."

"I also go for a morning run." Ji Xiang finally found a common ground: "I get up at 4:30 every day to run a half marathon."

"Huh? You ran a half marathon this morning, how do you still have the energy to go to work?" the woman asked in surprise.

"Yes, I usually run a full marathon on weekends when I'm not working. But recently I got a dog at home, and it can't keep up with my pace, so I can only manage a half marathon. Sometimes it refuses to run, and I have to carry the roe deer home on my back."

"Running is good, no wonder you look so energetic," the woman said with a smile.

Before we knew it, the topic had been steered off course.

"Yes, running regularly can be bad for your knees, but it burns a lot of calories and..."

Ji Xiang spoke eloquently.

Director Liu couldn't contain his smile; he was beaming.

Director Bai also smiled, realizing that Ji Xiang was more capable than he had imagined.

The fact that Ji Xiang could find common ground with a difficult, extremely self-centered patient is proof of his maturity.

The next step will definitely be to send the patient to the neurology department. Familiarity, shared interests, and level of rapport will determine whether this is feasible or not.

Although doctors certainly don't have that much time to deal with difficult patients when they're outpatients, this is a variety show after all, and it also tested Ji Xiang's ability to adapt to the situation.

perfect!

……

Zhao Tianjiao was dumbfounded.

"What is Ji Xiang doing?" Zhao Tianjiao asked.

"Chatting with patients helps build rapport and increase their positive impression of you," Dean Zhao explained casually.

Seeing his son's bewildered and immature face, and then looking at Ji Xiang's radiant smile, so mature beyond compare, Dean Zhao felt a little awkward.

Ji Xiang is truly skilled; even some senior attending physicians and professors leading research groups cannot handle similar patients well.

But he managed to resolve the issue quickly and even chatted and laughed with the patient.

In clinical practice, if Ji Xiang encounters a similar patient, it's safe to say he's likely to pass the test.

This is not something that can be done simply by having talent, or rather, Ji Xiang's talent is not limited to knot tying, surgery, and diagnosis.

Ji Xiang also has an exceptionally high emotional intelligence.

Dean Zhao felt uneasy watching the woman pretending to be a patient chatting happily with Ji Xiang on TV.

If Zhao Tianjiao could reach Ji Xiang's level of ability in handling patients in his lifetime, that would be great. He could then retire peacefully without having to worry about anything.

Even if the patient was carrying a knife, Dean Zhao was confident that Ji Xiang could make him put the knife down and they could drink and have fun together.

"Dad, that's impossible." Zhao Tianjiao pouted. "The outpatient clinic sees a hundred or so patients a day. How can we waste time on just one patient?"

Dean Zhao sighed and explained, "What if it's an inpatient? What if it's an inpatient who might be involved in a medical dispute?"

"..."

"Ji Xiang handles problems very skillfully; you should learn from him."

Although Zhao Tianjiao was very unhappy, he still nodded with a forced smile.

……

……

During the program, Ji Xiang chatted with the woman for nearly three minutes, then said with a smile, "I don't think it's anything serious. I'm not a specialist here, so how about I take you to the neurology department and have a neurologist prescribe some medication for you?"

Just as the woman was about to say "okay," she suddenly realized what was happening.

She frowned slightly, somewhat surprised.

How did I end up being led astray by Ji Xiang?!

Enraged, the woman's smile vanished, her temper flaring faster than turning the pages of a book; her face changed in an instant, just like when she scolded the nurses.

"Doctor, I have limited time. If you really can't understand it, I won't force you. Or you could prescribe some calming and brain-boosting medicine."

(End of this chapter)