Healing Doctor

Chapter 560 Treating Patients with Poor Compliance with Care

It is clear that all five patients were screened; they were not sent to Dr. Zou for removal simply because the colon polyps were large.

The auxiliary examinations indicated that the probability of these patients' intestinal polyps being malignant was not high. Director Zou's skill level was also very high. He cleanly and efficiently searched for arteries and veins under the microscope and clamped them tightly with titanium clips. Ji Xiang could not see any problems.

All five surgeries were completed before midnight. Director Zou performed them quickly and steadily, which made Ji Xiang feel very pleased.

Although his skill level was far inferior to that of the system NPCs, Ji Xiang knew that among the top experts in China, Deputy Director Zou was one of the most skilled in clinical surgical techniques.

"Director Zou, could you please take a look at this patient?"

A man walked in and spoke to Director Zou.

"Oh, what kind of patient?"

Director Zou was chatting and laughing with Ji Xiang when he heard someone asking him for a "smile," and casually asked.

Actually, he would know what it was even if he didn't ask.

"I just saw a patient with a 1cm polyp. The nurse said you just came down here. Could you take a look and cut it off for me while you're at it?"

"Xiao Ji, this is the head of the gastroenterology department," Director Zou introduced.

I am very familiar with the gastroenterology department and the hepatobiliary and pancreatic departments of the general surgery department, especially the gastroenterology department, which is basically an upstream and downstream department.

It is common for doctors to consult with each other and exchange information, especially since downstream surgeons are at a certain disadvantage compared to upstream internal medicine doctors. Director Zou did not refuse, but instead took Ji Xiang to the next operating room.

A 1cm polyp isn't big; it's easy to remove. Director Zou does this kind of work efficiently; it's not an exaggeration to say it's a piece of cake.

Upon arriving at the adjacent operating room, Director Zou glanced in the mirror, took the gloves handed to him by Ji Xiang, and began the procedure.

To be honest, Ji Xiang is really useful; you can tell just by the small detail of handing over gloves.

People rarely hand gloves directly to you, but Ji Xiang handed over the gloves at the exact moment you were about to put them on for surgery.

Not one second more, one second less.

Director Zou took a deep breath, feeling so comfortable that goosebumps rose all over his body.

He wasn't lacking in flattery, but there weren't many people who could perfectly cooperate with him when working; in fact, it could be said that apart from Ji Xiang, there were none.

After just five endoscopic polyp removal surgeries, Ji Xiang had already mastered his own habits. "If only he could stay," Director Zou thought to himself.

However, Ji Xiang had made it clear from the beginning, so Director Zou didn't think anything of it.

Feeling regretful, Director Zou tried to distract himself, asking as he prepared, "Mr. Wang, you seem to have no problem removing polyps of about 1cm, so why did you come to me?"

"Director Zou, don't even mention it." Dr. Wang, the head of the gastroenterology department, sighed. "The patient and his family said that removing polyps is a minor surgery, that even their district-level hospital can do it, and that no hospitalization is required."

"Hehe." Director Zou chuckled.

"This patient was supposed to have the procedure yesterday, but it was delayed too long due to pre-operative communication. The family insisted on going home after the procedure and observation, so I..."

As he spoke, Mr. Wang hesitated for a moment.

Ji Xiang, observing the situation, guessed that the person was under some kind of pressure, which was why they had to do it.

"There are plenty of disobedient patients and their families, you'll get used to it." Director Zou began operating the colonoscope, with Ji Xiang assisting.

Although they had only collaborated on 5 surgeries, their movements were as if they had been working together for a lifetime. They didn't even need to exchange glances; their tacit understanding was incredible.

"The most outrageous patient I've ever seen went to hyperbaric oxygen therapy for rehabilitation and smoked inside."

"Damn it!" Mr. Wang didn't expect Director Zou to give such an outrageous example, and he cursed out a foul word.

Hyperbaric oxygen chamber, smoking? This is utter nonsense.

"And what was the result, Director Zou?" the nurse asked curiously.

"The burns were absolutely horrific!" Director Zou continued, "A few years ago, there was a fire in our Economic Development Zone, and there were several burn patients. None of them suffered as badly as the patients who smoked in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber. They had severe burns all over their bodies, with hardly any good spots."

"Is he alive?"

"There's not even a place for skin grafts, do you think he can survive?" Director Zou said. "Another outrageous story is what I heard from Old Pei in the vascular department. We were young then, and he was sick for a while."

"I went to his house to see him and he was so thin that he looked unrecognizable. I asked him a lot of questions before he finally said anything."

"A patient with an aortic dissection was about to undergo surgery. The doctor ordered him to rest, and he had taken all the necessary medications. He was to be taken into the operating room once he stabilized. Whether he would survive was unknown; no one could be sure. But the patient felt that nothing was wrong. Even though a catheter had been inserted, he insisted on going to the bathroom by himself."

"It was the middle of the night, and the patients' families were all asleep. Old Pei went to the toilet in a daze. When he opened the door, he saw a deathly pale face, somewhat familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar. The person was sitting on the floor inside the toilet stall, staring at him with glaring white eyes..."

"Director Zou, stop talking!" the nurse snapped. "Hearing you talk about this in broad daylight gives me the chills."

"Sigh, otherwise how could Old Pei have gotten sick?" Director Zou began cutting away the polyp. "He's so brave, always saying things like he'd sleep with any male ghost and any female ghost. But he was terrified that day. I bet he might..."

As Director Zou spoke, he took a slurp of saliva, but probably didn't say anything.

Ji Xiang guessed that Professor Pei must have been so scared he wet his pants, but he couldn't say that.

In the dead of night, half asleep, I opened the bathroom door and saw a dead body staring intently at me.

This single image is enough to send chills down your spine.

It's perfectly normal to wet your pants when you're so scared.

"The patients in their department are generally quite obedient. Usually, as long as you tell the patient and their family not to move, or they'll die, the patient will cooperate quite well. But there are always stubborn people in this world, don't you think?"

"Your stomach and intestines probably aren't doing so well, are they?" Ji Xiang asked with a smile.

"Patients in the gastrointestinal surgery department are the most troublesome. We tell them to fast and drink no water, and we've said it countless times, but often when we open their abdomens, we find a mess of all sorts of things inside. We use a suction device to suck it up, but a lot of solid matter can't be cleaned properly, so we have to manually remove it."

"Elective surgery is actually fine, since there's a fasting period. The real problem is emergency surgery. Patients don't know what they'll eat before the surgery. If they eat a bellyful of durian, after fermentation, the smell... tsk tsk."

As he spoke, Director Zou had already removed the polyp. He checked that there was no active bleeding, the titanium clips were in good position, and then turned and left the stage.

"I must have done something terrible in my past life to be born not only a doctor, but a surgeon; and not only a surgeon, but a gastrointestinal surgeon. This isn't being a doctor, it's more like being a latrine cleaner!"

Deputy Director Zou habitually complained.

(End of this chapter)