Healing Doctor

Chapter 569 The Battlefield of Public Opinion

"Thank you, doctor." The patient forced himself to express his gratitude politely.

Although he was lethargic due to significant blood loss, the bleeding had stopped, and he could communicate for short periods without problems.

"I've told you so much, and you still don't listen to a word." Director Zou laughed in exasperation, his smile clearly tinged with mockery.

"..."

"..."

The patient and his family looked embarrassed.

"You're fine now. No food or water for 3 days. If there's no rectal bleeding or other discomfort, you can try drinking porridge." Dr. Zou didn't dwell on the patient's previous mistakes; he began to discuss the future treatment.

"Yes, yes, yes." The patient nodded repeatedly.

"Three days, right?" The patient's family member took out their phone and glanced at the time.

Director Zou understood the patient's family's thoughts. He slurped his words and laughed, "It doesn't have to be a strict 72 hours. If there's no rectal bleeding early the day after tomorrow, consult the attending physician. If the doctor agrees, you can try giving them porridge."

"Oh, oh, oh."

The patient's family also responded with three "ohs".

Director Zou spoke a few more words to the patient and his family before leaving with Ji Xiang.

This segment in the program was filmed by a camera. It seems that the patient's family agreed to the program's intervention at the time. I don't know if it was Ji Xiang or Director Zou who did the work.

In hospitals, as long as the surgeon is present, the vast majority of patients and their families will not refuse such "minor matters".

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The bald-headed host asked, "Professor Shen, how common are similar situations?"

"Not many, or you could say very few," Professor Shen said seriously. "Disobeying medical orders... Let me give you an example. Many years ago, when I first started my rotation at the hospital, a nurse diagnosed me with acute appendicitis that required surgery."

"Because it was one of our own nurses, the head of the department performed the surgery. But when we were taking the patient to the hospital, we saw the nurse hiding in the nurses' office eating something."

"Huh? She doesn't know?" A guest looked at Professor Shen in confusion.

"I know." Professor Shen smiled slightly. "Everyone has moments when they make a blunder, no matter who they are, their gender, age, status, or position. So I'm quite tolerant of this kind of situation, as long as things can be salvaged."

"Teacher Shen, you mentioned capsule endoscopy before. Although it's a bit expensive, why don't you use it?" The bald host stopped discussing the patient's compliance and instead asked a question.

"Capsule endoscopy cannot obtain pathological biopsies; at most, it can only check for any problems. If there are problems, a conventional endoscopy is still required. Many patients don't understand why they have to pay twice, and it's a waste of their time and effort."

"I've always felt that capsule endoscopy is very advanced," the bald host said with a crooked smile. "A few years ago, I heard that a gastrointestinal endoscopy expert in Shanghai performed his own colonoscopy."

"It's not too difficult..." Professor Shen smiled, but he hesitated noticeably when he said this, then shook his head, "But I can't bring myself to do it."

"Wouldn't this situation be avoided if a capsule endoscopy were used?"

The bald-headed host continued to delve deeper into the topic of capsule endoscopy.

But the person who answered his question next was not Professor Shen, but rather, as the scene shifted, they arrived at the doctor's office.

In the doctor's office, there was a whiteboard. Director Zou stood in front of the whiteboard and explained the differences between ordinary gastroscopy, painless gastroscopy, and capsule endoscopy to the interns of the program team.

This transition was particularly smooth, as if Director Zou had just heard the bald host's question and immediately began to answer without any hesitation.

Generally speaking, it's called a gastroscopy or colonoscopy, but it can only visualize the stomach, part of the ileum, colon, and rectum.

Because the jejunum is located deep inside the body, it requires many twists and turns to enter, which carries the risk of intestinal rupture. Therefore, capsule endoscopy is generally used to examine it.

The brief explanation, which lasted only a few minutes, was considered popular science content. Director Zou's explanation of gastroscopy and colonoscopy was edited to be concise and to the point, and was accompanied by animation. Even Director Bai and Director Liu nodded frequently as they watched.

"The program is great!" Director Liu concluded. "There must have been professional doctors guiding the editing process. Lao Bai, I haven't heard such professional science popularization in many years. It's concise, to the point, and down-to-earth. Very good."

"Indeed, this is something I've always wanted to do—popular science work—but I never had the chance. Now I see a variety show actually making it happen..."

As Director Bai spoke, he poured himself a drink.

Liu Zhi vaguely saw Lao Bai slightly turn his wrist before drinking, as if toasting the production team.

He understood what Lao Bai meant.

The more detailed the medical science popularization work is, the easier the clinical work will be.

This is a battleground for public opinion, where professional doctors provide scientific information, and the film-quality animation produced with no expense spared has completely swept away those seemingly professional but actually misleading public accounts.

"However, it seems the production team's original intention has changed," Director Bai said with a smile, taking a swig of his drink.

"Ugh, what's so interesting about a few interns making a fool of themselves in the clinic? Look at Xiao Ji, he broke a pen in half and jabbed it right into the patient's main airway. Aren't you awesome?!"

"Hahaha." Director Bai laughed. "Judging from the show's tone, this episode should be over. But judging from the time and the content, it's unlikely that the rest will be a complete mess."

Director Liu didn't notice this; he had forgotten the passage of time.

Looking at his phone, Director Liu realized there was still more than half an hour left. He frowned slightly, "The production team shouldn't be this shameless."

"What's next? We've finished popularizing knowledge about gastroscopy and colonoscopy, and we've also seen an emergency case of a patient who didn't follow medical advice, didn't stay for observation, and went home to eat whatever they wanted, resulting in massive bleeding."

Director Bai paused for a moment as he spoke.

"I can't think of anything else."

"Could it be interns going to clinical practice?" Director Liu asked.

"No." Director Bai gave his opinion directly. "The program's director and producer are all veterans. If they wanted to include clinical practice from the beginning, they would definitely have edited it in before the emergency room rescue. Now that the audience's threshold has been raised, there's no point in adding clinical practice."

Director Liu also felt something was strange. Could it be that the next period of time would really be all GG? That would be too shameless.

During the program, Ji Xiang sat upright in his seat, seemingly listening attentively, without taking notes in a performative manner.

Director Bai looked at the young man with a smile, but suddenly that strange sense of unease returned.

"Huh?" Director Bai was somewhat surprised.

A strange feeling always seemed to linger around Ji Xiang, but Director Bai could never help but find it strange.

(End of this chapter)