Healing Doctor

Chapter 574 The Ability to Immerse Oneself

The bald host turned his head to look at Professor Shen, and asked with a smirk, "Professor Shen, I've also encountered a similar problem. The tests done at small hospitals are not recognized by large tertiary hospitals, and I have to have them done again at a higher-level hospital."

"I feel this is unnecessary. Why would Dr. Ji Xiang say that tests from small hospitals are unreliable?"

Professor Shen looked at Ji Xiang on the screen and hesitated for a moment. "For machines like CT scans and MRIs, the resolution varies. Some diseases that can be seen with high-resolution machines may appear blurry on ordinary machines."

"Let me put it this way," Professor Shen said, seeing the bald host's confused expression. "Many small hospitals or private hospitals have CT scanners and MRI machines that are over ten years old. After they are phased out, they are bought back through certain means and used for a while longer."

"This is still a relatively objective imaging examination. If it were a more subjective examination, such as a gastroscopy, colonoscopy, or bronchoscopy, the difference would be even greater."

Professor Shen began to gossip based on his many years of clinical experience, making the other guests nod frequently, their eyes sparkling.

After all, Professor Shen is more professional, and he explained things in a clear and logical manner.

……

"Xiao Ji really dares to say anything," Director Liu laughed. "Old Bai, what do you think?"

"It doesn't matter. Xiao Ji means the gastroscopy and colonoscopy weren't completed," Director Bai said. "Da Zhi, guess what the patient's diagnosis was?"

Director Liu waved his hand, indicating that he didn't want to waste his brainpower here.

He used to enjoy making riddle-like diagnoses when he and Director Bai played together, but now Director Liu has long lost that enthusiasm. What does a gastroenterology disease have to do with the head of urology?

Director Bai didn't ask any more questions, but instead looked at the screen with interest, watching Ji Xiang, who was seeing patients at the outpatient clinic.

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In the comments section.

The bald host livened up the atmosphere.

This step could be done by directly showing the CT report, but to convey a sense of time, the guests in the commentary room need to chat for a bit.

"Professor Shen, what are your thoughts on Dr. Ji Xiang's diagnosis?" the bald host asked.

"Excellent," Professor Shen praised.

The guests were all taken aback, especially Mao Mao, who was practically a medical professional. He scratched his head, completely baffled as to what made Professor Shen's praise so impressive.

"Teacher Shen, it's normal for doctors at higher-level hospitals to not approve of examinations conducted by lower-level hospitals when patients come to the hospital, right? What do you mean by 'you think it's great'?" Mao Mao asked.

"Well, how should I put it?" Professor Shen hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile, "I enjoy listening to crosstalk. What do you think of the supporting role in crosstalk?"

"The straight man?" Mao Mao looked confused.

"The straight man is very important, but good straight men are few and far between," the bald host said.

"To give an imperfect example, you can see the difference in skill level when the same joke is performed by Guo Degang as the straight man," Professor Shen said. "Time flies like an arrow. In the blink of an eye, Professor Gao has grown old. Back in his youth, Professor Gao was incredibly talented."

"Gao Feng is also considered the head coach, with solid basic skills, but when he was playing the straight man, he casually said, 'I was so pretty when I was young.'"

"Look, this joke neither made a sound nor exploded."

The bald host and the other guests looked at Professor Shen with a face full of question marks.

"When it was Sun Yue's turn, he said, 'I was even better looking than Zhang Yunlei back then.'"

"I saw that performance live, and a lot of Zhang Yunlei's fans were making a fuss and booing. The joke landed, but it didn't explode."

"Sun Yue is really good at playing the straight man, otherwise he would have been assigned to Yue Yunpeng."

"What about Uncle Qian?" a guest asked.

"At the Beijing Exhibition Center, it was the same joke again. Yu Qian asked with a puzzled look, 'Are you cutting off the water pipe?'"

"The scene erupted in laughter. Not only the audience, but even Guo Degang was amused and kept laughing."

"With Yu Qian's support, a joke that could have been delivered easily or not, something almost nonexistent, became a highlight." Professor Shen recalled watching the performance at the Beijing Exhibition Center and said with a smile, "It's the same when treating patients. The same illness can have completely different effects depending on the patient."

Upon hearing Professor Shen's words, the bald host gave a crooked smile.

Professor Shen has gone off-topic, and quite far off-topic at that.

It's understandable; after all, they're not professionals, and it's common for them to veer off-topic during casual conversation. That's when you need to demonstrate your expertise and steer the conversation back on track.

but!

Before the bald host could speak, Professor Shen continued speaking on his own.

"After thinking about it, I realized that the good thing about Yu Qian as the straight man is that he can immerse himself in a certain plot."

"..." The bald host was taken aback.

"For example, a small group performance at a commercial event..."

Professor Shen was speaking with great enthusiasm. The bald host initially tried to interrupt, but when Professor Shen mentioned the joke about Yu Qian and Gao Feng eating shit, he used it as an example to illustrate the difference between the two comedians. One said, "So we came out here just to eat shit," while the other said, "Guo Degang, you won't grow any taller, I'm telling you."

Upon hearing this, the bald host was stunned.

When Ji Xiang sees patients, he always puts himself in their shoes; he seems to understand the essence of the disease even better than the patients themselves.

Putting oneself in their shoes, not only the host and guests, but even Professor Shen, who said this, was taken aback.

Unintentionally, he revealed his truest thoughts, which had been vague in his mind for a long time.

"Teacher Shen, do you think this is a skill?" the bald host asked.

"Definitely," Professor Shen said. "I was just thinking about it myself. For example, that patient in the last episode who wanted to jump off the building—if I were there, I really wouldn't have been able to do anything. But we witnessed everything Dr. Ji Xiang did, and the key is that he succeeded. Looking back now, I'm still amazed."

"When the interns first joined the department at the beginning of the program, there seemed to be a patient who didn't want to have an MRI," a guest chimed in. "Dr. Ji Xiang said a lot, and at the time I thought he was being a bit unreliable. But looking back, it seems like everything he said was quite right. His perspective is different from mine; Dr. Ji Xiang always thinks and acts from the patient's perspective."

"Teacher Shen is right. One of the great things about Dr. Ji Xiang is that he can put himself in the character's shoes."

The guests chatted amongst themselves.

Director Bai smiled slightly in front of the television.

"Old Bai, Professor Shen really hit the nail on the head," Director Liu said. "Xiao Ji's strength is that he can immerse himself in the situation."

The two had discussed this topic many times, but this time Director Bai didn't respond; he was still recalling Ji Xiang's sudden "pause."

Back at the Second Affiliated Hospital, Director Bai had also seen Ji Xiang "stuck," but he hadn't paid much attention to it at the time. Director Bai had an exceptional memory, and he recalled it bit by bit.

(End of this chapter)