Healing Doctor

Chapter 704 Shen Lang's Ears Stand Up Like Antennas

Upon arriving at the intensive care unit, Director Liu first took Ji Xiang to see the patient.

All the directors looked very serious.

But despite their seriousness, Ji Xiang noticed a strange and complex emotion beneath it.

Ji Xiang couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.

No one asked about the patient's medical history. It seemed that everyone was familiar with the patient and didn't want to talk, but they had no choice but to come.

The atmosphere was strange and inexplicable.

"Director, what's going on?" Ji Xiang asked in a low voice, whispering in Director Liu's ear.

"Just you wait, I'll explain when we get back," Director Liu said softly.

Only some urgent test results have returned so far, and the situation is quite dire. The diagnosis is multiple organ failure, especially of the heart, lungs, and kidneys, with virtually no solution.

Based on Ji Xiang's clinical experience, for similar patients, it is necessary to communicate with the patient's family members frankly, admit that everyone has done their best, and subtly praise the patient's family members for taking good care of them over the years, and say things like that the elderly should suffer less.

Doing this will save face and dignity for the patient's family.

In the end, they gave up treatment, allowing the elderly person to pass away peacefully.

However, Ji Xiang's clinical experience suffered a major setback.

When faced with an elderly person who is likely not sick, but whose various parts are not working properly and who has reached the end of their lifespan, all the directors, experts, and professors are on high alert.

Ji Xiang hesitated for a moment, then found a quiet corner, held his breath, and entered the system space.

"Teacher." Ji Xiang greeted the system NPC first, and then expressed his doubts.

No matter how complicated or tangled Ji Xiang's explanation was, the system NPC didn't seem to misunderstand at all, as if this type of patient was very common in clinical practice.

Seeing the system NPC's smile and the air of complete control, Ji Xiang was even more unable to understand.

Ji Xiang believed that his clinical experience was already quite rich through standardized training and more than a hundred empathetic experiences.

Being able to switch perspectives to understand the mindset of patients and doctors is a convenience that others simply cannot have.

But the system NPC's expression told him that he was still very inexperienced.

While covered in dew, the system NPC didn't explain anything to Ji Xiang like it would a medical record, but instead asked, "Dr. Ji, would you like to experience it?"

feel?

Ji Xiang was taken aback.

The patient is already unconscious, so they probably can't understand things from the patient's perspective.

The patient's family members were nowhere to be seen. Unlike some consultations, the patient's family members stood outside the door, bowing to anyone in white coats and expressing their gratitude.

The patient's family seemed indifferent to everything; they didn't even show their faces, allowing the hospital to conduct consultations and provide treatment.

It's as if the people lying in the ICU have absolutely nothing to do with them.

If you want to experience something, you can only do it from a doctor's perspective. What's the difference between that and now?

"Teacher, is this your perspective as the attending physician?" Ji Xiang asked.

He felt it was unnecessary.

"It was quite an interesting experience." The system NPC smiled. "Zhou Congwen specially created this model."

Upon hearing Professor Zhou's name, Ji Xiang immediately perked up.

"good!"

The system NPC, with his hands behind his back and a hunched posture, led Ji Xiang back to the next operating room.

The light flickered.

……

"Little Ji, Little Ji, do you know what I mean?!"

Someone spoke urgently in Ji Xiang's ear, giving Ji Xiang the illusion that he had met Zhao Zhe through empathy.

He opened his eyes and found himself in a fire escape, with an ordinary-looking young doctor in front of him, whose face was full of unspoken words.

To Ji Xiang's surprise, he felt that the doctor's ears were perked up, like antennas.

Shen Lang.

What a strange name. It seems to be the male protagonist of the martial arts novels that my grandfather likes to read.

"Brother Lang, what's wrong?" Ji Xiang asked.

Seeing that Ji Xiang was interested, Shen Lang began to keep him in suspense, which Ji Xiang deeply resented.

But as a young man who had just arrived, Ji Xiang didn't say anything. Instead, he lit a cigarette and sat with Shen Lang on the steps of the fire escape, smoking together.

"Old Wang is coming to be hospitalized, I heard it from the head doctor," Shen Lang said.

Ji Xiang reminisced while smoking.

Old Wang is a long-time patient. He had coronary artery bypass surgery in the department many years ago and has been hospitalized here ever since for checkups and other treatments.

Although his coronary artery bypass surgery was perfect and his recovery was good, the subsequent problems had nothing to do with cardiothoracic surgery.

But since the head doctor was willing to accept the patient, the junior doctor couldn't say anything.

"I know," Ji Xiang answered honestly.

"You're new here, so I need to tell you a few things," Shen Lang said mysteriously. "Old Wang is a bit strange; he'll..."

This guy is keeping me in suspense again. Ji Xiang really wants to rub his mouth against the sole of his shoe.

"Absorbs people's lifespan."

"!!!"

Ji Xiang really didn't expect to hear such words in the hospital.

His impression of Shen Lang suddenly became infinitely worse.

What is all this nonsense? Does he even know he's a doctor? How could he say something like sucking people's life force? Is this even reliable?!

Once they started talking, Shen Lang and Zhao Zhe found they had something in common: they were both very talkative.

But Zhao Zhe was only talking about meaningless things, while Shen Lang was particularly fond of gossip.

Ji Xiang could even feel Shen Lang's ears perk up like antennas, and his eyes flashing with an unusual light.

Professor Zhou actually has such an unprofessional doctor under his care?

Ji Xiang even questioned Professor Zhou in his heart.

"Let me tell you from the beginning," Shen Lang said while smoking. "It was in the late 1970s or early 1980s, when Old Wang was the boss of the company next door. He was hospitalized with acute pancreatitis."

"It's said that he had a very severe case of acute pancreatitis at the time, caused by drinking alcohol."

Heavy thief?

Ji Xiang paused for a moment before realizing that it was a local expression meaning "extremely heavy".

"The medicine back then wasn't as good as it is now. Such severe acute pancreatitis required surgery, which involved removing all the glandular tissue, leaving only the duct or something similar."

"This kind of surgery is extremely risky, it's like... it's like... even riskier than the elephant trunk surgery we have."

Ji Xiang savored Shen Lang's words, completely unaware of what he was going to say next.

"It is said that Old Wang's daughter took very good care of him back then. Now, many doctors say when they see some seriously ill patients, 'If it were Old Wang's daughter, the patient wouldn't have died.'"

"Oh, wow, that's amazing!" Ji Xiang replied dismissively.

He harbored some resentment towards this empathy, especially towards Shen Lang.

"And guess what? Old Wang walked out of the hospital 23 days later, looking incredibly robust!"

"Perhaps it's because he's in good physical condition and pulled through, plus the doctor who performed the surgery was highly skilled," Ji Xiang said.

"That's not what I meant; that's just background information."

"..." Ji Xiang was speechless.

This is taking way too long.

"Old Wang's daughter was beaten to death by her husband shortly after he was discharged from the hospital due to domestic violence!"

(End of this chapter)