Chapter 707 Doctors
Many patients left, which not only made the doctors feel relieved, but also made Ding Zhubu and others who were in charge of the pharmacy next door feel even more relaxed.
Mr. Zhuang can finally come over to visit.
Manbao was able to see patients much faster. Among the twenty or so patients, a small half came for follow-up visits, so it only took him half a day.
After treating all the patients, Manbao slowly gave acupuncture to Gao, the old woman and others.
After they finished giving the injections, there were no more patients in front of Manbao's medical tent, so she took Zhou Lijun to visit the neighbor next door.
Doctor Ji was examining a patient's leg. Manbao took one look and asked, "Did you connect the wrong bone?"
Doctor Ji responded and said, "It's been broken for more than half a year."
The patient had hesitated for several days before deciding to come for a check-up. He himself didn't hold much hope, and when he saw Dr. Ji frowning, he knew there was little hope.
Manbao couldn't help but reach out and touch his leg, and the patient's face turned red.
Manbao didn't care at all. She touched his bones inch by inch and said, "To reconnect it, we have to break it again, right?"
Doctor Ji: "Well, it's been half a year. It's hard to interrupt."
Manbao: "There's only one, it would be a shame not to connect it."
Doctor Ji: "I think so too, but I'm not very good at it. Imperial Physician Fan is very good at it, and he has someone beside him who is very experienced in breaking bones. It is said that if he hits you with a stick, you will crack the bone, but he will definitely not break it."
"Will Imperial Physician Fan help?"
Doctor Ji thought for a moment and said, "I'll naturally help you if you come to me. It's just this money..."
Manbao looked at the patient.
The patient immediately lowered his trouser legs and cried out, "I, I don't want to be treated anymore, I don't want to be treated anymore."
Manbao had never seen a patient with such a case before, and he was very eager to take it, so he comforted him and said, "Don't be afraid. If it doesn't work out, I'll ask Dr. Fan to come in. He might charge less for my sake, or I can pay for you."
The patient shook his head like a rattle, broke free from Manbao's hand and tried to leave.
Doctor Ji looked at him for a while, then stopped Manbao and said, "Forget it. Since you have no intention of reconnecting this bone, I'll prescribe two prescriptions for you. Just treat it as bone tonic."
The patient didn't expect such a surprise. He thanked the doctor repeatedly, took the prescription and limped away.
A cold wind blew, and Manbao felt a little cold, holding his hands together and asked, "Why doesn't he get treatment? I said I paid for it."
"He's not stupid, why are you helping him for nothing? And let's put the money for medical treatment aside. If he breaks his bones again, he'll have to lie down for at least three months. Don't forget, he's a refugee. Can he afford to lie down?"
Manbao was stunned for a moment and remained silent.
"Besides, are you sure you can actually reconnect it after it's been interrupted?" Doctor Ji said, "When we doctors treat patients, no matter what the condition is, at any time, we say we can treat it, not that we can guarantee a cure. He certainly won't take any risks without a definite guarantee."
Doctor Ji looked at Manbao and said, "Manbao, you must remember this: no matter what kind of patient you encounter in the future, even if they only have a scratch, you cannot guarantee that you can cure them. You are a doctor, not a god."
Manbao nodded in agreement.
Doctor Ji was finally satisfied. He glanced outside and said, "There may be more patients coming for follow-up visits this afternoon. Come on, while we have some free time, I'll take you around and introduce you to a few more doctors."
Manbao became happy again, "Okay, okay."
Doctor Ji took Manbao for a walk, and as they passed by, everyone knew that Doctor Ji was taking care of a young man. Although they were not master and apprentice in name, they were master and apprentice in reality.
They also knew that it was she who stopped the bleeding of the young master of the Ji family. It was said that even the prescription that saved the young master of the Ji family was given by her.
It was also because of this that, although she was still a young girl and occupied a medical tent by herself, the doctors did not question her even though they had doubts in their hearts.
They had all seen her performance over the past three days. With so many patients, she was able to prescribe medicine for all of them independently. First of all, she didn't treat any wrong illnesses, which made the patients come to her for treatment.
Secondly, they looked at her pulse diagnosis and found it was indeed very good. Although it was not as good as theirs overall, she handled some of the symptoms very well.
Even they don't dare to say they can do better.
All the doctors knew Manbao, and Manbao had also heard of these doctors from Zhou Lijun, but this was the first time they met and introduced themselves to each other formally.
Doctor Ji took her to one medical tent after another. Occasionally, when he met a patient who was receiving treatment, he would consult with that patient.
The patient who came to see a doctor just because he was dizzy due to a cold was frightened when he saw the one, two, three or four doctors surrounding him, fearing that he had an incurable disease.
But it doesn't seem like that from what they say.
A few doctors, bored out of their minds, found a common cold patient and came up with three or four prescriptions. After a somewhat heated debate, the owner of the medical tent, Doctor Xu, picked one out and gave it to the patient, saying, "Go get the medicine. If you run out of the medicine on this prescription, come back to me and I'll give you another."
patient:……
Well, they had seen the last patient, and the doctors did not return to their own medical tents. Instead, they stood or squatted in front of Doctor Xu's medical tent, basking in the sun with their hands clasped.
Manbao also found a good spot to squat. Doctor Ji couldn't find a good spot, so he simply kicked her and said, "You are so young, why are you squatting? Stand up."
Manbao had no choice but to give up his position to him.
The group looked at the blue sky sadly and complained, "Look at these people too. They all come to see the doctors at the same time. When they're busy, they don't even have time to go to the restroom. Now that they're done, they're so idle they're going to mold. Why don't they know to stagger their visits?"
"This is a free clinic. You don't have to pay for it yourself, and you can choose the time. Just be content. Come back for most of the day tomorrow and forget about it. I'm really exhausted these past three days. I want to rest for three days when I get home."
"I need to rest for a few days too. The last time I was this tired was during the flood, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. Thinking that this was also the sequel to the flood in Yizhou, they sighed quietly.
Doctor Ji sighed deeply. "Looking at those people, who would have thought that three years ago they were also happy families, living and working in peace and contentment?"
"Isn't this a good thing? I heard that County Magistrate Tang's house is almost finished."
"So soon?"
"It's not that fast. The houses are made of stone mixed with mud, straw and bricks. So many refugees have been recruited to work there. A team of people can build a house in three to five days."
"I heard that County Magistrate Tang plans to build ten villages, with over a hundred people in each village, all surrounding those wastelands. In order not to occupy arable land, the land he chose is not very good, and it will be difficult to clean it up."
"It's better than having no house to live in..."
As they were talking, a commotion came from a distance. The doctors turned their heads and saw five or six people running towards them carrying a bed board, shouting, "Doctor, help! Doctor, help! --"
Doctor Ji jumped up from the ground and shouted, "The work is coming—"
Because he stood up too quickly, he felt dizzy and almost fell down. Manbao reached out and held him up.
Good night
(End of this chapter)
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