The day after the report was submitted to Director Liang, Li Chu was summoned by Vice President Zhang.
"Xiao Li, sit down quickly, and pour yourself some water."
"Dean Zhang, what brings you here today?" Li Chu asked after sitting down.
"I've read the report you submitted to Director Liang yesterday, and there are some issues I need to discuss with you."
Li Chu was a little confused. He remembered that Director Liang said the report was to be submitted to the Medical Association of Beijing. How did it end up with the hospital leaders?
Seemingly sensing his question, Dean Zhang smiled and explained, "It seems your Director Liang didn't mention that the committee was reorganized at the beginning of the year, and I am now one of the chairpersons."
"I'm not a member of the committee, so I didn't know about this. Congratulations, boss," Li Chu explained.
Dean Zhang waved his hand: "It's all for the benefit of the members. You should be a member now, right?"
"I am a member of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Branch."
Nodding, Dean Zhang did not continue the topic, but instead took out the report written by Li Chu.
It's clear that Dean Zhang read the report very carefully; he marked many parts of it with a pencil.
Pointing to the top of the report: "Xiao Li, you've divided the causes of kidney failure into three categories here. For the first one, primary kidney disease, you only wrote nephritis. Could there be other kidney diseases that could cause kidney failure?"
"Boss, you're absolutely right. There are definitely other kidney diseases that could lead to kidney failure if not treated in time. But the problem is that I don't know anything about them. I can only learn so little by myself."
Dean Zhang then realized that the person sitting opposite him was a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, and he was discussing Western medicine with a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, which he found absurd.
He threw the pen on the table, pinched the bridge of his nose, and said helplessly, "What kind of freak are you? I heard from Director Chen that you can now understand the data on the test reports?"
"I can understand some of it, but I still need to look up some in books," Li Chu said modestly.
Dean Zhang felt even more troubled. How could this guy be a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner?
Aren't traditional Chinese medicine doctors usually conservative? He remembered that the senior doctors in the traditional Chinese medicine department looked down on Western medicine.
Not to mention that Li Chu has a teacher, shouldn't he respect his teacher even more? How could he be so unorthodox?
It's one thing for a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to conduct research on Western medicine, but the key point is that they've actually made some progress.
How are those who have returned from studying abroad and consider themselves elites supposed to survive?
Dean Zhang really didn't want to talk, and he especially didn't want to see Li Chu.
This made him feel that all those years of studying had been for nothing.
Little did he know that Li Chu, having been bombarded by the internet in later generations, even if he didn't do this in his previous life, still managed to see some things online every day.
Even if you don't understand it at all, you can remember some of it by watching it a lot.
In part, he wrote this research report based on later generations' understanding of uremia.
Of course, he also had data to support his claims; he didn't just make things up.
"Alright, Xiao Li, you can go back now. I'll organize the expert committee members of the Medical Association to carefully study your report later."
As Li Chu left Dean Zhang's office, he hummed a little tune.
If Ding Qiunan were there, she would definitely know that he was in a good mood.
He was indeed in a good mood. There were some things in the report that he didn't know, but there was another part that he deliberately omitted.
He can be seen as a genius, but he cannot be seen as a monster.
If he writes too much, the experts won't feel involved, and then they'll come after him.
All he needs to do is carve his name at the beginning of the path. Does it matter who reaches the end first? Perhaps it does matter to others.
Instead of returning to the clinic, Li Chu went straight to the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy to see his wife.
Ding Qiunan was extremely busy at the moment. She was the only one there today, as the other two pharmacists had taken leave due to unforeseen circumstances.
Normally, one person can handle everything at the Chinese medicine pharmacy, but who knew so many people would come to get their medicine today? She came to work early this morning and has been so busy that it's almost 11 o'clock now, she hasn't even had time to drink some water.
Director Yang from the pharmacy is also helping out inside.
However, Director Yang wasn't really suited for this job, so he was very slow. Sometimes the doctors' handwriting on the prescriptions was so illegible that he couldn't recognize it at all and had to ask Ding Qiunan.
When Li Chu arrived, he was a little puzzled to see more than twenty people queuing up to get their medicine. He wondered when the Chinese medicine pharmacy had become so busy, as his wife had never mentioned it.
He pushed open the door and went into the pharmacy to help his wife.
Hearing the door open, Ding Qiunan turned around and asked, "Li Chu, what brings you here?"
"I came here without any problems. Why are there so many people getting medicine? Even Director Yang is personally helping out."
"Oh, Dr. Li, you've come at the right time. Quickly help your wife. Who knew there would be so many people today? I can't understand many of my prescriptions and I'm just making things more complicated."
Seeing Li Chu come to help, Ding Qiunan and Director Yang both breathed a sigh of relief.
Without a word, Li Chu took the prescription from Director Yang and got to work.
With Li Chu's help, the number of people queuing outside quickly decreased.
He took another prescription from the window and was about to get the medicine when he paused and looked at the prescription in his hand carefully.
Then he looked up at the person outside who had handed him the prescription; it was a woman in her twenties.
The prescription he had was meant to help the patient with bowel movements, but the dosage of one of the ingredients, calomel, was too high.
Normally, the maximum oral dose of calomel is 0.1 to 0.2 grams; any more than that can cause mercury poisoning and damage the nervous and digestive systems. This prescription, however, calls for 2 grams.
Furthermore, calomel cannot be boiled in water. If it is boiled in water, no matter how many grams, it will cause poisoning. This is not mentioned in the recipe.
Li Chu waved the prescription in his hand and asked the woman at the window, "Comrade, who gave you this prescription?"
The woman outside was taken aback by his question before she said, "It's a prescription given to me by a neighbor. They said it can help clear..." She blushed and didn't dare to continue.
"Who was it for? It shouldn't be you, right?" The woman's face didn't look like she was constipated.
At this moment, Director Yang and Ding Qiunan came over. Li Chu hadn't said anything for the past half day, but now she was asking about the prescription, so there must be a problem.
"It was prescribed for my mother-in-law. Doctor, is there a problem? Our neighbor said he was taking this back then."
"Did he tell you how to take this medicine?" Li Chu didn't answer her question but continued to ask.
"How should we eat it? Of course, we should boil it in water and drink it. Doctor, could you please hurry up? I need to get back and cook."
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