When George stepped into the hospital again, it was two days later, after Li Chu had received the phone call.
If there were any chance, George would never want to step into this consulting room again, much less see the man in front of him.
He had expected to be ridiculed, but to his surprise, the other person didn't say anything unnecessary.
The first thing I did was take his pulse and prescribe medicine. The only difference from before was that I gave him an acupuncture today.
George lay in bed, looking at the three needles in his abdomen with some trepidation. After a while, when he felt no discomfort, he finally felt a little relieved.
"Dr. Li, what exactly is this? Why can't I feel any pain when such a long needle is inserted into my body?"
Seeing his face, which had turned slightly pale with nervousness, Li Chu smiled and said, "Relax, President John, this won't hurt."
"Dr. Li, what effect does this acupuncture have?" At this moment, the private doctor next to him couldn't help but ask.
"Unblock the flow of qi and blood."
After listening to the translation, the private doctor was still completely bewildered. He understood the concepts of qi and blood, but was the needle hole through which air could pass during the acupuncture?
And what the heck is "bloodletting"? Is it bloodletting therapy?
Li Chu had no intention of continuing to explain to him. If you were to explain traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods to a Western doctor, even if that Western doctor was Chinese, it would be difficult for him to understand, let alone a foreigner.
That's like a blind man lighting a lamp – a complete waste of time.
The private doctor wisely refrained from asking further questions.
After all, no one is obligated to explain things to him.
Ultimately, it's because they actively sought them out.
After returning to China, his boss visited several well-known clinics, but the answer was always the same: the success rate of surgery was only 20% to 30%, which obviously did not satisfy them.
A professor at Mayo Clinic is said to have developed a new technique that can improve the cure rate, but George doesn't want to be the guinea pig.
The fundamental reason is that he has this fallback option; without it, he would probably still choose the professor in the end.
"President John, this injection needs to be done for three consecutive days, so you'll have to come back tomorrow and the day after."
Half an hour later, Li Chu removed the needle and said.
"Dr. Li, will the acupuncture be done the same way tomorrow and the day after?" George asked after straightening his clothes.
"Yes, that's right."
"thank you!"
Li Chu understood what George meant by "thank you," and he nodded: "You're welcome. I'm a doctor. The prescription I just wrote is with the staff. Take it twice a day, morning and evening, after meals, for five consecutive days."
Li Wenxuan had been staying at his father-in-law's house with Wang Yueyue for some time, and he was unaware of the phone call that night.
After George and his group left, he asked in surprise, "Dad, didn't he go back to his country? Why did he come all the way here to see you for treatment?"
What do you think?
Li Chu sat down in a chair, looked at Wenxuan, then at the other two students, and said leisurely, "All three of you remember, your profession is doctors. Patients can be chosen, but you can't."
Once someone enters this consultation room, they become your patient, and you must take full responsibility for them. Don't concern yourself with their gender, background, occupation, or any other external factors. These are not issues you should be considering. Your only concern should be how to cure this person and how to alleviate their suffering. Do you understand what I'm saying?
"Teacher Li," Duan Jianing raised her hand and said, "What if this patient is my enemy?"
"Jia Ning, that's a good question! If this really happens, you can apply to the medical affairs office for recusal, just like the recusal system in police investigations, because this person does have certain factors that can affect your judgment, and the hospital will definitely agree."
But then again, if he were truly an enemy, do you think he would come to you for treatment? If that were the case, then what he needs most is his head.
"Hahaha……"
Li Chu's words instantly dispelled the somewhat tense atmosphere in the consultation room.
"Teacher Li, in all your years of medical practice, have you ever encountered a situation like this?" Liu Ziqiang asked, suppressing a laugh.
“I haven’t encountered it myself, but I’ve heard of such things happening.”
"Huh? There really is such a thing?"
"Well, if I remember correctly, this happened in 1980, but I won't say exactly where it happened."
The workshop director of that factory was injured in an accident and needed to undergo surgery after being sent to the hospital. The surgeon was the child of the workshop director's enemy. Some of the people who sent him there felt something was wrong, but because the situation was urgent, they didn't say anything.
But coincidentally, the workshop director died on the operating table, and his family was unhappy. They said that the injured person was still conscious when he was wheeled into the operating room and could communicate normally. He didn't look like someone who was going to die at all. How could he die after just one surgery? They must have been taking revenge on the doctor.
After the family made a scene, no matter how the hospital explained, no one listened. Later, in order to quell the situation, the higher authorities transferred the doctor to a health center in a remote township.
The doctor was naturally unhappy, so he kept reporting the situation to his superiors, saying that he had not taken any personal revenge. The reason the man died on the operating table was because his internal injuries were too severe. Everyone knew this and that he was innocent. The reason for transferring him away was to protect him. He also promised that he would be transferred back in a year or two at most, and that he would be given a raise.
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However, this man was stubborn. He insisted that since it wasn't his fault, he shouldn't be punished like this. So, while working at the health center, he kept riding his bicycle back to the city to find his superiors and demand that the punishment be revoked. One day, halfway there, a sudden torrential rain triggered a mudslide, and he died.
At this point, Li Chu paused to take a sip of water, then looked at Li Wenxuan and the others who were somewhat stunned and continued, "I'm telling you this because I want to tell you that in your future careers, you may also encounter many uncontrollable things."
Never expect others to protect you. The first thing you need to do is protect yourselves. You've worked so hard to study medicine for so many years, so you need to live up to your efforts and your family's high expectations.
Of course, I'm not saying this to tell you to run away from problems; you still need to take responsibility.
Take this foreigner today, for example. Did he offend me? Actually, no. His leaving without saying goodbye was simply a choice made after weighing the pros and cons. Coming back is also a choice. What you need to do is not get angry because patients choose others. What you need to do now is strive to improve your medical skills and become the doctor that patients ultimately choose.
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