"Then you need to tell me exactly where you feel unwell. Besides, since you say you know everything, why come to the hospital? You could just buy the medicine at a pharmacy outside."
Li Chu disliked people who pretended to know what they didn't.
Thinking that you can become a doctor just by memorizing two books? If medicine were really that simple, what would be the point of having medical schools? Everyone could just buy books and memorize them at home, saving public funds.
What is the purpose of the country spending so much human, material, and financial resources?
These words left the middle-aged man speechless. He glared at Li Chu and said, "If you make me do everything, what's the point of having you doctors? Is the government supporting you to eat for free?"
"The country supports us to serve those in need, not to people like you who don't cooperate with doctors at the hospital. You're just wasting medical resources by nagging here for so long."
The patients outside have to endure the torment of their illnesses a little longer because of your lack of cooperation.
"Comrade, if you want to show off how much you know, then please go out the main gate, turn right, and take a bus to Peking University Sixth Hospital. The doctors there have plenty of time to listen to your idle chatter. I'm not here specifically to serve you."
"you……"
This infuriated the man. "Good heavens, sending me to the Sixth Hospital? That's practically saying I'm mentally ill!" He stood up, pointed at Li Chu, and said, "You wait, I'm going to sue you!"
"That's your prerogative, but it'll be troublesome to sue me. Suing the hospital won't do any good, as I'm not under your jurisdiction. You'll still have to go out and take a bus to Dianhai Fuxing Road. But that's convenient, though, since that place isn't far from the Sixth Hospital. You can go there to check it out after you've filed your lawsuit."
Li Chu didn't indulge him at all and pointed directly to the door of the examination room.
The man was so angry that his hands started trembling. He snorted and walked out.
As soon as he left, Nurse Zhou couldn't hold back any longer, and a series of "goose goose goose" laughs came from her mouth.
He couldn't stand up anymore and leaned his whole body against the wall.
Her laughter was infectious, and Li Chu's face also broke into a smile.
Actually, he wasn't just making things up when he told the man to go to the Sixth Hospital. He had already seen through the man's pulse that he wasn't sick at all.
If there's any illness, it's a psychological one; the person always thinks they're sick.
He thought he was a doctor just because he had read two medical books and could cure diseases. He wouldn't listen to anything the doctor said and just thought he was right.
When this patient came in just now, he was carrying several medical records in his hand, which shows that he has been to the hospital quite often.
I guess other doctors had told him he wasn't sick, but he didn't believe them, so he went to one hospital after another.
It's just like how many people in later generations search for medical advice online, only to question the doctor as soon as they arrive at the hospital.
Li Chu always thought that if you don't trust doctors, then why did you come to the hospital? You could just take the medicine at home as instructed online.
Decades from now, there will definitely be people who prescribe medicine and order unnecessary tests to make extra money.
But now, there simply aren't such doctors. Their salaries are paid by government funding, and hospitals don't rely on that for their livelihood. If they were to over-treat you, wouldn't they just be asking for trouble?
"Alright, Xiao Zhou, that's enough." Seeing that Nurse Xiao Zhou was still grinning, he could only advise her.
He was worried that if he didn't stop laughing, Xiao Zhou would laugh himself to death, and he would have to come to his rescue.
...
The next few patients were all normal, until the last patient of the morning, who made Li Chu's forehead start to flare up again.
"The child is four years old and still doesn't communicate with people, even resisting communication. How can you two be such parents? Don't you ever talk to the child at home?"
Li Chu, with a little girl on his lap, looked at the young couple across the desk and asked.
“Your child is still at the level of eating, drinking, defecating, and sleeping. Look at your child standing here just now, with a blank look in his eyes, a wooden expression, and a very rigid demeanor. He can't understand interaction, logical relationships, or hierarchical structures.”
She's already four years old. A two-year-old's developmental level is basically beyond that. She's missed two years of development. These two years are crucial, especially the early years, not the later years. This period is extremely important; a small mistake can have far-reaching consequences. How do you usually raise your child?
"Doctor, I take care of her at home. Because I don't like to talk much, the child doesn't have much of a language environment. Maybe there is, but when I'm doing chores, I put her in that stroller, and when the food is ready, I feed her or let her eat by herself. It's basically all done in this non-verbal environment."
The young mother said with a face full of guilt.
Li Chu glanced at her, then at the young father.
Are you rarely home?
“I…I’m quite busy with work, and I often have to do drawing when I get home, so I haven’t paid much attention to this aspect of my child’s life.”
"Sigh~" Li Chu sighed and shook his head slightly, then looked at the young mother again and said, "You don't sound uneducated to me. Don't you have a job?"
“I had a job, but after giving birth, I took unpaid leave to stay home and take care of my child because I had no one to help me.”
"Aren't there daycare centers? Why don't you send your child there?"
"I'm worried... I'm worried that the daycare center won't take good care of the children."
Well, these words left Li Chu speechless. She looked down on the daycare center and stayed home to take care of her child, and this is what happened to her child.
If the child had actually gone to daycare, things would never have turned out this way.
It's clear that neither of these young people are talkative, but even if they don't like to talk, communication with their child is essential. Children this age are learning about and interacting with the outside world, and they can only do so through their parents. If you, as parents, don't communicate with your child, how can she possibly learn anything?
Li Chu looked down at the little girl sitting on his lap and gently stroked her hair with affection.
"In this situation, there is no need to take any medicine, and there is no special medicine. What you need to do is to go back and communicate more with your child and talk to her more. Right now, she may not react much when you talk to her, but you must persevere."
Then, whenever I had free time, I would take her out for a walk, to places with lots of children. I didn't need her to play with the other children; just letting her stand beside them and watch was fine. The important thing was to talk to her as much as possible.
After saying that, he looked at the young father and said, "Comrade, you are the same. She is also your child, not just your wife's. I don't believe you are busier than those leaders. Take an hour to interact with your child every day after get off work."
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