"Mom, Xiao Cui must be too poisoned and her mind is confused." Zhou Bingxing looked flustered.
Zhou Bingxing was afraid that Ding Ermei would let slip that their second wife had gold bars when she got back.
If Zhou Fugui had just used his brain, he would have known where the second wife's gold bars came from.
"Have you two made up your minds? If you're going to have the surgery, go pay the fees now. If you're not going to have the surgery, get out of here!" Dr. Wang said impatiently.
This family is really strange.
They're just making a fuss and not paying their bills.
If we don't urge them, by the time they reach a conclusion through their argument, the patient might already be dead.
"Cure it!" Zhou Bingxing shouted.
"It's incurable!" Ding Ermei shouted in protest.
"Are you kidding me? Are you going to treat me or not?" Dr. Wang was furious.
Just as Ding Ermei was about to say "incurable", Zhou Jiaxiang said, "Grandma, I'm going to tell Grandpa and Grandma that you should treat my mother's illness so that my dad can marry a stepmother after my mother dies."
Ding Ermei was startled.
She almost forgot that Zhou Jiaxiang and Zhou Hongxia were also there!
Her brother and sister-in-law were no pushovers. If Zhou Jiaxiang and his sister really went to Dingjia Village to file a complaint, her brother and sister-in-law would definitely bring people to smash their old Zhou family house to pieces.
Thinking of this, Ding Ermei gave in. While taking money out of her pocket, she muttered, "Let's get it treated! Even if it doesn't work, we'll accept it."
"Thank you, Mom!" Zhou Bingxing was overjoyed. After taking the money from Ding Ermei, he quickly ran to the payment counter.
Without delay, Dr. Wang quickly had Ding Xiaocui wheeled into the operating room.
When Wang Jing rushed to the hospital, Ding Xiaocui's surgery had already begun.
Wang Jing was called in by Dr. Wang to help.
Dr. Wang knew that Wang Jing was a master of traditional Chinese medicine. Ding Xiaocui's poisoning was too severe; after amputation, she would still need to use decoctions to assist in treatment.
Wang Jing underwent full-body disinfection before entering the operating room.
Dr. Wang has already started the surgery.
Looking at Ding Xiaocui on the operating table, Dr. Wang felt a little bad.
It has only been about twenty minutes since Ding Xiaocui entered the hospital, but half of Ding Xiaocui's arm has already become necrotic.
This poison is incredibly potent.
"Director Wang, I prescribed XX medicine and XX medicine for intravenous detoxification, but these medicines are not quite suitable for the symptoms. Could you please take a look at the patient and suggest using traditional Chinese medicine detoxification decoction as an adjunct treatment?" Upon seeing Wang Jing, Dr. Wang didn't bother with formalities and began to explain his treatment plan while his hands were busy working.
"Hmm, let me see." Wang Jing responded, picked up the severed hand from the tray, and examined it. Her expression changed drastically.
Wang Jing had seen Ding Xiaocui poisoned once before.
This is a rare poison. Once ingested, it is a slow-acting poison that can kill silently. The poisoned person will become weaker day by day, and will die from multiple organ failure after ten days to two weeks.
Once it comes into contact with blood, the toxicity increases several times over. The wound will emit a foul odor like dead fish or rotten shrimp, and the poisoned person will die within two hours from widespread festering.
Ding Xiaocui's broken palm had a rupture, and the onset was so rapid, indicating that it was the latter.
What alarmed Wang Jing was not just the poison itself, but the fact that the spy Tao Jiadong was investigating had used this poison before.
That spy fled overseas long ago. Why would this kind of poison still appear in Peach Blossom Town?
Could it be that... some of the spies still have close confidants in Peach Blossom Town? Is Ding Xiaocui's poisoning related to the spies? Or is the person Tao Jiadong is looking for actually in Peach Blossom Town?
Thinking of this, Wang Jing couldn't wait to go home and tell Tao Jiadong about it.
But it's not possible.
Dr. Wang is still waiting for Wang Jing's treatment plan!
"Old Wang, I'm not confident I can cure this poison. I can only suppress it for now," Wang Jing said after a moment of silence.
Wang Jing was telling the truth.
The poison had already entered Ding Xiaocui's bloodstream, and its circulation carried it throughout her body. If it weren't for Dr. Wang's timely intervention, Ding Xiaocui might already be dead.
No matter how skilled Wang Jing was, she wasn't confident she could completely remove the toxins from Ding Xiaocui's body in a short time.
Moreover, the detoxifying herbs are not cheap, and the process is quite lengthy.
Wang Jing had already heard about it from the nurses before she went into the operating room.
Ding Xiaocui is from a rural area and has no employer to reimburse her medical expenses.
Just now, Ding Xiaocui's mother-in-law and husband argued for a long time outside over the 120 yuan surgery fee. It's clear that the family's finances aren't very good.
What if they spend money but the patient still can't be saved? Will the patient's family blame the hospital?
Once you start using the detoxifying decoction, you can't stop. Otherwise, it's a waste of money.
Wang Jing needs to consider these issues.
"There's nothing we can do about it. We're doctors, not gods. We can only do our best and leave the rest to fate. Director Wang, could you please talk to the patient's family outside and let them decide?" Dr. Wang sighed and said.
Dr. Wang had also considered the concerns that Wang Jing had.
However, as a doctor, one cannot simply stand by and watch a patient die before one's eyes.
If there's a chance to save someone, we should try our best to do so.
"Okay," Wang Jing replied readily and left the operating room.
Outside the operating room, Ding Ermei and Zhou Bingxing rushed over to Wang Jing when they saw her.
"Doctor, is there any chance to save my wife's hand?"
"Doctor, how is my daughter-in-law? Is she alright?"
Ding Ermei and Zhou Bingxing asked questions at the same time.
"The surgery isn't finished yet. The patient's vital signs are currently stable," Wang Jing said.
Zhou Bingxing breathed a sigh of relief.
"Doctor, will Xiao Cui be alright after her hand was cut off? When can we go home?" Ding Ermei asked.
“Auntie, your daughter-in-law needs to be hospitalized after the surgery. How can she go home? The poison in her body still needs medication, which may be quite expensive. You and your family should discuss it. If possible, we will arrange for her to be hospitalized once she can eat after the surgery,” Wang Jing said sternly.
Wang Jing was speechless.
This is an amputation!
People aren't trees; you can't just cut off a branch and be done with it.
"Doctor, how much more money will it cost? My family is out of money. Can I skip the medicine?" Ding Ermei asked Wang Jing pleadingly.
“Auntie, if the patient doesn’t take the medicine, the toxins in her body won’t be eliminated. She might not even make it through a month. You should think carefully before you decide,” Wang Jing said helplessly.
This was the first time Wang Jing had ever met someone like Ding Ermei, who even haggled over the price of medicine.
At that time, doctors didn't have performance-based pay or anything like that; their minds were completely focused on saving lives.
We will use whatever medication is needed, and if there is an affordable alternative, we will use that alternative. We will never prescribe a bunch of unnecessary medications to patients just to make money.
"What? Didn't that doctor just say that cutting off the arm would save him? How come he's still dying without medication? Your hospital is so corrupt!" Ding Ermei's face changed.
“Auntie, your daughter-in-law won’t make it through the night without surgery. After the surgery, she’ll definitely be fine today, but the follow-up will depend on how her condition develops. It’s not like having surgery guarantees she won’t die,” Wang Jing patiently explained.
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