After finishing the phone calls with Duan Yi, Zhou Mo and others, Yu Zhiming first arranged for a nurse to take the five pregnant women who were pregnant with children of the Lu family to do a general physical examination.
Seeing that the twin brothers introduced by Luo Yu had not arrived yet, Yu Zhiming took Zeng Yan to the soundproof office to wait.
"Uncle, uncle..."
Zeng Yan said with great enthusiasm, "Seeing Boss Lu crying with excitement at the prospect of solving the problem, I felt very much like that too."
"Uncle, do you feel a sense of accomplishment too?"
Yu Zhiming smiled softly and said, "I feel a sense of accomplishment, but the Lu family's disease is caused by a genetic mutation. Treating the root cause is basically impossible with current medical technology."
Zeng Yan said "oh" and then said excitedly, "If we can't cure the root cause, then we can treat the symptoms. We have to make sure that the child who was born from twins turned into a singleton and eventually became mentally retarded. Then, if we find that the child is in this situation, should we terminate the pregnancy directly?"
Yu Zhiming nodded and said, "This is the simplest and most brutal way to treat the symptoms. No more stupid children will be born."
After a pause, he continued, "I hope that Dr. Liu Yun can conduct dynamic tracking and in-depth research during fetal development to identify abnormal nodes in fetal development and see if they can be reversed through surgery or other means."
"That way, there would be no need to end the pregnancy."
Zeng Yan laughed and said, "No matter what, the abnormality you discovered today has already provided the Lu family with a temporary solution, preventing them from having any more mentally retarded children."
Yu Zhiming replied cautiously, "This is just our speculation. Whether a twin-to-single fetus will eventually develop mental retardation still needs to be verified by facts."
Zeng Yan said "oh", blinked her eyes, and asked, "Uncle, I don't quite understand..."
"Boss Lu isn't short of money. I heard he'd had checkups at renowned hospitals both domestically and internationally. So how come the abnormality of twins becoming a single wasn't discovered?"
Yu Zhiming smiled gently and asked, "Zeng Yan, do you know how to determine whether a baby is single or twin?"
Zeng Yan shook her head and said, "Uncle, I haven't learned it yet."
Yu Zhiming, who loves to teach others, said: "In medicine, to determine whether twins are born, one must see whether both have embryos and fetal heartbeats. Only when both have embryos and fetal heartbeats are they true twins."
"This fetal heartbeat refers to the primitive heart tube beat. Generally, we can only detect the presence of the fetal heartbeat using modern medical methods after six or seven weeks of pregnancy."
"The change from twins to a singleton occurred between two and five weeks of pregnancy."
Zeng Yan suddenly realized, "In the final analysis, it's all thanks to your unparalleled ability to discern the big picture from subtle details."
"You can easily detect this mutation, but it's very, very difficult for other doctors to detect it."
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "We were also lucky. The Lu family's wife happened to be pregnant with twins."
Zeng Yan laughed and said, "Don't many people say that luck is also a kind of strength?"
She then said with a certain gloating schadenfreude, "If the Jingcheng Chu family knew about the Lu family's inherited dementia, and that my uncle had so easily found the abnormality and had a temporary solution, wouldn't they be filled with regret?"
Yu Zhiming chuckled and said, "You underestimate the Chu family. As a medical family, they haven't been able to find a solution for hundreds of years. I probably can't find a solution either."
Zeng Yan chuckled and said, "That's hard to say. Often the problem is right there. It might just be a thin layer of window paper between them. But their arms are only a centimeter short of reaching it, so they just can't reach it. But for you, my uncle, it's just a matter of poking it."
Yu Zhiming said happily: "If things were really as simple as you said, that would be great..."
More than ten minutes later, the two people who were chatting casually were interrupted by Zhang Hai who knocked on the door.
"Doctor Yu, there's a beautiful woman named Huang Li outside. She says she's Ji Minqiang's assistant and wants to see you."
"Ji Minqiang?"
Yu Zhiming frowned. He had no impression of this name.
Zhang Hai went on to introduce, "This Ms. Huang Li said that her boss, Ji Minqiang, and his twin brother are on their way here and have made an appointment with you to come here for a physical examination."
After hearing this, Yu Zhiming understood.
It turned out to be the twin brothers who wanted a heart transplant introduced by Dr. Luo Yu.
Yu Zhiming has come into contact with so many patients that he is not very interested in their names. He is more accustomed to labeling patients with disease names, familiar people or typical characteristics.
In comparison, the male patient with liver cyst, who was referred by Dr. Luo Yu, had protruding ears and a round face.
Labeling patients in this way makes it easier for Yu Zhiming to remember and less likely to get confused.
As for remembering patients' names, Yu Zhiming was too lazy to waste his brain cells unless they had long contact time and many times.
Yu Zhiming looked at Zhang Hai in confusion and said, "The patient hasn't arrived yet, and an assistant comes to see me first? For something like a physical examination, do you really need an assistant to pave the way?"
Zhang Hai lowered his voice and said, "Doctor Yu, she's not here to scout ahead, she's here to give a gift."
He gestured with his hand and continued, "She brought a small box containing ten kilograms of gold bars."
Zeng Yan exclaimed in surprise and couldn't help asking, "It's just a physical examination, and my uncle won't be getting any treatment. I shouldn't have to pay him so much for the examination, right?"
Yu Zhiming understood the other party's intention of giving him the gold bars.
"This heart transplant operation may involve exchanging one life for another, and requires approval from the ethics committee."
"My test results are extremely important. If I can confirm that the younger brother's problematic heart has a greater chance of recovery if transplanted to his older brother, the ethics committee will give the green light for the heart transplant."
Zeng Yan said "oh" and asked, "Uncle, is this ethics committee specifically responsible for approving surgeries?"
Yu Zhiming explained, "This ethics committee is composed of personnel from medical, pharmaceutical, and other backgrounds. Its responsibilities include independently reviewing, tracking, and re-examining medical trials, drug trials, and specific surgeries to ensure the rights and interests of all parties."
He added: "Some specific surgeries, like this heart transplant, are likely to significantly harm the twin brother's rights and interests and must first be reviewed and approved by an ethics committee."
Zeng Yan nodded and said, "I'm giving you, my uncle, millions of dollars worth of gold just to ask you to show some leniency and allow this heart transplant surgery to go smoothly."
Yu Zhiming snorted lightly and said righteously, "Am I, your uncle, the kind of person who can be bought with money?"
He looked at Zhang Hai and said, "Have that so-called assistant leave quickly and warn her that if she does this again, I won't even give her boss a physical examination."
Zhang Hai nodded and turned to leave.
"Hey, Zhang Hai..."
Yu Zhiming stopped his special agent guard and asked curiously, "When you discovered this, why didn't you just chase them away or report it? Instead, you came in and told me."
Zhang Hai reported: "Doctor Yu, my orders are to protect your safety and not to interfere with other matters."
"That oriole wanted to see you, and only after I discovered the gold bars he was carrying did he confess to me."
"This matter falls under the category of non-interference in other matters, so I will come in directly to report to you."
Yu Zhiming said "oh" and asked curiously, "Zhang Hai, what if I just took the gold?"
Zhang Hai said loudly: "The order I received is only to be responsible for your personal safety and not to interfere with anything else..."
(End of this chapter)
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