Time flies by, and it’s another busy Monday.
Yu Zhiming arrived at the Zhizhen Building of Huashan Hospital at about the same time as usual, and immediately got to work, examining and diagnosing outpatient patients.
After being busy until noon, Yu Zhiming finished his morning work and came to the big office, where he met Qin Jingmo who was waiting for him.
"That patient..."
Qin Jingmo, with his neatly cropped hair and well-fitting casual suit, looked incredibly capable. He quickly replied, "On my way, expected to arrive at 1:30."
"I've already instructed you to abstain from food and drink. It won't affect tonight's surgery."
Yu Zhiming let out a soft "oh".
Qin Jingmo smiled again and said, "Doctor Yu, congratulations on successfully completing a heart cleansing operation. This has opened up a new avenue for the treatment of severe coronary heart disease."
Yu Zhiming said modestly, "The success of that operation was due to luck. It's a bit premature to say that it opened up a new path."
Qin Jingmo smiled and said, "What Dr. Luo said in his circle of friends was even more optimistic than what I expressed!
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "Let's talk about the patient's surgical plan."
"Okay! Doctor Yu, look..."
Qin Jingmo walked over to the viewing light and pointed at the five sets of brain MRI images. He said, "Here, here... and here. I designed a total of five radioactive particle rod placement points and corresponding puncture paths."
Yu Zhiming discovered that the five particle rod delivery points were all concentrated in the western half of the skull base tumor.
"You want a second surgery?"
Qin Jingmo said excitedly, "The particle rod is functioning normally. The tumor is shrinking, and with the added pressure from the brain, everything is going as I expected. The difficulty of the surgery will be reduced by 20% to 30%. "
"If the operation goes well, the patient's life expectancy will be extended by five to ten years, or even longer."
After a pause, she frankly said, "This is the inspiration I got from Dr. You Weixian's surgical cases."
Yu Zhiming asked, "How confident are you?"
Qin Jingmo replied softly, "The tumor's changes are in line with expectations. The probability of success of the surgery is 30% to 40%.
She hurriedly explained, "Given the complexity of the patient's skull base tumor, a 30% to 40% chance is already quite high."
"The patient also agreed to my surgical plan."
Yu Zhiming asked without changing his expression, "If the tumor doesn't change as expected, how long can the patient's lifespan be extended?"
"Also, if you only perform the radioactive seed rod implantation surgery, not considering a second surgery, how much longer can you extend the patient's life with your abilities?"
Qin Jingmo met Yu Zhiming's intense gaze, and said with a somewhat evasive look, "If the tumor hasn't progressed as expected and surgery isn't possible, the lifespan can probably be extended by six months to a year."
"If we only do particle rod implantation surgery, which requires eight implants, we estimate the lifespan will be extended by two to three years."
Seeing her like this, Yu Zhiming knew that she was a little dishonest and probably misled him about the data issue.
Because this lifespan is just "expected", no one can make a 100% judgment.
Some doctors can be ambiguous with the data and induce patients to choose the treatment options they want.
For example, life expectancy after a successful second surgery can be extended by five to ten years.
Patients will remember it for ten years.
Because it involves their own situation, patients always tend to think positively and believe that they are the lucky one in a hundred.
This ten-year life expectancy is more attractive than two or three years, but it ignores the prerequisites and huge surgical risks.
Yu Zhiming warned: "Doctor Qin, I have many partners to choose from..."
Qin Jingmo responded again, "Doctor Yu, I understand. So this time, I'm doing my best."
"These five particle rod implantation sites and the puncture path were finalized after repeated consideration over the past few days and multiple discussions with my teacher."
Qin Jingmo said, "I am confident in the second surgery. I also hope to continue my collaboration with Dr. Yu for a long time."
At this time, Dr. Qin Qiushi, Shen Qi and Sui Chi came back together after going to the bathroom or arranging hospitalization for outpatients.
Yu Zhiming said, "Doctor Qin, we'll discuss the surgical plan when the patient arrives."
"Let's have lunch first..."
After saying that, he turned and went into the soundproof office.
Qin Jingmo, who stayed outside, looked at Qin Qiushi and said gloomily, "After all, I'm a doctor invited by Dr. Yu to cooperate. I came all the way here, and it's lunchtime, and you didn't even arrange lunch for me?"
Qin Qiushi laughed and said, "Doctor Yu's lunch schedule is very tight, only an hour. Besides eating, he also needs to rest and regain his energy for the afternoon work. How can he have time to entertain you?"
"Your nephew has already prepared lunch in the rental house. Come on, come back with me to eat..."
Yu Zhiming returned to his office, washed up, and sat at the coffee table. Just as he was about to have lunch with Zhou Mo, his cell phone rang.
He picked up the phone and saw that it was Wei Hao from the Municipal Bureau calling.
"What's up?"
"Doctor Yu, I want to congratulate you. You have made another contribution."
"What have I accomplished?" Yu Zhiming was confused and didn't understand.
He doesn't remember assisting the police in solving cases during this period.
Wei Hao asked on the phone, "Yesterday evening, a pregnant woman in labor was knocked down by a dog, causing her water to break. She was sent to Gancaotang. Did you examine her?"
Yu Zhiming hummed and said, "Yes, the pregnant woman just had her water broken. She's fine, and the fetus is fine too. She was sent to a nearby hospital for a caesarean section."
"Could it be that the pregnant woman is a criminal?"
Wei Hao said: "The pregnant woman was not a criminal, but a victim."
"Last night at 11 o'clock, she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section, but the baby was stillborn."
"Dead baby?"
Yu Zhiming was very surprised and asked, "How could it be a stillbirth? With current medical technology, there's a chance of an unexpected caesarean section, but the chance is quite low."
"Let's put it this way, the probability of something happening to the pregnant woman is greater than the probability of something happening to the fetus."
"Officer Wei, what exactly happened?"
Wei Hao didn't answer directly on the call, but continued, "The pregnant woman was heartbroken when she learned she had given birth to a stillborn baby, but she also had doubts."
"Because you told her that her baby was healthy. The pregnant woman suspected that the doctor had made a medical error when performing the caesarean section."
"She asked the nurse to bring the dead baby and examined it herself. During the examination, she discovered that the baby was quite small, weighing only about seven or eight kilograms."
"The pregnant woman said that you, Doctor Yu, clearly told her that her fetus was very large, weighing at least nine kilograms if not ten."
Yu Zhiming confirmed: "I did say that."
"But..."
Before Yu Zhiming finished speaking, Wei Hao's voice came from the phone again, "The pregnant woman believes that with your ability, Doctor Yu, your judgment will never be wrong."
"So, this dead baby is not her child. Her real child was switched by the hospital."
"The pregnant woman called the police."
After a pause, Wei Hao continued, "When the police arrived, they knew this matter involved you, Doctor Yu, and they took it very seriously. As soon as they investigated, they discovered something fishy."
"This case has now been upgraded to a higher level of investigation and is now under the full responsibility of our municipal bureau."
"Preliminary investigations have revealed that the hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department is engaged in crimes such as trafficking babies, selling birth certificates, and vaccination records."
He continued, "Doctor Yu, the baby that replaced the dead baby has been successfully found and weighs 9.4 kilograms."
"Hey, Doctor Yu, what did you want to say just now?"
Yu Zhiming quickly replied: "It's nothing serious."
He then said, "I never imagined that such horrific things as replacing dead babies and trafficking babies would happen in Binhai. It's truly lawless."
When Yu Zhiming said "but" just now, he meant that his judgment on the baby's weight was just a rough estimate, and the error would probably be quite large.
After all, there was the belly, uterus, and amniotic fluid, and Yu Zhiming only did a rough examination, so the weight was probably just a casual guess.
It is said that if the child did not weigh ten kilograms, he must have weighed more than nine kilograms. In the end, the child weighed more than eight kilograms, which should be within Yu Zhiming's estimation range.
Unexpectedly, the pregnant woman believed Yu Zhiming's judgment and concluded that the child was not hers.
What I didn’t expect was that this was actually the case.
Yu Zhiming didn't expect that the estimate he made casually was actually quite accurate.
Perhaps, his understanding and control over the baby in his belly has reached a superb level?
This incident also made Yu Zhiming alert.
Today, in the eyes of many people, he is a medical expert and an absolute authority.
A word spoken casually may be regarded as a fact or a criterion by patients and some people.
"You should be more careful in the future and be cautious in what you say and do."
Yu Zhiming muttered to himself, and then he heard Wei Hao continue, "We were also quite shocked to discover such a thing. This also shows that for the sake of money, some people have no principles or bottom line. There is nothing they dare not do."
Wei Hao said in an unusually serious tone during the call, "Doctor Yu, this also makes us reconsider your safety."
"What if there's a madman or an accident someday..."
Wei Hao said in a deep voice, "This kind of thing has happened more than once in our country. Several of our top scientists and academicians have sadly passed away in this way."
"Doctor Yu, the leadership has decided to arrange for a special police officer to be by your side to protect your safety."
Yu Zhiming instinctively refused, "Officer Wei, this isn't necessary, is it? Zhou Mo, who's beside me, is a capable fighter, even though she's a girl. She can easily take on three or five strong men."
"Having her by my side is more than enough."
Wei Hao persuaded him, "Doctor Yu, special police officers have received rigorous training and can block knives and bullets for you at critical moments."
"Can Zhou Mo do this?"
"Doctor Yu, this is the government's care and concern for you. Just accept it with peace of mind..."
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