Chapter 431: Chapter 431 The Patient is Safe Now
"Master, but why did you suddenly make that judgment?"
"I can only tell you that it’s a matter of experience. I somehow felt that this situation might arise, so I had to try it. But your experience is really too limited, and that includes many doctors in big hospitals nowadays. Actually, without experiencing this kind of pain themselves, they would never really understand it. So it’s not that you did something wrong; most doctors would have made the same mistake."
"Master, I still feel that I was indeed negligent today. From now on, maybe I shouldn’t see patients on my own. After all, human life is of utmost importance. I really don’t know how I would have coped if the rescue hadn’t been timely today. My heart would have remained in suspense, and I would feel uneasy for the rest of my life."
"I’ve already told you, everyone makes mistakes. It’s just that we’re doctors, so every mistake we make could potentially be fatal. You should learn from this incident. In the future, you must definitely ask for the full history and details, including why I suddenly asked if he had suffered any trauma. Sometimes, a minor bump doesn’t lead to this condition, but it just so happened that he was injured in a critical area."
After saying this, he looked up at Liu Yang. It seemed that Liu Yang had indeed been greatly impacted by this incident. Moreover, being so young, he had never experienced anything like it.
Ah, if it hadn’t been for Liu Zheng’s timely assistance, the consequences could have been unimaginable.
"Alright, stop thinking about it. Come on, hurry back to the clinic with me. From now on, I’ll try to handle as much as possible in the clinic itself, to avoid leaving that place. That should put your mind at ease, right?"
Upon hearing Liu Zheng’s words, Liu Yang seemed to regain some confidence. He simply nodded and quickly followed his master back to the clinic.
That afternoon, Liu Yang was somewhat distracted. Even though a few patients came in sporadically, he couldn’t focus on seeing them, and Liu Zheng certainly noticed this.
As evening approached, Liu Zheng made a direct call to Director Xiao. Since the patient had been sent to their hospital, he wanted to clearly understand the current resuscitation result.
Even if surgery had been arranged, by that time, it should have been completed, so he was eager to know the patient’s condition now.
The phone rang only twice before Director Xiao’s voice could be heard on the other end.
"Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng, I knew you wouldn’t be at ease, and I thought you’d call. To be honest, I just finished a meeting in the office and was about to call you."
"What? A meeting in the office? What’s happened, is there some issue with the patient?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Zheng became anxious. What was this sudden meeting about? And what did their hospital meeting have to do with him calling to inquire about the patient?
"Don’t be nervous. The doctor came in the afternoon and after one look, the patient is now out of danger. He has undergone some interventional surgery and didn’t need a craniotomy. After all, considering the patient’s advanced age, and also, our CT scan revealed that you had almost completely drained the blood from his skull."
After hearing these words, Liu Zheng breathed a deep sigh of relief. At that moment, glancing at Liu Yang, he noticed his student seemed preoccupied with something, his gaze lowered.
He hadn’t hung up the phone with Director Xiao yet. Once he did, he would definitely inform Liu Yang of the news immediately.
"Oh, that’s good to hear. It’s very good news that the patient could be saved. Okay, then thanks for all your hard work this time. Since the patient is stable, I’ll rest easy. Director Xiao, you should get back to your busy schedule. I won’t keep you any longer."
"Liu Zheng, I think it’s necessary for you to ’bother’ me, and I’ve been meaning to discuss a collaboration with you, either by visiting your clinic or inviting you here to have a chat."
"Director Xiao, did I mention to you? Currently, I don’t really have the desire for that. Moreover, it’s not something that can be decided on so quickly. I’ve told you, I need to think it over carefully. Plus, you know what my situation is like in the village, right?"
"I know, you’ve started getting involved in politics, and you’ve even taken up the position of village chief, which I haven’t properly congratulated you on yet. By the way, did you know? The whole hospital is talking about how you manually drained the blood from a patient’s skull, which is unheard of in medical history."
Yes, Liu Zheng had simply taken action, but he hadn’t thought that his actions would place other doctors in such an awkward position.
Perhaps, any other hospital’s doctors would have first performed a drainage operation, that is, drilling a hole in the skull and draining the hematoma from there. But to drain the blood through a few needles at acupuncture points and along the meridian network—no one else could achieve that.
"Heh, it’s just a technique of mine, and my way of treatment is a bit different, so there’s nothing much to mention."
"Everyone in the hospital now treats you like a legend. Before, everything about you was shrouded in mystery. If you really don’t want to collaborate, could you at least give a lecture or enrich all our doctors with some knowledge in this area?"
"Director Xiao, don’t make it difficult for me. I have no problem helping you by treating and saving patients, but giving lectures isn’t for me—I’m not a teacher. What lecture could I possibly give?"
"Ah, how can you not be a teacher? Haven’t you already taken Liu Yang under your wing? And I’ve heard he’s already begun to see patients independently at your clinic. Not bad, if he were in our hospital, he probably wouldn’t have had such an opportunity."
