Chapter 99: What Kind Of Doctor? A Junior Doctor
Around 7:40 AM, Elder Brother Zeng Huanqi led Tian Zhuang out, saying, “Tian Zhuang, it’s okay, that was the marital home my wife and I used before. We’ve moved to a new house now.”
“Actually, it’s also new.”
“You can live there after a little cleaning, but you’ll have to buy your own quilt and things…”
Tian Zhuang moving into the department because he had nowhere to live wasn’t a huge issue, but it wasn’t a long-term solution.
So after Han Xiaoping reported the matter to Director Lin, Zeng Huanqi became the ‘landlord’, driving ‘Tenant Tian Zhuang’ back and forth.
There wasn’t even a security deposit required…
Han Xiaoping, drinking coffee and fiddling with his square-shaped glasses, said, “Actually, Brother Zeng and Brother Zhang aren’t unreasonable people, it’s just that the department’s business volume was too low before, and learning techniques was too difficult.”
“That’s why they seemed stingy.”
Han Xiaoping didn’t directly mention money, but he was subtly implying that money could solve many problems.
Lu Cheng’s heart was still a bit tight as he looked at Han Xiaoping, “Brother Han, you’re not going to get involved in all this messy stuff too, are you?”
Han Xiaoping was startled and immediately adjusted his glasses, “Brother Lu, if I cause you any trouble, I’ll cut off my head and let you kick it around!~”
Saying this, Han Xiaoping chuckled foolishly, “If Director Lin hadn’t said I was being too proactive with you and it looked bad, I would have treated you the same way you treat Teacher Chen.”
“Brother Lu, to be honest, teaching someone a skill is akin to recreating them, worthy of being enshrined.”
In every shrine, heaven, earth, family, country, and teacher are revered.
The teacher is one who imparts knowledge, instructs, and resolves doubts.
“There’s no need for that, I’ve just got some psychological shadow from this incident today, it made it seem like I disrupted Fifth Brother’s family harmony,” Lu Cheng said with lingering fear.
Han Xiaoping pondered for a moment, no longer lying flat as before, but actively saying, “Given the ‘harmony’ in Fifth Brother’s family, it should have been broken long ago.”
“If I were Tian Zhuang, I’d rather die than tolerate it until now!”
“But Brother Zhuang’s learning efficiency is really fast! As expected of someone from Jida University.”
This Jida University is not Jishou City University, but Jilin University.
Tian Zhuang’s internship unit is even the Affiliated Hospital of Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University. It’s likely due to family reasons that he didn’t choose to pursue a master’s degree and went straight into standardized training and work.
Tian Zhuang doesn’t have Han Xiaoping’s “intuition,” and started learning the basic skills of suturing later, but his progress speed is faster than Han Xiaoping’s, which he has to admit.
The key is that Tian Zhuang is a full two years younger than Han Xiaoping!
As the two were chatting, they heard a roar from outside: “Try saying that one more time?”
It was clearly Du Daihua, who had erupted in the Emergency Surgery Clinic, the sound piercing through layers of separation and reaching the ears of Lu Cheng and Han Xiaoping.
Lu Cheng and Han Xiaoping were stunned by the sound, then immediately stood up and rushed out.
Du Daihua was on duty in the Emergency Clinic that night. Du Daihua has always been an ‘honest person’, rarely losing his temper, and has an even better temper than Tian Zhuang.
“What’s wrong with me cursing you? It’s your own lack of skill, and you don’t want to be cursed?”
“You’re enjoying the benefits of the state’s support, and then you stop acting human, right?”
“Everyone look, this doctor is throwing a tantrum, he has no ability, he can’t do this, can’t do that, and won’t let people talk about it…” A tall, sturdy young man was loudly mocking at the entrance of the Surgical Clinic.
Du Daihua is not tall, only about 1.6 meters. Although his build is robust and his muscles are strong, in front of the young man who is 1.85 meters tall, he looks like a child.
“You’re useless! If you were useful, you’d be treating patients! What are you shouting about here?” Seeing that Du Daihua had stopped talking, the youth continued to provoke him.
Du Daihua calmed down a bit, but his tone was still angry, “I can’t treat it, our hospital can’t handle your situation!~”
“Go get treatment wherever you want.”
The youth instantly gained confidence, with his bulging belly, he cursed and walked out, “County hospitals are being ruined by doctors like you, you don’t know anything when asked, you don’t know anything at all!~”
Lu Cheng and Han Xiaoping saw that the two were not officially clashing, so they didn’t go closer to stir up trouble.
Du Daihua said, “Please wait a moment, you haven’t taken your medical record book. You still need to go to the hospital for the pain caused by this giant liver cyst!~”
“It’s best to go to Jishi City quickly.”
The youth said, “Why do I need a medical record book? I can just go there directly!”
“If you were a doctor like me, I could do it too. Isn’t it just saying that I can’t handle your situation and you should go to a higher-level hospital? It’s that simple…”
“And you get upset when I say a few things? You have no ability and don’t let people talk about it?”
“Really, it’s the temper that comes from being spoiled by the country.”
“If you weren’t a doctor, you’d starve to death sooner or later,” the youth grumbled, holding his upper right abdomen.
He saw Lu Cheng and Han Xiaoping and angrily said, “You two shouldn’t be watching either, you’re all the same kind of people who don’t know anything, you parasites.”
Lu Cheng and Han Xiaoping, although innocent victims, did not retort.
Du Daihua had just said that this was liver pain caused by a giant liver cyst. It was likely that the cyst was truly large, and the county hospital really couldn’t handle it.
However, Lu Cheng cautiously asked, “Brother? Do you want me to call an ambulance for you and transfer you?”
“Why the hell would I call an ambulance? Ambulances are so expensive!”
“As I said, you doctors, you have no ability, and you only have your eyes on the little money in ordinary people’s pockets…”
Lu Cheng winked at Han Xiaoping, urging him to quickly call the Security Office and the on-duty supervisor to report the incident.
Patients who argue directly with doctors in the emergency clinic like this are considered high-risk for medical disputes.
Du Daihua came out at this moment and said, “No matter what you think, we still have to tell you, our county cannot handle your situation.”
“And the cyst is quite large, so we suggest you transfer quickly, and by ambulance, otherwise, if it ruptures, it will be life-threatening… Please sign…”
The youth was already at the entrance of the Emergency Department, cursing as he left, “I’m not signing… So what? Are you going to force me to sign?”
The youth left.
Lu Cheng then looked at Du Daihua and asked, “What’s going on?”
“He complained of upper right abdominal pain and wanted me to prescribe painkillers. I ordered a CT scan for him, and then he had an opinion after discovering the giant cyst.”
“He told me to handle it quickly, and I said we can’t handle it here, so he got angry and started cursing,” Du Daihua said.
“It’s as if us not being able to handle his cyst is a grave sin, an offense to our ancestors.”
Lu Cheng listened and immediately said, “Then report the situation to the on-duty supervisor quickly and have them secure the surveillance footage from the emergency clinic.”
“Make sure to get the recording.”
“For people like this, all we can do is do our best.”
Du Daihua nodded and sighed, “I guess that’s all we can do.”
Du Daihua then said innocently, “Brother Lu, aren’t we all human? Just because we put on a white coat does it mean we have to have superpowers?”
“If he’s so capable, why doesn’t he become a billionaire himself and hire his own medical team?”
“He questions why I’m a doctor? What’s wrong with me being a junior doctor?”
Lu Cheng said, “Stop talking, get back to work. Also, extract this patient’s phone number. I’ll try calling him to appease him.”
“Although he was wrong, his mistake isn’t fatal. If it’s truly a giant liver cyst, we must provide a proper referral!”
Lu Cheng also didn’t know how to, so he could only do his best as a ‘junior doctor’ helplessly.
Technique is not naturally endowed; it’s not something you learn upon entering the medical field, but something you learn bit by bit.
What do you do when you lack ability? You do your job as a junior doctor well, and then spend time and effort to turn that helplessness into capability.
Every good doctor is like this, gradually reducing their moments of helplessness…
