The professor was about to defend himself. However, when he saw Zheng Ren's awe-inspiring expression, he cowered and left in embarrassment.
"Chief Xia, the diagnosis is clearer now. I think we'll need surgery to treat it. I don't recommend doing an endoscopy because the diverticulum is too big. It's still safer to operate," Zheng Ren said.
Chief Xia did not understand what Zheng Ren was talking about when he mentioned digital matrix or reverse extrapolation. She just felt that it made sense. She stared blankly at the CT scan of the patient's lower abdomen that was inserted into the scanner. She thought that perhaps only Philips' engineers who had started to study medicine could comprehend this.
"Chief Xia?" Zheng Ren asked again.
"Hmm?" Director Xia came back to her senses and smiled. "The younger generation is truly talented. Since the professor and you have the same idea, let's operate then."
Chapter 510 - Metal Allergy Or Anxiety Disorder?
Although the patient's family still had their doubts, seeing Chief Xia and Professor Rudolf Wagner both agreed with Zheng Ren's words made them feel like they were left with no other choice.
They began to go through the hospitalization procedures and prepared for emergency surgery according to Zheng Ren's diagnosis.
"Boss, Sister Zhao is free at noon," Su Yun said to Zheng Ren after Chief Xia left.
"Okay, we'll go at noon then." After saying that, Zheng Ren remembered the patient named Li Chen whom he had help to admit in the morning. He said to Chang Yue, "Chang Yue, ask Li Chen if he had breakfast this morning."
"He didn't have breakfast. He was prepared to undergo a blood test this morning but I told him he didn't have to," Chang Yue replied.
Most patients thought that they could take their blood test on the first day they were admitted to the hospital. Many of them came to the hospital without having breakfast.
In places like the Capital and Shanghai where patients gathered all over the country, hospitals would adopt the method of checking up on patients as soon as they were admitted in order to establish a faster turnover rate.
However in places like Sea City, the number of patients and surgeries done were far from overcapacity.
Therefore, patients who basically came to the hospital on an empty stomach would end up in disappointment and repeat their fasting for the next day.
Zheng Ren guessed that there might be such a possibility. When he heard Chang Yue say that, he quickly said, "Chang Yue, quickly tell Li Chen not to eat or drink yet. Let's do some 64-slice CT scans with 3D-image reconstruction together at noon."
"Okay." Chang Yue never held back on work matters.
After explaining all this, Zheng Ren's messy morning finally calmed down a little.
Zheng Ren really wanted to sit down and enter the System to read the periodicals and magazines. However, he remembered that he had not gone to the emergency observation room yet, so he had to be cautious.
He braced himself and walked out of the office.
Su Yun followed him and said beside Zheng Ren, "Boss, based on your understanding of CT scans, I really doubt that you've done machine maintenance before."
"I'll be fine," Zheng Ren said.
Seeing Zheng Ren's dismissive attitude, Su Yun pursed his lips. However, when he thought about how high Zheng Ren's standards were, it did not matter what he said as Zheng Ren would usually easily prove him wrong. Therefore, he could only hold back his tongue.
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'My skills are inferior to others. This is really... ' Su Yun sighed in his heart.
He had just arrived at the Emergency Department when he heard a commotion.
Zheng Ren frowned and hurriedly rushed over.
A patient was standing in the hall with a list in his hand, passionately talking about something.
There were other bystanders beside him, as well as doctors and nurses.
"The doctor told me that he wanted to help me change my dressing. How can he help me like this? Will I get an extra charge if he 'helps'?" the person shouted.
Looking at his agitated expression, Zheng Ren was really worried that his blood pressure skyrocket and cause a cerebral hemorrhage.
"What happened?" Zheng Ren walked into the crowd and asked a nurse from the emergency department in a low voice.
"Chief Zheng, his arm is injured. He was stitched up in our hospital a few days ago. Today, the surgeon changed his dressing. For some reason, he didn't want to pay the fee, so he got into a fight," the nurse whispered to Zheng Ren helplessly.
Zheng Ren talked to the nurse and instantly understood what had happened.
The patient must have come to ask for a change of dressing. For such a thing, it did not matter if he paid the fee first or later. It was not much money anyway. It was different from the Capital and Shanghai. The price of changing one's dressing in Sea City was only 10 to 80 yuan.
Most people who ran away felt that it was troublesome to pay, so they simply left.
When they encountered reasonable people who were afraid of trouble, they simply threw 10 to 20 yuan to the doctor and asked him to help pay the fee.
However, for the patient in front of him, Zheng Ren reckoned that the surgeon said that he would 'help' him to change his dressing and had given him a bill afterward. That was when the trouble had started.
Zheng Ren was also helpless. There was nothing he could do. The emergency department would always encounter problems of one kind or another.
However, this was not a big deal. Zheng Ren immediately contacted Medical Services and asked the security guard to warn the patient to go to head to Medical Services if he needed anything. If he continued causing a ruckus in the emergency hall, it could be considered a disturbance of public order and might require criminal detention.
Although the patient was a little unreasonable and wanted to save some money, he did not mind wasting time. However, the more someone felt that way, the more afraid they were of things like criminal detention.
If it were a few years ago, Zheng Ren really would not have been able to do anything about it.
Recently however, things like fighting criminals and pulling banners had been classified as disturbing public order, so Zheng Ren had the confidence to say what he did.
There was no need to deal with such things. He could just leave it to the medical office and let the professionals deal with such unreasonable people.
However, it still delayed Zheng Ren for nearly an hour.
Zheng Ren looked at the resentful eyes of the minor receptionist in the medical office and felt a little embarrassed. However, everyone had their own responsibilities. Zheng Ren could not spend a lot of time reasoning with others.
Moreover, Zheng Ren knew his own limits. Even if he explained it, he would not be able to do a good job on it.
He could not lower his IQ and explanations to his level... So he would be 'defeated' by someone who was richer in experiences compared to him.
After dealing with this matter, Zheng Ren walked around the emergency department's observation room.
The patients' conditions were all quite minor. In any case, as far as the System's interface was concerned, all the patients showed a light red hue. There were no patients who seemed to be going through significant issues.
Zheng Ren wanted to go to the surgery department to comfort the emergency surgeon. He would definitely not be in a good mood when encountered with such a situation where he would not know whether to laugh or cry.
When he arrived at the examination room, a pale and listless patient caught Zheng Ren's attention.
The patient was a female in her thirtie
s. Her head was resting against a man's shoulder. Her eyes were slightly closed, her brows tightly knit, and her eyelashes were trembling slightly. The doctor from the emergency department stood in front of the patient. She seemed to be in a difficult position. She wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Ren came to the physician's side and asked.
"Sometimes, the patient complains of dizziness and headaches but her symptoms aren't serious... Sometimes she says her arm hurts, and sometimes, it's her leg." The physician also felt very helpless.
According to the physician, the patient had typical psychological symptoms, hinting at hysteria. Besides that, it could also be from anxiety, depression, or any other mental illnesses.
Otherwise, one would not be uncomfortable in so many different parts of their body.
However, Zheng Ren saw a strange diagnosis on the System panel.
An allergy?
That was strange.
Zheng Ren said, "Go settle your work first. I'll deal with this."
The physician felt relieved. The room was full of people. If he did not handle his things now, there would be plenty of people who would be unhappy.
"I guess I'll have to trouble you then, Chief Zheng." The physician treated Zheng Ren as his savior and happily ran off.
Mental illnesses such as hysteria and anxiety disorders could not be confirmed with relevant data. They could only be guessed based on experience and one could not just simply inform them to the patient or their family.
If he were to be direct... Zheng Ren had met a neurosurgeon who ended up with a patient with hysteria and said that he just had a headache.
He happened to be in time for resuscitation. The neurosurgeon did not have a good temper or the time to be dismissive. Instead, he simply told the patient about his condition and suggested for them to go to a mental hospital to have it checked out.
It was no surprise when the patient made a complaint about the doctor the next day.
This kind of thing was quite troublesome for doctors.
Chapter 511 - Did Not Reply To His Curses
"Hello, I'm the Emergency Department's chief resident. My name is Zheng Ren." Zheng Ren smiled and introduced himself first. After that, he said, "Have you been feeling unwell recently?"
The man had been looking at Zheng Ren and Su Yun. Seeing that they were both very young, he was not very willing to communicate with them.
"My wife is suffering all over. I can't tell what's wrong with her even after coming here so many times. Every time, all they end up doing is just a routine check-up," the man complained in a low voice.
The reason he was whispering was not that he was afraid of offending Zheng Ren, but because he felt disdain from the bottom of his heart.
Zheng Ren did not care about his complaints either. He carefully observed the female patient.
She was dressed very plainly. She was not wearing a ring, necklace, or any metal jewelry.
Could it be that, like Cui Heming's mother, there was something wrong with her teeth?
That was a possibility!
Zheng Ren smiled and said, "How long has it been since your lover has been so unwell?"
"Three years!" The man's tone was very unpleasant to listen to. It was hard and full of resentment.
"Were you fine before this? Have you had any experience with dentures previously?" Zheng Ren asked again.
"Yes, yes. How many times are you guys going to ask these sorts of questions? Young doctor, we're already preparing to go to the Capital. Can you stop bothering me? You're asking about dentures? You clearly don't know anything." The man was very annoyed.
Zheng Ren had no choice now. The patient's family did not understand medical concerns... Actually, the patient's family could not be blamed. After all, they had come back so many times but could still not find the root cause of her ailments.
No one else would be happy if they were in the same situation.
However, could one truly blame the doctor? A metal allergy was quite rare... No, it was definitely a very rare disease. What was common with metal allergies was the appearance of local ulcers and other symptoms.
If it were so simple, they would have been diagnosed a long time ago.
Furthermore, the patient's illness was characterized by periodic discomfort. If one did not have rich clinical experience or a large hoof, it would really impossible for one to figure it out. (Note 1)
Su Yun saw that the attitude of the patient's family member was unsavory and snorted coldly.
Although Zheng Ren knew that this fellow rarely got agitated at patients, he was still afraid that he had not slept well the night before. He was full of anger when he woke up and might argue with the patient's family member.
He used his shoulder to lightly bump Su Yun before he smiled and said, "What kind of tests has your lover gone through then? Can you let me take a look?"
He did not react to the man's harsh words.
Zheng Ren's attitude toward this was pretty good. He did not retaliate physically or scold the other person.
Although the patient's family was unhappy with the situation, he still hesitated on continuing to be rude. He picked up a bag and handed it to Zheng Ren.
Zheng Ren first took out all the test sheets and looked through them. One by one, he glanced through them quite intently.
The tests were very comprehensive. It covered almost all the common blood tests in the clinic, and her results had all come back as normal.
From the test results, the patient was considered a healthy person.
He checked the other tests... Zheng Ren took a glance and found a well-lit area before taking out the x-ray scans and analyzing them.
CT, x-ray... All kinds of scans were available.
"These scans were taken in your hospital a few months ago when my wife said her leg hurt." The patient's family pointed at a knee x-ray that Zheng Ren was looking at and began to complain. "Countless tests were done, and every test said that she was fine."
"What symptoms did she have at the time when she required a knee x-ray?" Zheng Ren asked casually.
"It was muscle and joint pain." the patient's family answered Zheng Ren's question subconsciously.
"Did you do an MRI scan for the knee?"
"I can't. Why are you even asking all these questions? Do you know how to treat patients? You're just asking so many questions!"
Something was not right. Zheng Ren heard something unusual from the patient's family. Zheng Ren pretended not to hear his unpleasant words. After filtering out the invalid information, all that was left was the information that Zheng Ren needed.
Usually, this kind of pain did not rule out tendon or meniscus damage. It should be done with an MRI, not an x-ray plain film.
Furthermore, the patient's family said that they could not do it?
Could it be that they had done a metal-inlaid surgery?
Zheng Ren's eyes widened in realization!
"Has your wife done a surgery like a fracture fixation?" Zheng Ren continued to ask, "or a surgery where there's a metal-inlaid fixation in the body."
"No, she just had a goddamn fracture." The patient's family was getting more and more impatient.
It was strange. The sudden opening up just now disappeared immediately and turned into darkness again.
The System's diagnosis was annoying. Zheng Ren cursed in his heart. It only said the patient had a metal allergy but not where they were being affected!
Zheng Ren put in the x-ray film of the patient's knee. Within that moment, Su Yun finally could not hold it in anymore and said, "What's so strange about it? If you can't do an MRI then it's most probably because your wife has a contraceptive ring inside her..."
This sentence flashed through Zheng Ren's mind like a bolt of lightning. The darkness was torn apart!
Zheng Ren immediately started searching in the bag.
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On the other hand, Su Yun had a disdainful look on his face. He blew at his messy fringe that was resting on his forehead.
Zheng Ren ignored the conflict between the two of them. He made the best use of his time to find the piece of film he needed, Fu Zifu's c.h.e.s.t and abdomen area.
Sure enough, just as Su Yun had said, a contraceptive ring could be seen in the patient's pelvic cavity.
Moreover, there were no metal images in the c.h.e.s.t and abdomen scan. Combined with Zheng Ren's observation, he was almost certain he had deduced the source of the patient's illness.
"Be quiet," Zheng Ren said in a deep voice. "I know what the problem is."
Su Yun was stunned. Did he know? That was impossible. Was he going to actually suggest that the patient go to a mental hospital due to an anxiety disorder or...
Looking around, Su Yun wanted to find Fan Tianshui.
He wanted to be prepared in case a fight broke out.
Although Su Yun was agile, there was always strength in numbers when it came to fights so that they would not get bullied.
If he did not use a person like Fan Tianshui, he would be considered a fool.
Zheng Ren saw that the patient's lover was full of anger, so he did not beat around the bush. He immediately said, "Your lover has a very rare metal allergy, which has originated from her metal contraceptive ring. As long as you go to the gynecology department and take the ring out, there won't be a problem anymore."
After he finished speaking in one breath, the patient's family was stunned. However, he was then spat at and scolded, "What bullsh*t diagnosis is that! There are many people wearing the ring, so why don't I see anything wrong with them?"
"There are also many people on the road, so why don't I see them coming to the hospital?" Su Yun immediately retorted back at him.
Su Yun's words...made sense.
The patient's family was stunned.
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