Department Chief Kong praised him, "Old Pan, you have good foresight!"
"Of course!"
With that, the two of them went to the operating theater, changed their clothes, and walked into the corridor
"Chief Zheng, you aren't really that great so why are you so busy?" a voice complained. The door of the operating theater was open, and the voice traveled into the corridor.
It was a small place. It was not standard for such a thing to occur and the door was not even closed when performing surgery. Department Chief Kong saw and heard everything as he thought to himself that there was not even the most basic concept of sterility here. If everything here was under him, he would have scolded them till kingdom come.
However, he did not say anything. He had to give Old Chief Physician Pan some face no matter what.
"This time, it's really not my fault. Department Chief Kong said that he wanted to see how busy we are. Once he said that, I felt that things today wouldn't go well. I guess I won't be able to sleep tonight. I'm not lying. If you don't believe me, you can ask Su Yun."
Zheng Ren's helpless voice was heard.
Department Chief Kong was stunned for a moment.
"Chief Cao, this patient was thrown into the ICU. You should go and take a closer look at him during the night," Su Yun said. "If the patient can't pay, don't ask for the money for the titanium clip from the emergency department. I also saved a cardiac tamponade for you. You should know better."
Department Chief Kong did not understand the situation inside at all. Should the atmosphere in the emergency department not always be tense with everyone having their hands busy? Why did such an atmosphere not exist in Sea City General Hospital?
When he walked into the operating theater, Department Chief Kong saw Zheng Ren patting the patient's leg with the needle holder before he turned around and left the stage.
The two of them looked at each other and were stunned for a moment.
"Department Chief Kong, what are you doing up here?" Zheng Ren was in a trance for a moment before he simply asked what was on his mind.
"Boss Zheng, are you done?" Department Chief Kong was also in a trance.
"I'm done." Zheng Ren tore off the sterile surgical gown and threw it into the red trash can. "You don't need me to carry the patient as well, right?"
"You can go, Boss. There are people in the thoracic department that can help." Su Yun just threw all responsibility to the thoracic department.
Chief Cao of the thoracic department was so embarrassed that he did not dare to object and remained silent.
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"The cardiac tamponade is not a big deal. Everything's fine once the patient is saved." Zheng Ren smiled and continued, "This patient was lucky to be carried on someone's back. I estimate that his heart stopped for more than five minutes but on the way here, the constant motion kept shaking and squeezing his heart. Because of that, he could still maintain some form of blood supply."
Department Chief Kong did not know what to say.
"He's fine. He'll wake up tomorrow morning. It's just the internal fixation of the rib fracture that's a bit more troublesome but that's been dealt with," Zheng Ren said.
Department Chief Kong was stunned when he saw the various indicators on the ECG monitor.
Chapter 542 - Monstrous Diagnosis and Treatment Range
All the indicators were normal. The electrocardiogram showed sinus rhythm.
Something like this…was truly unbelievable!
Department Chief Kong sighed in his heart.
"Chief Cao, we haven't met the patient's family members yet. Try to collect the money for the clip. If you can't then you'll have to bear the costs yourself." After saying that, Zheng Ren took off his gloves and mask before walking out of the operating theater with Chief Kong.
It was normal for a nameless person like him to not be able to collect the money for the resuscitation. That was why Zheng Ren and Su Yun had—whether intentionally or not—mentioned the money for the titanium clip so that they would not have a quarrel with the thoracic department in the future.
"Old Kong, what did I say? The surgery would definitely be finished by now," Old Chief Physician Pan said proudly with a smile.
Department Chief Kong only came to a realization at that moment. The operating theatre's main door was open because the skin had already been sutured and the circulating nurses had already started to clean up the operating theater.
This speed...was ridiculously fast.
"Boss Zheng, are you the chief surgeon? Or is it Su Yun?" Department Chief Kong suddenly thought of something. He knew that it was impolite to ask something like that but he was still curious.
"It's me," Zheng Ren said frankly. "He was drinking so we couldn't allow him to be the chief surgeon."
It seemed that Boss Zheng really could do emergency treatment for the thoracic department. Moreover, it seemed that his surgical skills were not inferior to Su Yun, who was known as the cardiothoracic surgery department's future star.
'What a monster,' Department Chief Kong lamented.
"Boss Zheng, I didn't mean to say that the emergency department would be very busy today." Department Chief Kong could not find anything else to say at that moment. If he were to just praise Zheng Ren for doing a good job in the thoracic surgery department, would it not seem a little shameful?
Therefore, he casually commented on something else.
Zheng Ren's expression froze for a moment. After that, he smiled apologetically and said, "Department Chief Kong, did you hear the joke I made earlier in the operating theater?"
"Yes, I heard it just now."
"Where did you hear it from?" Zheng Ren probed.
Department Chief Kong was surprised. It seemed like they were words meant to criticize him!
"It's okay. Department Chief Kong doesn't mind." Old Chief Physician Pan stepped forward to smooth things over. "Old Kong, you haven't worked in the emergency department for quite some time already, right? The doctors in the emergency department are very careful every day. Even if they aren't busy, they don't dare to say it as they're afraid that if they suddenly become busy the nurses will all complain. Over time, it's been considered a sort of taboo to say such a thing."
Department Chief Kong smiled and felt a little embarrassed.
"Let's go and wait for the patient's family," Old Chief Physician Pan said.
"The family hasn't arrived yet?" Zheng Ren asked.
"The patient's a mechanic. His home should be outside the city. They did not arrive yet when he came here," Old Chief Physician Pan said.
"Okay," Zheng Ren said. "Chief Physician Pan, you can head to your office. I'll bring Department Chief Kong to the ward to take a look before we head to the emergency observation room."
Since Department Chief Kong wanted to take a look, he would personally show him around.
The three of them changed their clothes and left the operating theater. Department Chief Kong felt a little awkward. He did not know why he had decided to change his clothes and head over.
When they arrived at the emergency department, Old Chief Physician Pan waved at them before returning to the office to deal with the troublesome matters that followed.
Zheng Ren found Department Chief Kong a set of more appropriate clothes to change into as the two of them began their journey to the ward.
Just as they arrived at the emergency observation room's entrance, a middle-aged man in his thirties stopped Zheng Ren.
"Hello, Dr. Zheng."
"You are..." Zheng Ren was in the advanced stage of facial blindness and could not recognize the person in front of him at
all.
"My wife has a metal allergy. Do you still remember?" The person was also a little embarrassed but it only lasted a moment.
When the metal allergy was mentioned, Zheng Ren immediately remembered.
"I didn't really believe the diagnosis you gave." The middle-aged man was a little embarrassed and continued, "But I thought that it wouldn't hurt to try, so we went to remove the IUD."
Zheng Ren smiled.
"It was completely cured last night and there are no more symptoms at all!" The middle-aged man was a little excited. "Dr. Zheng, you really are a godly doctor!"
"It's nothing like that." Zheng Ren waved his hand. "You shouldn't say such a thing. It's just a rare disease. As long as the cause is found, everything else is treatable."
The middle-aged man held Zheng Ren's hand and shook it hard, saying many words of gratitude.
In the end, he asked somewhat apprehensively, "Dr. Zheng, my wife's condition won't relapse, right?"
That was the main point of his visit. Zheng Ren knew that.
He smiled and looked into the eyes of the patient's family member. "Theoretically speaking, your wife's condition is very mild so her symptoms aren't too severe. She'll recover after the allergen is cut off. Just pay more attention in the future. Metal allergies are not a big deal. If she has a protein allergy, wheat allergy, or cannot eat many things, then that would be more of a headache for her."
People were afraid of comparing ailments.
The middle-aged man who had thought that his wife had a strange illness and was a little depressed, felt lucky when he heard Zheng Ren mention some of these rare allergies.
If his lover really had those sorts of illnesses, he would not even be able to eat meat and rice noodles...
Uh...
He bowed repeatedly and asked Zheng Ren for his phone number. After saying countless polite words, he left.
"Boss Zheng, what's just happened?" Department Chief Kong asked curiously.
He could guess a little from what the patient had said. However, Zheng Ren was beside him so it was better if he just asked it directly so he would not have to think too much about it.
Zheng Ren briefly explained the patient's condition and his own analysis.
It was rare to have an allergy to copper that came with an IUD.
Department Chief Kong did not know much about this sort of stuff, it was not something too unusual to him. After all, there were more than a billion people in the country and all kinds of difficult and complicated diseases were treated in the Capital. Even if they did not know how to treat it, they had heard about it during their own daily lives.
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If they were to personally experience a patient who was fine even after a checkup but still felt completely uncomfortable, most of the doctors would probably be overwhelmed by the situation.
Boss Zheng had performed the surgery beautifully. He even had a way of diagnosing and treating difficult and complicated diseases?
He was amazing!
Gradually, Department Chief Kong began to worry about assigning a few PhD students to Sea City as his replacement.
These PhD students would definitely not be able to handle a rare disease like a metal allergy.
"Oh right!" Zheng Ren suddenly said, "I forgot something."
Department Chief Kong was still worried and asked casually, "What's wrong?"
"I need to see a test report." Zheng Ren rushed to the emergency medical department's consultation room. He found the patient who was staying behind and began to read the test report.
There were a few test reports in front of him. Looking at the date, the HCG value had increased before he had left that day. The HCG value measured that morning was now back to normal. This puzzled Department Chief Kong slightly.
"Boss Zheng, are you conducting an abortion in the emergency department?" Department Chief Kong asked helplessly. If that was the case, should he not contact the obstetrics and gynecology department instead?
Instantly, the old man began to have a headache.
"No." Zheng Ren chuckled. He put the case back and left the emergency department's Internal Medicine Room as he said, "A student that was her classmate had an abortion and that left a psychological scar on her. She thought that she was pregnant and even her serum HCG was elevated."
Department Chief Kong was speechless.
"Yesterday, she was given an injection of diazepam and told she had a miscarriage. After that, she had a follow-up check this morning and her serum HCG went back to normal," Zheng Ren said. "It's just a small problem. Go and see the patient."
F * ck! Department Chief Kong cursed in his heart. Did he also have to assign a psychiatrist to Sea City General Hospital?
Chapter 543 - Other Than Chief Zheng, Who Else Could He Trust?
"Boss Zheng, you really treat all kinds of illnesses here," Department Chief Kong said as he sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"Not really," Zheng Ren said with a smile. "Under normal circ.u.mstances, difficult and complicated illnesses are normally treated in the Capital or Shanghai. After all, doctors in local primary hospitals are usually not very experienced since they don't have as much exposure," Zheng Ren said with a smile.
Department Chief Kong nodded. Zheng Ren was speaking the truth.
"But since I was the one looking at it, I managed to solve it. If it can be treated at Sea City then it'll be better for the patients as it'll save them a lot of time and money."
As they spoke, the two of them went to the emergency observation room and met with the female patient who had originally thought she was pregnant.
The patient sat on the hospital bed and was eating an apple with a smile. She did not look like she was on the verge of death after her violent vomiting fit yesterday.
"How do you feel?" Zheng Ren asked with a smile.
"Very good," the young female patient said. "It doesn't hurt at all. I think I can be discharged today. Doctor, you're really good at your job."
"Well, you should go back home and rest well then," Zheng Ren looked at her family, giving them a slight smile before he turned to leave.
Walking along the corridor, Department Chief Kong teased, "It's really easy for you to explain the patient's condition to them and have efficient communication."
"I'm just alright," Zheng Ren said. "The main thing is to not tell too much to the patient so that they can accept the psychological hints that you're giving them."
Generally speaking, it was easy to induce a placebo effect. Under certain conditions, it was something that even doctors could administer.
Zheng Ren had only used it once. All he had to do was tell the patient that she had a miscarriage which then alleviated her symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Moreover, the most amazing thing was that her serum HCG index had dropped on its own.
However, Zheng Ren was afraid. He was afraid that this little patient would think too much and these thoughts would fester on. He was not sure then what kind of trouble it would cause in the future.
In fact, the most puzzling thing about the matter was the fact that the patient had not previously engaged in any sort of intimate behavior. She did not even have a boyfriend. How could she have even believed that she was pregnant?
Zheng Ren did not have the time to understand the patient's mental journey in detail as he had not done previous research in that particular area. Therefore, he could only solve the problem using his own wits.
He believed that after this incident, the patient's family would also notice this particular problem.
He also hoped that similar problems would not happen agai
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After walking around the ward, Zheng Ren told Department Chief Kong in detail about the conditions of those staying in the emergency ward.
They were all senior doctors so there was no need to say too much. Department Chief Kong only nodded, indicating that he was following.
Just as he walked out of the emergency ward, the doctor from the emergency surgery department shouted from the other side of the corridor, "Chief Zheng, come here for a moment."
Zheng Ren glanced at Department Chief Kong and smiled bitterly in his heart.
He did not blame Chief Kong for spouting nonsense earlier. It was as if Zheng Ren could already see the tragedy of the day fast approaching. Moreover, having to do a cardiac tamponade felt like just the beginning.
The two of them went over. The emergency department's doctor said, "Chief Zheng, we just so happen to have a patient with simple appendicitis. Everything should be quite straightforward."
Zheng Ren took a look at the patient. She was a woman in her forties and slightly overweight.
He brought her up for a physical examination and then an emergency test afterward. The results matched the diagnosis on the System panel at the top right of his field of vision.
It was an acute simple appendicitis that required surgery because the patient was in severe pain.
Zheng Ren brought the patient and Department Chief Kong upstairs for in-patient surgery. On the way there, he asked the patient's family members if they had done a water fast beforehand so that surgery could be performed immediately.
Initially, he was not that anxious.
However, Zheng Ren was afraid that other things might pop up, so he told Chang Yue who was on duty to hurry up and perform the surgery.
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