My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1124: Chapter 443: Fighting a Protracted Battle Against Illness, Shamelessness (Part 2)

There were even patient deaths.

It’s quite mysterious, as those negative news items often disappear shortly after they appear.

It’s unclear whether the PR team at the Third Hospital managed to pacify the family, causing them to voluntarily delete the posts, or if there were other reasons.

Overall, it seems quite eerie.

Currently, there is no negative news about the Third Hospital on the internet; not a single piece.

In contrast, if you search for negative news about Tuya Hospital, there are quite a lot.

Especially on some patient forums and discussion boards, they are everywhere.

This is just like in a country where domestically, all you hear are songs of prosperity and praise, with never any bad news; it indicates that the country is in dire straits, to the point where no one dares to speak the truth.

The fact that the Third Hospital can manage to have no negative news, clean like a mirror, inevitably makes one feel that there’s something suspiciously eerie about it.

At least industry insiders absolutely do not believe it.

"Let’s go outside to discuss!"

Director Xue Yan had already performed preliminary treatment on the child patient. Now that Zhou Can had come over, she planned to have another detailed discussion with him.

Before this, she must have already had a discussion with the chief physicians in the department.

But no satisfactory result was obtained.

In the outside duty room, Zhou Can first reviewed all the materials related to the patient.

"These materials seem artificially altered. Especially the surgical records, post-operative medication, and rescue measures, clearly show signs of embellishment." Zhou Can is a professional, and he immediately noticed the problem after reviewing them.

"This issue has already been reported to the family, and they are working hard to gather more accurate data. But you know, when the whole hospital intentionally conceals real data, it becomes very easy to accomplish. Without intervention from higher authorities, it’s difficult to obtain complete and authentic data. Even if higher authorities intervene, unless it’s filed, it’s still hard to uncover the truth."

Director Xue Yan deeply understands the murky waters of hospital affairs.

Especially when dealing with medical incidents, the doctors, nurses, and administrative staff in that hospital have basically aligned interests, which leads to their unified stance.

No matter how you ask, you often get the same ambiguous or vague answers.

"Since we’ve informed the family, let’s proceed with blood tests and urine analysis for evidence collection, so there’s no fear of being scapegoated."

Zhou Can never lacks methods and wit when dealing with various unscrupulous people and messy matters.

You must guard against what’s necessary.

No one wants to be taken advantage of or scapegoated.

"Samples have already been tested, and specimens have been preserved. They may also worry about the child patient dying in the hospital, so medication has been conservative. At least based on the current routine test results, there’s no sign of over-medication."

Director Xue Yan signaled Zhou Can to review the results of the routine tests conducted by the hospital.

Besides the routine tests, chest CT and other comprehensive examinations were also performed, which make the examination quite thorough.

It seems Director Xue Yan is not naïve, as she is also cautiously guarding against the Third Hospital.

It’s estimated any hospital would adopt this attitude.

Tuya was benevolent enough to accept this child patient, which is already a great kindness.

Especially in today’s challenging medical environment, doctors, nurses, and hospitals are particularly cautious.

"Based on the images, the child patient currently has significant enlargement of the heart, combined with heart failure. If the atrial septum is repaired successfully through surgery, such symptoms are actually treatable. My mentor once specifically discussed similar cases with me when he was alive."

Zhou Can’s current task is to rule out whether the atrial septum of the child’s heart has been fully repaired.

He studies the images carefully.

After Zhou Can has almost finished reviewing, Director Xue Yan says, "I and the other department heads have reviewed it. Judging from various data, including blood flow signals, CT images, and EKG, the atrial septum repair seems in place. At least, there are no obvious issues found."

"How about we administer medication and observe the child’s reaction to adjust accordingly?"

Zhou Can discusses with her.

"That suits me perfectly. I’ve already used some medication for symptomatic treatment, but the results are not obvious."

She shows the prescription to Zhou Can.

"Switch to using heart stimulants and diuretics, tackle it with a two-pronged approach, and persist in the treatment."

Zhou Can offers a modification suggestion on the prescribed medication.

"I’ve already used heart stimulants; you suggest reducing the dose. Is there a specific rationale behind this?"

Despite being a disciple of Chief Hu Kan, in many aspects like medication strategy, handling intraoperative emergencies, and the flexible application of surgical techniques, Xue Yan is evidently not as adept as Zhou Can.

It’s like the teacher teaches the same arithmetic formula to students, and some can score full marks and even infer other related problem-solving approaches. Some learn addition and convert it independently into learning subtraction.

Some may learn it but score only 90 marks, able to adapt in practice but unable to infer or think reversely.

Zhou Can’s reverse thinking has always been a significant clinical advantage.

It’s simply a matter of different individuals having diverse thought processes.

With the same street lamp, some see light, some see the street, while others see electricity transforming into light.

"Reducing the dosage considers the patient’s weak tolerance capacity. Your treatment approach seems more like fighting with your back against the wall, intending to strike hard and quickly reverse the situation. My approach is more of a marathon-style long run, waging a prolonged battle against the disease of heart failure. Lowering the medication dosage also has a benefit of indirectly forcing the child’s heart to adapt to a heavier burden, thus serving as a kind of training for it, ultimately facilitating the child’s genuine recovery."