My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1392 553: The Terrifying First Hospital Series, a Dark Horse Among Second-Rate Hospitals

Later, after treatment, the baby who was nearly killed by a plaster was able to recover.

Children recover quickly. After removing the plaster, cleaning up the purulent necrotic tissue, reducing inflammation, and keeping the wound dry, the child had recovered almost completely in less than five days.

That experience left a deep impression on Zhou Can.

Since then, every time he encounters a continuously crying baby with an unknown cause during his medical practice, he would be extra careful.

Because a child crying must have a reason.

Sometimes, because of the carelessness of parents, children swallow some small metal objects, or there might be a problem with a certain organ, or perhaps a head injury causing intracranial bleeding, etc. These all require doctors to be more attentive.

Because being slightly careless might miss the best opportunity for treatment.

After eating, on the way back to the Emergency Department operating room, Jiang Wei came up to him.

"Boss Zhou, are you free tonight?"

"Do you have something?"

"There's another private job, with a very substantial consultation fee. If the surgery fails, the lead surgeon's red envelope is a thousand. If the surgery succeeds, the lead surgeon's red envelope is three thousand."

Three thousand as a consultation fee is quite substantial.

Usually, for doctors below the level of chief physician, even if they are very capable, the consultation fee is at most around a thousand.

If it's fifteen hundred, it's already considered quite generous.

Performing surgery during a consultation also comes with a significant issue, which is the risk of surgery.

If the surgery fails, the consulting doctor usually can only receive travel expenses. Some doctors with thinner skin may not even feel right accepting travel expenses.

"No work, no pay" is deeply ingrained in China.

Whether it's a corrupt official, a minor thug in society, or other individuals, taking money without doing the job is still a minority.

"You seem to take on private work quite frequently!"

Zhou Can is not short of money, and he's also particularly busy.

Forget about a three thousand appearance fee; even if he were offered five thousand, he wouldn't want to take this job.

"One must find ways to make money and live! Who doesn't want to live a better life?"

Jiang Wei is very straightforward.

She doesn't avoid the issue of wanting to earn more money at all.

"I appreciate you thinking of me every time you get a private job, but I really am very busy and probably don't have the time for this consultation. Maybe you should contact other doctors instead!"

Zhou Can politely declined her invitation.

"Where could I find a better surgeon than you? Please help me out!"

She pleaded softly with Zhou Can.

"It's not that I don't want to help, I really don't have the time."

Zhou Can remained unmoved.

"I know you usually have to work overtime in Cardiothoracic Surgery, but this morning you said you'd finally be able to leave early this evening. Just help me this once, okay? The patient will definitely die if they can't get timely surgery."

She was almost at the point of grabbing Zhou Can's arm to plead.

But when it came to physical contact, she was always very proper, never behaving inappropriately.

"In the morning, I casually said something, and by noon you already have a task lined up for me? At this rate, you must be taking private work more frequently than I imagined!"

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in Zhou Can's words.

"It's all about survival! Look, this is my chat record with an old classmate. While we were eating, she asked me for help. She knows I'm with you now and is aware of your high surgical skills, so she asked me to help."

She showed the chat record to Zhou Can.

It really was the chat record from earlier, and it was indeed her classmate.

The other party also mentioned that the patient's condition is critical and the surgery is quite difficult. Their hospital doesn't have the capability to perform this surgery, so they could only seek experts from outside.

There are fewer than ten experts in the city who can perform this surgery, and they either don't take on private work or are unavailable.

Jiang Wei's old classmate couldn't find a suitable doctor, so she thought of asking her for help.

"Have your classmate send over the patient's information. If it's within my capability, I can take this case. But don't count on me next time; I don't take private jobs, I don't."

Zhou Can eventually felt compassion for the patient.

This kind of patient with post-surgical complications is generally avoided by hospitals.

Because cleaning up someone else's mess, if done well, doesn't earn much reward. If done poorly, one might get dragged down too.

So no one wants to take on patients with failed surgeries.

Usually, only the original treating hospital can follow through to the end.

If one has a good relationship with a senior leader or department chief in a major hospital, one might be able to seek some help.

"Thank you, Boss! Haha, finally!"

Jiang Wei looked very pleased.

She sent a voice message to her old classmate right in front of Zhou Can.

The other party was also very pleased to learn that Zhou Can had agreed, and quickly sent over the patient's information.

"Boss, I forwarded it to you via WeChat."

Jiang Wei waved her phone.

Zhou Can took a look at the patient's general situation. The patient is only 33 years old, male, suffered from severe vomiting due to alcohol abuse, then experienced chest pain and difficulty breathing, and was taken by ambulance to the nearby First Hospital for treatment. After admission, First Hospital conducted an examination and found the patient's right lung breath sounds were absent, and a chest X-ray indicated a right-sided pneumothorax.

This is a clear case of spontaneous esophageal rupture.

The hospital then urgently arranged for surgery for the patient, performing a repair operation on the esophageal rupture.

During surgery, they found the patient's esophageal tear to be as long as 6cm.

The surgeon performed mucosal and muscular layer suturing, followed by pleural suturing. The surgery went smoothly without any incidents.