My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 996: Chapter 394: The First Accident—A Good Doctor Must Lose a Few Patients

"Do you know what our greatest ability as reporters is?" She stared at Zhou Can and asked.

Zhou Can shook his head.

"The right to interview! As long as we think it’s valuable news, we can interview, write it into a news article, and once it’s approved, it can be presented to the public. If your character remains as upright as it is now, this reporter can help you with free publicity."

They say women are very emotional.

Zhou Can helped her rescue that child, and during their conversation, he sparked some ideological resonance. She directly expressed her willingness to help Zhou Can with free publicity.

Such benefits, other doctors would be eager to get.

But Zhou Can seemed quite indifferent.

"There’s really no need to deliberately report my positive news. People fear being famous, pigs fear getting fat. I’d rather continue to work quietly and gradually improve. The influence of your TV station is too great; if you get me on TV again, I’m really afraid I won’t be able to handle it."

Zhou Can declined her kind offer.

Old Qin, sitting opposite, just shook his head and looked at Zhou Can with a slight surprise.

Young people who can be indifferent to fame and fortune are too rare these days.

Rarer than pandas.

"Hehe, what are you thinking! Do you think it’s so easy to get on a TV news program? I’m talking about newspapers and social media." She liked Zhou Can’s earnestness.

The less someone chases fame and fortune, the more outstanding they are.

"Newspaper and social media publicity isn’t necessary either! I know you’re well-intentioned, but I really don’t need it now. Can I contact you later when I need it?"

Zhou Can refused again.

"Okay, okay! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, if you choose not to have publicity now, there’ll be conditions the next time you ask for my help."

She squinted slightly as she said this.

"Deal!"

Zhou Can readily agreed.

"Oh, I have to go back to the Emergency Department for the night shift; I can’t stay with you. You take your time eating!"

He glanced at the time, quickly stood up, and bade farewell to Mu Qin and Old Qin.

Returning to the Emergency Department, Dr. Xu really took care of him! He left two Level 3 surgeries for him.

Due to the high risk of Level 3 surgeries, Dr. Xu didn’t leave as usual but stayed in the operating room to guide Zhou Can through the surgeries.

"Was the Pediatric clinic smooth today?"

Dr. Xu casually asked as he got ready for surgery.

"Everything went quite smoothly. Just a child fell from the top of a car to the ground, resulting in a dislocated right arm. I performed a manual reduction, but the child kept crying in pain and continued to cry when leaving. But after successfully relocating his shoulder joint, he was able to raise his right arm and regained his grip ability. Do you think there might be any problem?"

Zhou Can sat in the clinic for a day, and only this patient made him feel a bit troubled.

It’s undeniably fortunate to have a mentor to confide in.

"Didn’t you take another X-ray after the reduction to check?"

Dr. Xu thought for a moment and asked.

"No!"

Zhou Can did this to help the patient save on medical costs and reduce their exposure to radiation.

The radiation from an X-ray is not significant, but it’s best to avoid it if possible.

"Did you take an X-ray before the reduction?"

"Of course, I did!"

"After you clock in tomorrow, go to Pediatrics and pull out the pre-reduction X-rays for me. If the child was always crying loudly before the reduction, it’s likely because he’s spoiled, and it’s not much of an issue. But if he wasn’t crying during your consultation, and then started crying fiercely after the shoulder joint was relocated, further investigation of potential risks is needed."

Dr. Xu, being a veteran doctor, has far more diagnostic experience than Zhou Can.

With just a few words, he pinpointed the crux of the problem.

Zhou Can carefully recalled that the child didn’t cry when he entered the clinic. There were only traces of tears on his face.

When he returned after the examination, he still didn’t cry.

He felt a bit uneasy.

He could only wait until tomorrow to check the child’s pre-reduction X-rays.

Generally speaking, if a patient experiences issues after treatment, they usually report back to the hospital in a short time.

So far, the family hasn’t called to give any feedback to the hospital.

This gave Zhou Can a bit of peace of mind.

In the Emergency Department operating room, he was engaged in surgery with Qiao Yu and Luo Shishen.

...

Early the next morning, just before eight, Zhou Can went to Pediatrics to retrieve the patient’s records.

He looked through the child’s X-rays and didn’t find any obvious problems.

He could only see the shoulder joint dislocation.

He sent the X-rays to Dr. Xu for review and also copied the phone number left by the child during the consultation.

He planned to call the family later to inquire.

Just as he returned to the Emergency Department, the triage nurse Zhou Yanqing called him.

"Dr. Zhou, there’s something I need to inform you about."

"Go ahead!"

Zhou Can detected from her tone that it might not be good news.

"Yesterday, the boy with the dislocated right arm, his parents have brought him back to the hospital. They’re demanding to see the person in charge."

You fear what you anticipate the most.

After going home yesterday, Zhou Can had been contemplating this child’s case.

He couldn’t understand why the child kept crying and was in pain even after the shoulder joint was successfully repositioned.

Now, with the family coming directly to the hospital, the child is likely experiencing problems.

"Did they say what the issue is?"

It’s Zhou Can’s first time encountering such a situation, and he’s understandably a bit nervous.

"The boy’s father was especially aggressive, saying we worsened their child’s condition. I didn’t dare to ask more, for fear of getting hit. This matter has already been reported to Director Tang, and they’ve been escorted to the doctor’s office."