Chapter 746: Chapter 303: When a Poor Person Gets Ten Coins, They Must Shake Their Clothes Loudly, This is True Effective Treatment_3
Director Zhang made a concluding speech.
She gave Yang Chan some face. The final treatment plan was essentially the same as the one proposed by Zhou Can.
Director Zhang Bihua is also a decisive person. After identifying the cause of the illness, she confirmed the treatment plan, immediately rushed to the ward to check on the young patient, and issued a medication prescription.
It’s worth mentioning that she did not encroach upon Zhou Can’s responsibilities.
The task of writing prescriptions was left to Zhou Can; she merely provided guidance and oversight from behind.
This was an opportunity to give young professionals as much exposure and recognition as possible.
Many veteran colleagues tend to hoard benefits and credit for themselves. Director Zhang’s selfless mentorship, which helped cultivate new talent, made her image particularly admirable.
Zhou Can didn’t say it, but he held deep respect for her in his heart.
Especially after experiencing the day’s lesson that even fine wine needs to be promoted, Zhou Can became much more active than before in building his reputation.
He wouldn’t take unearned glory.
But this patient was initially his to consult, and his contribution to the diagnosis was significant. Essentially, he had been the primary consulting physician, with Zhang Bihua only providing supplemental guidance.
Thus, it was only reasonable that he write this treatment prescription.
After completing the prescription, what followed was the anticipation of the medication’s effects. They would have to wait until the next day for feedback on the results.
All treatment requires time.
The treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus is an even longer process, and under normal circumstances, like hypertension, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, requires lifelong medication and is incurable.
Leaving the ward, Zhou Can knew that Zhang Bihua would be working late to perform surgeries on two patients tonight.
He volunteered eagerly to participate in the surgeries.
Coincidentally, the pregnant woman had successfully been weaned off the ventilator during lunchtime, and after monitoring throughout the afternoon, her vital signs were all normal. Her autonomous breathing had also recovered quite well.
She was now ready to be transferred to the general ward for care.
With his hands now free, Zhou Can could focus his energy and time on other learning opportunities.
Surgery had always been his strong point and was a path in medicine he was determined to follow.
Even his current internal medicine residency was to lay a foundation for his future surgical career.
Director Zhang was quite fond of him, and this small request was readily granted.
However, it was nearly impossible for Zhou Can to step into the operating room and immediately take on a significant surgical task.
Every time you work with a chief physician, gaining their approval and trust requires proving oneself bit by bit.
Any treatment that involves hands-on patient care, especially when it comes to surgery, is seen as high-risk by supervising doctors, who are exceedingly careful and cautious with delegation.
It’s quite normal for even resident doctors who have worked for two to three years not to have handled surgical instruments in the operating room.
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The next day, after breakfast at the hotel, Zhou Can joined the experts on their way to Xinxiang Women and Children’s Hospital.
More than half of the seven-day expert clinic activity had passed; today was the fifth day, fast approaching the end.
Zhou Can felt that the overall gain from the past four days surpassed what he learned from a month of residency at Tuya Hospital. Being forcefully assigned by Director Shang of the Digestive Internal Medicine department to join the expert clinic turned out to be a good thing.
Life is such that if you don’t venture out, you’ll never know how wonderful tomorrow can be.
If he hadn’t done consultations on his own, he would never have understood how important reputation is for a doctor. Yesterday, after seeing patients all day and observing long lines at the other experts’ consultation tables, especially at Zhang Bihua’s, while his own area remained empty, he felt particularly disheartened.
This experience taught him what to strive for in the future.
Just like many rich second-generation individuals, they spend their parents’ money without a second thought and have no idea about the hardships of earning it.
Only after the family fortunes decline and they struggle for meals do they understand the importance of money.
If they had realized this sooner and had not wasted their wealth so recklessly in the past, even saving a modest sum of ten or twenty thousand could have averted the situation of being without food.
The importance of recognition sometimes surpasses everything else.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Zhou Can’s first task was to rush to the ward to check on the child’s condition.
After medication, the patient’s temperature had further decreased and was nearly normal. Symptoms such as coughing, vomiting, and abdominal pain were significantly relieved, and his stool had changed from watery to light brown loose stools.
Diarrhea had decreased from a dozen or more times per day to five.
Additionally, the child’s father happily told Zhou Can that the child had eaten two steamed buns and drank a bowl of watery rice porridge in the morning, indicating a clear increase in appetite.
All signs suggested the boy was suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus, and everything was moving in a positive direction.
This improvement was unlike the temporary improvement after the treatments of fasting, gastrointestinal decompression, rehydration, and acid suppression from two days earlier.
Now, the correct cause of the illness had been identified, and he was receiving truly effective treatment.
Whereas the slight improvement seen the day before was just an illusion, temporary in nature.