Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s
Chapter 326 - Chapter 326 【326】The last patient

Chapter 326: [(326)] The last patient Chapter 326: [(326)] The last patient The young man stared blankly at her serious face, “This female doctor is so young, she looks like a student, but she speaks with the authority of an older doctor, leaving him dumbfounded in waves.”

Xie Wanying handed the medical records and test orders to the patient.

“Doctor, is my condition serious?” the young man persisted anxiously.

“Whether it’s serious or not depends on whether you’ll follow the doctor’s advice from now on,” Xie Wanying told the patient with a firm tone.

Her words had a striking effect; the young man was so frightened that his hands trembled a bit as he rushed out to pay and have his blood drawn.

Watching the patient thump away, Xie Wanying turned around and realized she had been too outspoken again. Luckily, Teacher Tan just gave her a sharp glance: It didn’t seem like she planned to criticize her.

The subsequent consultations went smoothly. There were quite a few follow-up patients who mainly came to get prescriptions, which were easy to manage. Most of the new patients were like the first elderly lady, having been checked in outside hospitals without severe conditions. Doctors could get a general idea of the situation from the outside hospitals’ test results. These patients, like the elderly lady, came seeking surgery from the renowned doctors of Guoxie.

Bed availability at Guoxie was always tight, and patients with non-urgent cases had to wait in line, allowing doctors to deal with more urgent and critical patients. Like the patient in bed 1 of the ward who was admitted as an emergency the night before, that bed was supposed to be reserved for another patient the next day. In such circumstances, the emergency case had to take priority. Some patients, realizing they might have to wait a long time, agreed to have surgery at a less crowded primary care facility after being advised by Guoxie’s doctors.

In fact, for some minor surgeries, there was really no need to seek a famous surgeon; the outcomes would be similar. It was better to go to a primary facility rather than waiting in long lines here, risking further complications. However, some patients wouldn’t listen and insisted on being treated by a renowned surgeon; there was little the doctors could do about it. Xie Wanying understood why Teacher Tan could be so indifferent when running outpatient sessions.

Finally, they saw the last patient, and the time reached 12:30 pm.

“Jiang Yazhi.” Xie Wanying walked to the door and called the patient’s name.

A father holding his six-year-old daughter stood up, “Hello, Doctor.”

Jiang Yazhi, a six-year-old patient, was carried into the consultation room by her father. Just as they sat down, the little girl turned her head to see the doctor ‘uncle’ in the white coat and hid in her father’s arms, frightened.

Children have a natural fear of white coats.

The nurse came to clear the area and seeing the young patient asked, “Doesn’t our hospital have a pediatric surgery department? Why didn’t you go there for consultation?”

Father Yazhi replied, “I asked around, and they said I needed to see Dr. Tan.”

Indeed, at this stage most children and infants needing surgery at Guoxie were being sent to the adult surgical departments. Guoxie’s pediatric surgery was newly established, said to be located in a small building with just a dozen beds or so, and not yet capable of performing complex operations, with many staff and technical capacities not yet in place. Seriously ill children couldn’t go there for treatment.

For child patients, the Capital boasted the nationally renowned Capital Children’s Hospital. Seriously ill children typically sought treatment there, where there was a comprehensive team of pediatric experts. Could it be that this patient hadn’t been treated at the children’s hospital?

“We did, and the doctors at the children’s hospital said they couldn’t do it,” Father Yazhi said heavily.

Another patient turned away for a surgery they couldn’t perform? And it was the doctors from the Capital Children’s Hospital who had said it couldn’t be done?

“What’s the situation?” the nurse asked, incredulous.

Written on the patient’s medical record was: Pediatric gastrointestinal smooth muscle tumor, multiple occurrences.

The initial CT scan showed tumors in both the stomach and intestines.

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