Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s
Chapter 350 - Chapter 350 【350】The doctors sympathy and reason are in a tug

Chapter 350: [(350)] The doctor’s sympathy and reason are in a tug of war. Chapter 350: [(350)] The doctor’s sympathy and reason are in a tug of war. “How is the patient’s current condition?”

Seeing that Shen Jinghui was inquiring, the others stopped their discussion to listen to how Xie Wanying would respond.

“I’ve asked her father to bring her over these two days. Although the child is thin, her blood oxygen is not low, which is quite different from typical late-stage cancer patients,” Xie Wanying analyzed.

Clinical intuition is very important for physicians. However, an intern could not possibly have the accurate experience-based intuition of a clinician.

“Do any of you have other suggestions?” Shen Jinghui asked the others.

“We can admit her for now, but if the pathological results still indicate that chemotherapy is necessary first, would the patient’s family agree?” a doctor raised a new question.

“After chemotherapy, you must ensure that she can undergo the surgery; otherwise, it’s going to be a problem to get the family’s cooperation,” Professor Li emphasized again.

“When it comes to prognostic judgement of this disease, the pediatric hospital’s doctors are definitely the experts,” another doctor circuitously returned to the initial idea.

“What do you think, Dr. Xie?” Gao Zhaocheng turned to ask his little junior sister herself.

After thinking it over, Xie Wanying said, “The concerns of my seniors and teachers lie in the possibility that my intuition without experience might be inaccurate, meaning that the risks of performing surgery on this patient are too high, and it might be better not to treat than to treat unsuccessfully.”

If it were a veteran professor like Professor Li speaking on her behalf, no one would disagree with the professor’s judgement and the patient would undergo the surgery. Nevertheless, the words of an intern warrant several more question marks, because an intern just starting out lacks the clinical experience to have accurate premonitions.

At this stage, the evidence for the disease is not sufficient; it’s all about whether certain clinical prognostications support taking the risk. Those who are confident may take the risk, while those who aren’t confident won’t want to try. The doctors in General Surgery Department Two don’t often handle pediatric cases, and if they don’t feel confident in their prognostications for the disease, they’re more inclined to respect the pediatric hospital doctors’ opinions and are hesitant to take the risk.

The point of contention over Xiao Yazhi’s surgery differs from that over the elderly lady’s surgery. For the elderly lady, the concern is whether the surgery could even be performed. With Xiao Yazhi, the question is whether the surgery would be beneficial.

Doctors ponder a great deal over surgery, not haphazardly operating as if the patient were a pig; they must consider the pros and cons of operating or not. Otherwise, why are there many late-stage patients capable of undergoing surgery that doctors advise against, because it would be pointless?

Xie Wanying, with her past-life pathology research experience, could support Xiao Yazhi undergoing the surgery. However, the clinical teachers couldn’t empathize with her on this point because the clinical teachers didn’t know what she’d done in her past life. The last time she managed to persuade Teacher Tan with two patients, it was because those patients were already scheduled for surgery and Teacher Tan had the clinical experience to predict her proposal, willing to try her idea and adjust during the surgery if it wasn’t working, which was not a major issue.

The debate over Xiao Yazhi’s surgery came to a temporary lull. The doctors thought it best to mull it over a bit more before making a decision. Xie Wanying breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, the seniors hadn’t given up just yet, which showed that all the doctors felt pity for little Yazhi. Sympathy and rationality were pulling at each other.

The meeting room door knocked twice, and a nurse peeked in halfway, asking “Is Dr. Xie here?”

“What do you need her for?”

“We have a little personal matter to discuss with her,” the nurse said.

Personal matter?

“We’re in the middle of a meeting, discuss the personal matter after the meeting,” Associate Director Liu declared.

“It’s not exactly a personal matter; we wanted her to look at some test reports,” the nurse clarified.

“Which patient’s test reports?”

“No, it’s one of our colleague’s test reports.” At this point, the nurse had no choice but to come clean.

“Why are you asking her to look at it?” All the department doctors in the meeting room were stunned, almost unable to close their mouths in amazement, thinking their ears must have deceived them: a nurse was seeking an intern to review test reports?

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