Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s
Chapter 496 - Chapter 496 【496】Not allowing surgery is just a refusal

Chapter 496: [(496)] Not allowing surgery is just a refusal Chapter 496: [(496)] Not allowing surgery is just a refusal After all, what’s so good about performing surgery? She’s a surgeon, it’s true, and she’s well aware that surgery itself is a trauma to a patient’s body. Therefore, deciding to operate on a patient must be done with the utmost caution.

The patient’s sister, unhappy with her answer, said, “Where’s your leader? I tried calling Director Shen, but he might have been asleep and didn’t answer.”

“The medical order I issued was after consulting with my teacher, and he agreed with this treatment plan.”

“Did you give him a painkiller shot? I said earlier he should have one.”

“No, no painkiller shot. His main issue now is that he ate too much before, and due to his obesity, the abdominal pressure is high, causing the stomach to enter the chest cavity through the hernial opening. His pain is caused by food regurgitating from the stomach, leading to gastroesophageal reflux disease. This symptom is often confused with a heart attack as it has radiating pain, hence it’s frequently mistaken clinically. However, the patient’s ECG and troponin tests were clear, so a heart attack has been ruled out. His sudden hypertension is a stress response from his body. When the pain eases, it will gradually decrease.”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying. My brother is asking me why the doctor won’t operate on him since he’s in pain.”

“Not all pain requires surgery. He does not have the indications for surgery. For his condition, emergency surgery by the surgical department would only be necessary if there were complications like strangulated hernia, vomiting, or major bleeding, which could endanger his life; none of which he is experiencing.”

“Good heavens, is the threshold for performing surgery on a patient that high?” the patient’s sister looked her up and down with a roll of her eyes and said, “I’ve never seen a doctor like you before. Isn’t surgery performed when a patient needs it?”

“When we say a patient has a need, it means the condition requires it. We can’t just operate because a patient says they want to undergo surgery,” Xie Wanying firmly explained the principle to the family member.

Despite her repeated explanations, the patient and his family insisted on surgery. Clinically, there are two extremes: those who are afraid of surgery and steadfastly refuse to let doctors operate, and those who force doctors to perform surgery even when it’s clear that it’s not necessary.

If only these two types of patients could balance each other out, that is what doctors wish for.

“I’ll stop talking to you. You’re just a young one.” The patient’s sister turned to follow the nurse who went to give her brother an injection, huffing and puffing with a warning glance at the young doctor.

It seems the patient’s sister was still fixated on her youth, thinking the hospital’s decision not to send a more experienced doctor was negligent. In her eyes, a doctor’s youth was a mistake.

Albeit a common phenomenon among family members of patients, Xie Wanying didn’t take it to heart. She stepped out of the nurses’ station, ready to call Li Qi’an to rest together.

Someone pushed open the door to the ward and entered, shouting at her, “Junior Sister.”

The voice of Senior Brother Huang?

That’s right, Senior Brother Huang was on night duty at the hospital.

Clutching the duty notebook for the overnight shift, Huang Zhilei walked quickly towards her, “The orthopedics across from you had an emergency case tonight; I just got done there. I thought you were on night duty, so I came to check on you. Are you all alone? Where’s Sun Yubo?”

“Teacher Sun has gone to rest,” Xie Wanying answered.

“That bastard has really got some nerve, going off to sleep first,” Huang Zhilei muttered as he adjusted his glasses, planning later to settle the score with his countryman for leaving his junior sister to work alone.

“The patient has already been taken care of, Senior Brother Huang,” Xie Wanying reassured her senior brother.

“Is there anything else going on in the ward? I’m free at the moment,” asked Huang Zhilei.

Since Senior Brother insisted, Xie Wanying considered it for a moment and said, “Senior Brother, could you come with me to check on bed 23?”

“Let’s go.” Without any reason to refuse his junior sister’s request, Huang Zhilei promptly answered.

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