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Chapter 581 - Chapter 581 【581】Must Save

Chapter 581: [(581)] Must Save Chapter 581: [(581)] Must Save Watching a patient die without doing anything, can you call yourself a doctor? To tell the truth, the law doesn’t allow doctors to evade like this, it’s also against the rules, and they must bear the corresponding legal responsibilities. There are already court precedents for this.

The reason why it takes so long to train a doctor is exactly here, you must step in at the critical moment, no retreat. Even if you’re unsuccessful, you must still meet the technical standards, otherwise it still falls within the doctor’s responsibility.

Of course, each case must be analyzed specifically. When it comes to this particular case, Ren Chongda actually has the option not to act. He wasn’t dispatched by the emergency center, he has no responsibility for treating this patient, he counts as a passerby trying to help out of kindness. The law stipulates that when a doctor comes across a patient incidentally, they only have the duty to rescue, not the duty to treat. Rescue could mean actions like helping call the emergency center.

Is it the conscience of a doctor that decides whether or not to act now? No, conscience alone is far from enough. Even if you don’t act, conscience can later be comforted with various excuses. There’s only one reason that compels doctors to act, whether they have confidence in their own skills.

“Oh, this–” Ren Chongda knew his old classmate had hit the nail on the head. Whether to act or not boiled down to one thing for him, whether he could make an accurate judgment and incision like Cao Yong.

Acute cerebral herniation is essentially intracranial hypertension, and when pressure needs to be relieved quickly, relying on drugs alone is definitely too slow, like a pressure cooker that can only be quickly depressurized by letting out steam from a hole. Drilling to drain is now the only lifesaving measure for the patient.

Without a CT scan and not even having an x-ray, how to determine the location for the drilling? His old classmate, Cao Yong, is different; he’s already a renowned neurosurgeon, and was called a genius since his student days.

“So I’m calling you, you help me estimate the drilling point,” Ren Chongda expressed his idea.

Seeking remote telephone assistance for guidance on a procedure happening on-site was tantamount to a test of trust between the two parties.

“Do you have the tools?” Cao Yong asked.

“They’re looking for an electric drill and sterilization supplies,” Ren Chongda replied, turning back to see that his student’s hands were moving fast.

Xie Wanying, in the midst of the conversation between her teacher and senior, hastily put an indwelling needle into the child patient and administered mannitol to reduce intracranial pressure. However, the effect of lowering the pressure with medication is definitely very limited, so now it was about applying as many emergency measures as possible, making every effort.

The experienced nurse, working in great harmony with the doctor, placed nasal cannulas for oxygen on two injured parties, then hurriedly shaved the child patient’s head in preparation for sterilization.

A few steps away in the neighboring hardware shop, they were provided with a handheld electric drill. The nurse disinfected the drill and prepared all the items required for the drilling and drainage surgery. Then they brought over a surgical lamp for lighting.

Many onlookers, curious to watch the proceedings, were shooed away by the nurses and police.

With such active participation by the people around, Ren Chongda deeply felt what it meant to be stuck in a difficult situation. What if he said at this moment that he wouldn’t perform the surgery?

“I can really understand you now,” Ren Chongda sighed to Cao Yong.

As a surgical star, Cao Yong was often invested with expectations by the people around him on many occasions, as if he were a life-saving deity; there was no choice but to act. If he didn’t, it wouldn’t just be about whether this life would be lost, but it would make people feel as if the entire world had suddenly become shrouded in pitch-black darkness, devoid of sunlight.