The other two members of the quality control department also looked at Zhou Can with new eyes.
"We can leave now!"
Director Ju called out to Zhou Can.
"Okay!"
Zhou Can nodded.
Currently, it’s unclear what Ju Shiman’s exact position is, but it’s likely not a low one in the nursing department.
Her ability to proactively show warmth to Zhou Can now is also a form of recognition towards him.
"Young man, you’re quick-thinking, solid in professional knowledge. Not bad!"
Director Shi also praised Zhou Can with a smile.
"You’re too kind! I should learn more from you, the seniors, in the future."
Zhou Can didn’t dare to boast.
Director Shi was quite assertive today, suggesting that her position in the hospital infection office should not be low.
Members of the quality control department are mostly part-time, while the hospital infection office is different; it’s primarily staffed by full-timers. That means the leaders and regular staff of the hospital infection office prioritize its work.
Just like Zhou Can focuses primarily on his work in the Emergency Department.
"Xiao Zhou, thank you! Really, thank you so much!"
Director Shang tightly shook Zhou Can’s hand.
If Zhou Can hadn’t helped find out the cause of the patient’s death today, thus clearing Digestive Internal Medicine’s reputation, things would have been quite troublesome.
The little nurse looked at Zhou Can with a gaze full of gratitude and reverence.
Perhaps because of her lower status, she didn’t dare to step forward and speak.
She could only stand in place, watching Zhou Can leave from afar.
...
Days passed swiftly, and more than eight months went by in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Can’s position at Tuya Hospital became increasingly stable, and gradually grew. From a small doctor who could only hide behind the scenes, with some reputation, he now became a mid-level employee with some standing in the hospital.
Whether in the clinical field or among hospital leadership positions, he had achieved certain acplishments.
In the clinical field, he now regularly attends half-day clinics in the Emergency Department and half-day clinics in Pediatrics every week. Although he is just a Resident Doctor, his appointments are harder to grab than those of many specialists.
Both Director Tang of Pediatrics and Director Lou of the Emergency Department had spoken with him. They suggested that he could think of a way to upgrade his clinic appointments to special appointments, with the consultation fee increased to 32 yuan per appointment.
This would make him equivalent to an Associate Director in level.
This could increase Zhou Can’s ine significantly. The consultation fee isn’t entirely given to the doctor personally, but a large part is returned to the doctor.
Even during his half-day clinics in Pediatrics, Zhou Can can still see fifty patients.
People often ask him to add appointments, pleading in various ways.
He usually softens and adds an appointment for them. Once, during his clinic in Pediatrics, it was the flu season, and many children fell ill.
Children, with weaker immunity, are very susceptible to various viruses.
But children’s metabolism is rapid, and their bodies are vibrant, so as long as they receive timely treatment, they can recover quickly.
That time, he added as many as thirty-one appointments.
He was busy until past nine o’clock in the evening.
Including Pediatrics’ regular laboratory, ultrasound room, and CT room, they all worked overtime with him.
Because Director Tang personally did the scheduling, he made these departments work overtime for a bit.
Otherwise, if these departments were closed, it would be useless for patients to obtain tests from Zhou Can.
That overtime left a deep impression on many doctors in Pediatrics.
Even well-known experts like Director Zhuang did not receive treatment like Zhou Can’s.
It was precisely that night’s overtime that Zhou Can saved two young lives. One young patient had a persistent high fever, treated in the local People’s Hospital, Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
The family was quite picky, very suspicious in nature.
When the fever didn’t subside after two days of treatment at the People’s Hospital, they immediately went to the Maternal and Child Health Hospital. Someone told the family that the Maternal and Child Health Hospital specializes in treating pregnant women, female patients, and children, implying it was more professional.
The family promptly transferred the child there, queued up and struggled for half a day, finally received medication and treatment.
Then, after a night, there was still no effect, and the family listened to other ’friends’ nonsense, and went to the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for treatment. They said Traditional Chinese Medicine uses herbal treatments with no side effects.
After a day of treatment at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, there was still no obvious effect.
The constant moving around worsened the child’s condition, with breathing being rapid, plexion turning cyanotic, an alarming sight.
The family was very scared, and the doctors and nurses at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital were equally frightened.
What if the child died at the hospital?
Coincidentally, the family’s suspicion was extremely heavy, and doctors and nurses took the opportunity to advise her to quickly take the child to a provincial hospital. Fortunately, the child was not destined for misfortune; the family sent out a request via a social media post in their panic at the time.
Someone told her that Dr. Zhou Can at Tuya Hospital is very famous, specializing in various critical conditions.
The family, hearing this, hurriedly drove to the provincial capital with the child.
When she arrived at Tuya Hospital with the child, it was already after business hours.
However, they heard from the nurses that Dr. Zhou Can was still attending to patients, but his appointments were full. Also, Dr. Zhou Can only attends clinics in Pediatrics for half a day each week.
The family felt both hopeful and desperate on the spot.
Holding the child, she forced her way into Zhou Can’s clinic room, kneeling directly on the ground upon entering.
Perhaps she had collapsed on the ground.
Because the child was indeed in critical condition at that time.
"Dr. Zhou, save us, please save my son..."
For families who hold their children or patients and kneel to beg for help like this, Zhou Can has seen quite a few.
Honestly, he generally doesn’t like these families very much.
Because several times, after he treated patients out of kindness, the family turned around and plained against him. And families who like to kneel at the drop of a hat are particularly troublesome, with thoughts prone to extremism.
They never think from the doctor’s perspective.
Anyway, they think what they believe is true.
Zhou Can was working overtime that night until past eight o’clock, and hadn’t even eaten. He was already quite exhausted.
But there were still seven or eight added appointments that hadn’t been finished.
He could only grit his teeth and hold on.
At that moment, seeing the woman kneeling on the ground with the child, he was originally going to ask the directing nurse to persuade her out. But seeing the child’s face turning purple, he immediately realized the severity of the situation.
Quickly explaining to other patients, he prioritized rescuing that child.
Fortunately, after diligent resuscitation, the child’s vital signs stabilized.
Zhou Can also breathed a sigh of relief.
Through inquiry, he learned the reasons for the child’s severe condition.
The child might have had just a severe cold and a high fever, the condition might have been a bit tricky, but with the capabilities of a county-level People’s Hospital, it could be managed. Mainly the child’s mother was overly suspicious, whenever doctors prescribed medicine, she would consult friends variously, surfing the web extensively for information.
With such drama, what doctor would dare to wholeheartedly treat the child?
Actually, by the second day of treatment at the People’s Hospital, there were already effects being seen. But the family, without being professionals, relying solely on subjective assumptions, insisted on forcing their child to be dragged around.
This caused severe consequences.
Zhou Can returned to the clinic room, finishing seeing rest of the patients preparing to leave. As a result, the five-year-old daughter of the top boss of the Health Bureau was also sick, treated for four days at the Provincial Children’s Hospital without improvement.
That night, she started vomiting blood.
The experts at the Provincial Children’s Hospital were very anxious; if such an important patient died in their hospital, wouldn’t the Health Bureau’s boss hate them for life?
But the experts really had no solution.
Afterwards, the Health Bureau’s boss might have thought Tuya Hospital was somewhat better in petence.
In desperation, he called Dean Zhu for help.
Dean Zhu had long stopped engaging in clinical work himself, so he could only have the Health Bureau’s boss reach out to Director Tang Fei of Pediatrics to inquire.
Actually, with Dean Zhu’s wisdom, he naturally understood that taking such a problematic case might easily invite trouble.
His original intention was to deflect it if possible.
After all, the child was already being treated at the Provincial Children’s Hospital, which has no lack of expertise.
So many pediatric specialists couldn’t cure it, transferring to Tuya Hospital mostly wouldn’t cure it either.
At that point, you might not earn credit reputation, but rather attract resentment.
Surprisingly, Director Tang Fei couldn’t withstand the pressure from the Health Bureau’s top boss and agreed to give it a try.
At that time, she might have also considered that over the past two years, with Zhou Can’s help, Pediatrics successfully treated many cases of difficult diagnoses. Especially in the past year, Zhou Can’s skill level clearly reached higher heights than before, rarely confronted with unsolvable difficult cases.
Except for conditions which are indeed untreatable by current medical standards and medications, or cases severely rooted in incurable stage, there’s no way around.
As long as there’s a chance for treating a difficult case, Zhou Can usually works with pediatric experts to jointly tackle and solve it.
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