"Take this to make the payment, and after the examination is done, all you have to do is bring the results back here. After the examination, you don’t need to queue again; just let the nurse outside know and they’ll let you in."
A medical examination request was prepared and handed to the patient.
In the past, paying fees required a long queue, and sometimes it couldn’t be done even in half a day.
Now, with the rapid development of mobile payment, paying has bee very convenient.
Long queues to pay at hospitals are no longer seen.
"Thank you!"
The family member expressed gratitude, stood up, and walked outside with her daughter.
Zhou Can opened the door for them and saw them out.
The next patient was weled in.
Outpatient clinics are always this busy.
Many people think that they have paid several hundred to see a specialist, so they should at least receive a detailed consultation for an hour or so.
In reality, for diseases that the consulting specialists are familiar with, it may take less than ten minutes to conclude the visit.
In cases where plex diseases cannot be diagnosed on the spot, depending on the situation, the patient may be sent home or admitted to the hospital for observation and detailed diagnosis.
So, it is really not necessary for mon diseases to seek a specialist’s appointment.
A visit that costs just a few yuan can equally result in a good treatment.
The examinations and treatment plans conducted are basically the same as those from a specialist.
"Director Shang, please take a look at me right away! I feel like I’m about to die!"
The patient was an old man over seventy, with rosy skin and a rather plump body.
He was pushed into the consultation room in a wheelchair by a woman in her forties.
Once this patient came in, he groaned constantly, displaying an expression of great pain.
"Don’t worry, since you’ve e to me, I’ll definitely give you proper treatment. Hearing you talk, your voice is strong and you don’t seem like someone with a serious illness!" As Director Shang was forting the patient, he started a preliminary visual examination.
Also known as ’inspection’.
This is the first diagnosis that every doctor makes after seeing a patient.
"The major illness is unlikely, but recently I always feel gastric pain, bloating, and a few moments after eating, it feels like the food wants to surge back up through my mouth, it’s so unfortable."
The old man hummed as he described his symptoms.
The previous patient plained of abdominal distention and occasional mild abdominal pain, feeling full after eating just a few bites.
This patient’s symptoms weren’t in the abdomen, but directly in the stomach.
After hearing the symptoms, Zhou Can looked over this interesting old man.
But in his heart, he wondered – the old man had strong vitality and rosy plexion; he didn’t seem to have a serious illness.
But such things are uncertain; one only knows after pleting the examinations.
Many employees’ health check-ups often reveal such cases. Those who appear healthy with no severe symptoms, and their colleagues regard as fit, end up with diagnoses of advanced liver cancer or colorectal cancer, etc.
Zhou Can had seen many such examples.
Hence, using only the eyes for inspection makes it difficult to diagnose someone with a serious illness.
Director Shang documented the patient’s symptoms while inquiring about his medical history and other associated symptoms.
After some discussion, besides bloating and stomach pain, the patient occasionally also experienced pain in the lower back area.
As for why the patient was in a wheelchair, that was due to a work-related injury many years ago.
An accident in the factory led to paralysis in his lower limbs. Since then, he has always used a wheelchair for mobility. The old man had received a substantial pensation. At that time, house prices were not high, so with that pensation, he built his own storefront and residence.
His idea was that, even without the ability to work in the future, he could rely on renting out the storefront and residence for ine.
This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about running out of money for food.
In fact, fortune had been very kind to this unfortunate old man.
The location of his self-built storefront gradually became a mercial center, and over the years, he saved a considerable sum of money from rent. Furthermore, as real estate prices continuously rose, the market value of his property soared.
This self-built property, aside from bringing in an annual rental ine of two to three hundred thousand for the old man, was now worth over seven million.
Thus, the old man’s financial source was not a concern at all.
The middle-aged woman pushing him to see the doctor was not his daughter or any relative.
She was a caretaker hired by the old man.
According to the old man, his wife had passed away many years ago, and his only daughter married and moved far away. His daughter and son-in-law were very wealthy, owning over a dozen supermarket chains, and invited him to live with them, but he refused.
He felt more fortable living on his own.
And it made sense – at seventy years old, having a forty-year-old female caretaker attending to him round the clock, life must indeed be quite easy.
Living securely without the worry of financial strain, the days were fortable, and naturally, the old man developed a fear of death.
He would rush to the hospital at the slightest ailment.
Now faced with gastric pain and bloating, he immediately secured a special expert’s appointment.
After all, with his age, spending a bit of money for health was something he was entirely willing to do.
"Director Shang, just tell me straight, is my illness stomach cancer? If it’s cancer, then I won’t bother going through treatment."
After the old man finished explaining his situation and saw that Director Shang was pondering silently, he couldn’t help but bee anxious again.
The female caregiver, however, leaned down, got close to the old man, and forted him tenderly.
"Your luck is strong, you won’t have any issues, just set your mind at ease! Even if by chance there’s a problem, I will stay by your side and take good care of you."
In front of so many doctors, the caregiver spoke to the old man with a tone and demeanor that were especially intimate. If they were alone, they would probably be even more uninhibited.
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