Chapter 817: Chapter 328: Every Mouse Has Its Own Path—Finally Found Out
Zhou Can watched the backs of the mother and child as they left. His lips moved slightly, but in the end, he swallowed his words.
Instead, he sighed.
The only thing in this world that can be gained without effort is poverty. She and her husband lay at the gaming table all day, indulging in ease and indolence, which doomed their current situation. Such a lazy mindset is deeply ingrained in their bones, and the only way to make them diligent and motivated is through the lashes of society, reinforced by the advice of family and friends.
Their child is the hope to save this family.
If the child’s illness is cured and he excels in school, earning accolades year after year, it would be enough for the couple to see a promising future. Once they feel life holds potential, they might consider finding jobs.
Zhou Can sent the names, addresses, and other information of the mother and child to Director Tang Fei.
“OK!”
She just replied with an emoji.
Presumably extremely busy, as she is the director of a large department, her workload is much greater than that of an ordinary chief physician.
Right after Zhou Can finished sending Director Tang the information, a new patient came in for a consultation.
He, like a spinning top struck by a whip, devoted himself wholeheartedly back into his diagnostic work.
He thought there would be fewer patients in the afternoon, but unexpectedly, seekers of consultation came one after another.
Around three o’clock, he had already seen sixteen or seventeen new patients.
He didn’t expect that the first official day of consultation would have such a large number of seekers.
Luckily, it was somewhat fortunate that most of the patients he saw had mon diseases. So far, only the little girl with symptoms similar to a cold, but not quite a cold, hasn’t been diagnosed yet.
After seeing the patient in his hands, Zhou Can stood up and walked to the door.
“Are you busy now?”
He asked the guiding nurse.
“Dr. Zhou, whatever you need to do, just say the word. No matter how busy, it’s not as important as your matters!”
The guiding nurses are mostly older, belonging to a marginalized group.
Many are socially recruited, such as vocational school graduates.
Their wages are low, and their status is low. Even the most ordinary resident physician is someone they need to curry favor with.
The invisible hierarchical relationship in hospitals is actually very similar to the feudal kingdoms of ancient times.
Those of lower status think of currying favor with those of higher status to gain convenience and care at work. At the very least, if we get along well, you won’t make things difficult for me at work.
This is the most genuine thought of the vast majority of people.
“Could you please check if the patient who fainted this morning has woken up?”
Zhou Can was still somewhat worried about the grandparents.
“Room 0 over there, right? I can just call and ask the nurse there for you. What’s the patient’s name?”
The guiding nurse seemed familiar with the nurses on the inpatient side.
The snake has its path, the mouse has its way.
Even a guiding nurse of very low status has her own network.
What exists is reasonable.
They can survive in a fiercely petitive hospital; they have their ways of survival.
“I didn’t even ask the name of the elderly lady; I only know her granddaughter is named Chen Ziya.”
The elderly lady fainted directly back then, and Zhou Can didn’t have the chance to ask her name.
“No problem, I’ll call and ask the nurse there and I’ll definitely be able to find out.”
The guiding nurse laughed as she took out her phone and started browsing through numbers.
“Thanks for your trouble!”
Zhou Can had a good impression of this guiding nurse, as she worked efficiently and had a great attitude.
“Alright, who’s next for a consultation? e in!”
Zhou Can looked at the patients waiting in the corridor.
“It’s my turn, it’s my turn!”
A woman holding a child stood up and followed Zhou Can into the consultation room.
“Please have a seat!”
Zhou Can motioned for the woman to sit down, his gaze naturally falling on the child she was holding.
All the patients here are children; occasionally, there are infants only a few months old. But typically, such patients wouldn’t choose a young doctor like Zhou Can. They would at least register to see an associate director.
Unless there are no more tickets, then they might only choose a general clinic ticket.
The child in the woman’s arms looked thin and small, burying his head in his mother’s arms, not moving much.
When Zhou Can noticed the boy’s skin turning blue around his neck and other areas, his pupils contracted slightly.
He was just about to sit down, but quickly stood back up.
“What’s wrong with this child?”
“He just doesn’t like to move much and eats very little,” the child’s mother replied calmly.
“Has his skin always been this color?”
The child’s skin was somewhat cyanotic all over. Zhou’s first thought was that the child was experiencing a lack of oxygen.
But the mother’s calmness indicated that this situation hadn’t just happened overnight.
“Yes! My son’s skin was a bit red and purple since birth. As he grew, the color seemed to deepen. Many friends and elders jokingly said my son was naturally noble, that the Ziwei Star had descended!”
The woman answered with a smile.
Zhou Can was speechless for a moment, truly a case of ignorance is bliss.
Skin turning cyanotic like this is clearly caused by a lack of oxygen; how could they consider it a sign of nobility?
“His breathing seems somewhat heavy, huh!”
Zhou Can heard a noticeable sound when the boy breathed.
This meant the boy needed to exert effort to inhale to meet his body’s oxygen needs. In reality, this is also a sign of oxygen deficiency.
Normal people, when engaging in intense physical activity, experience rapid consumption of oxygen in the blood. The body’s demand for oxygen increases, which instinctively causes heavy, huffing breaths.
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