The Enhanced Doctor

(Thank you to An Lin and Xiaoxiao for the encouragement from the monthly ticket)

"How's the patient's condition?"

Liu Banxia walked out of the office and saw Xu Yino and the others heading back, so he casually asked.

"Everything's normal. The patient with pulmonary embolism from yesterday showed much improvement after being given anticoagulants," Xu Yino replied.

"Great, in the future, we must do well with our rounds. We should also commend our nursing team for promptly monitoring changes in the patient's vital signs and preventing the pulmonary embolism from worsening," Liu Banxia said.

"Director Liu, the grilled fish fillets yesterday were quite tasty. Can't you sneak us another box for Department Two?" Zhou Qian asked with a smile.

"No problem at all. I'll sneak a box for you tomorrow when I come to work," Liu Banxia replied.

"We still have some figs at home, but Qiaoqiao says they're too sweet. Qing Kewa likes them though. I'll bring some for you too. How's that? Good enough?"

"Definitely good enough. You can leave the patient care to us, rest assured," Zhou Qian said.

The nurses at the service desk were very happy, as their hard work was being recognized.

Yesterday, we had an influx of patients without family to care for them. Many even had long bone fractures, so we had to be extra cautious at night.

This raised the difficulty of care significantly compared to usual, but fortunately only one patient showed symptoms of pulmonary embolism.

"Teacher Liu, can I start my break from the sixth day?" Su Wenhao asked.

"Afternoon of the fifth, just buy a ticket and leave. I'll give you half a day extra off, as a gesture of care," Liu Banxia replied.

"The others live right here in Binhai City, so it's easy for them to go home. You're different, so stay home for two days and relax," he added.

Su Wenhao nodded with a smile. Once Liu Banxia decided something, he would carry it out without hesitation.

"Not bad, obeying leadership arrangements is part of your job duties. Anyway, let Li Hao reward you with a chicken leg at lunch," Liu Banxia said with a grin.

"Teacher Liu, why am I the one caught in the crossfire?" Li Hao asked with a bitter smile.

"Oh, Liu Yiqing, Li Hao doesn't like Su Wenhao, doesn't want to buy him a chicken leg, so you should buy it," Liu Banxia said turning to Liu Yiqing.

"No way, they're good friends. I see them often discussing surgical procedures together," Liu Yiqing replied seriously.

"Oh my God, silly girl, can't you tell Teacher Liu is joking?" Xu Yino said helplessly.

Liu Yiqing laughed, "I knew it, I was just intentionally saying that."

Everyone laughed, not expecting even the honest Liu Yiqing could be cunning.

"I'll treat everyone to chicken legs for lunch then. I wonder if Manager Zhou can cook them," Su Wenhao said.

"Since coming to the emergency center, everyone has taken care of me, so I want to express my gratitude. If there aren't chicken legs, we'll order more dishes," he continued.

"Great, I'll move around a bit to make sure I eat more at lunch," Liu Banxia nodded cheerfully.

Thus, the plan was decided, and Su Wenhao's intention to reciprocate was fulfilled.

There must be give and take. If everyone keeps taking care of Su Wenhao without letting him show appreciation, it turns into charity rather than care.

Leaving two at their posts, Liu Banxia led some to the hall downstairs.

Everyone was still relatively idle now. The type of patients coming in was similar to last night. These are the ones who could hold on and only came during the day.

While chatting with everyone, a family of three walked into the hall, the father carrying the child.

"Did he hurt his arm?" Liu Banxia stepped forward to ask.

"He was running and playing at home, then accidentally fell. Could you check if it's fractured? Shouldn't we get an X-ray first?" the child's mother asked.

"Place him on the examination bed first, and I'll do a preliminary check. You should register the child, it's likely a Colles' fracture, which doesn't seem very serious," Liu Banxia said to reassure them.

"Doctor, is this Conan's fracture not serious?" the child's father asked nervously.

"Not Conan's fracture, but a Colles' fracture. Did he use his left hand to support himself when falling?" Liu Banxia asked.

"Didn't notice, he started crying after the fall. Will it affect his growth in the future?" the father continued.

"As long as it heals well, there shouldn't be any issues," Liu Banxia said.

"Let me do a check first. The little fellow is quite brave. How old is he?" Liu Banxia held the boy's hand.

He usually had a way with kids, but today, this little guy wasn't very responsive to his friendly queries.

"He's nine years old," the father quickly said, afraid Liu Banxia would be unhappy.

During the examination, the child kept trying to avoid it, wanting to pull his arm away.

"It really seems to hurt quite badly," Liu Banxia said casually after touching him.

"The child is growing now, and he'll heal a bit faster. I just touched it, and it's slightly dislocated, needs to be aligned. Then we'll put a splint on, and a CT scan to confirm it will be enough."

"Doctor, should we just proceed?" The child's father asked worriedly.

"We'll just proceed, the displacement isn't very large, and it'll spare the child from suffering twice. Watch Uncle's hand now, Uncle's hand is going to do magic." Liu Banxia snapped his left fingers to attract the child's attention.

Then he quickly withdrew his hand, grabbing the child's wrist and gently pressing it.

"Ah... it hurts... wow..."

After shouts, the child burst into tears.

"Alright, it's done now. Bind the splint, and then just take a CT scan," Liu Banxia said.

"Is this really done?" The child's father asked a bit skeptically.

Liu Banxia nodded with a smile, "The bone setting is done, but in future home life, also need to pay attention. Let me ask you a small question. Does the child have some hearing issues?"

"Uh... we didn't really notice that. Probably not," the father replied hesitantly.

"When I talked to the child just now, his reaction was a bit slow. I don't know if he didn't hear clearly. I used a loud finger snap to distract him during the second bone setting," Liu Banxia said.

"Today there aren't many patients, doing a CT won't take long. Would you like to first do a hearing test for the child? It won't take more than a few minutes."

"What's happening?" At this moment his wife came over.

"Just now the doctor said our child might have hearing problems, have you noticed at home?" The child's father asked.

His wife thought for a moment, her expression also showed some doubt, "I think he does, recently sometimes when we call him, he seems like he didn't hear?"

"However, I assumed he was just playing, is there an ear problem? Can he be checked? Probably not, he seems to hear just fine usually."

"We can just do a simple hearing test," Liu Banxia said.

"Liu Yiqing, come over here, do a hearing test for the child. Also, put a splint on the child's wrist, then go for the CT scan."

Liu Yiqing hurried over to start the test for the child.

The test result wasn't very promising, with varying degrees of hearing loss in both ears.

Once the test was done, the couple panicked again.

"Don't worry just yet, take them to our ENT department to have a professional doctor take a look first. If a CT scan is needed, we'll do it together with the hand," Liu Banxia said.

"It might be due to some inflammation. Water could have entered the ear canal while bathing or washing the head. Don't worry, let our doctors check it out first."

During the festive season, we can't let the child's parents panic, as it might affect the subsequent diagnosis.

Liu Yiqing led the family of three for the examination, while Liu Banxia returned to the service desk area.

"How is your diabetes patient doing?" Qi Wentai asked.

"I'll do another debridement before lunch, had a glance in the morning, it's alright for now. But the blood sugar is still a bit high, needs to gradually decrease," Liu Banxia said.

"He's actually lucky; if he waited until after the holidays when work resumes, it would've been quite uncertain. But treating these patients, I'm quite apprehensive too; diabetes is so troublesome."

"What can we do, people here love eating. By the way, how is your auto-brewery syndrome patient doing recently?" Qi Wentai curiously asked.

"Probably alright, it's been a while since he came, which means he's managed to control it," Liu Banxia said.

"He also has to control his diet, just stricter. It's like the old saying goes: have anything but illness, lack anything but money."

"Any illness brings pain. I was just chatting with the parents of the patient who was airlifted, Ming Yu gave a warning about a high chance of phantom limb pain."

"He judged based on experience, and I'd say he's likely right. After all, it's an entire half leg amputated, not a toe or finger."

"Sigh... phantom limb pain is hard to correct. I have a classmate's brother who has phantom limb pain, he saw a psychologist, and it hurt for five or six years," Qi Wentai sighed.

"Goodness, that long?" Liu Banxia asked surprised.

"True, it seems to be affecting the central nervous system. Later on, somehow he accepted it; just woke up one day and stopped hurting," Qi Wentai said.

"Anyway, he received various treatments, like psychological therapy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, even a fortune teller helped, but nothing worked."

Liu Banxia shook his head, he thought it'd be resolved in a year or half, but hadn't expected it can last so long.

This kind of pain, even a normal person couldn't endure. I underestimated the horror of phantom limb pain; don't know if that young man will experience it.

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