NOVEL NEXT Chapter 78: Really Treating Dr. Lu Like Family Now (2/3)
"Did Director Ye invite a Health Center doctor to perform a Flying Knife?"
As soon as Wu Liguo finished speaking, Song Xiaoyun couldn't help but take a breath of the delivery room's air-conditioned air, looking at Wu Liguo with eyes full of astonishment and disbelief, even... a hint of doubt.
"Teacher Wu, are you joking with me?"
Ye Xiang, as the director of the neurology department, his ability was undeniable. The patients in the neurology ward, under his treatment, could mostly recover quite well. Even those in severe conditions, who couldn't wake up, could have their lives saved.
Such a leading figure in neurology would actually invite a doctor from a Health Center to perform a Flying Knife?
She didn't believe it.
Not only did she not believe it, Lv Mei next to her also seemed to have heard something incredible, her tired eyes suddenly opened wide like a bronze bell: "Teacher Wu, is it true, the patients in the neurology ward are mostly stroke cases, how much can TCM do?
Moreover, if even Teacher Ye can't solve the problem, can TCM be effective?"
In a situation where Western medicine is mainstream, to be honest, their understanding of TCM was really limited, and they didn't have many friends who studied TCM around them.
Moreover, both of them being obstetricians also made the possibility of encountering TCM even less.
In ancient times, childbirth was the business of midwives, and had nothing to do with TCM. There were a few cases where TCM might be involved in childbirth, but in ancient times, such cases were actually rare. Ninety-nine percent were the work of midwives, and being a midwife was also a profession in ancient times.
TCM doesn't have much understanding of childbirth, and naturally, they had little contact with some TCM practitioners within the Yong City medical system.
Whether TCM was powerful or miraculous, they had no concept.
The only thing they knew was that TCM is a national treasure, which has stood for thousands of years, but in modern times, it has been overshadowed by Western medicine. Once leading the world, TCM now has fewer and fewer patients.
Even though the state has been advocating for the revival of TCM in recent years, it's hard to revive it given the dominance of Western medicine.
So, when they heard that Ye Xiang would actually invite a TCM doctor from the Health Center to perform a Flying Knife, they were so shocked.
Even if they were to invite a TCM doctor, there are plenty of famous TCM doctors in Yong City. Randomly picking a chief TCM physician would surely be better than finding a doctor from the Health Center, right?
Seeing their shocked expressions, how could Wu Liguo not know what they were thinking? So he explained: "Some things can't be explained in a short time, although Dr. Lu is just consulting at the Health Center, he has great skills. Hundreds of people line up to register with him every day, and many can't even get his number. Such ability is not something everyone has."
Talking about how strong the medical skills are, Song Xiaoyun might not necessarily have any feeling.
But mentioning how many people are lining up and that even that's hard to get becomes more straightforward.
To know if a doctor is capable, one can look at how many patients register and if it's hard to get a number.
The higher the skill, the stronger the capability, the more famous the doctor, the harder it is to get an appointment.
This is almost a law.
Sure enough, upon hearing this, Song Xiaoyun couldn't help but open her eyes wide, looking at Wu Liguo in disbelief.
With nearly a hundred people a day and needing to snatch it, the two of them only had about dozens of people a day, and on less busy days, it might only be thirty or forty people.
OB-GYN might have slightly fewer patients, but among the larger departments at the Ninth Hospital, the situation for several department directors wasn't much different, maxing out at fifty or sixty people. Over a hundred patients, that's only possible at the Women's and Children's Hospital.
However, the high number of registrations at the Women's and Children's Hospital wasn't because the doctors were exceptionally skilled, but because there were just too many sick children, and parents generally didn't like taking their kids to other hospitals, everyone went to the Women's and Children's Hospital. With so many children going there, naturally, a single doctor's registration numbers increased.
This has nothing to do with medical skills; it's just that parents think that doctors at the Women's and Children's Hospital deal exclusively with children, so they would be more adept.
But those aren't important, what's important is that a doctor who can draw so many patients to voluntarily register must have some skill.
Thinking of this, Song Xiaoyun also took a breath, but the next moment, she frowned: "Teacher Wu, perhaps the Dr. Lu you're talking about is highly accomplished in the field of TCM, but it's hard to say regarding childbirth, right? I've never dealt with TCM, but I've watched a lot of TV dramas, and in ancient times, childbirth was the responsibility of midwives, having nothing to do with TCM."
Wu Liguo was taken aback, it seemed to be true.
But with the mindset of treating a dead horse as if it's alive, Wu Liguo thought for a moment and still said: "There isn't any other way now, let's try it. If it doesn't work, I'll ask Dr. Lu first. If he thinks it's okay, he can come over; if not, then forget it. What do you think?"
Song Xiaoyun nodded: "Now, this is the only option."
Seeing Song Xiaoyun agree, Wu Liguo didn't dare delay any longer and quickly went aside to dial Lu Xuan's voice call.
The call went unanswered for a while, and Wu Liguo knew that Lu Xuan might be performing acupuncture on a patient, so he chose to call Ye Xiang instead.
Sure enough, after the call connected, Ye Xiang informed Wu Liguo that Lu Xuan was currently performing acupuncture on a patient, his words brimming with admiration for Lu Xuan.
Wu Liguo then breathed a sigh of relief. When he introduced Lu Xuan before, he was a bit worried. Now it seems that Ye Xiang has clearly been utterly convinced by Lu Xuan's acupuncture skills.