Chapter 2431: Genetics Makes Things Even Worse
"These situations, local doctors where you sought medical attention should have discussed them with you."
"Yes, they told us to seek treatment at the Capital Children’s Hospital."
"You need to visit a more specialized neurosurgery hospital, not Shou’er, you should go to Fang Ze." Duan Sanbao said this with great difficulty, unsure whether to continue speaking.
I’m afraid the patient and family will continue to be disappointed after going to Fang Ze. Because this illness is incurable. It’s much worse than clubfoot. No wonder the local doctors urgently advised the parents to bring the child to the Capital for treatment.
The issue is that Capital doctors aren’t gods; they can only do their best within the existing technological scope of medicine. For diseases without groundbreaking medical advances and treatment plans, Capital doctors are equally helpless.
There is no specific medicine for this illness, and surgery mainly targets the tumors that grow, cutting them to alleviate symptoms. After cutting, they will recur, and this repeated surgery becomes a torment.
Now doctors fear that this child’s illness is genetic, suggesting that it’s highly likely one of the parents may have already passed this genetic illness to the child. As such, clinically, sometimes it’s only after the child falls ill that it’s discovered the adults also have the illness, which is undoubtedly a devastating blow to a family.
"My brother doesn’t have this illness, no one in my family does." Student Wei murmured to comfort himself and his little nephew. As for his sister-in-law and her family, he hasn’t heard or doesn’t know if they have this illness. Overall, this patient has frightened him.
"You should go see Fang Ze first." Student Duan told the patient’s parents.
"Doctor, don’t lie to us. Are you rejecting us because we can’t get a registration?" The patient’s family worried the doctor was finding ways to turn them away.
No, no. The young doctors shook their heads in unison; they wouldn’t do such a thing.
In fact, Student Duan asked the nurse to come in to help the family get a refund for the registration fee, even a little refund counts, as to the child and family, every penny is precious life-saving money.
The doctors felt helpless and distressed about being unable to assist the patient and family. It further confirmed what the teachers said, that technology is foremost for a doctor. Other things are secondary; money issues can be addressed in other ways, but technology that can’t be conjured or attained.
During noon break, while having lunch with the internal medicine peers, it was said there was similarly an unmanageable child this morning.
"Suspicion of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children. The hematology department has no beds, so in the afternoon they’ll have another bone marrow aspiration in our hospital’s emergency department." Zhao Zhaowei and Zhang Desheng exchanged case experiences with the surgical peers.
Pan Shihua, who had been sleeping in the hospital duty room in the morning, got up at noon for lunch and listened in.
Upon hearing the internal medicine colleagues had the opportunity to practice bone marrow aspiration, several surgical peers showed a hint of envy.
The two internal medicine colleagues told them not to be too excited, saying, "This patient’s family is difficult to deal with."
Doctors are most afraid of uncooperative family members. Several surgical peers asked what was going on.
"First, this child was transferred, three years old, a boy. Previously received treatment at the Beidu Fifth Affiliated Hospital, said because their home is close to Beidu Five."
Beidu has seven major affiliated hospitals, but not every department in each hospital is famous. For example, Beidu Third, only two departments have the technical expertise; others are genuinely average. Beidu Five is not most famous for pediatrics and hematology.