Chapter 2430: Each Hospital Has Its Own Situation
"What does she want to do?" Student Wei asked nervously as he saw Li Yaxi walking towards their patient.
"It’s okay, it’s okay." Xie Wanying held onto Student Wei, trying to calm him down.
Standing in front of the child’s mother, Li Yaxi squatted down and took out a small tissue from her bag to hand it to the mother to wipe her face.
Was she trying to comfort the patient’s family?
"Can this person truly change for the better?" Student Wei was still a bit skeptical. In the past, Li Yaxi had almost brought trouble to several departments at Guoxie Association Hospital.
Influenced by both her childhood friend and her own mother, Xie Wanying still had some confidence that people could change for the better.
Back in the consultation room, the second child’s case made Student Wei’s heart hang in suspense again.
This time, the child’s symptoms were congenital markings.
"We consulted at other hospitals, and they suggested we come to Shou’er to see if it could be treated. They said they couldn’t treat it," the child’s parents said to the doctor as they held their one-and-a-half-year-old.
Student Wei carefully examined the birthmarks on this child. They were relatively large coffee-colored patches, with the largest on the back estimated at around two centimeters. Remembering his mother’s words made Student Wei apprehensive and began to question whether his prior conclusions had been hasty. It might be necessary to go home and check his little nephew’s birthmarks more closely. Then he remembered that his little nephew had visited the hospital and seen a doctor, which meant the diagnosis should be reliable.
However, the parents’ next words overturned his thoughts: "We thought from early on that he had too many birthmarks, so we took him to see a doctor. The doctor said it was nothing, but now the birthmarks have grown larger, and the doctor says it’s something serious."
The on-duty emergency doctor felt a bit helpless. Duan Sanbao asked the child’s parents, "This is the emergency department, not outpatient. Didn’t the emergency nurses explain this to you clearly?"
"We couldn’t get an appointment for outpatient; we came from out of town and pleaded with the nurses here for a long time before they allowed us to come in and see a doctor."
Seeking medical treatment out of town is very difficult. People from other parts of the country have no choice but to travel great distances to the Capital because it is the national medical center, the last lifeline for patients. If it’s about a child, there’s no question that coming to Shou’er for pediatric care is the right decision. It’s well known that Shou’er ranks first among the national children’s hospitals, and the doctors here are the best specialists for children.
It can only be said that the general public, being outsiders, cannot fully understand insider information. Shou’er’s neurosurgery department isn’t the most famous; in fact, Shou’er’s neurosurgeons often have to go to Fang Ze for further training. Fang Ze’s neurosurgery is much more renowned, especially in pediatric neurosurgery. Besides, both hospitals belong to the same medical school affiliate and are close relatives rather than competitors.
A hospital requires a significant investment to equip a neurosurgery department. Shou’er is a comprehensive pediatric hospital where many departments need funding, limiting the budget for pediatric neurosurgery. Consequently, they might transfer some untreated neurosurgery patients to Fang Ze. It could be said that Shou’er and Fang Ze share a close, familial relationship, not seeing each other as competitors, unlike the relationship between Guoxie Guozhi.
Shou’er possibly doesn’t need neurosurgery to sustain itself well. Guoxie is different; losing the large market of cardiovascular business would be critical, which is why there is constant competition with Guozhi.
"Based on preliminary judgment, this condition is likely neurofibromatosis. If confirmed, these patches on his skin cannot be simply called birthmarks; they are manifestations of neurofibromatosis."