Chapter 1311 - 1310: Liu Qingyan’s First Consultation
"Have you heard? In the internal medicine department, we’ve just hired a deputy chief physician."
"I heard it’s an external professor, only sees patients one day a week at the clinic, and the onboarding process was personally handled by the hospital director."
"Wow, who is it? Some old professor who’s so impressive?"
"No, they seem very young, and..."
"And what?"
"And very beautiful. I’ve never seen such a gorgeous female doctor."
At noon, the doctors’ chat groups at Longhua Hospital began buzzing with gossip.
"Word from the HR department is that she’s a descendant of Ancient Chinese Medicine, had experience in Beidu’s core departments, came through personal connections of the hospital director."
"Another case of folk medicine inheritance?"
"Yes, but apart from being educated in the family tradition, she also holds a doctorate from a medical university, but..."
"But what?"
"But she looks so young! The HR department says she’s only twenty-seven."
"Wow, a twenty-seven-year-old professor and deputy chief physician, really?"
"Really, she’s a special guest professor at a medical university in Beidu and also listed with an expert group in some core department."
"Wow!"
"This isn’t something a regular medical degree can achieve."
"Her family must either have deep connections or she’s got some exceptional skills."
"Oh my God, I just went around to say hi."
"What happened?"
"She’s so beautiful! It’s like she walked right out of a drama series. If there weren’t any cameras around, I would’ve thought a film crew was using our hospital for shooting."
"So superficial, you’re just focusing on her looks. I just saw her perform acupuncture on an old man."
"What’s going on?"
"It was so fluid, it looked like an art form to watch."
"Old Mo, I bet you didn’t see the whole thing."
"What happened?"
"That patient was sent over by a nurse from next door, suffering from facial paralysis."
"Facial paralysis? Shouldn’t facial paralysis be treated in neurology? Why was he sent to internal medicine?"
"The hospital director instructed all department heads that if faced with difficult cases, they could try their luck in the internal medicine clinic."
"Wow, could she actually be a general practitioner?"
"It’s confirmed, her family tradition, clearly she’s definitely a general practitioner."
"Can I keep going?"
"Please do, continue!"
"This facial paralysis patient isn’t an ordinary case, it’s a chronic condition. After diagnosis, it’s confirmed that the facial nerve has already died. Both Traditional and modern medicine have been tried at several hospitals nationwide over three years without improvement."
"But the moment Dr. Liu got involved, after merely ten minutes of acupuncture, the old man’s facial nerves started responding!"
"What the hell? Really?"
...
"Dr. Liu, you are amazing!"
In the consultation room, the elderly man and his children surrounded Liu Qingyan, expressing their shocked gratitude.
"You’re welcome."
Liu Qingyan removed the needles, threw the disposable acupuncture needles used by the hospital into the trash, nodding secretly.
These disposable acupuncture needles are indeed safe, hygienic, and do not hinder the flow of Qi while performing acupuncture.
"The old man’s facial nerves were indeed extensively damaged, but not completely necrotic, and the surrounding nerves are intact."
Liu Qingyan said while prescribing medicine on the computer, "I’ll prescribe some medication to unblock the meridians for the old gentleman and have him come back on Monday and the following Monday.
With three consecutive acupuncture sessions, he should recover seventy to eighty percent. If he takes these herbal medicines for another month, he should be almost completely cured."
"Fully cured in a month?" The old man and those beside him were astonished.
The old man was a well-known entrepreneur from a city in the North. Whether for personal needs or business needs, treatment was essential.
However, they had gone through many places, seen both Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and consulted nearly a hundred specialists if not more.
But because the old man was aging and his nerves were inherently weak, treatments had no significant effect.
They had visited cities famous for Traditional Chinese Medicine, almost thinking their case was hopeless, they came to this Western-inclined, bourgeois city of Hai City and surprisingly saw hope.
They had previously gone to several big hospitals, and after experts examined them, the proposed treatments were no different from previous ones.
They were very disappointed and then, out of desperation, came to Longhua Hospital.
However, even the neurologists in this hospital, after conducting examinations, did not seem to be very confident.
Then someone happened to inform this doctor that a physician skilled in Traditional Chinese Medicine and proficient in treating difficult conditions had arrived at the hospital.
So, having nothing to lose, they made another appointment to see her here.
Honestly, upon first meeting, the old man’s children felt disheartened; one of them even wished to turn around and leave.
A girl in her twenties specializing in difficult conditions?
The Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hai City seemed so unreliable.
But the old man insisted, saying since they came, they should at least see her out of courtesy and respect.
Then, Liu Qingyan looked at the old man’s examination results, felt his face, took his pulse, and proceeded with acupuncture.
And then, in merely ten minutes, the old man and his children were all in shock.
"Strictly speaking, a fortnight after three acupuncture sessions should be about enough, but given the three years of facial paralysis, the muscles and nerves won’t fully return to normal, and they need another half month of medication for invisible recovery."
Liu Qingyan calmly said and then prescribed on the computer, hitting enter as the form slowly emerged from the printer.
Liu Qingyan handed the form to one of the old man’s daughters, "Remember to come back next week; I’m only at the hospital for consultation on Mondays."
"Alright, thank you! Thank you!"
The woman took the form and, along with others, thanked her and helped the old man away.
Liu Qingyan nodded, pressed a button, and called the next patient in.
"Dr. Liu, you are amazing!" The little nurse who accompanied them had stars practically shooting out of her eyes.
Liu Qingyan smiled slightly, "I have to say, this facial paralysis case had quite a distinctive presentation. The symptoms and nerve signs are not like ordinary facial paralysis, no wonder regular doctors couldn’t treat it."
Her words were so natural, as if evident, but to the nurse, they were nothing but a humblebrag.
She had led the old man moments ago and knew that he had been seeking treatment for three years.
But such a comparison only highlighted how remarkable Liu Qingyan was.
Others couldn’t treat the condition for three years, yet she only needed a month!