Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

After Li Jingsheng examined her by feeling her bones, he discovered multiple fractures.

The old lady insisted that it was Li Jingsheng who made her bone injuries worse during the check-up.

Faced with this kind of accusation, it’s really difficult to clear one’s name.

Fortunately, there were surveillance cameras in the clinic at the time, and several waiting patients and their families helped testify, preventing the old lady’s false claim from succeeding. Her family left with her, cursing.

When diagnosing patients at the Second Hospital, he also encountered some similar false claims.

With good intentions, he checked the bones of patients, only to be accused of being too rough and worsening their injuries.

Some even slandered Li Jingsheng, claiming he deliberately worsened their injuries to charge more for treatment.

After experiencing several disheartening encounters, Li Jingsheng became more standard in his diagnoses and somewhat colder and more detached.

He decided to strictly follow the rules.

For instance, when encountering a patient with a dislocated joint, he used to feel it was unnecessary to take X-rays, thinking he could determine the injury by touch and treatment could be performed immediately.

Now, patients can no longer enjoy this gentle care.

X-rays are always taken before any further treatment.

Moreover, he no longer recognizes the X-rays from other hospitals.

He learned this strategy from the experts.

Indeed, he was frightened by a few particular patients.

One bad apple spoils the whole barrel.

When there’s a murderer on a street, everyone feels at risk. When there’s a thief on a bus route, people fear taking that bus line.

It’s the same for doctors.

After being falsely accused by patients a few times, Li Jingsheng could only stick to the rules to protect himself.

In fact, all the medical regulations and standards are set to ensure the interests of both doctors and patients.

After taking an X-ray for her, Li Jingsheng felt a bit puzzled.

The patient’s bones did not seem to have any significant issues.

No obvious signs of shoulder joint displacement, dislocation, or fracture were found.

As of now, the X-ray equipment is quite good.

The clarity is not an issue at all.

"Is my injury serious?"

The patient asked somewhat anxiously.

"Not serious, it’s probably just a sprain of soft tissues or ligaments; the bones are fine."

After bringing the patient to the consultation table, Li Jingsheng examined her bones.

After a few touches, something felt off.

"Um... it’s a bit painful!"

She groaned softly.

"There seems to be a small lump here, which by feel, doesn’t seem like normal tissue."

Li Jingsheng found that the lump was hard and could be moved upon palpation.

From experience, it should be a tumor.

"Let me touch it!"

She tried touching it and confirmed, "It really seems like a small lump! Is it serious?"

"It definitely needs to be checked in a hospital. I even suspect your shoulder pain might not be a sprain but rather due to this lump."

Li Jingsheng could only suggest this much.

"Is that so! Do you think this lump is malignant?"

The patient asked with a remarkably calm demeanor.

"Uh... it’s hard to say; we need to rely on pathological results. You should go to a bigger hospital for a CT or MRI, which should provide a clearer diagnosis."

How could Li Jingsheng determine the nature of the lump for her?

No doctor would dare to make such a judgment without pathological results.

At most, based on experience, they could roughly speculate about the lump’s nature.

"Actually, you don’t have to worry about my endurance. I’ve already been diagnosed with cancer three times," the female patient said.

"Ah..." Li Jingsheng felt a bit shocked by the patient’s seeming honesty.

Not only him, but even Meng Luo beside him was taken aback.

"Cancer isn’t really that scary; many cancers, if detected early and surgically removed, are basically curable." Li Jingsheng could only offer this comfort to the patient.

In reality, most cancers are hard to detect in the early stages.

By the time they’re discovered, many are already at stage III or beyond.

At that stage, it’s very difficult to cure, and the focus shifts to prolonging the patient’s survival as much as possible and trying to prevent cancer recurrence.

But cancer has a strong ability to metastasize and remain hidden, with a tenacity that surpasses even the toughest foes. Radiation or chemotherapy, which cause severe harm to the body, have the effect of mutual destruction.

Yet, they still can’t completely eliminate the cancer cells lurking in the body.

These cells, given the slightest chance, can reignite and flare up again.

"You’re right, cancer isn’t scary at all. I was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer at sixteen, lung cancer at nineteen, and last year, it was thyroid cancer. But I’ve always survived, and every time it was detected in time. Even the doctors found it unbelievable."

The female patient recounted her past experiences with self-deprecation.

Discovering a cancer every two to three years would have made the average person collapse.

Yet this woman appeared quite optimistic.

Perhaps it was precisely this optimistic and resilient mentality that provided a great foundation for overcoming cancer.

After all, cancer is most afraid of those with a positive and optimistic attitude.

Plus, with timely detection, it becomes less surprising that surgery can successfully cure it.

"Over the years, I’ve been paying close attention to the medical field. I can recite the skills of Jiangli City’s skilled doctors with my eyes closed. Dr. Li, I learned about you from the recent clinical skill competition. I’ve been following you since then, learning more about you. You won the bone-setting competition, which I find fantastic, and it’s a blessing for our 10 million citizens of Jiangli City.