Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

This year, the Orthopedic Surgery Department has been flourishing and winning awards.

Director Hua must be overjoyed upon hearing this news.

Subsequently, competitions were held in various fields such as Neurology, Surgery, and Cardiothoracic Surgery. During the Cardiac Surgery competition, Li Jingsheng was honored to receive an invitation from Director Zhang to temporarily join their team and lend a helping hand.

Fortunately, with everyone’s concerted efforts, Director Zhang’s team surprisingly secured a bronze medal.

Li Jingsheng contributed significantly to this competition.

Whether it was diagnosing the cause or performing incisions and separations during the surgical process, he showcased his skills.

He was humorously dubbed the best medical assistant by Director Zhang and others.

On the third and final day,

the first round was the highlight, a competition in Pulmonary Medicine.

The jury introduced a novel competition model.

First, they conducted an initial test to eliminate a batch of less skilled doctors. Then the remaining doctors were set up outside the outpatient hall of Qiaobang Hospital, in a row, for consultations.

There were a total of forty desks, meaning that doctors from forty different hospitals were consulting simultaneously.

This was a free consultation.

Examinations and treatments required a fee, but the registration fee was waived.

The Second Hospital was represented by Director Mu, a deputy chief physician in his forties, and Li Jingsheng, three people altogether.

They barely made it to the second round to earn the consultation qualification.

Although there were forty consultation qualifications available, the competition was unimaginably fierce.

Even the smallest clinic has a Pulmonary Medicine service. This type of patient is also the most common.

Generally, Pulmonary Medicine in a secondary hospital is quite strong; having a third-level doctor, even in a Grade 3B hospital, means at least two or three decent doctors can be stationed.

With enough patients, sustaining two or three chief physicians is not a problem at all.

Because of this, the respiratory doctors sent by participating hospitals were generally very strong.

Director Mu at the Second Hospital was considered an expert of signboard-level.

However, among so many strong opponents, he was overshadowed.

He was completely suppressed by those excellent doctors from large hospitals.

At this moment, Li Jingsheng and Deputy Chief Physician Yu Xiaoyu were accompanying Director Mu one on each side.

A handwritten sign temporarily made was placed on the consultation table.

Respiratory Medicine experts from the Second Hospital of Jiangli City, Director Mu’s team.

Despite the crowd of patients ahead, many respiratory disease patients flocked here for the temporary free consultation. However, Director Mu’s fame was limited, and so was the reputation of the Second Hospital, resulting in no visitors.

On the contrary, long lines formed in front of tables from renowned hospitals like the People’s Hospital and Qiaobang Hospital.

"Dear patients, due to the limited time of this free consultation, each doctor can release at most five numbers. Please don’t queue up for too long. Patients who couldn’t get a consultation number are welcome to choose other tables for free consultation experts."

The staff responsible for hosting and scheduling on the scene had no choice but to repeatedly announce through a loudspeaker.

Li Jingsheng, seeing no patients in front of their table, was quite anxious.

He decided to take the initiative.

Just then, a patient diverted from the side couldn’t get a free consultation number from the Medical University Affiliated Hospital.

He clutched his chest and coughed painfully at the front.

The person turned red while coughing, accompanied by severe wheezing, and appeared rather thin.

He seemed to have been ill for quite a while.

Based on a preliminary judgment, he could roughly guess some symptoms of this patient.

A doctor can have poor medical skills, but the art of persuasion should not be lacking.

"Uncle, are you experiencing chest pain, difficulty coughing, and shortness of breath?"

Li Jingsheng asked with concern.

At this point, the patient in his fifties had just finished coughing, and upon hearing Li Jingsheng’s question, he looked up.

"You young doctor seem to have some skills. Right now, whenever I cough, the pain area gets very severe. Breathing is much more strenuous than before."

"Our Director Mu just happens to specialize in treating such diseases. Would you like him to take a look? It’s free."

Li Jingsheng invited warmly.

Director Mu had a thin skin, and definitely wouldn’t lower himself to actively recruit patients like this.

Most doctors in big hospitals have this kind of pride, where they expect patients to seek them out for consultations, rather than them inviting patients for treatment.

Director Mu would rather starve than do such a thing.

As for Director Yu Xiaoyu, seeing her aloof demeanor, it was even more impossible for her to do such things.

"Alright, you seem skilled. I’ll let you guys take a look!"

The patient walked over, accompanied by a young woman who seemed to be his daughter, who quietly tried to tug on her father’s clothes.

Unfortunately, she failed to stop him.

The old man wouldn’t listen to her anyway.

When patients are registering, they want to register under a famous expert and have renowned doctors look at their illnesses.

Very few would choose to consult unknown doctors.

"Please sit!"

Director Mu, upon finally seeing a patient, perked up, invited the patient to sit, and commenced with the normal consultation process.

After a round of diagnosis, he found the patient Li Jingsheng brought had a complex condition.

During the diagnosis, he couldn’t help but frown and show a hint of difficulty.

"Director Yu, Dr. Li, please join in as well. This patient has crackling sounds audible at the lung base, recently had a blood routine test at the local hospital showing nothing abnormal, and a chest X-ray revealing solid nodules in the lungs, with multiple nodules on both sides."

Fearing embarrassment and uncertain, Director Mu quickly called in two helpers for a consultation.