Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

When considering customer service hires, he had already decided that if he was satisfied with both, he could keep one first.

Or, one could first take on packaging and shipping tasks.

As for the somewhat untidy woman, as long as her abilities were decent, he was still willing to hire her. He wouldn’t simply judge based on appearance.

Tang Ping went over to chat with her; she seemed to have agreed.

She sat down in the waiting area, holding her phone, occasionally swiping with her fingers.

Li Jingsheng didn’t bother the woman further, focusing solely on diagnosing patients.

By the time it was nearing twelve o’clock, he still had three patients waiting to be seen, which would probably take another twenty or thirty minutes at least.

Despite his growing reputation, he approached diagnosing each patient with utmost care, never daring to be even slightly negligent.

Running a clinic in such a competitive area is quite a challenge.

It also helped him develop the habit of being meticulous and prudent.

He glanced at the woman applying and saw she was still sitting there waiting, occasionally looking up at Li Jingsheng.

Waiting can be an extremely torturous experience.

Every minute and every second seems extraordinarily long.

At that moment, Li Jingsheng’s phone rang.

Since the clinic got two dedicated consultation numbers, his private phone was seldom called except by patients who still had his number saved.

The vast majority of patients were very polite and wouldn’t call him over trivial matters.

He glanced down and found it was Director Kuo from the endocrinology department calling.

He wondered how the patient who was transferred yesterday was doing.

Could it be that the transfer wasn’t successful and they returned?

The possibility was quite high.

Given the critical condition of the patient, no hospital would receive them easily upon transfer.

Unless the family had pre-arranged everything with the receiving hospital and they agreed to accept.

"Hello, Director Kuo!"

Even though he was just a low-status department director, Li Jingsheng still showed him great respect.

"Dr. Li, I sincerely apologize, but we had no choice but to disturb you again! The patient from yesterday died during the transfer, and now the family has brought the issue to the higher authorities, demanding that our hospital take responsibility. I’ve submitted all relevant materials, and our hospital’s medical affairs department and dispute office are actively handling it. When questioned by the higher authorities, they may need you to testify, just truthfully state what you know—can you do that?"

Director Kuo sounded extremely vulnerable as he spoke.

Any doctor or nurse involved in a medical accident would be in a similar situation.

Inner anxiety, immense pressure.

A department director in a weak position, like Director Kuo, would be even more so.

His department didn’t perform well in the first place, and if anything went wrong, the hospital leadership could very well eliminate the entire department.

The department director is often the primary person responsible, making him even more unfortunate.

Now that something has gone wrong, people are bound to distance themselves from the issue in pursuit of safety.

Li Jingsheng wasn’t originally an endocrinology doctor; he was invited over for a consultation.

Theoretically, it had nothing to do with him.

The responsibility would certainly not fall on him.

Given the vested interests involved, Li Jingsheng could completely refuse to testify.

Even in court, testifying is entirely voluntary.

No one can be compelled.

So, Director Kuo’s pleading tone was understandable at this point.

"Testifying is absolutely no problem! Just let me know when you need me."

Li Jingsheng didn’t refuse.

"Did the patient die from respiratory failure?"

He felt remorse for the patient’s death, given their relatively young age. If the family had transferred them to another hospital right from the start, or not forced a transfer given the severity of the patient’s condition, perhaps the patient might have survived.

In clinical medicine, some incredible miracles often happen.

Many seemingly doomed patients ultimately survive after rescue efforts.

Conversely, some patients who should have had a chance to live end up dying due to various reasons.

"The cause of death isn’t clear yet. It might have been impossible to increase potassium supplementation during the transfer, or breathing might have been further suppressed. During the transfer, the patient was always wearing a breathing mask, and the ambulance the family hired was equipped with professional doctors and nurses."

Director Kuo couldn’t confirm the cause of death.

This requires expert identification from technical departments before the actual cause can be determined.

After ending the call with Director Kuo, Li Jingsheng returned to diagnosing patients.

"Dr. Li, my right shoulder may be sprained, it’s very painful, could you please take a look!"

The young female patient said to him.

"How did it happen? Did you lift something heavy, or twist your arm backward, or was it for another reason?"

"I was trying to load water into the dispenser and thought a jug of water wasn’t particularly heavy, so I tried to handle it myself. In the process of lifting, perhaps I used too much force, and my right shoulder began to hurt immediately. After a couple of days, it didn’t get better, so I decided to come to you for a check-up."

Clearly, the young female patient knew Li Jingsheng was skilled in this type of treatment.

"Let’s do an X-ray first, is that okay?"

"Okay!"

She nodded in agreement.

For patients with bone injuries, Li Jingsheng conducts further examinations based on individual circumstances.

Given that he had encountered a few patients feigning bone injuries to seek claims, he typically performs an X-ray first before physically inspecting the bones.

Last month, there was a patient with a bone injury, a lady over seventy years old, claiming her wrist had been injured in a fall.