Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic

Chapter 311 - 170: Mastering Another Skill—Is Doing Good Deeds Not Allowed? (Part 3)

Doctor Xu walked away immediately after finishing his words.

Li Jingsheng looked at the numerous patients still waiting in line outside, feeling somewhat sympathetic.

But he also understood that doctors are human, not machines.

Only by eating well and resting can they save more patients.

"Doctor, doctor, please help treat my son! We came in after 9 a.m. and have been waiting all morning. My son’s issue is minor, it’s just a dislocated elbow joint."

A young mother carrying a three- or four-year-old boy walked into the clinic, pleading with Li Jingsheng to work overtime.

Li Jingsheng took the X-ray taken by the patient and took a look.

The issue was minor, just a partial dislocation of the radial head.

The radial head in young children is not fully developed, and the annular ligament in the elbow is loose, so sometimes an injury or excessive pulling by the parents can cause dislocation of the radial head of the elbow.

After a dislocation occurs, the child cries due to pain, the injured forearm cannot supinate, the elbow joint cannot bend by itself, and the injured arm cannot be raised.

For someone like Li Jingsheng, a Bone-Setting expert, it’s indeed a small problem.

But for the child and the parents, it is a huge issue.

Seeing the child crying due to pain and the arm in a semi-disabled state, the parent’s heart would be filled with fear and worry.

"Alright, let me work overtime and treat the child. You can pay using your phone."

Li Jingsheng issued a fee list item to the patient.

The child’s mother thanked him profusely and quickly paid through the hospital app on her phone.

Li Jingsheng first felt the child’s bones to understand the bone position and the condition of the soft tissue around the joint. Then, with his right thumb pressing on the child’s radial head and his left hand holding the child’s wrist, he instructed the child’s forearm to supinate.

Following that, he pressed the radial head firmly with his thumb.

"Crack!"

A faint bone-clicking sound rang out.

This was the sound of a successful joint reposition.

"Done!"

Li Jingsheng smiled and said to the child’s mom.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

The child’s mother expressed her gratitude repeatedly.

"His injury isn’t severe, doesn’t need bandaging or fixation, but you should take care for about two weeks. Children recover fast, so there shouldn’t be any issues after two weeks."

Li Jingsheng successfully gained a positive review and cured another patient; he was equally happy.

points of life value in hand.

After mastering the Bone-Setting Skill, easily repositioning the dislocated joints of patients filled him with a sense of achievement.

The admiration from the patients outside and the nurses Li Li, Dr. Chen, and others, as they looked at him, equally satisfied Li Jingsheng.

In terms of growth speed, it indeed progresses faster in large hospitals.

Three days a week in a large hospital and four days in a small clinic, this routine is pretty nice.

Once he slowly earns enough life values ​​and elevates the other medical skills to higher realms, then not only will his position in the Second Hospital be higher, but also he will gradually claim a place in the domestic medical community.

The most comfortable state in life is this visible effort.

"Doctor, my foot was fractured from falling off my electric bike, and it hurts terribly. Your skills are so amazing, can you please work overtime to treat me as well?"

Another patient walked in with crutches.

Completely uninvited.

About forty years old.

Beside him was presumably his wife.

"We’re off duty now, come back in the afternoon!"

Li Jingsheng noticed not only this patient asking the doctor to work overtime, but the patients and their families waiting outside were also staring at him closely.

At this moment, if he agreed to work overtime again, he wouldn’t get to eat lunch today.

The flow of patients would be endless.

This was his first time formally working in an outpatient clinic.

Unlike the inpatient department, where once the time is up, patients in hand are turned over to the on-duty doctor and one can leave.

The outpatient clinic has no shift handover system.

Once the time is up, you go off duty; the hospital cannot assign additional duty doctors.

Except for the emergency department.

"Didn’t you just work overtime to treat this little child? We’ve been waiting longer than this child. Also, my injury is more severe, could you kindly work overtime and treat my husband as well?"

The man’s wife pointed to the joyful child and the child’s mother leaving.

"Sorry, but it really is off duty now. I’ve worked a morning already and need to go eat and rest, then come back this afternoon to continue working. Otherwise, I won’t have the energy to handle the afternoon’s tasks. Please understand."

Li Jingsheng firmly refused.

This time he absolutely couldn’t agree.

People are selfish; patients and families consider relieving pain quickly, while doctors consider eating, resting, recovering their energy, and restoring their strength to better handle afternoon tasks.

"You can treat them but not us, only because that child’s mom looks pretty?"

The female family member’s words were truly sharp.

"From our doctor’s point of view, there are only patients, nothing else. Please come back in the afternoon!"

Li Jingsheng’s tone was a lot colder this time.

Encountering such unreasonable family members can truly drive a doctor crazy.

He wouldn’t be like that Director Yang at the People’s Hospital, getting driven sick by the family members.

Li Jingsheng didn’t pay attention to this patient and the female family member anymore and walked away directly.

He had just finished getting his lunch at the cafeteria and was preparing to eat when Doctor Xu called.

"Xiaoli, what happened? Over ten families and patients called the Medical Affairs Department to complain about our clinic, claiming we distinguished treatment. Now the Medical Affairs Department wants us to go over and give an explanation."

Doctor Xu probably didn’t expect his apprentice to stir up such a mess.

He left for less than twenty minutes and Li Jingsheng created such a big problem.

"How come so many families and patients are complaining about me? I just worked overtime treating a child, then another patient with a leg fracture also asked me to work overtime, and I didn’t agree. That female family member scolded me. I just had a brief argument with that patient’s family, and didn’t have any conflicts with other patients!"

Li Jingsheng was also in two minds.

Such incidents made him feel as aggrieved as Dou E.

He initially helped out of kindness by working overtime, but unexpectedly got so many complaints.

It’s truly disheartening.

"I’ll finish eating soon and go over to ask. You better hurry and eat at the cafeteria, you’ll probably have to go explain at the Medical Affairs Department later. You know, the Medical Affairs Department always has a bone to pick with me."

Doctor Xu expressed some resentment when mentioning the Medical Affairs Department.