Chapter 706: Chapter 290: You Won’t Die If You Don’t Seek Death, The Troublesome Fracture
After this critically ill pregnant woman was brought over, Dr. Du noticed that media reporters were conducting interviews, and he might have seen this as an opportunity to show his face.
In addition, since there were no patients seeking consultation in front of his diagnostic table, he also squeezed in to join the consult.
That would have been fine.
But after he joined the consultation, he sadly discovered that just like Gao Jian, he had nothing substantial to say.
Not to mention offering any constructive suggestions.
Let alone him, even old-timers like Deputy Director Shi had to push their way in just to express a little opinion.
Without any real clinical practice experience, having a lot of theoretical knowledge is useless.
Merely studying isn’t enough; you need to be able to apply what you’ve learned to show real skill.
Looking back through history, how many bookworms really make a name for themselves?
Dr. Du is not really a bookworm, just a bit too ambitious, always wanting to soar to great heights and accomplish big things, which has led to this embarrassing situation. To put it bluntly, his aspirations exceed his abilities.
Using a more colloquial expression, he can’t earn the big bucks, scorns the petty cash; filled with indignation and dissatisfaction, but amounts to nothing.
His participation in the consultation of this pregnant woman was originally intended to get a good face in front of the media reporters and to gain face upon returning to Tuya Hospital, which would also be quite beneficial for his future career development.
With his innate conditions, as long as he really had some ability, Tuya Hospital would be very willing to place him on the throne of a renowned physician.
This, he was well aware of.
But in reality, it is Zhou Can that Tuya Hospital is currently supporting. The various treatments offered to Zhou Can are also getting better and better, and though Dr. Du doesn’t talk about it openly, he sees it clear as day in his heart.
He would be lying if he said he wasn’t anxious inside.
At this moment, seeing Zhou Can achieve another great accomplishment, Dr. Du felt both jealous and anxious, which under the chaos led him to rashly and publicly question Director Zhang’s medical conduct in front of so many people.
Maybe he thought he was questioning Zhou Can’s diagnostic conclusion, but he didn’t consider that questioning Director Zhang’s diagnosis as possibly being a bit hasty in front of all these media reporters, family members, patients, and medical staff from both hospitals, was simply outlandish.
This was practically courting death.
Who is Director Zhang Bihua? She’s the head of obstetrics at Tuya General Hospital, a department director and top expert, an authority in obstetrics.
Not even Dr. Du, let alone Dean Zhu who would have to be very courteous in speaking with Director Zhang Bihua.
There’s no exaggeration in that. How could the head of a department be of low significance?
Just look at how formidable Director Xie of the major surgery department is to understand.
After confronting Zhou Can several times, what was the result?
The most the hospital management would do is warn him not to do it again. There has never been any substantial punishment against Director Xie, nor any harsh words uttered.
Now, Dr. Du, a newcomer relying on his dazzling resume as an overseas Ph.D. holder, actually dared to openly question Director Zhang Bihua’s diagnosis as being too hasty.
If this isn’t courting death, what is it?
Director Zhang, who usually speaks to Dr. Du with a smile, still had a smile on her face at the moment, but her gaze had turned icy cold, her eyes and brows exuded authority and intimidation, bringing about a palpable sense of pressure.
“Dr. Du thinks that the diagnosis made by me and Dr. Zhou Can is too hasty, then I would like to ask you, can you definitively diagnose the cause of this pregnant woman’s illness?”
“I… I need time, need to conduct more examinations! I believe that as long as all necessary tests are done, the diagnosis of the cause will be much more precise.”
Dr. Du was flustered in the face of Director Zhang’s questioning.
“The fact that you need time is very well said. But have you considered that this pregnant woman’s condition is critical right now, and every minute, every second, is extremely precious. By the time you’ve completed a whole bunch of unnecessary or less important tests, the patient might have missed the best chance for rescue, or even worse, a tragedy that nobody wants to see might occur.”
Director Zhang Bihua still spoke very eloquently.
Even though she was extremely angry, she didn’t just lash out at Dr. Du, and when talking about the patient’s possible situations, she tried to avoid using words like death as much as possible.
“Dr. Du, you are also a medical doctor who graduated from a renowned overseas university; you don’t need me to teach you the principles. I advise you as a senior doctor with over thirty years of medical experience: practicing medicine is not like writing articles. Whatever flashy superficial things you can spare, spare them. In saving a patient’s life, what’s necessary is to act quickly, avoid dogmatism, and most of all, not get caught up in formalism, disregarding the patient’s life. The condition of this pregnant woman is extremely critical now. Identifying her cause of the disease with the least and quickest tests, and giving the correct emergency response, is the right way to rescue.”
“Judging by your behavior, you still haven’t learned your lesson from yesterday’s incident. I’ll leave it at that, and hope you can take this to heart, truly respect life, and put patients first.”
Indeed, the old ginger is spicier.
With her lecture, Director Zhang Bihua thoroughly scolded Dr. Du.
At the same time, she earned a round of applause from everyone.
During the time she criticized Dr. Du, the patient had already been rushed to the resuscitation room for catheterization to collect urine samples for testing.
For him to think of challenging Director Zhang Bihua’s status and authority was simply delusional.
No one paid any heed to his questioning.
Dr. Du’s face turned red, then white, then green.
If it could be said that the embarrassment yesterday was caused by difficult family members, then today’s public humiliation in the presence of a crowd was purely self-inflicted.
Sometimes, even the smartest people can make foolish moves.