Chapter 239: 【239】Doctors can’t cure patients just by getting emotional Chapter 239: 【239】Doctors can’t cure patients just by getting emotional At the other end of the hallway, a doctor stepped out of the office and glanced over in their direction.
Noticing someone looking over, including seemingly paying attention to the “newbie” in his group? Tan Kelin’s eyes grew cold as he said, “Let’s talk inside.” He then led the way back to the teaching room.
He walked briskly, and the others had to jog to keep up with him.
Once everyone had entered the teaching room, Liu Chengran locked the door, not allowing anyone else in.
Inside the quiet room, a line of people stood in the corner.
Tan Kelin stood at the front and commanded in a single word, “Speak.”
It was apparent Teacher Tan had been listening to the opinions of the newcomer, having forgotten about the other three students who had been with them for quite a while.
Luo Yanfen and the other two glanced at Xie Wanying, thinking that although this newcomer seemed young, she spoke with a mature and calm tone, seemingly emotionless.
Female medical students were usually more emotional than their male counterparts.
To say Xie Wanying was unemotional would certainly be wrong. Anyone who knew her was aware that she was very compassionate toward her patients.
However, treating patients wasn’t about just indulging in emotions, as if becoming an immortal through cultivation; if chanting could instantly heal patients, Xie Wanying would be one hundred percent willing to do so.
In the clinic, it’s often that doctors must swallow their tears and analyze the patient’s condition with rationality.
Stepping forward, Xie Wanying said, “In addition to staging, tumor prognosis also depends on the type and grade. In fact, histological typing and grading have become increasingly important in guiding clinical surgical plans. Some patients might seem to have a good stage, but the pathological type and grade are poor, leading to a terrible prognosis regardless. At that point, performing a complete excision doesn’t mean much anymore because the metastatic tumor has likely already spread. This is why I said I’m more worried about patient in bed 7 than the one in bed 3. The preliminary pathological result for patient in bed 3 is moderately differentiated cancer.”
“But wasn’t the initial pathological result for the patient in bed 7 also—” Luo Yanfen urgently interjected, wanting to contradict her.
“Did I ask you to speak?” Tan Kelin’s icy gaze swept over.
Luo Yanfen clammed up, her lips turning pale.
“You continue,” Tan Kelin directed at the person whose speech had been interrupted.
This Teacher Tan’s temper must be like that of Teacher Fu, Xie Wanying thought, hating when someone hides anything right under their nose.
In fact, clinical teachers fear most when their team members keep secrets, as it might affect the treatment progress of a patient.
Struggling to refocus, Xie Wanying emphasized to the teacher, “I have serious doubts about her pathological results. There’s a great deal of uncertainty with her initial pathology. The biopsy tissue was taken at another hospital during a colonoscopy. Given the tumor’s size and nebulous shape, sampling the specimen is a real test of the doctor performing the colonoscopy. Teacher Tan knows this; her pathology slides have been analyzed at two hospitals, with one claiming it’s benign.”
After she finished speaking, several doctors from their own hospital seemed to be deep in thought.
“That seems to be the case—” Dr. Xiao Sun recalled, discussing softly with his senior, Liu Chengran.
The teachers did not object, and Xie Wanying continued, “The teacher might think that the pathology department of the previous hospital was no good. But if one hospital judged it as benign and another as moderately differentiated cancer, that discrepancy seems quite significant. It’s highly improbable for samples to be misattributed, which leads to the possibility that there’s an issue with the sampling or even that the pathology experts are having difficulty making a definite diagnosis. After all, the accuracy of biopsy forceps sampling is relatively low, and using a snare would give a better accuracy rate.”