Chapter 548: [548] She treats all patients equally. Chapter 548: [548] She treats all patients equally. “Stop arguing, both of you,” said the nurse as she hurried to intervene between two quarreling relatives of patients. “The doctor is here.”
Zhang Wei’s mother gasped for breath, caressing her chest, deeply irritated by the son of the patient in the next bed. Turning around and seeing that the doctor by the bedside was Xie Wanying, she panicked and rushed over, yelling, “Didn’t I ask for a doctor? What can a student do?”
“It’s Doctor Sun’s instruction for Dr. Xie to come check on the patient,” the nurse explained.
Zhang Wei’s mother couldn’t believe it and asked Xie Wanying, “What’s your relationship with Doctor Sun?”
Li Qi’an, who had stood up to follow and see the patient, entered the ward and heard the relative’s question. He replied, “Doctor Sun is our teaching physician.”
“Other than the teacher-student relationship, there’s no other connection? Why does he always send you to see patients instead of coming himself?” Zhang Wei’s mother demanded.
“We are medical students and need to learn and train clinically. If there are issues we can’t handle, we will report to our teacher. Any treatment plans will be reported to the teacher, and only with his approval can we proceed with prescriptions,” Li Qi’an explained to the family.
Zhang Wei’s mother really didn’t want to speak a word to these people anymore and just stared hard at Xie Wanying’s movements.
After examining the patient’s stool, she saw no significant bleeding. She then checked the patient’s abdominal pain and found no signs of intestinal obstruction; the patient’s pain had also eased after a bowel movement. Next, she checked for symptoms of dehydration.
The nurse had recorded a normal blood pressure for the patient. Xie Wanying listened to the patient’s heart and lungs and found no major issues. Observing that the patient’s diarrhea had begun to cease and there were no signs of dehydration, Xie Wanying made no immediate interventions and decided, “No treatment is needed right now; let’s continue to observe.”
“What do you mean? Are you saying not to give her any medicine or injections?” asked Zhang Wei’s mother.
“Correct, not for now,” Xie Wanying said.
“Why? She’s had a bout of diarrhea , and you doctors don’t even prescribe any medication?”
“She only had one episode of diarrhea, which has stopped. There are no other apparent symptoms, so no emergency treatment is required. As for the tumor in her body, surgery was scheduled to take place in the hospital. Tomorrow, a attending physician will come to examine her condition.” Having said this, Xie Wanying turned to leave in order to report the patient’s condition to Teacher Sun.
Zhang Wei’s mother, not understanding the situation, insisted on detaining her, raising her voice, “I know you don’t like me, but you can’t be so negligent with my mother-in-law’s illness!”
What had this person misunderstood? Xie Wanying turned around and said earnestly, “Don’t worry. After the nurse cleans her up, they will come to check on the patient’s condition regularly. If her condition truly worsens, we will definitely consult the senior doctors to come and see her. Even if I didn’t say anything, the nurses would do the same.”
“Right, Dr. Xie is correct. It’s ,” the nurse chimed in. “You see, as soon as there is an issue, we immediately take her blood pressure and measure her temperature to inform the doctors.”
“Why aren’t you prescribing any medication?” Zhang Wei’s mother was adamant about getting her mother-in-law an injection, her tone emphatic.
“She is currently a tumor patient, and surgery is the best course of action. As you know, we brought her to the hospital specifically for surgery. Before surgery, if there aren’t clear indications for medication, administering drugs willy-nilly not only lacks efficacy but also increases the burden on her liver and kidneys. All drugs have side effects, Auntie,” Xie Wanying stated, standing at the entrance to the ward, explaining to her word by word. She would never show partiality because she was the mother of her former classmate; patients and their relatives were all the same in her eyes.