Lu Jing couldn’t have imagined that a huge surprise was about to come his way.
After the group had their breakfast, they started to get busy.
The village had about two hundred households, and the neighboring village, having heard about the charitable medical team offering free consultations here, also dragged their families over.
For the doctors, treating one patient was the same as treating two; they had to see everyone regardless, so it didn’t really matter to them.
It was just that with the increase in the number of patients, everyone became more tired.
Lu Jing took on a villager who had been bedridden for several years, an elderly man in his eighties, who had been pushed over on a wooden cart by his family.
"What happened?" he asked.
The family hurriedly replied:
"Doctor, this is my dad. He started complaining about leg pain over twenty years ago.
But even though it was just pain, with no other symptoms, we never took him to the hospital.
Later, it dragged on until four years ago when he couldn’t bear it anymore and became paralyzed. Now we just want to know why?"
So, had he been living with the pain for twenty years?
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If it weren’t for this charitable medical service that allowed them to save on examination fees, the family probably still wouldn’t have taken the old man to the hospital for a check-up.
The family had already said it: it started twenty years ago. Any family with the slightest amount of concern wouldn’t have let it drag on for so long.
Bear in mind that the old man is now in his eighties, and many surgeries are no longer possible unless his life is in immediate danger.
And in that case, one can’t guarantee a safe return from the operating table.
But if he had seen a doctor twenty years ago, at least, there was a high chance that it wouldn’t have led to this outcome.
The physical condition of someone at sixty is quite different from that at eighty.
As for these family members, Lu Jing took a few glances at them; he had his thoughts, but he certainly wouldn’t voice them out loud.
In the hospital, it’s not rare to see all kinds of people and situations.
As a doctor, you only need to do what falls within your responsibilities.
Otherwise, you’re just looking for trouble.
Lu Jing, no matter how dissatisfied, had to silently endure and proceed with the old man’s diagnosis.
"Come on, family members, help the old man stand up for a bit."
The family was cooperatively doing whatever was asked of them.
As the old man stood up, his entire body shook uncontrollably.
Seeing this, Lu Jing slightly furrowed his brows: This looks like a reaction to Parkinson’s!
He then continued the examination and discovered many issues one after another, such as: osteoporosis, herniated intervertebral discs, necrosis of both femoral heads, and a deformed tumor on the right foot’s toes.
Damn, and this is just the surgical examination, with already so many problems, what about the internal examination that follows?
It will probably reveal even more issues, not fewer.
"That’s enough, let’s help the old man sit back down and rest."
"Okay, thank you, doctor."
Lu Jing pursed his lips and ultimately remained silent as he started writing the diagnostic report.
The more he wrote, the more stifled and anxious he felt.
Every time he encountered such situations, he felt extremely uncomfortable.
How could there be such negligent family members?
If it were really due to poor conditions, that would be one thing.
But many times, it’s the family’s inattention and neglect that lead to severe consequences.
"You feed me when I am little; I’ll feed you when you’re old," not everyone lives up to that saying.
Doctor Wei was initially next to Lu Jing and had clearly seen the situation; he patted Lu Jing’s arm a few times:
Lu Jing sighed and shook his head:
"Don’t think too much."
The two of them really understood each other without having to say much.