Chapter 461: Chapter 220: A Slightly Wooden Bone Appearance—Fever at Night, Not by Day (Part 3)

Almost got my finger bitten by a patient.

Later, around eight, I handed over shifts, and after breakfast, my mentor called me to discuss two classic cases together.

At that time, he was really exhausted, but he didn’t dare to doze off.

Because of his poor condition, he was criticized by the mentor.

That was his most overwhelming moment.

It was also the first time he felt that being a doctor was not something an ordinary person could endure.

From working the day shift yesterday to being called in for discussion in the morning, he had been on duty for a full twenty-four hours.

He performed poorly during the discussion and got scolded.

Then he had to grit his teeth and continue with another twelve-hour day shift.

He only managed a little over an hour’s nap at noon.

That was his first time working 36 hours straight.

Just felt that being a doctor was too exhausting, and the training wage was low. Just a basic salary of three thousand, not a penny more.

Performance bonuses and such didn’t apply to trainees at all.

The department was quite shady back then, he remembered that much of the overtime pay and medical record writing bonus was cut.

Didn’t dare to ask.

Asking was useless anyway.

Later on, he gradually got used to it.

Many things are like this, get through it, and it’ll be fine.

So now, when facing a patient with a somewhat cold attitude, he wouldn’t get angry at all. Instead, he patiently inquired about the patient’s condition.

"I was riding a three-wheeled motorbike to deliver goods when I collided with an oncoming car. Then I rolled from the road into the ditch by the roadside, the water there was very smelly and black, but my back was injured, and I couldn’t move. Later, the driver at fault called the police, and the ambulance took a long time to arrive and took me to the hospital. When they lifted me, they all looked disgusted.

The most infuriating thing is the traffic liability determination, somehow I ended up being primarily responsible..."

The man saw Li Jingsheng waiting for his response and finally opened up.

When he talked about how he got injured, he seemed very angry.

Li Jingsheng was not interested in traffic liability division.

Many people riding electric bikes and tricycles, because they hadn’t taken a test for a driver’s license, weren’t afraid of losing points and fines; they rode however they wanted.

In the end, when an accident happened, they still blamed others for reckless driving.

"So now you mainly feel back pain, can’t stand, can’t walk, right?"

Li Jingsheng decided to use the Bone Touching Skill to examine this man.

"Yes! I can’t even sit, let alone stand."

The man replied.

"I’ll check the previously injured vertebra area for you."

After getting the man’s consent, Li Jingsheng placed his body in a lateral position and performed a bone examination on him.

The patient’s family was by the side, helping to hold his body.

"Doctor, please speak well on our behalf to your director. My son had a car accident, hasn’t recovered, and his girlfriend left him; he’s attempted suicide several times."

The patient’s mother said, tears flowing as she spoke.

In the face of illness, humanity seems incredibly small.

"Why are you telling this to the doctor!"

The patient, in a rough tone, scolded his mother.

He possibly felt that these words hurt his pride, so he was a little angry.

"If there’s a problem and you don’t tell the doctor, they’ll just leave you here unattended. You’re in this state; what’s there to hide?"

The mother scolded her son back.

When something like this happens in a family, it’s easy for them to blame and argue with each other.

Li Jingsheng didn’t interject but earnestly performed the bone examination on the patient.

The Great Success Level of Bone Touching Skill was exceptionally sophisticated.

One could clearly feel the hardness, temperature, and any lesions in the bones through the skin.

Especially since Li Jingsheng touched bones every day in the clinic, he was extremely sensitive to the subtle bone phenomena in various patients. He could easily distinguish even small differences.

Like a businessman dealing with gold all the time, they could usually determine the authenticity just by touching and weighing it.

Because the feel and weight of real gold were imprinted in their minds.

"Why does the patient’s vertebra feel off when touched?"

He had already reviewed the scan many times, and there were no problems.

But the vertebra felt somewhat ’wooden’ to touch, indescribable.

Such a bone phenomenon had never been encountered before.

"Doctor, could you inform your director about my son getting a fever at night?"

The patient’s mother spoke to Li Jingsheng.

"He gets a fever at night?"

After finishing the vertebra examination, Li Jingsheng also checked the wrist and finger bones, and the bone condition was normal.

Only a section of the vertebra felt more ’wooden’ to touch.

"I feel a bit feverish, asked your nurse to take my temperature, but they ignored me."

The family was a bit aggrieved.

Normally, nurses wouldn’t ignore. The family probably quarreled with the nurse and said unpleasant things.

Everyone’s human; if nurses feel the family and patient are troublesome, there’s indeed a chance of being perfunctory.

They’re particularly busy themselves, so they can’t possibly make patients feel at home like a waiter would.

At least in regular hospitals, there’s no such service concept.

Some families and patients like to treat nurses as waiters, which is a big mistake.

Give them more respect and regard, and they will be very responsible.

They’ll also try to meet reasonable requests from patients.

Asking the nurse to massage legs or shoulders, or perform other care, not a chance, how could they agree?

"I’ll go borrow a thermometer and take his temperature. Did you admit him yesterday?"

"Yes, we arrived yesterday morning and only got admitted around four in the afternoon. They said there were no beds, but there were beds! I know you’re afraid we’d cause trouble, so you purposely said there were no beds."

This woman indeed seemed a bit troublesome.

Saying a few more words makes people speechless.

Li Jingsheng naturally wouldn’t argue with her, there was no need.

If he argued with her and annoyed her, she could easily file a complaint, and he’d be in trouble.

When encountering such troublesome family members and patients, medical staff tend to avoid unnecessary trouble.

They’re just earning a salary, not worth getting into trouble for such a patient.

Li Jingsheng went to the nurse’s station, "Teacher Tang, can I borrow your thermometer?"

Out of respect, doctors usually address nurses as Teacher Tang or by their names.

But they shouldn’t use terms like Nurse Tang, as it could be construed the wrong way, and it would make them unhappy.