Chapter 1 The Rebirth of the Emperor (2/2)
”Of course, I became a chief doctor when I was barely forty, and I'm highly respected in this hospital. Even our director thinks highly of me. What did I rely on to earn all those? My good skills.”
On hearing those words, the nurse standing beside Ma Guoqiang laughed secretly because everyone in the hospital knew that Ma Guoqiang was better at flattering people than healing them. That he could be a chief doctor had nothing to do with his medical skills, and all he relied on was his teacher, Zhang Tianhe.
Zhang Tianhe was a leading medical expert in Jiangnan City, highly-skilled and well-connected. Even the director of the Jiangnan Hospital, Wen Changjiang, had to show due respect for him.
”Open your eyes, boy. You must know whom you can never offend in this hospital. Don't try to displease them. If only I'm pleased, I'll guide you with my skills. You'll be benefited from this for the rest of your life.”
Just as Ma Guoqiang was making his speech, a middle-aged couple pushed the door open and walked in. The woman was hunchbacked with her hands covered on her belly. She looked pale and had an expression of pain on her face. Her steps were halting and unsteady as her husband helped her forward.
”Doctor, help! My wife has a bad stomachache,” the middle-aged man said anxiously.
”Don't worry. With me here, she'll be fine,” Ma Guoqiang answered confidently, looking like an illustrious doctor. He asked, ”When did it start?”
The middle-aged man answered, ”Not long ago, her stomach suddenly started aching when we were eating.”
Ma Guoqiang asked them some more questions and wrote down a prescription while ordering the nurse, ”She has acute gastroenteritis, prepare to get her an infusion.”
”Doctor, hurry up, please. My wife is dying of pain.”
”Take this to get your medicine. Gastroenteritis can be easily cured. She'll feel better after getting an infusion.”
Ma Guoqiang handed the prescription to the man as he talked. The man received the prescription and was about to leave to get their medicine when Qin Haodong stopped him with saying, ”Wait!”
”Doctor, is there anything else?” the middle-aged man asked in astonishment.
”Stay here, your wife doesn't have any gastroenteritis.”
Everyone changed their expression after hearing Qin Haodong's words. Ma Guoqiang's face darkened visibly.
”Qin Haodong, do you have any idea of what you are talking?”
”Of course!” Qin Haodong smirked and continued, ”I'm saying that the highly respected Doctor Ma of the Jiangnan Hospital, to whom even the director has to show due respect, misdiagnosed. Your patient is not suffering gastroenteritis.”
”Misdiagnosed? Bullshit. The symptom shows that she has acute gastroenteritis. How could I misdiagnose it?”
Ma Guoqiang shouted exasperatedly.
Seeing that the doctors had different diagnoses of her wife's illness, the middle-aged man was in a panic. He asked worriedly, ”Doctors, whose order should I follow?”
Qin Haodong continued, ”Your wife is having a heart attack, not gastroenteritis.”
”You... Qin Haodong, don't forget that you're just an intern.” Ma Guoqiang then turned to the middle-aged man. ”Don't believe what he said. He is an intern and hasn't obtained a medical qualification yet. I'm the doctor of this hospital, a chief doctor, and your wife is actually having acute gastroenteritis.”
When Ma Guoqiang was sputtering, the middle-aged women suddenly fell down to the ground, and her face looked even paler. She started twitching slightly, foaming at the mouth.
”Well ...”
Ma Guoqiang was wordless. No matter how stupid he was, he could tell that the women did have a heart attack instead of gastroenteritis at the moment.
”Doctor, what should I do?”
The middle-aged man was panic-stricken and looked at Ma Guoqiang with a worried expression.
”She is having a heart attack. Transfer her to other departments.”
Ma Guoqiang was in a panic as well. If the woman died of a heart attack because of his misdiagnosis, he would be responsible for it.
”It's too late.”
Qin Haodong took out a bag from his pocket as he said so. He unfolded it, revealing hundreds of silver needles in it. With a speed of lighting, he inserted a dozen needles into the acupoint on the woman's chest.
He always carried silver needles with him as he had studied traditional Chinese medicine since he was a child.
”Qin Haodong, what are you doing?”
Ma Guoqiang asked and was about to stop Qin Haodong, however, he saw that the woman's symptom was relieved after getting Qin Haodong's treatment. She looked rosy a little bit, and her breathing became steady. She stopped foaming at her mouth, and her pain had gone.
”This ... ”
Ma Guoqiang, the middle-aged man and the two nurses were dumbfounded to see this. None of them had thought that the young Qin Haodong had such an amazing medical skill.
Though the woman's heart attack was in a sudden, it was not serious. She was in a normal physical condition again after Qin Haodong helped her open her blood vessels.
Putting back the needles, Qin Haodong took the prescription from the man and wrote down another prescription. ”Your wife's heart attack hasn't been cured. Take medicines as the prescription says and she will be fine after half a month.”