Chapter 183 - Human body is difficult! (1/2)

Ren Lina's special patient was in his mid-40s. He had small eyes and a brandy nose, and was just slightly over 1.7 meters tall, but he weighed almost 100 kg. He would often need to hold his stomach while standing to pee. Although his position wasn't that high, he really did hold quite a lot of authority. It was said that even the city leader of a smaller city often came to visit him. Normally, he went to work early in the morning, and would then come to the hospital after 10 a.m. to begin his treatment.

There was an incredible number of people coming to see him. Without even mentioning anything else, just the nurse's station was already filled with gift boxes. Normal people would buy some boxes of milk or cans of porridge as gifts, but when visiting such a leader, it would be important to bring flowers as well as all sorts of supplements. There were gold, silver, and partner brands, all sorts of the most expensive supplements in the market, along with plenty of scam supplements, side by side.

The section chief was from Shanxi Province, and he really loved to eat noodles. However, noodles had high starch content and would make it difficult to control the blood sugar. Doctor Ren Lina advised him to eat less noodles. He heard from someone else that the flour from the border province had higher sugar and starch content than normal due to having more sunlight, which was why he wouldn't eat flour from the border province. He specially went to the trouble of paying for flour to be shipped to him from inland China.

Although this patient had quite a bit of authority, he was really polite to the doctors and nurses, and his pudgy face seemed to be naturally suited for smiling. It wasn't easy to tell that he was actually a leader. However, he had a personal driver serving him, and his patient room seemed almost like his office. There were so many people literally waiting in line to see him to report to him or meet him.

When Zhang Fan and Ren Lina checked on this patient, he was currently in the middle of a phone call. When he saw the doctors arriving, he immediately told the other person on the phone, ”Let's stop talking for now. My leaders are coming.” He then immediately hung up the call and smiled while standing up to greet them.

This would easily leave others with a very good first impression. ”Leader Ren, oh my, I can't take this anymore, my arm is so swollen from receiving IV drips every day. Is this a new doctor? He looks so energetic.” The section chief could also tell that Zhang Fan was just a rotation doctor. However, he still smiled and nodded in greeting at Zhang Fan.

”You're the one who's actually the leader. You always joke around with us doctors. However, I still need to lecture you.” Ren Lina chuckled while talking to the section chief.

”Oh my, just look at what you're saying. Feel free to scold me. I'll definitely work harder on what I haven't been able to do.” The section chief had the two doctors sit down. His patient room was a VIP room which came with a second office room that included a sofa, office desk, and so on.

”I saw you sneaking out yesterday to smoke again. Your circulation and nervous system are already having some problems due to your high blood sugar. You're already feeling numb in your hands and feet, yet you're still smoking. I also heard from the nurses that many of the people visiting you are also smoking in your patient room. This truly won't be good for your recovery. You only have one body. No matter how busy you are with work, you have to pay attention to your body.”

”Right, right, right. We're all just rough men who don't have any culture or knowledge. We don't understand such things. I'll definitely pay attention, I'll pay attention. I've been having so many blood sugar tests every day that it feels like my fingers are falling off. Dear leader, can you think of anything to help me?”

”Then properly cooperate with our treatment. Eat less carbohydrates in the future and eat more vegetables and high-protein foods. With one meal of buns or noodles, you'll be wasting several days' worth of my medical treatment,” Ren Lina complained.

”Haha! You're truly a divine doctor. You can even tell what I've been eating! Amazing, amazing!” The section chief was using rather exaggerated words, but his face didn't at all indicate that he was just saying flattery.

Zhang Fan almost laughed out loud at seeing the section chief's sight. The section chief was all smiles and so polite while sitting surrounded by flower baskets, making him seem like a buddha in a flower garden.

Such a sight was only possible in an internal medicine department. In the surgical departments, especially general surgery, flower baskets were strictly forbidden. This was because there had previously been a patient with an allergy to flower pollen. Someone came to visit the patient and brought him a flower basket. The patient who had just finished surgery a few days ago sneezed so much that his sutures were broken! Previous superintendent Huang Yun then set a rule that flower baskets were forbidden in all the surgical departments.

Ren Lina gave the section chief a physical checkup and chatted with him for a while longer before leaving.

”Doctor Zhang, this patient is a government leader. Don't watch just how friendly and nice he appears to be. You really must pay attention to your own behavior as well,” Ren Lina told Zhang Fan. It would be his matter whether he listened to her advice or not. It was already quite nice of her that she was advising him of this.

There were two main groups of people who had diabetes in the endocrinology department. The first group were the government leaders from when China's economy first started rapidly developing. Now, these leaders were getting older and had higher positions, but were receiving payback for eating and drinking as they pleased. They were forced to take an injection with every meal! The private patient rooms were mostly filled with this type of patient.

The second main group of patients with diabetes were those who had recently left poverty to become somewhat well-to-do. They would start eating a lot of food with much higher fat and sugar content, causing them to get diabetes in just a few years.

As for the regular middle class, there actually weren't that many patients with diabetes. This might have to do with their normal eating habits.

There were five rotation doctors currently in the endocrinology department. Three of the female rotation doctors wanted to be permanently assigned here because this department was also known as the hospital's ”Mistress Department”. There were more female doctors than male doctors here. This department also received a high number of patients with special status or lots of money, so there really was quite a good chance for the young female doctors to get noticed and hook up with someone rich or powerful. Moreover, in comparison to the respiratory department, gastrointestinal department, and so on, the endocrinology department was far cleaner. In the respiratory department, you would need to work with patients' phlegm every day, while the gastrointestinal department would see you working with vomit or feces on a daily basis! The endocrinology department was also less tiring and less stressful to work in. These factors combined to make many young female doctors want to join this department.

How were they to join this department? They would have to study hard. Director Dilibaer's position in Chasu City Hospital was rather special. Both the former and current superintendent were really respectful to her. This meant that as long as you had the director's approval, you would be able to join the endocrinology department. Otherwise, it would be difficult to join this department even if you had the superintendent's help.

With many women in this department, there was also a lot of drama. Since many of the female doctors were also married to those with status or money, they couldn't help but compare themselves to one another. Even though the conditions in the endocrinology department were quite nice, the atmosphere wasn't very friendly.

In other departments, the doctors would scheme against each other for the sake of receiving more patients, all for the sake of money. Yet, things were a bit more special in this department. Doctors here wouldn't really care about money. They were actually quite generous. They would even issue some bonus money to the rotation doctors, although not very much. Still, for the rotation doctors, it was quite nice already that they were receiving anything.

Where did the conflicts in this department arise from? Because of trying to keep up with the Joneses. Basically, the female doctors were competing in comparing their husbands or lovers. If one female doctor took a vacation in Thailand, then another female doctor would have to take a vacation to Malaysia the next day.

If one female doctor spent 500 yuan on a haircut, then another female doctor would be doing a full beauty and health care routine in a few days. In a way, the endocrinology department was the department that was most up-to-date with currently popular trends. For instance, if there was a newest version of an Apple iphone out, it would take only a few days for all the female doctors in the endocrinology department to possess one. Thus, ordinary doctors wouldn't be able to stay in this department in the end.

Although the female doctors weren't intentionally trying to look down on ordinary doctors, the female doctors' conversations, clothing, and so on would be too much for doctors from ordinary families to handle. ”Oh my! Today's purse is quite nice. My husband's relative visited America and went to the trouble of bringing a purse back for me. It's just a little too large.” The female doctors would then show off Louis Vuitton or other ridiculously expensive brand name purses.

There were also some who had cleverer ways of showing off. ”Help take a look at my finger. Why is it so red?” The end result was that the other party would notice that there was actually a large diamond ring on her finger.