Chapter 106: It's a Fish!

"What patient?" Ji Xiang asked after Wu Zong hung up the phone.

"Another case of Testicular Torsion," Wu Zong said with extreme helplessness. "Doctor Xiao Ji, do you know why I'm so cautious?"

"Because you attract patients?" Ji Xiang asked.

He recalled the doctor the System NPC mentioned, the unlucky one who encountered six cases of Rib Fracture combined with Aortic Dissection in eight years.

"Sigh, don't mention it." Wu Zong was dejected, but his pace quickened, almost jogging all the way to the Emergency Department. "In my first three years as Resident Chief, I didn't encounter as many cases of Testicular Torsion as I have in this one month. I encountered four on my very first day as Resident Chief!"

Tsk tsk, Ji Xiang sighed slightly; this kind of luck was truly one of a kind.

"If you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet. Be careful," Wu Zong jogged along, feet barely touching the ground as he headed straight for the Emergency Department, complaining as he went. "I regret it so much; it would have been so good to study Stomatology back then. Let me tell you, Doctor Xiao Ji, I had a classmate. Back then, the requirements for a Practicing Certificate weren't strict, and in the end, he jumped ship to Stomatology."

"Is it really good?"

"Not counting the base salary, in the first year at a clinic, you make 5,000. In the second year, once you have your certificate, it depends on your workload. Usually, the commission is 15% to 20%. With an average monthly workload of 100,000, your monthly salary can reach 15,000 to 20,000."

"Charging 2,000 for a single anterior tooth Root Canal plus a Porcelain Crown is still a conscientious price. You only need to do 50 anterior teeth a month. I ask you, is that simple or not?"

"At a professor's level, a Full Mouth Implant can be 300,000 in a day. Doing 10 cases a month is 3 million, and the commission is about 500,000."

"That's for Experts and professors; don't even think about it as a junior dentist. With a degree in Stomatology or Stomatological Technology, you only make about 3,000 when you first graduate, and after three years of hard work, you get to 7,000 to 10,000 a month."

"Not to mention how much the income is, they don't have emergency calls!"

"Men fear choosing the wrong profession, women fear marrying the wrong man. Doctor Xiao Ji, you must choose carefully!"

Ji Xiang knew that everything Wu Zong said was for his own good; these were words from the bottom of his heart.

This person was alright; worth befriending.

Arriving at the Emergency Department, the Emergency Surgery doctor pointed at the Emergency Rescue Room with a weary face. "Inside. I've already called for an Ultrasound for you. Tell me, Wu Zong, when will you stop being the Resident Chief?"

"You think I want to? If four emergency cases come in today, I'll resign tomorrow. No one can take this kind of torture."

After Wu Zong finished speaking, he had already entered the Emergency Rescue Room.

This patient's symptoms were quite typical, the kind where it would be hard to misdiagnose even if you tried; various symptoms had clearly plastered the label of Testicular Torsion all over them.

Wu Zong followed his old routine: perform a physical exam first, and after confirming, pick up the B-ultrasound Machine to do it himself.

"Doctor, can't you just perform a reduction directly?" the Family Member asked.

"The examination must be done," Wu Zong said, applying the Coupling Agent and quickly pressing the B-ultrasound Probe onto the reduction area.

"It's already so obvious, and you still have to do an examination!" The Family Member was slightly displeased.

"Sigh, look at what you're saying," Wu Zong said. "Things in the Emergency Department cost less than normal procedures. Isn't us doing an Ultrasound to observe blood flow also for the sake of safety?"

"Abnormal blood flow on the left side, confirmed torsion. Xiao Ji, prepare for reduction." Wu Zong watched the B-ultrasound Machine while speaking about what he saw, looking quite professional and quite handsome.

Ji Xiang began the reduction. He had already practiced it thousands of times in the System Operating Room and had encountered all sorts of difficult situations; the "simple" reduction in front of him was of no difficulty at all.

One minute later, the effect after the reduction was immediate, and the patient felt comfortable right away.

The Ultrasound confirmed that blood flow had recovered. Ji Xiang followed the procedure and performed another check; the first reduction was complete. He examined the patient and obtained a negative result.

"Ding dong~"

The system gave Ji Xiang a reward once again.

Ji Xiang looked at the 3,000 Experience Points and 3 Surgical Points that had arrived, feeling a bit dazed, thinking the system was helping him grind for experience.

Does this count as a thief guarding the treasury? Ji Xiang scratched his head.

However, the most "vicious" situation seemed to be him breaking his own records; Ji Xiang was clear on this point.

【Emergency Task: Emergency! Emergency!! Phase Three

Task Content: Correctly treat one emergency patient.

Task Time: 12 hours.

Task Reward: 6,000 Experience Points, 10 Surgical Points.】

Having just completed one task, the next System Task arrived in an instant.

"Doctor, see, it was so simple, yet you insisted on doing an examination." Seeing that everything was fine, the Family Member was overjoyed, but still couldn't help but complain a little.

"No choice, what if something happened if we didn't do the examination? You should be secretly happy that it was treated simply." Wu Zong habitually threw some toilet paper into the patient's surgical area. "Wipe it yourself."

He wiped the B-ultrasound Probe and hung it on the B-ultrasound Machine, saying with a chuckle, "It's different now than it was in the past. Many diseases are named based on objective examinations."

"For example, Metabolic Alkalosis. If you didn't do an examination, this disease would be called—'Don't Blame Me If You Die From Blind Treatment Without An Examination Syndrome'."

"!!!"

The patient and the Family Member looked at each other in blank dismay.

"It's all for your own good." After finishing his work, Wu Zong felt refreshed and couldn't help but speak without a filter.

It was precisely because the patient was fine that the Family Member didn't take too much offense to Wu Zong's foul language.

Just as they were about to leave, the sound of an Emergency Vehicle rang out from outside.

"Wu Zong, don't go!" The Emergency Surgery doctor also heard the shrill cry of the emergency vehicle, poked his head out, and shouted into the crowd, "It's a fish!"

"Oh, come on!" Wu Zong understood in a second, and a touch of melancholy appeared on his face, which had been radiant just a moment ago.

Should he resign?

Emergency cases came one after another; immediately after two consecutive Testicular Torsion patients, a fish arrived.

It was actually a fish!

After hearing the Emergency Department doctor's words, Ji Xiang's DNA stirred.

Last time at Peiyang Barbecue, he encountered a young man using a Catfish, and he went to use Empathy once, which resulted in a Medical Malpractice incident.

And after that, under the guidance of the System NPC, Ji Xiang learned techniques for removing various fish.

For a moment, Ji Xiang's hands felt itchy.

This kind of "seeking death" situation was indeed rare. Ji Xiang had learned it as a legendary skill, never expecting to encounter it so soon.

The flatbed cart roared. The 120 emergency doctor pushed the flatbed cart with a beautiful drift, turning without slowing down, heading straight for the Emergency Rescue Room. The entire movement was skilled as hell; one wondered what he had encountered over the years.

"What kind of fish!" Wu Zong asked loudly.

"Northern Pike!"

"!!!"

General Manager Wu was stunned, his expression extremely unsightly, as if his deep look were telling a painful story.

"It's over, it's over." General Manager Wu rubbed his hands, muttering in a low voice as he walked into the Emergency Rescue Room.

Ji Xiang knew that Northern Pike was quite difficult to remove, but he was not worried.

"Hurry up and leave!" Seeing the Testicular Torsion Patient and the Family Member still occupying the best spot, General Manager Wu reprimanded them without any courtesy.

He was just like a scumbag; after finishing, he showed no consideration at all. Just a moment ago he had been speaking gently, but in the blink of an eye, he changed into a different face, turning cold and heartless.

(End of this chapter)