Chapter 402: Being Sought Out

"It's just one child, there's no helping it; both sets of grandparents spoil the child terribly." Meng Qingfei's smile vanished abruptly, and he spoke distractedly.

"Meng Laoshi, how did you determine that the child had Reye syndrome?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Reye syndrome is a rare disease that children contract during the recovery process from a viral infection... for example, the flu. The use of salicylate drugs is a major cause.

Widespread mitochondrial damage is its pathological basis. Reye syndrome affects all organs in the body, but it causes the most damage to the liver and brain."

"A normal dosage itself can potentially induce Reye syndrome. If both sets of grandparents are flustered and anxious, and they give an oral dose and then give another dose before the time is up because the high fever hasn't subsided, guess what happens."

"It really was caused by a drug overdose." Ji Xiang replied helplessly.

Meng Qingfei spoke rather vaguely, and since Ji Xiang lacked experience in this area, he could only guess at the general idea.

Although both sets of grandparents loved the child, the fact that they caused the child to overdose due to worry and anxiety was simply too unbelievable.

Ji Xiang noted this down to compare and ponder when he encountered similar situations in the future.

"Reye syndrome causes relatively large damage to the brain and liver; the child is experiencing incontinence. If treatment isn't timely, I'm afraid it's all over," Meng Qingfei said finally.

Ji Xiang sighed. He looked Meng Qingfei up and down, as if he had never seen him before.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Meng Laoshi, aren't you afraid of being complained about for yelling at the Family Member?" Ji Xiang asked.

"I'll probably be complained about, I suppose." Meng Qingfei appeared very relaxed about the complaints he always avoided; it seemed he didn't take it to heart.

"Really?"

"Once the patient is better, the Family Member will definitely think I was fear-mongering. Without having experienced it, they don't know what would happen after a child gets Reye syndrome. So, when they look back on it later, they'll be very angry and then go to the Medical Affairs Department to complain about me."

"However, compared to the child dying or becoming a Vegetative State, being complained about is an acceptable outcome."

Ji Xiang shrugged, spread his hands, and looked at the sky.

"Meng Laoshi..."

"People are all like this. If you nip a problem in the bud before it even happens, do you think others will be overflowing with gratitude?" Meng Qingfei said dismissively.

"Then if you get complained about, what will you do?" Ji Xiang was slightly worried.

"What will I do? Whatever happens, happens."

"Meng Laoshi, what exactly will you do?" Seeing that Meng Qingfei wouldn't answer, Ji Xiang continued to press.

"I am a doctor in the Emergency Department. Even if Bai Chuzhang had nothing but shit in his brain, he wouldn't suspend me." Meng Qingfei curled his lip, his tone of disdain growing heavier, "He knows about Reye syndrome because it's one of the diseases their Neurology and Neurosurgery Department encounters, even though it's relatively rare."

"Even if he didn't know, I'd be happy if he suspended me. Do you really think Emergency Surgery is so great? If I get suspended, those bastards will have to work a shift every three days, and someone will be calling in sick immediately."

"The dignified Second Affiliated Hospital Emergency Department closing its doors? Would that make Bai Chuzhang look good, or would it make Sun Yuanzhang look good? At worst, they'd transfer someone over from the inpatient department, but who would want that? In the end, they'd just smooth things over."

"Don't underestimate an Emergency Department doctor; things are valued for their scarcity."

"..." Ji Xiang was speechless.

The Emergency Department's Internal Medicine and Surgery are truly hellish places... no, wait, Emergency Pediatrics is.

However, Ji Xiang knew that Meng Qingfei was talking nonsense.

A person who even checks the Medical Record for removing stitches, who is cautious, walks on thin ice, and is cowardly to the bone, had this time scolded the Family Member like a dog, all to save a child.

This must be the benevolent heart of a doctor.

It's just that Meng Qingfei couldn't be bothered to say it, or was too embarrassed to say it.

"Old Meng, it's out! Blood ammonia is high, 88! Blood sugar is low, 2.2!" The doctor from the Laboratory Department opened the window and shouted the test results to Meng Qingfei.

"Thanks!"

Meng Qingfei didn't delay, running back to the Emergency Pediatrics with long strides.

By this time, the pediatrician had already finished the emergency rescue, sent the previous emergency patient to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, and had just begun the consultation.

"Doctor Hou, blood ammonia 88, blood sugar 2.2, considering Reye syndrome." After returning, Meng Qingfei spoke to the emergency pediatrician immediately.

"Damn! What the hell is going on!!"

"Ten minutes ago, the child had incontinence. You need to hurry."

"Okay!" The emergency pediatrician immediately called for people to send the child into the resuscitation room.

Meng Qingfei let out a long breath. When the child was sent into the resuscitation room and he vaguely heard mention of Furosemide, dexamethasone, Mannitol, and Sodium Glutamate, his energy dissipated, and he reverted to the same slacker-looking doctor he was before.

"Doctor Hou, Vinegar Enema!" Meng Qingfei gave one last instruction and left, swaying as he walked.

"Meng Laoshi, is the Vinegar Enema to lower blood ammonia?"

"Go back and read your books." Meng Qingfei was in a great mood; as he walked, he wiped his hands on the back of his White Uniform near his buttocks.

The spot he kept wiping was pitch black, making it hard to look at.

"Meng Laoshi, how is the recovery for Reye syndrome? Can they fully recover?" Ji Xiang asked.

"If discovered early, no problem. Many children just need fluid replacement if caught early. This disease, many cases aren't even diagnosed, and they just get better with simple fluid replacement. But the incontinence was still a bit serious... Xiao Ji, what have you been busy with lately?"

Meng Qingfei asked.

"Working, of course. To use Wang Laoshi's words, I'm working like a horse or an ox."

"First in the country for the Professional Medical Examination, and a perfect score at that, you're awesome." Meng Qingfei turned back with a smile to look at Ji Xiang.

"Because of the score limit, I could only get a perfect score; it's a pity." Ji Xiang raised an eyebrow.

"Hahaha, don't use such an old, worn-out humble-brag, it's boring," Meng Qingfei laughed. "A perfect score, tsk tsk, truly impressive."

"It's alright, it's not strange for my level to get a perfect score."

Meng Qingfei didn't engage in professional flattery with Ji Xiang and walked back swaying, only to see someone standing dejectedly at the entrance of Emergency Surgery, looking left and right.

This kind of dejected patient or Family Member is the most headache-inducing; it doesn't necessarily mean anything major is wrong.

"Where's the patient?" Meng Qingfei asked as soon as he returned.

"Meng Laoshi, it seems they are looking for me," Ji Xiang said, rubbing his hands.

"Looking for you?"

"Feng Jiaolian, why are you here?" Ji Xiang asked.

Feng Jiaolian, who was lost in thought, heard Ji Xiang speak and turned his head, the expression on his face changing quite dramatically.

"Feng Jiaolian, did something happen to Zhao Dali?" Ji Xiang was startled, his heart tightening.

That shouldn't be possible; the H-Z Surgical Technique taught to him by the System NPC had already been used in over a thousand surgeries...

Could it be that Zhao Dali overexerted himself?

That couldn't be it either, Ji Xiang immediately dismissed the thought.

"Doctor Xiao Ji, I went to find Professor Deng, and he said the surgery was performed by you."

Meng Qingfei's expression was extremely grim; this must be a case of Medical Malpractice.

(End of chapter)