Chapter 2464: 2377 Unnecessary Examination

EEG? Section Chief Zhou was stunned for a moment.

Suspect epilepsy? Impossible! No epilepsy symptoms at all. Director He flatly denied without hesitation.

In Director He's view, each additional test means adding another straw on the patient's family's back.

We don't know which straw will completely break the patient's family's emotions; while they're still on the brink of collapse, we should hurry to transfer the patient to a higher-level hospital.

Moreover, the two tests that Chief Zheng mentioned—an EEG and an enhanced chest CT—are, in her view, unnecessary tests, just nonsense.

The patient has no epilepsy symptoms at all; what's the use of doing an EEG?

Moreover, the patient's chest X-ray and lung CT show no inflammation, the lungs are completely clear, so doing an enhanced chest CT is completely useless.

These two tests are truly baffling!

The former Doctor Zheng, later Chief Zheng, was such an honest and simple person; how could he, after going to Di Du, order such unreliable tests?

This is arrogance, practically forgetting one's own surname! Director He thought to themselves.

Seeing Director He oppose, Wang Zong did not confront her directly, but silently and calmly looked at Section Chief Zhou.

Section Chief Zhou pondered for a full minute.

Normally a minute passes in the blink of an eye, but right now Section Chief Zhou's pondering made time feel extraordinarily slow, and it was awkwardly strange.

Many people were sitting in the office, the air was somewhat stuffy. Earlier, someone had been fanning with various things to make breathing a bit smoother.

But while Section Chief Zhou was thinking, no one dared to move or interrupt his train of thought.

Maintaining the most basic respect for the Medical Department is a survival instinct, but more importantly, it's because they have no opinion on the patient's condition. If doctors don't understand the illness and still act recklessly, being scolded by Section Chief Zhou would leave them with no recourse.

"Director He." Section Chief Zhou said in a low voice.

"Section Chief Zhou, what should we do?"

"Have someone follow and do the EEG and enhanced chest CT." Section Chief Zhou finally made up his mind.

"..." Director He hesitated a moment; she really felt Wang Zong was being meddlesome! Looking for Chief Zheng, after going to Di Du, his tail's up to the sky.

"The patient's family's emotions are unstable." Director He said softly, "Don't..."

"That's your business!" Section Chief Zhou said displeasedly, "You go explain to the patient's family yourself, do your work properly, don't cause a medical dispute."

Although it was somewhat unreasonable, Director He had no rebuttal; she could only keep cursing in her heart.

Reasoning with the Medical Department, the Medical Department has a hundred methods to tell clinical directors all kinds of truths in this world.

Just letting go and not caring is unbearable for Director He. After all, the Medical Department is responsible for handling her various unsolvable problems.

Director He sighed, once again recalling how Chief Zheng used to be obscure and unassuming last year at this time. Honest and simple, after going to Di Du, how did they become a different person?

Although Director He rarely greeted Zheng Ren in Hai Cheng, she still had the most basic awareness.

Sigh, Director He sighed.

When the arm can't twist the thigh, whatever Section Chief Zhou says goes.

She immediately went to arrange her subordinates to do work with the patient's family.

Like Section Chief Zhou's attitude, Director He had a cold expression; when facing the junior doctors, she still said the same thing—"You go solve it yourself!"

In the office, the directors waited quietly. Those who originally had urgent matters also suppressed their impatience, curiously awaiting the results.

The EEG takes a long time, but they weren't in a hurry. Although it was already after work, they still weren't eager to go back.

The patient's tests were completely normal; why would Chief Zheng, far away in Di Du, order an EEG? It seems totally unrelated to the condition.

Shortness of breath plus general weakness is a clear sign of cardiopulmonary dysfunction. If the patient is 60… no, even if over 50, one would consider whether there is cardiopulmonary failure.

EEG? Epilepsy? There shouldn't be any problem, right?

Director He returned quickly; time trickled by, the office was silent, no one anxious, waiting quietly.

Section Chief Zhou fell into thought, then suddenly asked, "Wang Zong, Boss Zheng only said to do these two tests, right?"

"Boss Zheng's meaning is to do these two tests first; if there's no idea, he'll then consider other tests." Wang Zong said in a low voice.

"What disease did he suspect?" Section Chief Zhou asked.

Wang Zong shook his head, also looking bewildered.

Section Chief Zhou sighed; it's obvious Wang Zong also has no good ideas about the patient's condition. As for Boss Zheng, now that he's a boss, what's he thinking? Section Chief Zhou really wants to give him a call and ask properly.

However, over the past little year, these little bits have welled up in Section Chief Zhou's heart.

Especially when Boss Zheng hadn't left yet, the General Surgery Department couldn't handle a surgery, and when they discovered a woman with GW, they happened to meet a couple of experts from Sheng Cheng bringing gifts to thank them, and without a word they just solved the problem.

Looking at their stature, some things still can't be disbelieved.

Anyway, there's no need to waste much time; Section Chief Zhou sighed and decided to wait.

After about half an hour, Director He's phone rang.

She glanced at the phone display and winked at Section Chief Zhou.

"Little Liu."

"No abnormal waveforms were found on the EEG, right?" Director He asked, her voice somewhat loud and tone heavy.

"Got it." She held her phone, looking at Section Chief Zhou and asked, "Section Chief Zhou, the EEG showed no abnormality; is there still a need to do the enhanced chest CT?"

Zheng Ren needs to do two tests; one of them has already been proven normal. The other… enhanced chest CT, generally speaking, is done to detect problems when things aren't clear enough.

But the several tests done earlier, especially the recent ones, found no problems at all. Even if we did an enhanced chest CT, what would be the point?

Director He was also full of anger; the frustration just vented out by Section Chief Zhou was all directed at Chief Zheng far away in Di Du.

Anyway, he's not around anymore, so we can't lash out at him.

"Director He, Boss Zheng wants to see the enhanced chest CT; I suggest we still do it." Wang Zong said somewhat displeasedly.

"Is it meaningful?" Director He asked, "The patient hasn't even been looked at, yet we're supposed to do the test; explaining things to the patient's family isn't his responsibility."

The more Director He spoke, the softer her voice became, yet the disdain in her tone grew stronger.

Originally there shouldn't be this kind of opposing emotion, but Director He now just wants to send the patient off safely; she fears that even a slight delay could cause the patient's respiratory function to fail, necessitating mechanical ventilation.