Chapter 3152: 2947 Fake Lab Report (League Leader Irregular 45 Extra Chapters 4)

"What are you two doubtful about?" Lingzi asked timidly.

"There are many causes of urinary retention, but after just an external hemorrhoid surgery, I highly suspect it's due to hypokalemia. This condition… simply put, severe cases can lead to arrhythmia, causing patient death."

Zheng Ren wasn't trying to scare a newcomer; he was speaking the truth.

"Even if it isn't hypokalemia but some rare disease or no disease at all, leaving the catheter in too long can cause bladder muscle atrophy, weak urination, etc. If not diagnosed early and left untreated, the catheter might truly become impossible to remove later!"

Su Yun was scaring Lingzi on the side.

Scaring a newbie, there's no need to say what is what. In Su Yun's view, this newbie is simply the epitome of ignorance and fearlessness.

In the medical contempt chain, a newcomer who just started work is undoubtedly at the very bottom; Lingzi herself subconsciously acknowledges this.

"What… should I do?" Lingzi, obviously frightened, asked softly.

"Do you know about the inaccurate test results at your hospital?" Su Yun asked.

His question could be considered quite tactful; at least he didn't point at her nose and say it outright. He only said the test results were inaccurate, not that they were falsified, which already gave Yi Ren some face.

"Lingzi, this is no joke," Xie Yiren said seriously. "If something big happens, we won't even talk about revoking licenses; if someone gets hurt, you won't be able to live with yourself."

Lingzi lightly nodded, her lips moved, and after a few seconds she made up her mind, saying, "I heard my master say we can't trust our lab."

"That means it's inaccurate."

"I dare not say; the director is scary." Lingzi said pitifully.

"You're a doctor facing patients, and…" Su Yun said, pausing slightly. He knew saying anything else might not be understood by this newbie, so he found something she could easily grasp: "In the end, you'll be the one taking the blame. You studied hard, took a roundabout route to get your medical license, and then it gets revoked—who did you offend?"

This is Lingzi's weak point; she hesitated a moment, nodded, and said, "What should I do?"

"Do a routine urine test, directly compare it with your hospital's lab report; a before-and-after look will tell you if it's correct." Su Yun said.

"That would take too much time—at least a day round trip." Zheng Ren shook his head. "If it's hypokalemia, I'm afraid the patient can't hold out."

"Draw blood directly?"

"Give the medical order, draw blood. Do you know how?" Zheng Ren asked Lingzi.

"I do."

"No need for a full blood count; just kidney function and ions—two specimens will do, plus a routine urine test. If you're scared, be careful; don't let the hospital staff find out." Zheng Ren said.

"Alright, then I'll… tomorrow morning I'll…"

"You said you were worried about the patient having a problem, yet you heard it like that." Su Yun was dissatisfied with Lingzi's attitude. "Go now, immediately, right away!"

"Oh." Lingzi jumped in surprise and responded instinctively. Facing a senior doctor, what else could she question?

"Hurry up, you can wait, but the patient might not be able to. When you take the urine sample and draw blood, observe the patient's condition yourself; it might not be a bad attitude but an already detached state." Zheng Ren continued.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

"Don't panic; think about how to get the blood sample out. Do you know what to use for the specimen tube?"

"……"

"Yi Ren, you come with me." Su Yun fixed his gaze and made a grimace.

"Alright, we'll go; you guys take a taxi back to the hospital. I'll bring the specimens back after collecting them, and you contact each other first." After saying that, Xie Yiren took Lingzi and left.

"Boss, what's all this about?" Su Yun looked at the coffee just served in front of him and said helplessly.

"That's quite normal; the saying 'capital never sleeps' still makes sense. To make money, bad money drives out good, and insisting on medical ethics while forbidding profit is simply misplaced." Zheng Ren said.

"You can't keep doing that, though. I'd guess the proctology specialty hospital sees fewer incidents, and they're just lucky—or maybe they hardly admit elderly patients. Young, strong patients also rarely have problems; they brush it off and recover before they even figure out what's wrong." Su Yun said.

"That's about right." Zheng Ren nodded. "I've thought of some possibilities; they're all rare diseases, but an ion imbalance is more likely. Let's run the tests first; we'll talk about other things after the results come out."

"What if the lab report is fake?"

"Uh…" Zheng Ren glanced at Su Yun; this guy just knew how to give him a tough problem.

"What are you planning to do?" Su Yun looked at Zheng Ren with a smug smile.

"Give a treatment plan and settle the matter." Zheng Ren said, "Otherwise it's none of my business."

"Hey, I thought you were getting ready to puff up and take on heaven and earth." Su Yun laughed. "Don't meddle in other people's affairs; just bring trouble on yourself."

"I know—I'm just a small doctor in 912; this has nothing to do with me. Even if I wanted to manage it, I'd only do what I can handle." Zheng Ren said.

"Let's go!" Su Yun looked at the coffee in front of him, had no desire to drink it, stood up, grabbed his phone, and started calling a car.

The two went downstairs; Yi Ren's Volvo had already driven off. The road was bitterly cold, and although the snow had mostly been cleared, it was still a bit slippery—maybe the car wouldn't come that quickly.

Zheng Ren took a deep breath, not wanting to think more about Su Yun's earlier question. This is a phenomenon: I'm just a doctor; I just need to do my job well.

"What Christmas!"

Zheng Ren was thinking about random nonsense when he heard a man's voice.

"The Eight-Nation Alliance entered the capital on Christmas, and the revelry's fire burned the Yuanmingyuan. This is national humiliation, national humiliation!"

"Oh."

A father and daughter walked past the two; hearing that conversation, Zheng Ren almost burst out laughing.

He seriously sized up the father who claimed the Eight-Nation Alliance entered the capital on Christmas, seeing that the man looked earnest—he didn't know if the man was deliberately spouting nonsense, didn't want to celebrate foreign festivals, or genuinely believed that.

"Boss, do you know which day the Eight-Nation Alliance entered the capital?" Su Yun asked quietly, a smirk on his face as he watched the father and daughter walk away.

"Starting in May, they entered the capital in August, and the following September they signed the Treaty of Xin Chou." Zheng Ren said without hesitation.

"Ha, you even remember that?" Su Yun was somewhat surprised.

"When you were in school, you never took a history class?" Zheng Ren glanced at Su Yun. "Exams will test this; it's a must-know question. The teacher highlighted it. Your mom really has you under control—if you don't memorize the must-know questions, have you never taken a history class?"