Merchant and doctor

Chapter 2383 Ring Needle

With a smile, Cai Huaixin accompanied Bian Mu in the elevator to a special needs ward marked with a sign for room number 318. It was a standard room with a small living room outside and a bed. Family members could arrange for a friend or relative to stay with them at night. The room was decorated in off-white, simple yet sophisticated.

Bian Mu guessed that the bed fee alone in a similar ward would be at least 350 yuan per day, and working-class people would generally not consider going there for related inpatient treatment.

The attending physician was a female doctor, of medium to high height, around thirty-five or thirty-six years old. Her white coat was very well-tailored, and she looked very good. Bian Mu had worked at "Huikang" Hospital before and knew that such hospitals always paid great attention to their image and had strict requirements for the dress, appearance, and manners of their medical staff.
Of course, the medical skills assessment is also quite rigorous.

It's a pretty good ophthalmology hospital.

Bian Mu had always been thinking about opening a similar TCM specialist hospital in the future.

After exchanging a few polite words, Bian Mu followed the two into the inner room.

The patient was already wearing eye protection masks, and underneath the masks were layers of medicated gauze, at least five layers in total, each layer of gauze a different color. Bian Mu, an expert, could tell at a glance that it was a traditional Chinese medicine external treatment to lower intraocular pressure.

The method was correct, but unfortunately, it yielded very little result.

The woman accompanying him was in her early thirties. She was rather thin, with jet-black, curly hair—a hairstyle rarely seen on the streets these days. Her chin was pointed, making her face appear longer than that of most women. She had almond-shaped eyes and prominent cheekbones. She stared at Bian Mu with a cold gaze for a couple of seconds without saying a word.

Bian Mu didn't meddle and circled the hospital bed twice.

Without saying anything, Bian Mu smiled at the relative who was accompanying him, turned around and left.

In the duty director's office, Bian Mu, Cai Huaixin, and the attending female doctor each sat down and discussed for a few minutes.

“The ward is decorated a bit too elaborately. If you don’t mind, could the nurses please talk to the family first and say that as the weather gets warmer, the patient urgently needs more natural oxygen? Let’s just throw away the flowers and stuff. The blanket covering the patient is a bit too thick, let’s change to a thinner one!” Bian Mu suggested with a smile.

The attending physician reacted very quickly. Her expression showed that she seemed to have anticipated that Bian Mu would make similar arrangements. After listening to Bian Mu's suggestion, she didn't say a word more, got up and went out to arrange for the nurses to clean the patient's ward immediately.

Judging from the commotion outside, it seems that it's not just room 318; other wards are also starting to clear out excess clutter.

That attitude is truly impeccable!
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Bian Mu casually picked up the medical record folder of the male patient surnamed Liu and began to study it carefully...

Cai Huaixin sat there sending various messages non-stop. Bian Mu thought that he should at least report a few words to his mother at this moment.

……

"Teacher Cai! I've finished reviewing the case. Did the patient previously work at heights? Were they a flight attendant when they were younger?"

"It seems so. Later, she wanted to be by her children's side while they took the college entrance exams, so she switched to ground support. After retiring, she apparently did some high-altitude work for a while, not to make money, but just to relax! By the way, their two children are both excellent students, and they both got into the two top universities in the country with high scores! They also chose excellent majors. The medical staff are always envious of their family!" Cai Huaixin replied with a smile.

"Really? That's great! Who is that lady who was accompanying them earlier?"

“My sister! We’re half-sisters, but we’ve gotten along really well since we were little. She’s always the one who spends the most time in the hospital room.”

"Oh...you also work in the pharmaceutical industry?" Bian Mu suddenly asked. "Wow! I really didn't know that. How did you figure it out?!" Slightly surprised, Cai Huaixin asked casually.

"Medicinal aura! That person exudes a strong medicinal aura; he's probably a seasoned expert in the field!"

"Really? You could tell that?! I'm impressed. And what about her follow-up treatment..."

"I'm just guessing, it might not be accurate, but... if we do need to do any treatment later, I suggest we get her consent beforehand and explain the medical principles as clearly as possible. If she's at ease, I guess the other family members won't say anything more."

"Okay, I'll go over and give him a few instructions later. So... will his eye pressure be able to come down?"

"It's hard to say. Let's try a 'circular needle' treatment first."

"Okay, okay! Thank you for your hard work!"

The two were chatting when the attending female doctor returned.

"Dr. Chen! I'd like to briefly share my understanding of the patient's current condition. If there's anything I've misjudged, please point it out promptly." Bian Mu politely explained to the female doctor surnamed Chen.

"I dare not accept such praise, thank you for your guidance, Teacher Bian!"

"I wouldn't dare say that. Let's discuss the treatment together. Hopefully, the intraocular pressure can be reduced to normal within three hours. However... tonight's acupuncture treatment may only provide temporary relief. As for treating the root cause... I guess we'll need to have a proper talk with the patient or their family." Bian Mu explained truthfully.

"As long as the intraocular pressure can be lowered, everything else can be discussed later! We'll discuss it later!" For some reason, Cai Huaixin seemed quite pleasantly surprised, and her expectations for the patient's condition relief were rather low.

Bian Mu was still wondering what was wrong! He's not usually like this! What's going on?!
Is there some other hidden story?!

"We don't dare to hope for anything else, as long as the intraocular pressure can be lowered, that's enough. At critical moments, we still need an expert like you to step in..." The attending physician smiled and complimented her a couple of times.

“The patient’s work experience, life experience, congenital chest cavity… are all quite special, especially the chest cavity, which is naturally shaped like a drum, the kind of drum that you play! I think… how about this… let’s use an analogy, when you two usually travel by plane, have you ever thought about this question?” Bian Mu suddenly brought up the life experience of traveling by plane.

Upon hearing this, Cai Huaixin and his companion were immediately taken aback.

What does this mean?! How did it get involved in occupational diseases?!
The man used to work as a flight attendant, and Cai Huaixin and his friend immediately thought of that.

"Airplane windows are usually designed to be curved, did you notice? They're almost rectangular, but the four corners are rounded. All passenger planes in the world are like that, remember?" Bian Mu reminded him with a smile.

"Yeah! It seems so! So what?" Cai Huaixin was a little confused and didn't know what Bian Mu wanted to say.

Dr. Chen seemed to have guessed something, but she wasn't sure, so she wisely chose to remain silent.

"Gas pressure, the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the cabin! The patient's eyes are in a similar situation right now, with a large pressure difference between the inside and outside. He's also getting on in years, and his chest cavity hasn't been able to naturally generate a small regulatory system. Actually... it's not that he has some kind of occupational disease. If I'm not mistaken, he only worked on airplanes for a few years before he had to change jobs, not because of his eyes, but because of something in his chest cavity."

Upon hearing this, Cai Huaixin and his companion were stunned.