Healing Doctor

Chapter 26 Kidney Gripped

"Oh?" The head of the urology department glanced at the three resident trainees who had come to report to the department with great interest, and finally his gaze fell on Ji Xiang.

"You must be the Dr. Ji that Professor Mo insisted on having, even though he was on the verge of death."

Ji Xiang was tall and imposing, and the head of the urology department immediately chose him from among the three candidates.

"Director, this is Ji Xiang."

"Ji Xiang, auspicious, a good name." The head of the urology department laughed, took the 5% glucose solution the nurse brought him, took a sip, stood up and walked out.

Ji Xiang was stunned.

He really wanted to grab this annoying guy who was only halfway through his sentence and ask him exactly what he had just instructed the junior doctors about.

How awful!

But the head of urology seemed to have completely forgotten about it, and he swaggered out of the doctor's office.

"A new doctor, huh?" The young doctor greeted Ji Xiang and the other two, but didn't offer them a seat before going about his own business.

After the surgery, there was still a lot of work to do, and he had completely forgotten what the director had only said halfway through.

He's just a patient with a kidney contusion and laceration, what's there to worry about? He'll be fine on his own in a few days.

Ji Xiang stood in the corner of the doctor's office for a while, still curious. He held his breath and entered the system space.

"Teacher." Ji Xiang immediately spotted the system NPC standing hunched over in the operating room corridor, seemingly always there, looking somewhat lonely.

"They're here."

"teacher……"

Ji Xiang recounted what had just happened.

"The head of urology didn't explain why we should pay attention to patients with kidney contusions and lacerations. Could you explain it to me?"

"Oh, I see." The system NPC nodded. "Want to try empathy?"

Ji Xiang also thought of this matter, and he calculated the number of surgical points he had.

I have accumulated 42 surgery points, but I don't know the price level of the items in the system shop.

Ji Xiang was curious, and with the system NPC asking him questions, he felt he should be able to gain something this time, so he nodded.

"You should really experience this kind of troublesome thing," the system NPC advised. "As for how much you can learn, that depends on yourself."

From the words of the system NPC, Ji Xiang felt that this time the empathy was different from the previous times.

What exactly is different?

Ji Xiang pondered, his vision flickering with light and shadow. When things cleared up, he sat in the waiting area outside the CT room.

"Lin Li!"

A doctor shouted loudly at the office door.

"I'm here." Ji Xiang remained in observer mode, while the patient named Lin Li, who was possessed, stood up and walked over.

"Have you had any previous injuries?" the doctor in the CT room asked.

"Doctor, I was in a car accident 3 years ago and had surgery at the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Provincial Capital."

"Oh, how did it go back then?"

"They said the liver was ruptured, so they removed it...removed it..."

Lin Li is an ordinary person. At that time, a part of his liver was removed. The doctors at the Second Affiliated Hospital told him about it, but he couldn't remember it at all, even though that part of his liver was his own.

"What did you forget to cut?" the CT room doctor asked.

"Mmm." The patient nodded somewhat shyly.

"The injuries were quite severe at the time; the right lobe of the liver was removed, and the right kidney was also removed. Considering..."

"Wait for the doctor," the patient interrupted immediately after hearing what the doctor in the CT room said.

In an instant, Ji Xiang vaguely sensed that something was about to happen.

The patient was unaware that his right kidney had been removed three years prior. After interrupting the doctor in the CT room, he was momentarily speechless.

"You... didn't know about the right kidney removal?" The doctor in the CT room looked at the patient with a puzzled expression.

"I don't know. I remember the doctor telling me that there was some kind of bruise or something, and that conservative treatment would be fine."

Do you have the video?

The patient shook his head.

"The right kidney has been removed," the doctor in the CT room said with certainty. "There's no right kidney on the scan now."

A bolt of lightning struck from the sky, leaving even Ji Xiang, who was watching from the sidelines, completely dazed and confused.

I've got kidneys!

I actually got a kidney injury at the hospital and didn't even know it!

Ji Xiang felt the anger in the patient's chest suddenly rise up.

Not only the patients, but even Ji Xiang, who was watching from the sidelines, could not suppress his anger at this moment.

A doctor removed a kidney and the patient didn't even know?!

Ji Xiang doesn't believe that patients will forget about having their kidneys removed.

Such a major event, once explained to the surgeon or assistant and the patient, will be unforgettable for a lifetime.

The patient's bewilderment meant that the doctor hadn't actually told him that a kidney had been removed.

Emergency surgery is perfectly acceptable. During the operation, the main focus is on hemostasis, and it is normal to remove any organ.

But after stepping down, shouldn't you at least tell the patients and their families?

That's a kidney!

It's a kidney!!

MD!

How could there be such a doctor!

Ji Xiang's sense of justice surged, and he thought angrily.

"You..." The CT room doctor clearly shared the same thought as Ji Xiang. He suppressed countless harsh words, but could not suppress the sense of justice in his heart. He tried his best to keep his tone calm and not to overly provoke the patient.

"Your right kidney is gone. Considering your surgical history, I suspect it was removed during your last surgery."

"But……"

The CT room doctor sighed and turned back to his office.

The patient was somewhat unwilling to give up and chased after him to ask more questions.

"Doctor, is it...really...real or fake? Don't joke with me." The patient's voice trembled as he spoke.

"Look here." The doctor in the CT room pointed to the image reader, making a thumping sound.

"This is the left kidney, behind the spleen," the CT surgeon explained simply to the patient, pointing to the opposite side of the left kidney on the scan. "A normal right kidney would be here; can you see the shadow of the right kidney?"

The patient looked at the drastically different images on the viewer, and even though he didn't understand radiology, he understood what was going on.

Right kidney,

Vanished without a trace!

My kidney got pinched!

Countless golden stars rose before his eyes, and the patient swayed, almost falling. The CT room doctor steadied him, and he managed to stand up.

The CT scan doctor looked at the patient with pity, sighed, and said, "You should take a rest."

There was nothing more to say. Ji Xiang habitually put himself in the shoes of the CT room doctor and felt that it wouldn't be good to say anything at this moment.

Telling the patient that his right kidney had been removed was what he should do, a way to protect himself, and a responsibility to the patient.

only……

Ji Xiang could clearly feel the burning anger raging within him.

The wildfire raged, devouring reason; the sound of burning consumed reason, crackling and popping.

We must get justice, we absolutely must!

Although he is a resident physician, Ji Xiang stood on the side of the patient this time.

Justice is in the eye of the beholder. How could someone remove an important organ without informing the patient?

And this is not cancer, so we must tell the patient this from whatever perspective!

What a heartless doctor, what a heartless surgeon!

Ji Xiang had already made up his mind about this idea.

The patient staggered out of the CT room and sat on the steps outside the door, thinking for a long time.

A seed called hatred took root, sprouted, and grew rapidly.

Is there anything worse than having your kidneys snagged?!

Ji Xiang was conflicted. He hoped someone would step forward to uphold justice, but he also didn't want the patient to do something irreparable in a fit of emotion. Even knowing he was in a hallucination where the patient was experiencing the same thing, he was still angry.

After an unknown amount of time, the patient regained some energy.

He started calling family and friends hotlines.

"I got my kidneys cut..."

"I got my kidneys cut..."

"I got my kidneys cut..."

No one can remain calm when they hear their loved ones say these words in a sorrowful tone.

A group of people arrived at the hospital, asked the doctor in the CT room for the scans, and then started discussing them amongst themselves.

Everyone thinks that the kidney was definitely cut off at the hospital where the car accident happened 3 years ago during emergency room treatment.

Ji Xiang also thought so.

Even as an observer, Ji Xiang was still burning with anger stirred up by his sense of justice.

He recalled a few things his mentor had mentioned during his internship.

The previous surgeon hadn't taken the X-ray films from the previous operation. When they came to confirm there was something wrong with one kidney, they removed it but then realized they'd removed the wrong one...

This kind of thing happens occasionally in the industry, no matter how much you require verification and rigor.

But after an external injury, an exploratory laparotomy was performed, and the right kidney was removed without the patient being informed!

Is there no justice left?!

Is there no law anymore?!

Putting aside medical ethics, this behavior is simply outrageous!

Ji Xiang usually appears calm, but he is still young and hasn't experienced the harsh realities of society. He still has a sense of justice in his heart.

The more this happens, the less able it is to quell the flames of anger.

"That son of a bitch must have cut your kidneys off and sold them for money! I've heard people say that."

"Yes! They draw so much blood at the hospital; I heard it's to be sent to the blood bank to sell for money!"

"This is blatant robbery, it's outrageous!!!"

The patient's relatives and friends roared and shouted angrily, filled with righteous indignation.

The incident happened suddenly, and after a brief discussion, everyone decided to seek an explanation.

Soon, the group headed straight to the hospital where they had the surgery a few years ago.

After getting off the elevator in the inpatient department, the patient took the lead and entered the office. Upon seeing the person in white, the anger in his heart erupted like a volcano.

He grabbed the computer screen and smashed it viciously at a young doctor sitting at the front.

"No!" Ji Xiang tried frantically to stop him, but unfortunately he had no control over this body and could only watch helplessly as blood splattered everywhere.

A drop of blood splattered onto my eyelid, and the whole world turned red, filled with the stench of blood.

Although he knew it was just an "accident" within the empathy system, Ji Xiang still wanted to take control of his body to prevent a serious incident from happening.

There's a reason for every wrong, and a debtor for every debt; it really has nothing to do with that young doctor!

But the sight of everything red and the overwhelming smell of blood seemed to stir up the wildness deep within the gentle Ji Xiang's heart.

His blood pressure spiked, and his vision blurred. The next second, Ji Xiang was back in the operating room.

"Teacher..." Ji Xiang's voice was choked with emotion.

Having witnessed two tragedies, he could no longer remain calm.

Although he no longer observed the patient who had his kidneys squeezed from a bystander's perspective, Ji Xiang's anger still remained, but it became extremely complicated after being mixed with the innocent doctor's experience.

"This performance was quite poor." The system NPC's voice was slightly stern.

(End of this chapter)