Peerless Martial Expert in the City
Chapter 111 - 113 Objective

Chapter 111: Chapter 113 Objective

"This is absurd, how can someone be so reckless as to mistake kidney stones for acute appendicitis!"

Upon hearing Xiao Yi’s words, Elder An was stunned for a moment before he immediately cried out in anger.

"Grandpa An, I haven’t deceived you. Look here, the doctor’s diagnosis and the prescription. Right, maybe our traditional Chinese medicine is not scientific enough and made a mistake in the diagnosis. Everyone present here should be an expert in Western medicine, right? Could you please help with a diagnosis using Western medical methods?"

Xiao Yi handed Elder An the prescription that the doctor had written earlier and then looked up at those wearing white lab coats, saying with a smile.

The doctors in white lab coats started sweating profusely upon hearing Xiao Yi’s words. This young man was being too unfair; wasn’t he putting them on the spot? How could they dare to make another diagnosis after Elder An had seen the patient? Besides, Elder An had already diagnosed it as kidney stones, could that be wrong? Moreover, kidney stones aren’t such a complex disease; how could Elder An possibly make a mistake?

Elder An took the prescription, glanced at it, and immediately started trembling with rage.

He now fully understood why Xiao Yi had called him over and what he was being called over to do. It’s true that he came to see a patient, but he wasn’t looking at this patient’s illness; he was looking at the disease of the doctors!

He had heard somewhat about the unwritten rules within the medical system, and being part of the system himself, he knew some of the issues involved. He understood that it wasn’t just a matter of simply blaming the doctors. He knew the principle that "if the water is too clear, there will be no fish," and as such, he had chosen to turn a blind eye to certain things.

But he had not expected that the situation had deteriorated to this extent. Misdiagnosis was one thing, but treating acute appendicitis according to this doctor’s prescription, it would cost at least a thousand yuan. Wasn’t this robbery?

Having lived to his age, with his experience, how could he not see that the patient Xiao Yi had brought was just an ordinary citizen, at best a wage earner? This one instance could cost the person half a month’s salary!

Moreover, this situation was happening right under his nose, in the Provincial People’s Hospital where he worked!

"You all go and take a look, and find out what it is."

After thinking it through, Elder An suppressed the anger in his heart and pointed to the white-coated experts behind him, his face as dark as the deep water, and said.

"This..."

The group of white-coated experts, no matter how oblivious, could see that Elder An’s tone was very unfriendly and seemed to be extremely angry. However, they were all unsure what exactly he was angry about. Upon hearing his words, they all stood there awkwardly.

"I said go and check, use your Western medical techniques and diagnose seriously, what exactly is the illness!"

Seeing that they weren’t moving, Elder An immediately shouted loudly.

"Who is making such a racket here? Don’t you know this is a hospital?"

No sooner had Elder An’s voice dropped than a haughty reprimanding voice came from inside the consultation room.

Upon hearing this voice, Xiao Yi knew it was the nurse, and he just smiled, remaining silent.

The nurse stepped out to the door and saw Li Xiaomei clutching her stomach in pain, and immediately said with a cold smile, "Didn’t you have a doctor friend to treat you? Why are you still howling like a ghost here!"

"Outrageous!"

Elder An witnessed the nurse’s arrogant demeanor and felt his entire body tremble. He had been a doctor all his life, always placing great emphasis on medical ethics. Treating patients with at least compassion if not love as for a family member, and sharing in their suffering. Yet this nurse, seeing a patient in agonizing pain, showed no mercy, no sympathy, and instead mocked them. If this went on, could doctors still be called doctors? Were they angels or devils? Would this not exacerbate the already strained doctor-patient relationship?

"You... you..."

The nurse, upon hearing someone dare to criticize her, immediately lifted her head in dissatisfaction and was about to give them a lesson. However, as soon as she looked up, her face turned pale, and her legs went weak. Even with her shortsightedness, she recognized the old man—it was the number one expert whose picture hung at the entrance of the Provincial People’s Hospital, Divine Doctor An, Dean An!

Even if she didn’t recognize Dean An, she knew the group of experts standing behind him.

"I’ll settle the score with you in a moment!"

Dean An gave the nurse a cold glare, her eyes rolling back, her face turning green, her legs trembling, unable to utter a word; then he turned his head to look at the other experts behind him and said coldly, "Do I, an old man, need to beg you?"

"Not at all, not at all!"

Hearing Dean An’s words, the group in white coats immediately broke into a sweat, bowing and scraping. They looked at each other and finally pushed forward a doctor in his forties with a receding hairline to examine Li Xiaomei.

Xiao Yi glanced at the badge on his chest, knowing he was chosen because he was a urologist. Since Elder An had already diagnosed stones, it was undoubtedly stones for them; this doctor was selected only due to the pressure of Elder An’s authority—a mere formality.

Evidently, Elder An had also realized this, but he just snorted coldly and remained silent.

The doctor, being pushed forward, had no choice but to approach Li Xiaomei. Originally intending it to be perfunctory, but seeing Elder An’s constant gaze, he dared not be careless. He examined her seriously, gently pressing on Li Xiaomei’s abdomen, quietly asking her about her feelings, as well as the causes, conditions, and process of her illness. It took several minutes before he finally released his hand from Li Xiaomei’s body and stood up.

"How is it?"

Elder An asked with a sneer.

"Preliminary diagnosis suggests it is definitely stones, but we need to wait for imaging tests for specifics,"

the doctor replied cautiously.

"It’s not appendicitis?"

Elder An narrowed his old eyes and continued to probe.

"We should be able to rule that out. Aside from a bit of tenderness in the lower right abdomen, the patient shows no other symptoms of appendicitis,"

the doctor replied, his forehead beading with sweat. He could tell that Elder An’s words were laced with sarcasm, or perhaps a mockery of them, Western medicine practitioners. Internally, he clenched his teeth and silently vowed to find out which bastard had misdiagnosed this patient with appendicitis—it was such a straightforward diagnosis that anyone should be able to confirm with a few questions, yet how could such a person be allowed to work at the Provincial People’s Hospital.

The nurse listening to their exchange felt a chill in her heart, sensing trouble was imminent. The diagnosis of appendicitis was made by Director Wang just earlier, which she confirmed repeatedly on the side. Now, her only hope was that Xiao Yi had not shown the previous doctor’s diagnosis to these experts, but when she saw the medical record in Elder An’s hand, her eyes went dark.