Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 693: Niu Ben

Chapter 693: Chapter 693: Niu Ben

By around four in the afternoon, the number of patients in the square had not decreased but instead increased even more.

Many of those who came later were patients who had heard about the free clinic with renowned experts and had traveled from far places to get here.

When they found out that the free clinic was only for one day and that it would end in an hour, those who were still in line were greatly disappointed.

"Doctor, can you extend this free clinic event for a few more days?"

"Yeah, one day is too short!"

"Even extending it a little would be good! I’ve been in line for half a day, and you’re ending at five, I’m afraid it won’t be my turn by then!"

"Doctor, I traveled dozens of miles by bus to come here, please see me first!"

"Doctor, I beg you to have another day of free clinic tomorrow!"

"Yes! Yes! Please show some compassion!"

...

Many patients in line spoke up loudly, and a few of them, out of desperation, even ran to the front of the consultation desk, pleading earnestly.

"My friends, we doctors are human too, we need to rest! As you have seen, we’ve been busy all day long, treating one patient after another, we’re almost exhausted!"

The person leading the free clinic this time was a vice president from Yanjing Hospital, who stood up and said with a wry smile to those emotionally stirred patients.

"You could rest for a few days and then organize another free clinic, how about that? Next time we will come earlier to line up!"

A patient suggested.

For any hospital, having a free clinic once or twice a year is already considered good, but patients hope for such clinics every month.

The vice president smiled helplessly and spoke loudly, "The hospital is not a charity. Salaries for staff, various instruments, medicine, and so on all cost money. If we held free clinics every day, where would the hospital’s income come from? Without income, we can’t pay salaries, and without salaries, how can doctors be motivated to treat patients?"

After a pause, he continued, "I understand the difficulties you all face, but please also understand the difficulties our hospital faces... After all, going to the hospital for treatment doesn’t cost that much these days, and it can be reimbursed..."

"Minor illnesses are okay, but when faced with a serious illness that requires hospitalization, even with reimbursement, we can’t afford it, we can only go home and wait for death..."

A patient muttered gloomily.

And more patients could only shake their heads and sigh.

Most of these patients were from poor families, without money or reluctant to spend money on hospitalization, otherwise, why would they bother traveling a long distance and queuing for a good part of the day?

Just then, a young man of medium height with an honest face pushed through the patients standing in front of Fang Bai’s consultation desk and squeezed in. Seeing Fang Bai, he asked tentatively, "Are you... Divine Doctor Fang?"

Fang Bai glanced at the honest young man and nodded with a smile, "I am Fang Bai. And you are...?"

Upon hearing this, the honest young man "thump" knelt down, saying, "A neighbor of mine went to the acupuncture and massage department at Yanjing Hospital last month, and it was Divine Doctor Fang who cured her. My neighbor said that Divine Doctor Fang is highly skilled in medicine, capable of Miraculous Rejuvenation, and can cure all kinds of diseases. She told me to bring my mother to see Divine Doctor Fang as well. But we have no money at home, so I never went. Just now, a friend told me that Yanjing Hospital is holding a free clinic here today, and Divine Doctor Fang will be attending. So I dragged my mother here..."

As the honest young man spoke, he kowtowed repeatedly to Fang Bai, pleading, "Please, Divine Doctor Fang, save my mother! If you can cure my mother’s illness, I, Niu Ben, will work like an ox and a horse to repay you for the rest of my life!"

Niu Ben’s kowtows were forceful. After a few, his forehead was already bruised and swollen.

"Niu Ben, is it? Stand up first! What is your mother suffering from?" Fang Bai inquired, taking an interested look at the simple Niu Ben. Unexpectedly, this unremarkable honest young man turned out to possess an Innate Earth Spirit Root. What a pity that no one had guided him, leaving such a fine jade covered in dust. If it stayed this way for a lifetime, he would merely fade into the crowd, living only a bit longer than others.

"My mother has liver cancer!"

Without getting a definite response from Fang Bai, Niu Ben refused to stand up and continued to kowtow and plead, "I beg Divine Doctor Fang to have mercy and save my mother’s life..."

"Liver cancer... hasn’t your mother been hospitalized?" Fang Bai asked further.

Hearing this question from Fang Bai, Niu Ben’s eyes reddened, and his voice choked up, "My dad died early, and we’ve always been poor. After my mother was diagnosed with liver cancer this year, she stayed in the hospital for a while. We spent all our money and borrowed from relatives and friends, until we had no choice but to leave the hospital and wait for death at home... Unable to borrow more money, I secretly went out to sell my blood. When my mother found out, she scolded me and even said if I did such a foolish thing again, she would...kill herself... I’m useless!"

As Niu Ben spoke, overwhelming sadness emerged, and he suddenly burst into tears like a child.

Fang Bai said, "A man should shed blood, not tears. Why are you crying? Go, bring your mother over for me to take a look..."

Niu Ben was stunned for a moment, then realized that Divine Doctor Fang had agreed to treat his mother. He wiped his tears forcefully, stood up, and squeezed through the crowd to pull a wooden cart where a middle-aged woman in her fifties lay beside the consulting table.

The middle-aged woman lay in the cart, wrapped in blankets, her complexion sallow, her eyes sunken, thin as a skeleton, with her hair already fallen out. She looked as if her life could extinguish at any moment.

Fang Bai knew this was Niu Ben’s mother. He stood and walked to the front of the cart, examined Niu Ben’s mother, then took one of her hands. Releasing his Divine Sense and with a strand of Chaos Origin Energy entering Niu Ben’s mother’s body, he began to examine her condition.

Leaning down, Niu Ben said loudly into his mother’s ear, "Mom, Divine Doctor Fang is here to treat you."

Niu Ben’s mother uttered a weak "Oh," her listless eyes finally focusing a bit more, showing a glimmer of hope. She looked at Fang Bai and whispered in a faint voice, "Thank you, Divine Doctor Fang... Thank you..."

Fang Bai nodded. His True Yuan moved through Niu Ben’s mother’s body once, and he had a rough idea. Patting her thin palm, he said with a smile, "Auntie, rest assured, your illness is not difficult to cure!"

Then he said to Niu Ben, "It’s not very convenient to treat your mother’s illness here. Here’s what we’ll do: tomorrow morning at eight o’clock, you bring your mother to the acupuncture and massage department at Yanjing Hospital to find me, and then I’ll cure her!"

"Truly? It can be cured?"

Although he’d heard from his neighbors that Divine Doctor Fang Bai was extremely formidable, Niu Ben was still a bit too skeptical. After all, he had run to countless hospitals before for his mother’s treatment, and all the doctors shook their heads, indicating they were powerless.

Seeing Niu Ben questioning his medical skills, Fang Bai said irritably, "I’ve cured diseases even more serious than this. What’s more, this disease? Take your mother home first, and remember to find me tomorrow!"

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