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Published at 24th of March 2020 05:20:08 PM
Chapter 801: 801

“Patient Five, please come in,” Zuo Cidian called out . The old man who was resting with his eyes closed and his family patients who came afterward immediately rose and entered the consultation room .


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There was a pot of devil’s ivy hanging on the left side of the wall of the consultation room . On the right side, a pot of spider plants was hung . Such a lively sight was hard to come by in the hospital .

Ling Ran sat behind his office desk . He looked young and handsome as if he had just stepped out from a movie .

As his son had forgone sleep and queued up for him early in the morning, the old man treasured this opportunity very much . He quickly sat down and said, “Good morning, Doctor Ling . I’ve received consultation in a hospital near my home and was diagnosed with hepatolithiasis . I’ve also gone for a few follow-up visits and even got admitted to the hospital . But I’ve been busy, so I’ve not received surgery yet . I’m feeling sick again now, and I am not feeling better even after receiving a fluid transfusion . So, I decided to come and see you . If there’s really no other way, I’m thinking of just receiving surgery…”

The old man was speaking a little quickly, and this was normal among patients . As all the doctors nowadays were very busy, if patients spoke too slowly, the doctors would cut them off after they had only managed to utter a few sentences . Because of this, the doctors might not have a full understanding of their situation .

Ling Ran flipped open the scans that the old man brought along and started reading them .

As the Medical Imaging Departments in hospitals nowadays were perpetually crowded, many doctors of hospitals in the league of Yun Hua Hospital were not so willing to order auxiliary examinations . This was because the patients would have to spend a long time queueing up, and the waiting time was long . Hence, they preferred to read the scans that patients brought along first . Even though they were a little outdated, the doctors could also obtain relevant information from there .

Of course, in the end, they would have to order auxiliary examinations for two reasons . Firstly, the scans that patients brought along were updated . Secondly, doctors did not trust doctors from other hospitals .

On some level, there was not really any reason to trust doctors from other hospitals either . There was a whole heap of medical imaging specialists who often got things wrong or did not do their jobs well while doing scans .

Ling Ran liked to read scans by himself . As he possessed the Master Level MRI Scan skill, it was much more effective for him to read thousands of raw scans compared with a single processed scan . Of course, this was also because Ling Ran did not have trust in most medical imaging specialists . Surgeons never had much trust for anyone .

“Was this scan from a month ago?” Ling Ran put aside the processed scan and looked at the patient and his family members .

The old man nodded furiously . “We live near Huayang County, and I usually receive conservative treatment in the county hospital…”


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“Your name’s Wang Zhong, isn’t it?” Ling Ran glanced at the name at the corner of the scan .

“Yes . Zhong as in Z-H-O-N-G . ”

“Let’s take another CT scan . I’ll order one for you . ” As Ling Ran spoke, Zuo Cidian who was standing beside him started typing away .

Wang Zhong the old man hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, “Haven’t I just received the scan?”

“It’s been a month, so the disease might have progressed into a new stage,” Ling Ran answered Wang Zhong’s question .

“Okay,” the old man said and did not say anything else . When Zuo Cidian heard this, he quietly opened the electronic medical record that Ling Ran had written and taken a look at it . As expected, there was a comment: Signs of CA .

“CA” was the abbreviation for cancer . It was used in medical records because not only was it short and simple enough, but the doctors could also prevent the patients from immediately figuring out what was going on .

In Chinese Hospitals, doctors never notified their patients immediately about terminal illnesses . Instead, they would first discuss things with the patients’ family members .

Zuo Cidian glanced at the patient’s son, who was sitting beside the patient . After Ling Ran was done examining the patient, he immediately followed Ling Ran .

“Please wait for a moment . ” Zuo Cidian stood in the patient’s way and said, “Do take a quick rest . As for you, please come with me . ”

Zuo Cidian did not speak much or give any extra explanation . He led Wang Zhong’s eldest son to Ling Ran’s office . He then glanced at Ling Ran and said, “Doctor Ling, I have brought the patient’s family member over . ”


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Ling Ran hummed in acknowledgment and said, “Go ahead and talk to him . ”

“Alright . ” This was not out of Zuo Cidian’s expectations . He turned and said to Wang Zhong’s eldest son, who was standing opposite him and wearing a confused expression, “According to the CT scan that you guys brought along, there is a space-occupying lesion in your father’s liver . ”

“Space-occupying lesion?” Wang Zhong’s eldest son hesitated for a moment . He seemed to have an idea of what was going on but was too afraid to hear more about it .

Zuo Cidian studied the other party’s expression closely and knew that he understood what was being said . He could not help but sigh internally and continued, “We can try to see things positively now, as it might be benign . But before the surgery, everything is up in the air . ”

“What happens if it isn’t benign?”

“There would be a high chance that it’s a malignant tumor, which means that he has cancer . ” Zuo Cidian had been beating around the bush for more than ten seconds, and he decided to stop doing so .

The man opposite him trembled visibly . He repeated, “Cancer?”

Zuo Cidian nodded solemnly .

“Can… Can…” His lips trembled a few times, but in the end, he swallowed his words .

Both Ling Ran and Zuo Cidian did not press on .

This was a matter of life and death . In hospitals, this was the kind of news that doctors relayed to patients and their family members with the most patience .

Not a single doctor in the world was confident enough that he could cure a patient’s cancer . Because of this, their attitudes softened .

In comparison, while diseases like appendicitis could also cause death, perhaps even kill the patient even faster than cancer, as doctors could easily cure those diseases, they adopted a much more nonchalant attitude when communicating with patients suffering from those diseases .

“What… what do we do now?” The man asked in a soft voice .

Zuo Cidian said in a soft voice, “We’ll wait for the CT scan to see if the volume of the space-occupying lesion has increased . If it is confirmed that the space-occupying lesion had grown bigger, we suggest that your father receives surgery as soon as possible…”

“Can I ask Doctor Ling to operate on my father?” The man suddenly raised his head .

Zuo Cidian shook his head . “Doctor Ling basically doesn’t operate on patients with cancer . ”

“Why?”

“We can recommend another doctor for you…”

“I want Doctor Ling to operate on me!” Someone opened the door . It turned out that Wang Zhong the old man had been eavesdropping behind the door all along . Right now, his voice was loud and clear, and his gaze was sharp .

Zuo Cidian sort of regretted not bringing the patient’s son to the meeting room designated for such conversations . However, due to the situation at hand, he had no time to blame himself . First of all, Zuo Cidian walked over to the office desk and stood beside Ling Ran to protect him . He then said, “Sir, you’re not really in the pink of health now, and it is not a question of who is going to operate on you . There are also certain cancer patients who don’t need surgery or are not suited to receive surgery . Let’s get all the necessary examinations done first before we decide on a treatment plan . ”

“I know that Doctor Ling operates on patients with liver cancer . ” Wang Zhong, though, ignored what Zuo Cidian said . He looked at Ling Ran and said, “I’ve read a news report about you before . You have even operated on an academician with liver cancer…”

“Surgery is not a guaranteed solution for cancer . ” When Ling Ran heard this, he decided not to hide things anymore . He said, “From what I see from the CT scan you brought, the space-occupying lesion on your liver is not located in a good position, so removal via surgery would be difficult . Even if we succeed at completely removing it, there would still be a very high chance of recurrence…”

Wang Zhong gazed at Ling Ran, and there was hope in his eyes . However, he did not manage to utter a single word, as if every single ounce of energy had been sucked out of his body .

Ling Ran thought about it for a few seconds and said, “Alright, then . If you guys are sure of your decision, we’ll get you admitted to the hospital in preparation for the surgery . ”

Ling Ran was capable of operating on patients with liver cancer, as hepatectomy can be applied to both normal tissues and cancerous tissues . Ling Ran also knew how to perform lymphadenectomy, which was the most important skill a cancer surgeon needed to possess .

However, Master Level or even Perfect Level skills could not guarantee the survival rate of a cancer patient .

Ling Ran merely hated this kind of surgery as a whole . But Ling Ran was not strongly against operating on individual cancer patients .

Zuo Cidian had a rough idea of what was on Ling Ran’s mind right now . He merely added, “There are many kinds of liver cancer, and the locations of the tumor also differ . You guys will have to go through some examinations first before the next step can be decided . ”

Wang Zhong and his son nodded quietly . At that very moment, both of them lost their desire to speak .

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