442 Intussusception (1/2)

”Call Yu Yuan over,” Ling Ran ordered and continued, ”And ask the Pediatrics Department to prepare an air insufflation device. If any of the pediatricians are free, ask him to come over and take a look too. Intussusception, the onset was probably around four hours ago.”

Intussusception was definitely an emergency condition, as death might occur less than twenty-four hours upon onset. However, since the patient only developed intussusception four hours ago, the disease was still at its early stages. The child was merely crying and throwing tantrums, and they still had plenty of time to treat him before the pain became worse.

Of course, as the Pediatrics Department was very busy, they might only send a doctor to treat this child after a long time as the situation was not too dire yet. Instead of waiting for them, Ling Ran would rather treat the child in the Emergency Department.

Huo Congjun's line of thought was the same as Ling Ran's when it came to this matter. What was the point of seeking out specialist departments when the Emergency Department could very well manage the patient? The specialist departments were very busy and would often give all kinds of excuses to reject a patient. Sometimes, they would reject a patient that the Emergency Department wanted to transfer over on the basis that the patient's symptoms were not grave enough. Because of this, the Emergency Department did not like transferring patients to other departments.

The only reason why the Emergency Department was not allowed to treat patients with minor illnesses on their own was because of hospital policy.

If the policymakers gave them the green light, the Emergency Department merely needed to expand itself and hire more doctors to be able to treat patients with minor illnesses on their own.

The Emergency Departments of hospitals in China were unlike the Emergency Departments of hospitals in other countries. As the Emergency Departments of hospitals in other countries often needed to foot the bill for patients who had no one paying for them, they often could not make ends meet. As a result, many of the hospitals were forced to abolish their Emergency Department. Some of them did it voluntarily.

This was why in movies set in Europe or the United States, patients often needed to wait for a long time for their turn in Emergency Departments.

However, the Emergency Departments of hospitals in China did not face this kind of problem. Even though there were patients and their family members who fled the Emergency Department before they made payment, patients who could not afford to pay, and patients who refused to leave the wards for various reasons, but as a whole, the Emergency Departments of hospitals in China could at least afford to finance themselves.

Since they were able to finance themselves, it was natural that they could expand themselves as much as they want to, unless they were limited by their hospital's policy…

Right now, Ling Ran wished that there was a subdepartment for pediatrics in the Emergency Department.

This way, they would not even need to borrow an air insufflation device.

The medical intern did not really know what was going on. He asked in a hushed tone, ”Don't we need to wait for the ultrasound scans to come out to confirm the diagnosis?”

This was not his first day in the hospital, and he knew that complications might arise when it came to diagnosing a patient. The most common complication was the wastage of other departments' resource.

If the patient was really suffering from intussusception, the Pediatrics Department had to prepare the air insufflation device for them no matter what.

Compared to other patients in the Emergency Department such as those who had a cold and merely needed a fluid transfusion, and those suffering from diarrhea and merely needed a prescription for drugs, Ling Ran's young patient was obviously in more need of the hospital's resources.

But if the Emergency Department were to say that they had made a mistake and that the patient did not really suffer from intussusception after the Pediatrics Department had prepared the machine, the Emergency Department would become more than a laughingstock. The staff from the Pediatrics Department would be furious at the Emergency Department.

Ling Ran answered immediately, ”There's no need for that. Hurry up and get it done.”

The medical intern had no intention to go against Ling Ran. He immediately went to make a phone call.

After the medical intern got everything settled, he hung up and breathed a sigh of relief. He chuckled and said, ”Doctor Ling, you're pretty efficient when it comes to getting things done.”

”That's how Doctor Ling is like.” When the young nurse at the nurses' station heard Ling Ran's name, she immediately paid the medical intern, whose forehead was covered in sweat, some attention.

The medical intern nodded in agreement. There was a wistful expression on his face.

It only took the young nurse one glance to know what the medical intern was thinking about. The number of medical interns she had seen was more than the number of patients the medical intern had seen. And most medical interns were more or less alike.

”Doctor Ling said that there's no need to wait for the ultrasound scans to confirm the diagnosis, right?” The young nurse decided to treat the medical intern with kindness.

The medical intern hummed in acknowledgment and said, ”This way, we can start treating the patient the moment he returns.”

”Do you know why Doctor Ling said that there's no need to wait?” the young nurse asked in a soft voice.

The medical intern knew that the young nurse was implying something, but he did not know what it was. Puzzled, he shook his head.

”Doctor Ling is a doctor in charge of a treatment group. Besides, he's a nice person, and he's very skillful too. Everyone likes him.” The young nurse smiled. ”For you, you'll have to be aware of the consequences if you write an authorization request form before you wait for the diagnosis.”

The medical intern immediately understood what the nurse meant. Every single person had a different destiny. This was something that a person would understand after going through many things in life.

”I wonder when I would be able to write an authorization request form without waiting for the diagnosis to be confirmed.” The medical intern chuckled self-deprecatingly.

The young nurse waved in dismissal. ”By the time you no longer need to ask this question, you would probably know how many more years of hard work you need to put in.”

Yu Yuan and the patient arrived at the treatment room at the same time.

After Ling Ran received the ultrasound scans, he looked carefully at them before passing them to Yu Yuan. ”The ultrasound shows that there's a concentric circle, but it's not very serious. Go ahead and administer air enema.”

Yu Yuan was the only one in Ling Ran's treatment group who had operated an air insufflation device before, so the task was naturally assigned to her. Even Ling Ran himself had to watch on the sidelines.

Yu Yuan started reading the ultrasound scans on her tablet and confirmed what Ling Ran just said. She then nodded and asked, ”Where's the patient's family members?”

”Here.” The child's father who was just beside her quickly answered. He had an extremely anxious and guilty expression.

Aside from feeling worried, he was also blaming himself for the fact that his child developed intussusception from playing the swinging game with him. His palms were sweating profusely, and his palms were still drenched in sweat even after he wiped his palms against his pants.

”Are you the only one? Is anyone else coming?”