Zhou Minjun hurriedly rushed to the second floor.
The family had just entered the elevator when Yuan Na, who was slightly older, couldn't help but knit her brows and scold, "Huilan, you should have directly refused. This isn't something our Health Center can handle. If we delay the child's condition and something happens, we won't be able to shoulder the responsibility.
It's one thing to register them, but to register them with the Traditional Chinese Medicine department—isn't that just asking for trouble?
The child swallowed a screw. There's no way around surgery. What's the point of seeing a traditional Chinese medicine doctor?
Just think about how you're going to explain it to them later. They're already anxious; don't make the situation worse, or neither of us will be able to handle it."
After speaking, Yuan Na couldn't help but sigh.
Despite the relationships in the Health Center not being complex and everyone getting along well, and the director being a good person, if anything major happens, they might not be directly fired, but they'd surely face a scolding from the director.
This is assuming the child's condition hasn't been delayed by them. If it is and something happens to the child, it would be a catastrophe.
Lv Huilan did not argue because she knew she was wrong this time and shouldn't have acted so impulsively. However, seeing the child wailing in Zhou Minjun's arms, she softened and, without thinking, registered the child, and it was with Dr. Lu Xuan from the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
Swallowing a screw definitely requires surgical intervention; traditional Chinese medicine likely has no remedy.
Even those renowned senior traditional Chinese medicine doctors would be helpless, let alone Lu Xuan, who is fresh out of Traditional Chinese Medicine University with no clinical experience.
"I hope Dr. Lu can persuade the family to go to the Provincial Women and Children's Hospital as soon as possible,"
Lv Huilan thought, feeling a pang of worry.
Could Dr. Lu, in an attempt to prove himself, be reckless enough to prescribe medicine for the child?
The thought made Lv Huilan increasingly fearful.
Experienced senior traditional Chinese medicine doctors wouldn't do something uncertain, but young people are different.
The young are fearless.
Lv Huilan felt a deep regret for having registered the child with the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
"No, I need to go upstairs to remind Dr. Lu."
Growing more anxious with the thought, she turned to Yuan Na and said, "Teacher Yuan, I need to go say a word to Dr. Lu."
"Go, go!"
Lv Huilan couldn't afford any delay. She headed straight up the stairs to the second floor.
…
Meanwhile,
Zhou Minjun's family almost ran out of the elevator and bumped into Wang Youqing, who had just come out of the restroom. "Doctor, could you tell us how to get to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department?"
Without much thought, Wang Youqing pointed instinctively down the corridor: "That way."
"Thank you, thank you!"
Zhou Minjun quickly thanked him and rushed towards the Traditional Chinese Medicine department with the child in her arms.
Watching the family hurry towards the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, Wang Youqing felt a bit pleased for Lu Xuan and muttered to himself, "Lu is quite lucky, having patients register for his department on the second day."
As for the wailing child, he paid it no mind. Isn't it normal for children to cry?
His own grandson could cry the house down when he was just a few months old.
Just as he was about to walk away with a chuckle, he saw Lv Huilan running upstairs with an anxious expression.
"What's going on?"
"What's happened?"
"Teacher Wang."
Lv Huilan greeted Wang Youqing, and despite her urgency, she concisely explained the child's situation to him.
Wang Youqing's face immediately changed upon hearing the child had swallowed a screw, and his voice rose uncontrollably, "Huilan, how could you let them register for Lu's appointment in such a situation?"
"I don't know what came over me, just thought maybe they didn't want to take the child to the provincial hospital for surgery, and perhaps a traditional Chinese medicine doctor could help, so I gave them Dr. Lu's appointment,"
Lv Huilan regretted.
"Traditional Chinese medicine can be tried. It's a treasure of our country. Even though it's fallen a bit out of favor now, in this situation, it can't be resolved without surgery. For such a small child, the screw is too large; it certainly can't be pulled out. Surgery is the only option."
Being a doctor himself, Wang Youqing naturally knew the situation required surgical intervention.
"Even if you wanted them to see traditional Chinese medicine, you should have suggested going to the District Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine or even the City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It's not that I don't trust Lu; it's just that he's newly graduated, and the child's condition is so urgent, he…"
"Hey, why don't you stay out of it for now? Lu isn't the reckless type; he should recommend they go to the Provincial Women and Children's Hospital given the situation."
"But…"
Wang Youqing stopped Lv Huilan from rushing into the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, saying: "They're already in the consultation room; if you go in now and intervene, won't it cause a scene?"
"Don't worry, we have to trust Lu to make the right choice."
Lv Huilan, still anxious: "I'm just worried about Dr. Lu…"
"In this situation, do you really think traditional Chinese medicine can help?" Wang Youqing raised a hand to stop her mid-sentence.
Lv Huilan opened her mouth. Could it be possible?
Even highly reputed traditional Chinese medicine doctors would be helpless in such a scenario, let alone Lu Xuan, a newcomer fresh from university.
Over here with Lu Xuan,
He waited expectantly for patients to arrive.
Though it was his first solo patient consultation, and he felt somewhat uneasy, knowing the situation at the Health Center, Lu Xuan felt more excitement than anything else.