Sister Ma, take a good look. It's not good to have headaches all the time. "The person accompanying the patient seemed to be her best friend.
The patient looked to be in her forties. She looked a little haggard and old.
She held a checklist in her hand. It seemed like she was going to pay for the checkup.
Zheng Ren quickly called out, "Hey, wait a minute."
The patient and her friend did not realize that they were being called. They chatted as they walked toward the cashier.
Zheng Ren took two quick steps and stood in front of the patient. "Sister, I'm the emergency department's chief resident. Are you having a headache?"
The patient was stunned. "Yes," she said.
"What kind of checkup are you doing?" Zheng Ren tried to make his tone and expression as gentle as possible.
Perhaps it was due to his Luck Value, or perhaps it was due to his increased Charm Value, but he gave off a sense of trustworthiness.
The patient handed the checklist to Zheng Ren in puzzlement.
Zheng Ren took a look. The checklist was a cranial MRI scan. It was what he had been most worried about.
Fortunately, he had encountered it!
At that moment, Zheng Ren experienced the power of + 8 Luck.
"I don't think it's suitable for you to do this," Zheng Ren said. "I heard your conversation just now. You don't seem to be well off financially."
"Yes, an MRI scan is more than 500 yuan. It's so expensive," the patient said with a frown.
"Let's go. I'll ask the old chief to take a look at you." Zheng Ren smiled and pulled the patient to Old Chief Physician Pan's office. He knocked on the door and entered.
Old Chief Physician Pan saw Zheng Ren blinking a few times and knew that something was wrong. The two of them began to 'act' without any prior discussion.
There were different ways to do a physical examination.
Generally, the emergency department's physical examination was very simple. After all, there were more than ten or twenty patients outside. It was not practical to take half an hour to examine each patient.
If it was not a critical illness, a simple physical examination would be done and the patient would be examined.
This way, they could effectively divert the patients from piling up in the emergency department's corridors.
Human impatience was contagious. Especially those who were sick, they were very anxious.
Old Chief Physician Pan gave the patient a more detailed physical examination. He was very old, almost seventy years old. He had a head of silver hair and a serious and solemn expression. He looked like he was better at diagnosing than Zheng Ren.
This was also the reason Zheng Ren brought the patient to Old Chief Physician Pan.
Old Chief Physician Pan performed a physical examination while Zheng Ren explained the situation.
"Director, this patient has been suffering from headaches for years. This time, it's more serious, so he came to our hospital to have a look. But because of family and financial reasons, I think the cost of an MRI scan is higher, so I suggest a head CT scan. "
Old Chief Physician Pan knew that Zheng Ren had brought the patient to him because of this sentence.
He pretended not to hear anything and continued to examine for another five minutes. Then, he said slowly, "It's nothing serious. Do a head CT scan and make a final confirmation. 120 yuan will do."
The patients were very grateful. Although they had overturned the examination done by the emergency physician, Old Chief Physician Pan looked like an academic authority and Zheng Ren was quite trustworthy. Therefore, the two of them happily took the CT examination report from Zheng Ren and went for the examination.
Before he left, he gave them his phone number and asked them to call him directly after the checkup.
Zheng Ren heaved a sigh of relief after the patient left.
Old Chief Physician Pan asked in confusion, "Zheng Ren, what are you doing?"
"Chief, for patients with chronic headaches, I suggest we start with a head CT scan." Zheng Ren said seriously, "If there's metal in the skull, an MRI scan could cause serious problems."
Zheng Ren's reminder immediately enlightened Old Chief Physician Pan.
Metal in the skull? How could there be?
Ordinary people might not understand, but Old Chief Physician Pan had been a doctor for his entire life, from the battlefields of Southern Xinjiang to the borders of Northern China. What had he not seen?
He nodded and said, "Zheng Ren, you're right. I'll think about it and inform every doctor personally. "
Talking to Old Chief Physician Pan was smooth. He did not feel that his suggestion had shaken the department chief's authority.
What Zheng Ren said was rare, perhaps not even once in a few years. However, if it was encountered and handled improperly, it could lead to a disaster.
After bidding farewell to Old Chief Physician Pan again, Zheng Ren took out his phone and informed Chang Yue and Su Yun that he had a dinner tonight and would be drinking.
This kind of non-medical treatment was beyond Zheng Ren's capabilities.
However, Old Chief Physician Pan and Zheng Ren cooperated well with each other. Just like the female patient, they each had their own strengths.
Zheng Ren returned to the emergency ward. As expected, he was scolded by Su Yun.
They chatted for less than an hour before Zheng Ren received a call. The two patients had just finished a head CT scan and were waiting for the scans.
Zheng Ren told the patient the exact location of the emergency ward. He asked her to borrow the radiographic films from him without waiting for the report after she got them.
Ten minutes later, the patient came to Zheng Ren with the scans.
When he inserted the scans into the radiographic film viewer, Zheng Ren was shocked to see three steel needles in the patient's skull!
The images were very clear. They were like the fangs of the devil, full of malice and chilling.
"F * ck …" It was Su Yun's first time seeing such a scan. He had laughed at Zheng Ren for making a mountain out of a molehill, but now he was stunned.
Professor Rudolf Wagner glanced at it and continued to write down the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of TIPS surgery. The foreign object in the body was not attractive to him at all.
Chang Yue and the others were also dumbfounded.
If they were to do an MRI …
The magnetic field would affect metals, and metals would also affect other metals.
During an MRI scan, it was forbidden to bring in metal objects that could be attracted to magnets.
There was once a patient's wheelchair in Sea City General Hospital that was sucked into the machine and it took a lot of effort to remove it.
Some patients, especially those who had internal surgery such as cardiac stents and internal fixation of fractures, could not undergo an MRI scan.
The current nickel-titanium alloy did not seem to have any effect.
If the patient in front of them were to undergo an MRI scan, the steel needles in her skull would be attracted and swayed by the magnetic field.
The patient's brain tissue …
They did not dare to think about it. All the doctors present were drenched in cold sweat.
"Chief Zheng, how did they get in?" Chang Yue asked, her palms drenched in cold sweat.
"They were probably inserted when she was young," Zheng Ren said coldly.
The human skull went through a process of development. In the first few months of life, the skull was thinner and softer, like kraft paper. The needles could easily penetrate it.
A few decades ago, girls were not welcomed in the countryside. Although Zheng Ren had not personally witnessed needles being inserted, he had occasionally heard about it.
The patient could not understand the scans, but the needles were very obvious in front of her eyes.
"When did your headache start?" Zheng Ren asked.
"Ever since I was young." The patient was confused, panicked, and at a loss.
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