Because of Han Yunxi's words, Gu no longer looked at Gu Beiyue with disdain. He rubbed his chin and became interested.
Although the crowd was filled with whispers and jeers, Gu Beiyue remained calm and composed as he stood on the stage with a faint smile.
Finally, Department Head Huo spoke up. "Young man, your courage deserves praise for standing on this stage! If the medical academy had more juniors like you, us old bones can set our hearts at ease. "
"You flatter me," Gu Beiyue was modest, but he wasn't humble at all.
"Heheh, is there anyone else who wants to come on stage?" Department Head Huo looked at the young disciples of the medical academy.
They didn't even have the guts to steal, much less the heart. Every single one of them lowered their heads in disappointment.
"Since there's no one else, shall we begin?" Department Head Huo looked towards the judging panel.
The medical skills competition was supposed to be hosted by the old academy head. Now that Gu Yuntian was in jail awaiting trial, the medical academy had gathered the clan heads of various reputable families in Medical City to form the judging panel.
Of course, the Gu, Huo, Lin, and Ouyang Clans couldn't attend because they wanted to avoid arousing suspicion.
Very soon, the judging panel announced the start of the competition.
As the name implied, the competition was a competition of medical skills. It wasn't a case report or the results of medical research, but a real competition of skills that involved treating patients on the spot.
No one had the ability to find multiple patients with the exact same conditions for multiple doctors to treat. Even if the conditions were the same, the body's constitution and resistance to diseases were different! Thus, Medical City's medical skills competition used a random selection of patients.
Every day, countless people came from all over Cloud Realm Continent to seek medical treatment. The medical academy had ten consultation halls under it, where specialized personnel would record the cases and categorize them according to the difficulty of treatment. Then they'd send the patients to different ranks of doctors.
The Medical Skills Competition required cases to be randomly selected from the most difficult cases to treat.
As soon as the judging panel announced the start of the competition, a medical assistant brought out a pot filled with ten bamboo sticks.
It was only at this moment that the crowd quieted down. Everyone was looking forward to the exquisite competition between the three department heads. They were even more looking forward to Gu Beiyue's … overestimation of his abilities and disgrace himself!
The head of the judging panel, Master Ren, stood up and said seriously, "For the sake of fairness, the judging panel has selected ten cases of the same grade. Now, four doctors, please pick one case each."
This time, the entire audience became even more silent. The four people on the stage simultaneously drew a bamboo stick from the pot. There was a note tied to the end of the bamboo stick, and the medical record was written on it.
After drawing lots, everyone tore open the paper.
Gu Beiyue was usually a quiet person. At this moment, he stood on the high platform and seemed even quieter. It was as if he was outside the world and had nothing to do with it.
Han Yunxi looked at him from afar, feeling a little uneasy.
There was no absolute fairness in the world. This method of drawing lots seemed fair, but in fact, there was a large element of luck in it.
First of all, these cases were only of the same grade of difficulty, but not the same. There were still differences in difficulty between cases.
Second of all, these cases were not divided into departments. Although the four doctors on the stage were proficient in each department, there was still a distinction between what they were best at and what they were worst at.
Third of all, what were the criteria for judging? Some cases could be completely cured in a few days, but others required a long period of recuperation. Although the judging panel would give a comprehensive evaluation of all aspects, this kind of extremely subjective evaluation made Gu Beiyue very disadvantaged. According to Han Yunxi's understanding, Gu Beiyue was not acquainted with any of the five major families on the judging panel.
This was a competition where man proposes and God disposes. Even though Gu Beiyue had told her not to worry before going on stage, Han Yunxi couldn't help but feel nervous.
Department Head Huo was the first to hand the paper he had drawn to the judging panel.
"Department Head Huo has drawn a case of a strange illness. The patient is only twenty years old, female, and began to age a month ago." The judging panel had just finished their announcement when the patient was invited onto the stage.
The scene was in an uproar. The female patient's face was full of wrinkles, and she looked like a seven or eight year old granny!
"Hahaha! Looks like Department Head Huo is going to show his skills! " Gu Qishao laughed without restraint. "Old granny, it's your good fortune to meet Department Head Huo. Just wait for him to bring you back to life!"
Han Yunxi couldn't help but snicker. Department Head Huo's luck was really bad, wasn't it? This kind of illness was strange even in modern times, let alone ancient times. It was very difficult to treat, or even impossible to treat.
This was premature aging!
No matter how calm Department Head Huo was, he couldn't hide the despair on his face. He had seen this kind of illness before, but he still couldn't treat it.
Beside him, Department Head Ouyang's expression was even uglier than his. Very soon, the judging panel announced the case that Department Head Ouyang had drawn.
"Department Head Ouyang has also drawn a case of a strange illness, and it's Cloud Realm's first. The patient is in his fifties and seventies, male. He was unable to eat a day ago, and can't even drink liquid food or water. If this illness is delayed, he'll undoubtedly die."
Everyone looked at each other in dismay, so shocked that they couldn't speak. Even Gu was dumbstruck. No one had ever heard of this illness, nor could they imagine it.
"Heavens … how can this be treated?" Ning Jing muttered to herself.
"He can't drink a drop of water, and he's so old. It'll be strange if he doesn't starve to death after a few days." Tang Li said thoughtfully, "Maybe he'll die before Department Head Ouyang can figure out a cure! Won't he lose if he dies? "
Currently, Han Yunxi was pondering the same question while sitting by his side.
Although Department Head Huo's case was strange, it wasn't fatal and there was plenty of time to treat it. However, wasn't Department Head Ouyang's case a little too tragic?
Han Yunxi remembered the case she'd seen before. If a person went on a hunger strike without water, the longest they'd lasted was over seventy days.
However, if they couldn't even drink water, that person wouldn't last more than seven days.
The time limit for the medical skills competition was ten days. After ten days, the judging panel would make a judgment based on the patient's condition and the doctor's analysis of the case, treatment plan, and treatment progress.
It was impossible for Department Head Ouyang to find a cure for such a strange illness within ten days. Moreover, with the current medical conditions, he couldn't give the patient an intravenous infusion, nor could he insert a feeding tube to feed the patient.
Han Yunxi had seen a congenital illness called glycosylation disorder type II. Due to certain reasons, the child would vomit as soon as he ate.
As for Department Head Ouyang's case, it was her first time seeing it at such an old age.
"As expected of the most difficult case in medical school …"
Han Yunxi grew more and more uneasy. Just as she'd analyzed, luck played a large part in the drawing of lots. Who knew what Gu Beiyue would draw?
At that moment, the judging panel announced Department Head Lin's case.
"This is an amnesia patient with severe brain injuries. She's a woman in her thirties and has already lost her memory for ten years."
The crowd fell silent as soon as the announcement was made. Everyone's expressions were strange.
Amnesia was really hard to predict. Sometimes, it could recover on its own without treatment, but sometimes, even Hua Tuo might not be able to cure it.
However, one had to admit that Department Head Lin was simply too lucky compared to Department Head Huo and Department Head Ouyang's cases. At least, he could come up with some treatment methods, while the other two didn't even have a complete understanding of the illness.
Although the three department heads' cases were announced, they didn't bat an eyelid, but their hearts were probably in a perilous situation. Department Head Lin had the absolute upper hand.
At that moment, everyone's eyes fell on the slip of paper in Gu Beiyue's hand.
What kind of case did he get?
Han Yunxi clenched her fists, while Gu bit his fingers. They silently watched as Gu Beiyue handed the slip of paper to the judging panel.
The judging panel looked at the slip of paper with strange expressions. Their reactions were even stranger than when they'd seen the three department heads' notes.
Suddenly, House Head Ren chuckled. "Haha, interesting, interesting!"
His words made the atmosphere tense to the extreme.
Gu shouted impatiently, "What do you mean? What are you dawdling about for? "
House Head Ren's eyes flashed with displeasure before he announced, "Doctor Gu's case is dystocia. The woman entered the delivery room at noon yesterday with abdominal pain, and her water hasn't broken yet … "
At this point, the crowd was silent at first, but then burst into laughter!
How could a grown man like Gu Beiyue endure drawing such a case? No wonder House Head Ren said it was interesting.
Even the three department heads couldn't help laughing. Did they want Gu Beiyue to be a midwife?
Gu pursed his lips at first, but in the end, he couldn't help but laugh.
Han Yunxi couldn't laugh at all. She whispered, "Xiao Qi, Gu Beiyue is very dangerous. He's even more dangerous than Department Head Ouyang."
"Isn't it just giving birth? Dystocia will happen after two or three days, right?" Gu didn't know about this, but he had heard about it since he grew up in medical school.
"If it's an ordinary dystocia, how can it be listed on the same level of difficulty as those strange cases?" Han Yunxi sat too far away. She couldn't see the emotions in Gu Beiyue's eyes.
Before Gu could answer, House Head Ren continued to announce, "The woman's abdomen is huge. According to the midwife's estimation … it's suspected to be multiple births. Therefore, she was sent to the medical school before dawn."
Han Yunxi's clenched fists suddenly loosened. She didn't relax but felt powerless.
Multiple births!
Even under modern medical conditions, most hospitals would require a cesarean section as long as it was twins. This was to prevent the second child from suffering from intrauterine distress, lack of oxygen, or inability to deliver.
In ancient times, there were many cases of twins giving birth naturally, but the probability of death from dystocia was even higher. If it was light, the second child couldn't be saved. If it was serious, the mother would lose too much blood and lose two lives.
Twins were already like this, let alone multiple births.
Most people's impression of childbirth was that it was painful. In fact, childbirth was a matter of life and death.
Now, the woman had been in pain for almost a day and her water hadn't broken yet. She had used up a lot of energy. Moreover, it was impossible to determine how many babies she had in her womb and the fetal position of each baby.
Even if the mother had enough strength, as long as there was a misplacement of the fetus and it was not conducive to a natural birth, it would be a fatal matter!
Department Head Ouyang's patient, who didn't drink a drop of water, could endure for about seven days. Gu Beiyue, the woman, could only last for three days at most!
Han Yunxi looked at Gu Beiyue from afar. House Head Ren's voice sounded in her ears, "This medical competition will last for ten days. After ten days, please hurry into the treatment room. I wish everyone good luck!"
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