My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

From her description, one could basically deduce that this plainly-appearing, sturdy-framed woman must rely on her grandmother for survival.

If there were other family members at home, she wouldn't have come to Tuya Hospital alone with her broken arm.

"Did you register?"

Zhou Can felt sympathy for this woman.

In the hospital, it's actually common to see members of weaker social groups from society's lower strata.

Within the scope of their abilities, most doctors and nurses would offer some care to these people.

"I've registered already and am waiting for my number to be called! I don't know why I just fainted!"

As she spoke, she tried to sit up.

"Don't move, don't move! Rib fractures can easily damage vital organs like the heart and lungs if you move recklessly, and can also worsen the breaks," Zhou Can quickly pressed down on her shoulders.

Signaling her to lie down for now.

As for why she fainted, it was due to the injury, a significant loss of vitality, compounded with not eating for a long time, leading to symptoms like low blood sugar, which then caused her to pass out.

"Which side are the ribs injured? Is it very painful now?"

"Right here. I was hit by a wild boar at this spot."

She raised her left hand with effort and pointed to the upper left side of her abdomen.

Hearing this, Zhou Can had a better idea.

"How long have you been injured?"

"I got injured yesterday morning. After I escaped home, I first went to a clinic in town. Seeing that I was seriously injured, they immediately suggested that I seek treatment at a major hospital. So, I took nearly a day's ride to get treated at Tuya Hospital."

The injury was still relatively recent.

If more than half a month had passed, calluses would have started to form on the broken bone, which would be very detrimental to surgery.

Basically, if the fracture is over a month old, many doctors are unwilling to perform surgery.

The surgery is difficult and the outcome is often poor.

She was so seriously injured yet traveled alone to the provincial city.

Judging by her attire, the likelihood of her taking a taxi was almost zero. The probability of her taking long-distance buses and squeezing onto public transport was the highest.

His admiration for her perseverance grew.

If it had been a more delicate woman, with a broken arm and potentially two broken ribs, she probably would have been lying on the ground groaning by now.

"I think I can sit up, it should be okay!"

She tried to exert force with her waist again.

Zhou Can had no choice but to carefully help her up from the ground and then sit her on a chair.

At this point, the nurse came with the food.

"It's a takeout meal, 15 yuan!"

She returned the remaining money to Zhou Can.

"Thanks for the trouble!"

Zhou Can took the meal, opened it,

and looked at the nurse.

"Her arm is fractured, she must have difficulty eating. Can you feed her?"

The nurse slightly furrowed her brows, her face expressing a touch of difficulty.

Feeding patients isn't really part of the nurse's job description. Those scenes where nurses hold food and carefully feed patients are usually found in TV dramas.

In reality, if a nurse can speak gently to patients and their families, that's already quite good.

Many times, nurses can actually be quite harsh and are very strong in rebuking others.

Especially outpatient nurses, very few are meek and easily bullied.

"I'm sorry, I have other things to do!"

The female nurse found an excuse and left.

Zhou Can had no choice but to personally feed the female patient.

"I can eat by myself."

She picked up the chopsticks with her left hand.

Zhou Can held the food container for her, bringing it as close to her mouth as possible.

Maybe she was indeed starving.

The woman quickly finished the box of food.

Zhou Can went to get her a cup of water.

After eating, her condition obviously improved a lot.

"Give me your registration slip to take a look."

Seeing she was without family, Zhou Can decided to help this pitiable woman.

After all, he wasn't busy with anything else right now.

It would be better to do a good deed.

"It turns out the consulting doctor is Dr. Chi."

Zhou Can touched his nose.

Outpatient and inpatient departments are two different concepts.

Many people think that any doctor has the opportunity to consult, but that's a big mistake.

Not to mention Tuya Hospital, even moderately stronger hospitals have very high requirements for outpatient doctors.

To apply for outpatient consultation qualifications at Tuya, one generally needs to be at least at the level of attending physician.

Deputy directors and above have a higher chance of getting approved.

As for a resident doctor consulting, it's very rare. Only a very few exceptional individuals, either with high academic achievements or excellent surgical skills, after being evaluated by department heads and reported to the hospital,

might not necessarily be approved but at least have the chance to obtain the hospital's permission to open a personal outpatient clinic number.

From this point of view, the path of a doctor's growth is indeed long and winding.

And the income disparities are startlingly large.

In the same hospital, a weaker director-level doctor might have an annual income of only around 150,000 yuan. The more capable ones can earn over 600,000 yuan.

The salary of Tuya Hospital doctors mainly includes several aspects: rank salary, quarterly bonus, holiday subsidy, annual performance, research awards, workload - these are all openly legitimate income.

When added up, there are quite a few doctors with pre-tax incomes exceeding one million yuan,

mostly deputy directors and director-level big shots.

Right now, Zhou Can only has a pitiful base salary and a little overtime pay.

Once he gets his postgraduate training completion certificate, medical practice license, and is employed as a resident doctor by the hospital, he'll be eligible for bonuses, performance and other income.

"Wait here for a while, I'll go ask if you can be checked out as a priority."

Zhou Can told the woman to wait.

With such severe injuries and unfamiliarity with the diagnostic process, it would be lucky if she could get her X-rays taken before tomorrow.