Chapter 300: Chapter 301: Bacteria Do Not Undergo Reincarnation!

In the past few days, the incident where Chen Cang performed a fetal thoracentesis for the obstetrics department spread like wildfire, suddenly making him famous within the hospital.

The main reason for this was none other than Cheng Xin!

After returning that evening, Cheng Xin had widely advertised the event.

Exaggerating the story, she praised Chen Cang as a unique thoracic sage of the Second Provincial Hospital, with divine skill in thoracic puncture, saving the fetus amidst the amniotic fluid.

And with the emergence of a hero, there often comes a supporting character.

Shi Qi, too, became famous at this time, as among women, putting down a man often required just a few words, “He’s no good!”

Consequently, the joke that Shi Qi was no good spread instantly throughout the Second Provincial Hospital.

All the resident trainees in the entire hospital had the same reaction whenever Shi Qi was mentioned!

“Oh! Shi Qi? He’s no good!”

Originally, Shi Qi had wanted to establish some prestige among the training students and then network with the leaders, to see if he could become the director of the training center.

But who would have thought, before he could do anything, a nickname of “no good” had already spread among the students.

Now those students jokingly called Shi Qi “Shi No-Good”!

Thinking of this, Shi Qi was so angry that his face turned red and his neck swelled!

But Shi Qi was also curious, who had found out his secret?

After that, Shi Qi quickly resigned from his teaching position at the training center, as no one could stand to teach a class when all the students looked at them with questioning eyes.

After Shi Qi stepped down, Zhou Bo from the Department of Pulmonary Disease teamed up with Chen Cang.

The work went smoothly thereafter.

Thursday afternoon.

Chen Cang was sitting in the office and sent a message to Meng Xi, “Mr. Meng, I won’t be going to the night shift tonight.”

The emergency night shift was truly a big stage.

There were all kinds of patients and anything could happen.

That night, Nurse Xiaolin brought Chen Cang dinner, and after eating, Chen Cang started to cram knowledge on cardiothoracic surgery.

Around eight o’clock, suddenly two strangely dressed individuals came into the emergency room.

The two of them mumbled their way in, and Chen Cang happened to be at the nursing station printing out a lab report.

Seeing the two of them, he asked, “What’s the matter?”

Both individuals looked to be over sixty, and their attire was indeed strange, not quite resembling that of devout Buddhists; it was hard to make out, and Chen Cang was also confused.

One of the plump old ladies said, “Doctor, my junior sister has a fever!”

Chen Cang was taken aback, and promptly pulled out a thermometer from his pocket, circled around the nursing station, and gestured for the two to sit down on the chairs.

“Let’s take your temperature first!”

Chen Cang placed the thermometer under the old lady’s arm.

After a few minutes, her temperature came out to 38.5 degrees Celsius.

After some deliberation, Chen Cang said, “We’ll draw some blood and do a quick blood count.”

The other party didn’t refuse, and cooperated fully.

Everything went smoothly, and afterward, it turned out to be no major issue.

In general, patients with fever are mainly caused by bacterial and viral infections.

The public may not understand the difference, because their clinical presentations are similar, with symptoms like fever, cough, pneumonia, etc.

Through clinical tests, it is possible to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections, and generally, one can make a diagnosis.

The most common blood count test, in cases of bacterial infection, will mostly show an increased blood picture, meaning an increase in white blood cells and neutrophils, indicating inflammation, which is a primary characteristic of bacterial infection.

While viral infections rarely cause an increase in white blood cells, generally resulting in normal or decreased levels.

Of course, there are various other testing methods; after all, a complete blood count has many limitations.

The results of a complete blood count come back quickly, in less than 20 minutes, and the results were reported.

With an increased white blood cell and neutrophil count, combined with the patient’s symptoms, Chen Cang estimated it was a bacterial infection.

Generally, it could recover without medication in a week, but considering the elderly patient’s condition, Chen Cang still recommended some antimicrobial medication.

Chen Cang explained, “Auntie, you have a bacterial infection. You could take some medicine or get an IV, what do you think is best?”

Upon hearing Chen Cang’s words, the two of them paused for a moment, “What is this medicine for?”

Chen Cang was also taken aback, “This medicine kills bacteria! Kill the bacteria, and the illness will be cured.”

The two heard this, looked at each other, and immediately shook their heads, “No! No! We can’t kill living beings!”

At those words, even the nearby Xiao Lin and Nurse Chang Lina were taken aback.

God, they can’t kill living beings!

Chen Cang was stunned as well; how could this be considered killing?

Chen Cang found himself in an awkward position and explained, “If the bacteria don’t die, they will kill healthy cells, they’re bad! It’s okay to kill them.”

The elderly person shook their head, “That won’t do either, is there some kind of medicine that can boost resistance?”

Chen Cang was made speechless by their response.

No matter how much he tried to persuade and explain, he couldn’t make it clear.

Just as Chen Cang was at a loss for what to do,

Chang Lina suddenly said, “The principle of not killing refers to sentient beings, like fish, birds, and animals… Bacteria and fungi are not part of the cycle of rebirth, so it’s not considered killing.”

The two elderly ladies looked at each other and then at Chang Lina, “Really?”

Chang Lina nodded confidently, “Really!”

Only then did they agree to receive an injection and left after buying some medicine…

After they left, Chen Cang couldn’t help but give Chang Lina a thumbs up, “Impressive! Where did you learn that?”

Chang Lina laughed, “I made it up.”

Chen Cang: …

The emergency room is just like that, full of all sorts of patients and indescribable stories that leave you both laughing and crying.

But as a doctor, it’s also quite helpless.

Around eleven or twelve o’clock, Chang Lina and Xiao Lin said, “Xiao Lin, I’ve summarized my experience in the ER; at this time, there are usually more trauma patients!”

Xiao Lin chuckled, “Sister Na, you should write a book called ‘The Temporal Distribution of Emergency Department Patients,’ it would be a bestseller.”

Chang Lina’s eyes lit up, “That’s definitely a side business!”

While they were talking, two people came in.

The woman was heavily made up, making her age difficult to determine, but Chen Cang guessed that given her makeup, she was probably at least in her forties.

She was supporting a man who didn’t look very old, probably in his thirties, and he was quite spirited looking!

However, before Chen Cang had a chance to further assess, he suddenly noticed that the man was continuously bleeding from his buttocks!

This startled Chen Cang, who hurriedly asked, “What happened?”

The woman hastily replied, “He was stabbed with a knife, now he’s bleeding, doctor, please take a look quickly.”

Chen Cang was startled, “Did you call the police?”

The two hesitated for a long time, then said hesitantly, “Doctor, please treat the wound first, it’s still bleeding.”

Chen Cang nodded, told the woman to go and handle the payment procedures, and led the man straight into the treatment room.