abnabooks Chapter 879: Is the chapter team crazy?
Chapter 879: Is the chapter team crazy?
Ms. Li was carefully helped down by the staff to rest, waiting for the medicine to be boiled and for the arrival of the doctor from the Provincial Medical University Affiliated Hospital.
The applause in the studio gradually died down, but the shock and admiration in the air lingered for a long time.
The host took control of the situation at the right time, his voice filled with irrepressible excitement:
"Thank you Dr. Chen Yang and all the experts for your wonderful diagnosis and treatment! The exquisiteness of TCM diagnosis, the courage of medication, and the miraculous effect of acupuncture really opened our eyes! Then, let's continue to invite the next patient!"
The camera panned to the audience again. This time, the person who stood up was an old woman supported by a young girl.
The old woman was about seventy years old, with a hunched back, a pale face, cloudy eyes, and a weak and feeble walk, as if she had exhausted all her strength with every step.
The most striking thing was that she was extremely thin, with loose clothes hanging loosely on her body, revealing bony wrists.
"This is Grandma Zhang, she is 71 years old."
The host introduced with a heavy tone: "Grandma Zhang was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer three months ago and has undergone surgery and chemotherapy. But in the past month, her condition has taken a sharp turn for the worse. She has a persistent high fever, often above 39°C, and as high as 40.5°C. Western medicine has used a variety of powerful antibiotics, antipyretics and even hormones, but with little effect. Her body temperature will rebound quickly after a brief drop, accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting, inability to eat, and extreme weakness. Western medicine diagnosed her with 'cancer fever and cachexia'..."
Following the host's introduction, the staff distributed a thick stack of medical records and the latest examination reports to the five experts.
The shocking numbers on the report: extremely high white blood cell count, off the charts C-reactive protein, extremely low hemoglobin, albumin far below normal...all show that the patient is experiencing a brutal war of attrition and inflammatory storm in the body.
"Crazy, absolutely crazy."
Shen Qiuyun, He Huimin and others took the medical records and their faces instantly became solemn.
Sun Mingde and Zhao Hailin also kept cursing in their hearts, what was this program crew trying to do?
Although the first two patients also made them feel embarrassed, at least they did not seem to be in too much danger. Even for the second patient, the danger was hidden inside. Not to mention that laymen could not see it, even experts would find it difficult to detect due to their poor level.
But this patient was in the advanced stage of pancreatic cancer and was in a state of "cancer fever and cachexia". This kind of patient would be issued a critical illness notice in any hospital.
For this type of patient, top-level tertiary hospitals will also carefully consider and communicate repeatedly with the patient's family. However, it was such a patient who was invited by the program team.
This is not just embarrassing people, it is somewhat intentional, somewhat deliberately embarrassing traditional Chinese medicine.
This is not just a difficult and complicated disease, but a late-stage tumor complication recognized by modern medicine with a very poor prognosis! The intervention of traditional Chinese medicine in this case is often regarded as palliative and comforting.
"Shit, advanced pancreatic cancer!"
"This program team is awesome. They dare to treat such a patient in public."
"Love it, love it. This is the kind of show I want, and this is the kind of doctor I want."
Sun Mingde and others were under great pressure and cursed in their hearts, but the audience was excited and the barrage of comments was flying everywhere.
Cancer has always been a medical problem, and people are very afraid of it. It is easy to imagine how the audience felt when such a patient appeared on the show.
Most viewers don’t think as much as Sun Mingde and others. They just know that it’s amazing that the program team can accept such patients.
If patients like this can be treated in this program, it really shows how awesome Chinese medicine is.
"What the hell?"
Lin Yi and Xia Hongliang's faces also changed: "Shanzhou Province is going to heaven."
"With such a patient, is this a deliberate harassment by the program crew?" Xun Jiahong also frowned.
"Is someone interfering?" Li Haofei also frowned and said softly.
For a moment, many Chinese medicine doctors in front of the TV were stunned by the condition of this patient. If there was no advance communication with such a difficult patient, it would really be considered as forcing things to happen.
"Hiss, such a serious patient, is someone doing this on purpose?"
In front of the TV, Chu Yiyun also frowned slightly.
You know, this is just a TV show after all. It is understandable and more topical to feature some strange patients. But the patient in front of us is not just suffering from a strange condition. He is suffering from a critical illness that is difficult to treat clinically.
Western medicine is no longer able to treat this type of patients, and even if they seek help from traditional Chinese medicine, they can only take their chances.
In the director's room, Tang Wenshan couldn't help but sweat and subconsciously looked towards Chen Yang in the studio.
It’s easy to deal with other patients, but this patient, Tang Wenshan, did seek Chen Yang’s opinion, otherwise, he really wouldn’t dare to put such a patient on the show.
Tang Wenshan cares about ratings, but he is not stupid.
If he really wanted to deliberately make things difficult for these Chinese medicine experts, not to mention the few Chinese medicine experts invited today, the entire medical community would exclude him, Tang Wenshan.
Time goes back to last night. Chen Yang had just returned from Wu Yaolin's house. Before he could even enter the door, he received a call from Gao Jingyun.
"Doctor Chen, a patient has come to the program team and hopes to receive treatment on the show."
"What kind of patient?" Chen Yang asked.
"An old lady in her early seventies, in the advanced stage of pancreatic cancer. Her granddaughter came with her," said Gao Jingyun.
"What did Team Leader Tang say?" Chen Yang's tone already sounded a little unhappy.
A patient with advanced pancreatic cancer still called him. What does the program crew mean by this?
If this kind of patient was sent to the hospital, Chen Yang would naturally have no objection and would do his best to treat the patient. However, such a seriously ill patient went to the program team, and the program team even called him, which was a bit too much.
"Doctor Chen, why don't you come over first." Gao Jingyun said, "The main reason is that the situation is a bit special."
"Ok."
Chen Yang responded and drove to the TV station. Gao Jingyun was waiting for him at the door.
When Gao Jingyun saw Chen Yang's car, he opened the door and got in, sitting in the passenger seat.
"Doctor Chen, the patient came here on his own and has been waiting outside for most of the day, and he refuses to leave..."
Gao Jingyun first explained the situation to Chen Yang: "Our Director Tang has also been persuading the patient for a long time, hoping that the patient can go to the hospital for treatment, but the patient is unwilling to go, and the little girl who follows the patient keeps crying..."
"We specifically learned that this Grandma Zhang is a model worker. The little girl following her is not her biological granddaughter, but an orphan adopted by Grandma Zhang. Over the years, Grandma Zhang has adopted many orphans. Grandma Zhang is also the only teacher in the village, teaching more than 20 children in the village alone..."
"The little girl who came with us is a college student who was one of the orphans adopted by Grandma Zhang. She learned about our program from the Internet..."
After listening to Gao Jingyun, Chen Yang roughly understood why Gao Jingyun called him.
Firstly, the program team couldn’t be too tough, as making a big fuss would have a bad impact on public opinion. Secondly, the patient’s condition also moved the program team a little, so they went to Chen Yang to discuss the situation.