Famous Among Top Surgeons in the 90s-Chapter 1877: Missed Diagnosis

When the patient was about to sit in the wheelchair, the previous doctors continued to consider it as post-fracture sequelae and poor cardiopulmonary function, without suspecting in the correct direction. This ultimately led to misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis at the county hospital for a long period.

As a medical student brother of the patient, Geng Yongzhe felt very guilty for not noticing the changes in his younger brother’s condition in time. As Chang Jiawei said, he is a medical student from Guoxie who wants to stay in the top medical circle in the Capital in the future. His self-requirements must be higher than those of county hospital doctors.

Adjusting his mood, Geng Yongzhe turned around to help his younger brother tuck in the quilt to cover his body fully, and said, "Little Hui, sleep well. With your brother here, it will be okay."

Geng Yonghui was weary and nodded to his brother’s words before closing his eyes to sleep again.

It was uncertain whether it was due to the long journey to the Capital for medical treatment, but the younger brother had a slight fever on his forehead. Geng Yongzhe used his palm to feel his brother’s forehead and prepared to take his temperature with a thermometer.

"How long has he had a fever?" Yue Wentong came back with a thermos filled with hot water and asked upon seeing the scene.

Recalling what his family had said, Geng Yongzhe replied, "My grandparents are too old to remember clearly. They said he sometimes had a fever and sometimes didn’t, and it wasn’t very high, almost as if it wasn’t a fever." 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

A low-grade fever is harder to identify than a high fever, requiring daily multiple timed measurements with a thermometer to detect any abnormalities. The elderly lacked this knowledge, relying only on feeling the patient’s forehead and hands and feet, rushing to the hospital once the high fever set in.

Yue Wentong pulled him outside to avoid the patients in the room, quietly asking, "Does your grandfather smoke? Any history of tuberculosis?"

The class leader seemed to have overheard the doctors discussing his younger brother’s condition while passing by the doctor’s office. A tinge of nervousness appeared on Geng Yongzhe’s face.

Following them out of the ward, Xie Wanying interjected upon hearing the class leader’s words, "A health examination is required for the college entrance exam. Active tuberculosis disqualifies one from participating and being admitted."

This meant tuberculosis is a contagious disease, and if one family member catches it, others in the family are highly likely to get it too. If Geng Yonghui has it, then Student Geng might have it too. Therefore, tuberculosis patients would be screened out during any health exams for college or medical school admission, making it unlikely for Geng Yonghui.

Knowing Student Xie was trying to reassure him, Geng Yongzhe asked the class leader, "Who did you hear suspecting this?"

"It was just Teacher Ren and the doctors having a preliminary discussion. We need to wait for the attending physician to come back and examine the patient for a conclusion," Yue Wentong replied.

The ward door creaked open twice as two people walked in one after another through the open door gap.

As they came closer, two familiar faces were seen: Chang Jiawei and Fu Xinheng. Yue Wentong was genuinely surprised, wondering if he was mistaken: Why are these two appearing here at night?

From the class leader’s expression, it seemed he didn’t know and hadn’t heard from the counselor, speculated Xie Wanying and Geng Yongzhe.

Realizing something, Yue Wentong turned back, this time seriously looking at the sign posted by the ward door, which stated that the attending physician for beds 15 and 16 was Chang Jiawei.

Really? Yue Wentong’s eyes seemed almost glued to the sign, motionless.

The class leader’s stunned expression showed how a doctor’s reputation can affect their credibility, by no means a good thing.

Midway through, Chang Jiawei first turned into the dressing room to change into a white coat.