Chapter 539: The Decline of Traditional Chinese Medicine Department (Seeking Monthly Ticket)
Su Chen couldn't be bothered to say more, and directly addressed the young nurse Lin Yujing standing not far away: "Nurse, go get me a box of silver needles."
Lin Yujing looked at An Yu, seemingly asking for her opinion.
"Go get them for him," An Yu said. She wanted to see what skills Su Chen possessed to cure Yang Jiajun.
She wasn't afraid of wasting time. After all, in China, the end result for Yang Jiajun would just be a failed rescue attempt followed by death.
There was a Traditional Chinese Medicine clinic within the Jiangdu Private Hospital, which naturally had silver needles, so the young nurse immediately ran off to the clinic.
Before long, the nurse returned.
Behind her followed a few traditional Chinese doctors from the clinic.
Only three people.
Two women and one man.
One of them was slightly older, around thirty years old.
The other two were both in their twenties.
They had an obvious youthful innocence about them; they were clearly interns.
In the entire Jiangdu City, the grand Traditional Chinese Medicine department had a mere three people.
And normally, the older the practitioner in traditional Chinese medicine, the more sought-after they were.
Basically, if you weren't at least sixty, people wouldn't come to you for treatment.
It's because nowadays, everyone venerates Western medicine; traditional Chinese medicine is getting harder and harder to sustain.
As a result, these traditional Chinese doctors spent their days dozing off in the clinic.
Sometimes, they might not see a single patient the entire day.
Doctors either left or retired.
Now, only three were left.
And two of them were interns!
The hospital had even started considering whether to close down the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
It's just that maintaining a department in the hospital costs millions every year.
In the end, the revenue could be just a few tens of thousands.
The hospital simply couldn't bear such a loss.
Han Qiuyun was also aware of the situation of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
Her two interns were also planning to switch to Western medicine.
Soon, the department would be left with a sole commander in the form of herself.
Although young, she was born into the Yang Family renowned for traditional Chinese medicine. She might not have high accomplishments in the field, but she could handle the basic diseases without issue.
It's a pity that people nowadays don't put much trust in traditional Chinese medicine, and with her being so young...
Even fewer people were willing to believe in her.
Having the medical skill but no place to apply it was indeed a sorrow.
After a while, even if the hospital didn't close down the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, she was preparing to resign herself.
As to what to do after resigning, she hadn't yet decided.
She had been learning traditional Chinese medicine since childhood. Apart from that, she didn't know what else she could do.
She would take it one step at a time.
Today, she heard that someone was going to use acupuncture to treat someone injured from a fall.
In Han Qiuyun's view, that was undoubtedly a fairy tale.
The greatest advantage of traditional Chinese medicine lies in conditioning the body by stimulating one's immune system to fight disease.
This method of treatment was actually the best for the human body.
Unlike Western medicine, which is direct and effective quickly but also has strong side effects on the body.
But in the current situation, it seemed that Western medicine surgery was clearly the way to treat.
Using traditional Chinese medicine to treat, the patient might die before even diagnosing the problem.
Although she already knew the outcome, Han Qiuyun still brought her two interns over.
After all, with no patients to attend to, watching the commotion was also good.
But after coming over and seeing the situation.
Han Qiuyun's face showed a hint of confusion.
She had assumed that at least a Taishan Beidou of the traditional Chinese medicine community dared to boast so boldly.
To treat fall injuries using traditional Chinese medicine.
She didn't expect that the rescuer would be a young man who looked ridiculously young.
This man...
He couldn't even be 25, could he?
Han Qiuyun's two interns were both over the age of twenty-five.
They couldn't even fully identify all acupoints.
Letting such a greenhorn treat such injuries - wasn't this just acting recklessly?
An Yu also looked at Su Chen with a mocking expression.
Su Chen took the needle box from the young nurse's hands, realized that one of his own hands was still wrapped in a bandage, and instantly turned his head, "I need an assistant, preferably someone with some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine."
But nobody paid him any heed.
After all, no one wanted to step into this mess.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Su Chen swept his gaze across the audience and finally settled on Han Qiuyun.
"Hey, you, come here," Su Chen called out directly to Han Qiuyun.
He had called out to Han Qiuyun because he saw the words 'Traditional Chinese Medicine' printed on her work clothes, and her name tag indicated that she was the head of the department.
Since she was the head of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, she should know some traditional Chinese medicine, right?
"Me?" Han Qiuyun was taken aback.
"Yes, you," Su Chen nodded.
Han Qiuyun didn't really want to deal with Su Chen.
But Su Chen approached her.
He whispered into Han Qiuyun's ear, "If you don't want your Traditional Chinese Medicine department to disappear, do as I say."
Han Qiuyun looked at Su Chen with some surprise.
How did this guy figure out that the Traditional Chinese Medicine department was about to be done for?
She was somewhat conflicted.
If, this time, Su Chen could cure the patient with traditional Chinese medicine, then it would undoubtedly be a loud advertisement for traditional Chinese medicine.
After all, there were already hundreds of spectators by now.
But how could this be treated?
If Western medicine might not be able to cure it, could traditional Chinese medicine?
"Director Han, he's messing around, and that's on him, but as the head of the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, don't you have any sense? Can your traditional Chinese medicine solve this case?"
"Traditional Chinese medicine wants to treat a cerebral hemorrhage? Are you kidding me?"
"..."
A group of doctors from other departments shook their heads in disdain.
The Traditional Chinese Medicine department really was in a dire state.
On average, they didn't even have a single patient per day.
Being looked down upon and ridiculed by other departments was, of course, expected.
Before, these people would have been somewhat discreet, but now, many knew that the hospital would close down the Traditional Chinese Medicine department soon.
Everyone was less polite as a result.
Actually, these people couldn't be blamed for having resentment toward the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
The department took hundreds of thousands in funding every year, yet it did not contribute any profits to the hospital.
If the Traditional Chinese Medicine department were removed, the hospital's profits would see a significant increase, and their annual bonuses would be higher.
But who knows what the hospital director was thinking.
He had always wanted to retain the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.
However, the general trend was against it, and even the director was starting to struggle to protect it.
After all, Jiangdu Private Hospital was a private hospital, and what mattered most was profit.
Hearing the cold jibes from doctors in other departments.
Han Qiuyun's expression was extremely unpleasant.
After all, her department hadn't been closed yet.
Who said traditional Chinese medicine couldn't treat cerebral hemorrhages?
In theory, traditional Chinese medicine can treat all the diseases that Western medicine can treat.
Even those that Western medicine can't, traditional Chinese medicine might still be capable.
But still...