When the Doctor Uses A Hack

After spending a long time at the hospital!

You will hear various tales like these.

The emergency center is quite close to the art school.

There's often young boys and girls coming over to check for infectious diseases and STDs.

Occasionally, someone is diagnosed with syphilis, and upon further inquiry, they claim it was caught while bathing.

This...

Is probably just a fig leaf for a harsh truth.

Doctors are reluctant to pry into patients' private lives.

But anyone with a bit of common sense knows that diseases like syphilis and AIDS cannot survive long in the external environment.

You can't just use the toilet right after someone with syphilis did, can you?

And coincidentally both parties have wounds in the exact same spot.

This...

Is that even possible?

Most STD viruses can't survive outside the body for more than an hour.

So, it's clear to see.

Don't joke around.

Chen Cang is no longer bothered about the patient's condition.

After confirming the diagnosis, Chen Cang instructed the nurses and doctors to be cautious.

After further refining the diagnosis, they began treatment.

Surgery is not an option now; once it's performed, the mortality rate skyrockets.

Low immunoglobulin levels may be causing the immune system to weaken under various diseases.

Now, only intravenous immunoglobulin supporting therapy is possible.

After its use, the patient's condition indeed showed significant improvement.

As for those toxoplasmas...

They also can only be treated supportively, by strengthening immune function to prevent toxoplasma encephalitis.

Combining pyrimethamine and azithromycin, effective to some extent for HIV combined with toxoplasma infection.

The patient's condition improved.

But...

This doesn't mean they'll be cured.

Many times, at this stage, it's just a matter of time.

The liver and spleen are severely enlarged, and myositis shows no significant improvement.

Treatment for toxoplasma is also only palliative.

AIDS... there is hardly any good solution.

It seems this boy also realized his time is limited.

It's very difficult for a nineteen-year-old boy to accept death.

In less than a week of hospitalization, he lost seven to eight pounds.

Could be due to the disease's toll, or maybe because he's given up on himself.

Finally...

One day, he couldn't help but bawl his eyes out.

"I don't want to die!"

"I'm only 19, my future is bright... I really don't want to die..."

"Doctor Chen, I beg you, save me, I'll tell you everything!"

"I won't dare anymore!"

"I was naïve, seeing friends around me having flings, I was envious, I'm more handsome and wealthier than them, why can't I!"

"I just wanted to prove my excellence at first, didn't want to fool around, I really just..."

"But later, I found I couldn't stop..."

"I won't dare anymore, I admit my mistakes, I'll be good, I won't fool around anymore, I beg you, Dr. Chen, please save me!"

Chen Cang sighed upon hearing this.

Perhaps, this boy is not that unusual.

Lust is indeed an instinct, maybe everyone believes it's human nature.

Now, there are many pursuing this.

Thrilling!

Exciting!

As they say:

One person every ten days, never stay long.

After the deed, leave without a trace, hiding deep.

Perhaps this saying really fits.

But...

If desires can't be controlled, what's the difference between humans and animals?

Humans, after all, must be accountable for their actions and words.

What's done is done, can't be erased.

The saying 'a prodigal who returns is worth more than gold' is just something to listen to.

Let's not even discuss if a prodigal can truly reform.

And then...

Is just turning back enough?

In life, one must pay the price.

Everything, no matter how improbable, there's always a chance.

Like this boy, maybe he was just unlucky, but...

No one can save him!

At least society today cannot.

...

...

The boy was discharged after 9 days in the hospital.

Upon discharge, his condition hadn't improved much.

His parents' diagnostic results also came out, negative for HIV.

But...

Now there is indeed a gap between the parents and the child.

Do they not love the child?

They do!

But...

Some diseases make family members fearful.

Cautiously sensitive.

Of course, they still take care of the child with care.

Afraid he might sense even a hint of difference.

The boy has been very silent lately.

This incident was too much of a blow for him.

He didn't expect the tales from stories to happen in his life.

But...

In life, no one can escape purely by chance.

Probability, too, is just either zero or one hundred percent.

There are things you can regret later.

Some things, life doesn't offer a chance to regret.

But...

A few days after the boy left.

The vicinity of their school and a few others went into panic, who would have thought there would be someone with HIV nearby.

Perhaps... there's not just one!

Suddenly, it went into an uproar.

A few hundred people began secretly getting themselves checked.

Someone saw this as a business opportunity, placing a vending machine at the school entrance.

Calling it the "HIV Test Kit Vending Machine".

In just two days, the owner recouped the costs.

But the surrounding small inns dropped in business; there were too few people in these two days.

After the patient was discharged, a nurse got worried about herself and went to get an HIV test.

This kind of thing!

Most people prefer not to encounter it.

And after diagnosing and treating such a difficult patient, though Chen Cang didn't gain anything directly.

It greatly enhanced the rapport within the team, just one step away from reaching 60.

Wu Hui even directly reached 60!

When Chen Cang opened Wu Hui's skill panel, he was stunned!

He found that Wu Hui was indeed hidden depth.

He had dabbled in many surgeries, a variety of different ones.

And seven or eight advanced skills.

But...

Unfortunately, there were no master-level skills.

After careful research, Chen Cang discovered Wu Hui had significant expertise in Intracranial Tumor Resection!

[Intracranial Tumor Resection], [Intraspinal Tumor Resection], a few tumor surgeries, were just a step away from breaking into master level!

Just missing an opportunity.

While Chen Cang was planning on how to elevate Wu Hui to the master level.

Zhou Hongguang found Chen Cang!

Turned out!

There's only just over a month left until the academy election.

This time, Zhou Hongguang was well-prepared.

And Zhou Hongguang came to find Chen Cang not for any other reason, but to ask for his help in improving a surgery.

"Professor Chen, I compiled liver transplantation into a book, hoping you can write a preface and help refine it!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Cang couldn't help but pause.

Because... it seems the academy election was at hand.

He still had the task of cultivating academics.

Gong Daizhen, Xu Ziming, Zhou Hongguang...

Chen Cang thought, although he was not qualified to run for the academy, he could completely make his students academicians!

Come on!

Dear academy election.

...

ps: Hmm... made a bonus chapter about STDs, hoping people might understand a bit better.

Found that many people are still a bit confused about STDs.

Also... the monthly votes are about to be overtaken, asking for your support!

Asking for monthly votes!

ps: Additional...

Oh man, the bonus chapter couldn't be published, didn't pass review! … Helpless, spent a night on an STD promotional booklet for nothing.