Ruan Xiaoqin was still a bit afraid of getting hit, hiding behind the security guard.
Of course, she didn’t look cowardly crouching behind the security guard but stood behind him.
Being afraid of getting hit is one thing, but she still wanted to save face.
Li Jingsheng returned to his manual repositioning clinic to continue working.
Today’s incident made him realize that a doctor should never treat patients like fools; otherwise, trouble is bound to happen sooner or later.
If Ruan Xiaoqin had advised the patient to see another doctor during the third visit, perhaps none of this would have happened.
Around noon, Li Jingsheng received a message from Ou Qinglan.
"I’ve prepared lunch and am waiting for you. What do you want to eat?"
"Can I eat you?"
Li Jingsheng joked with her.
He received a series of bloody knife emojis.
"You decide! I’ll come to the cafeteria after I finish with this patient."
At the moment, Dr. Chen was plastering a patient’s cast.
After the hospital established the manual repositioning clinic, they assigned Dr. Chen and nurse Li Li to work with Li Jingsheng.
Dr. Chen was very pleased.
This arrangement meant he followed Li Jingsheng in the clinic for three days a week and spent the remaining three days in the inpatient department. He only got one day off a week.
A bit pitiful.
Better than being a resident or intern.
"Teacher Li, call in the next patient! Let’s finish up and go off duty."
There were still patients waiting, but having learned from the last complaint, Li Jingsheng refrained from overextending himself.
However, he still had a soft heart; even after six, if he saw a patient, he would add them to the schedule.
Once, he stayed until after seven before finishing.
He knew Dr. Xu never worked overtime; unfinished treatments were simply left unfinished.
As there was a daily limit on the number of patients, Dr. Xu didn’t take any extras beyond his capacity. The hospital couldn’t do anything about it.
Li Jingsheng was much more accommodating in this regard.
He almost never refused a patient request for an additional slot.
If he didn’t handle it, patients would have to wait until the next day or be hospitalized for surgery.
In fact, patients were very vulnerable.
When the manual repositioning clinic was closed, patients preferred to endure the pain overnight and return the next day for treatment.
This saved them quite a bit of money and spared them much suffering.
So they were willing to wait.
The last patient’s condition was manageable: a fracture and dislocation of the right ankle.
This would require surgery in many places, but with Li Jingsheng’s advanced bone-setting technique, he fixed it in three minutes.
Dr. Chen was still busy with the cast, so Li Jingsheng personally plastered the patient’s cast.
As he finished and looked up, he spotted someone familiar.
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