After Zhong Jinian finished paying, Shi Mu quickly came in from outside with several medical staff, carrying a stretcher.
While the medical staff were carrying Zhong Xiu out, Qin Jiang said to Shi Mu, “This family’s financial situation isn’t very good. If they have any difficulty with the expenses, let me know. I can help pay for them.”
Qin Jiang deliberately didn’t let Zhong Jinian hear this, because he didn’t want to hurt his pride.
“Dr. Qin, there’s really no need for that. You’ve already performed the surgery for them, and the follow-up costs won’t be much.”
Shi Mu was actually giving him a kind reminder.
After all, there are far too many pitiful and poor people in the hospital.
If a doctor is too soft-hearted and kind, even if they bankrupt themselves, they still won’t be able to help that many people.
The reason Shi Mu said the follow-up costs wouldn’t be much wasn’t because they were truly that small.
It was a hint to Qin Jiang that these expenses should be borne by the family themselves.
Qin Jiang understood that Shi Mu meant well, but he still said, “Zhong Xiu’s injury is rather special, and follow-up treatment is very important.”
“I don’t want them to give up treatment again because of financial difficulties. That would ruin this girl’s entire life.”
Seeing that Qin Jiang was firm in his stance, Shi Mu could only nod and agree, saying he understood.
“Don’t worry, Dr. Qin. If there really are any problems, I’ll notify you right away.”
After Shi Mu left with Zhong Jinian and his daughter, the viewers in the livestream all began to sigh with emotion.
“Dr. Qin is really too good a person. Being a doctor when you’re kind-hearted is absolutely a form of torture for yourself.”
“The person upstairs, what do you mean by that? Are you saying that being kind-hearted is a crime?”
“It’s not exactly a crime, it’s just that you’ll live a very exhausting life. Our hospital used to have a head nurse who also couldn’t stand seeing patients suffer. Whenever something happened, she’d pay out of her own pocket to buy food for patients and cover their medical bills. In the end, she had no savings at all by her forties. When she got sick, she had no money to treat herself, and within two years she was gone.”
“Haven’t the old ancestors already said it? When you’re successful, help the whole world; when you’re struggling, just take care of yourself. You can’t harm yourself by helping others—wouldn’t that be putting the cart before the horse?”
“People who are truly kind-hearted don’t think about these things. When they see the people they’ve helped being happy, they’re happier than anyone.”
The viewers in the livestream had a heated discussion about what Qin Jiang had just said.
And in fact, that’s exactly how it is.
Nowadays, people always feel that doctors and nurses in hospitals are too cold and indifferent.
Not only do they speak and act quickly, but their attitude is also very distant.
But in reality, doctors and nurses weren’t like this at the beginning.
The reason they’ve become the way they are now is caused by many factors.
First of all, medical workers have an extremely high workload. Working three shifts, overtime—these are all commonplace.
Without enough rest, people become dull, and their brains feel like they can’t turn anymore.
At the same time, after so many years in medicine, they’ve seen far too much of the world’s fickleness and partings of life and death.
If they were too emotionally sensitive, they might cry themselves to death from excessive empathy before the patient was even cured.
So even though many doctors were actually very soft-hearted at first, in order to save more people, they have no choice but to make themselves hard-hearted and numb.
There are many other reasons too.
For example, being deceived by people with ulterior motives because of their kindness.
Or clearly doing their utmost to treat someone, only to be complained about and reported for no reason.
There are too many of these things, which is why medical staff have no choice but to become hard-hearted and protect themselves this way.
Just as the viewers were still arguing endlessly about whether Qin Jiang’s approach was correct, a young couple came in from outside, bringing an elderly couple with them.
“Yuanyuan, I already told you I’m fine. Why did you have to drag me here?”
“Do you have any idea how much it costs to see a doctor these days? Do you have so much money that you don’t know where to spend it?”
“Hurry up, let’s go. I’m not seeing a doctor. I’m not sick.”
It was clear that the old lady was extremely resistant to the idea of seeing a doctor.
If her granddaughter hadn’t been pulling her along, she wouldn’t have come in no matter what.
Seeing that the old lady wanted to go back out, the woman quickly blocked her.
“Grandma, the Dr. Qin at this clinic is really amazing. He’s a big internet celebrity now.”
“Didn’t you just say your stomach hurts? This is the perfect chance to let Dr. Qin take a look.”
“Didn’t Grandpa also say he wasn’t feeling well? Let him get a proper checkup too. I’ll cover all the costs this time. It’s my treat!”
As soon as the woman said that, the old lady immediately rapped her on the head with her hand.
“Bah, bah, bah! What do you mean ‘treat’? Can you say ‘treat’ when it comes to seeing a doctor?”
“Besides, am I your guest? Are you trying to be my boss? No manners at all. You deserve a beating!”
It was clear that the old lady was very strict when it came to discipline.
The granddaughter was obviously used to being hit, so she didn’t dare talk back to the old lady. She could only stick out her tongue to show that she knew she was wrong.
But after scolding her granddaughter, the old lady didn’t keep shouting that she wasn’t going to see a doctor anymore.
She thought for a moment and said, “Fine, since we’re already here, let him take a look.”
“It’s just that proper traditional Chinese medicine clinics are hard to find these days. You said this Dr. Qin is some kind of internet celebrity?”
“Let me make this clear upfront: if he’s a scammer just after money, I’m leaving immediately. I’m not going to pay good money for these internet celebrities and waste it.”
The granddaughter didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
It seemed the old lady’s prejudice against internet celebrities was no small thing.
After finally getting the old lady to keep walking inside, she hadn’t taken more than a couple of steps before she started looking around at the clinic’s environment.
The old lady nodded as she looked around.
“The environment isn’t bad. This courtyard’s landscaping is also kept quite neat and orderly. Not bad.”
Just as the old lady finished speaking, she spotted Qin Jiang sitting at the consultation desk.
Qin Jiang smiled and said, “Hello, everyone. Which one of you is here to see the doctor?”
Hearing Qin Jiang ask this, the old lady immediately frowned.
“Don’t tell me you’re the one who’s going to treat us?”
Qin Jiang nodded.
“That’s right. I’m the doctor at this Qin Family Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic. My name is Qin Jiang.”
As soon as Qin Jiang finished introducing himself, the old lady immediately waved her hand and said, “No. We’re not getting treated here.”
“What skills could such a young doctor possibly have?”
“Let’s go, let’s go. We’re not treating this illness.”
Qin Jiang wasn’t angry either. He just quietly watched the old lady walk out.
Anyway, Qin Jiang didn’t need the old lady as a patient.
The granddaughter panicked when she saw this.
“Grandma, why are you starting again? Whether Dr. Qin is good or not, just let him take a look and you’ll know, won’t you?”
“How does the old saying go? You can’t judge a person by their appearance. Why are you judging people by their looks?”
The granddaughter forcefully pulled the old lady to the consultation desk, then took out her ID card and swiped it.
“Dr. Qin, my grandma is just like this. There’s something wrong with her. You really have to give her a proper checkup.”
