This doctor is already middle-aged, and he's only just started practicing medicine.

Chapter 70: The Patient Support Group!
Yuan Haiou and Yuan Haizhong are brothers, both butchers in Ciyantang Town. Business is not good now, so the two brothers usually slaughter a pig together and then go from village to village to sell it separately.

Yuan Haiou, the younger brother, only said after his sister-in-law finally arrived at the People's Hospital and came to his bedside, "Brother, I can finally rest easy now that your surgery is over."

"I'll still deal with that pig at home, and we'll split the money 50/50."

"If I hadn't carelessly knocked the knife away, you wouldn't have been afraid I'd lose my leg."

“We’ll continue business as usual in a few days, is that alright?” Yuan Haiou asked.

Yuan Haizhong looked up and said, "You killed it all by yourself, so of course you keep all the profits and losses. Why are you sharing half with me?"

Yuan Haizhong's wife also said, "Seagull, you two brothers have been doing this for so many years, and this accidental injury wasn't intentional. You don't need to be so polite."

Yuan Haiou said, "Sister-in-law, brother, we both make a living through manual labor. This kind of work won't make us starve, but it won't earn us much money either."

"It was an accident, so don't be polite with me. It's settled then. I don't have a lot of money, but I'll pay half of today's surgery fee and half of the income from selling the pigs."

"Even between brothers, accounts should be kept clear. In fact, I should be the one who got hurt this time."

"Sister-in-law, since you're coming to keep my brother company, I won't go into the details of how much money you've missed. It's really hard to calculate if you do," Yuan Haiou said honestly. After saying that, he didn't dwell on it too much and turned to leave.

The eldest brother needs someone to take care of him, but since his family isn't wealthy, he still has to get the business going, partly to cover his losses and partly to make a living.

Ordinary people aren't that sentimental. He believed his older brother didn't need him to be with him every day, so he might as well earn some more practical money.

After Yuan Haiou left, Yuan Haizhong spoke a few more words with his wife, but they only talked about the good relationship between the two brothers.

The patient in bed 5 said, "Brother, why did you all come to the People's Hospital to see Dr. Lu so quickly?"

"I heard from the older woman in bed 4 that Dr. Lu works shifts from 13579 to 2468, while the orthopedics department at the People's Hospital is responsible for tendon ruptures. Some patients' prognoses are not as good as those of the surgeries performed by Dr. Lu."

Yuan Haizhong said, "My brother-in-law is a doctor in the emergency department of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital. He told us this and specifically told us to come and see Dr. Lu."

"They didn't even ask us to register. We only registered after we found Dr. Lu. If we encountered any other doctor, they wouldn't pay any attention to us."

Yuan Haizhong raised his eyebrows and lowered his voice: "My brother-in-law said that Dr. Lu's skills are excellent, even better than the director of the state hospital."

"It's just that Dr. Lu himself is reluctant to admit it!"

"Brother, how did you get injured?" Yuan Haizhong asked.

The patient in bed 5 was a young man in his thirties with dark skin. He waved his right hand and gestured, "Me? I'm a carpenter, chop!~"

"It came right away, but thankfully I pulled back quickly, otherwise I would have lost my hand. Fortunately, Dr. Lu said it was only the tendon that was injured; if it had been 5 millimeters deeper, it would have been the end of me."

"Oh, by the way, bro, we have a support group for patients who have had tendon rupture repair surgery. Many people in the group post their recovery reports. Dr. Lu is also in the group and often provides rehabilitation guidance. Why don't you join too?" the young man said enthusiastically.

“There’s a group? Great!” Yuan Haizhong nodded.

The young man said, "By the way, brother, remember one thing: don't talk about surgery costs in the group, because many of you in the group had your surgeries done at other hospitals."

“For example, the State People’s Hospital and the Enshi Central Hospital in Hubei Province charge more than us.” The young man made a 'yes' gesture.

"How could there be so much more? I've already paid over two thousand, and emergency room visits like this aren't reimbursed." Yuan Haizhong's expression was horrified.

"Right, two thousand is certainly a lot, but the surgery fee in the state is more expensive than in our county, and the consumables are also more expensive. As for the quality of the surgery, I can only say it's okay." "There are even people who need a second surgery."

"But Dr. Lu, there are very, very few patients who need a second surgery right now. There's only one, and that was because he didn't listen to instructions after the first surgery and his tendon ruptured again..."

The young man smiled and said, "But you can't entirely blame him. He was worried about his daughter carrying water, so he lifted it a little and it broke."

"She was just discharged from the hospital a few days ago."

"Dr. Lu is really a good doctor. He is also very attentive. After your surgery, you can often hear him talking to you. Don't find it annoying."

Yuan Haizhong said, "How could I complain about doctors? I'm so scared of myself after being injured. I wish he would come more often."

As Yuan Haizhong was speaking, he noticed that the patient in bed 2 was not speaking, so he asked, "Young lady, where were you injured?"

"I had gallstones, so I went to the general surgery department. They said they wanted to remove my gallbladder, but I refused. Then they told me that there was a doctor named Lu and a professor named Chen in the emergency department who were performing gallbladder-preserving surgery."

The patient in bed 2 was a young woman in her early twenties. As she spoke, her pretty face unconsciously turned slightly red: "Later I learned that this gallbladder-preserving surgery is very difficult, and the state people's hospital does not perform it."

"The technology was brought from Xiangya No. 2 Hospital. Many patients like me either endure the pain until they can't take it anymore and have surgery, or they go to Shashi..."

“I’m studying in Shashi, but I suddenly had a pain during the summer vacation, and it would be too expensive to go there now. My parents are going with me.”

The girl then looked at the man in bed 5 and said, "Brother Zhuo, Dr. Lu isn't talkative at all; he's very aloof."

“Sister Juan used to want to invite Dr. Lu to dinner, but she never managed to get him to go out with her even once.”

The man called Brother Zhuo was taken aback, then immediately turned into a gossip: "Little Fairy, do you mean that Zhu Juan is interested in Dr. Lu?"

"I know she sent flowers to Dr. Lu, weren't they orchids?"

The person called Xiaoxian quickly shook her head: "That's impossible. Sister Juan did much more background checks on Dr. Lu than we did."

"If I hadn't failed to arrange a meeting with Dr. Lu, she definitely wouldn't have told me."

"You can tell that Dr. Lu is tall and handsome. In fact, he is a top student. He used to study at Wuhan University for his undergraduate degree."

"He's very talented, but I've heard he works too hard. He'd rather practice his skills than accept a date from a pretty lady."

The young man said with some regret, "But I can understand. Dr. Lu has spent a lot of time practicing his medical skills, which is why his skills are so good."

"It's a pity, little fairy, you're too young." The young man chuckled.

Chi Xiaoxian shook her head, still quite naive, with a natural expression: "I'm only twenty-one, I haven't even graduated from university yet, I don't plan to date."

Next door, Yuan Haizhong sighed, "Girl, you're too young, so you don't know how charming Dr. Lu is."

"But he's still young, he has a long future ahead of him... Dr. Lu's skills are excellent, he'll definitely earn a lot, but he deserves to earn so much..."

Even if you slaughter a whole pig yourself and sell it all, you'll only make six or seven hundred yuan. What's more, many times you won't be able to sell it all and will need to cure it into bacon before selling it...

(End of this chapter)