After all the examinations were completed, Li Chu gave the patients another injection and then let them go. He only told them to remember to do an enema every three days at the outpatient clinic.
The test results will not be available until two days later, and Nurse Wang will get them back by then.
After they left, Li Chu went directly to the office of Director Chen of the Internal Medicine Department.
"Director Chen, I'm sorry to bother you."
"Xiao Li, sit down quickly. Tell me if you have anything to say."
Li Chu thought for a while and said, "The kidney failure patient just went to my place for follow-up consultation."
After hearing what Li Chu said, Director Chen immediately became more energetic: "How is the situation now?"
"It's not very good. According to my pulse, the patient's kidneys have lost most of their function. I asked him to have a checkup. The specific results haven't come out yet, but I guess it will be the same when the results come out."
"Alas" Director Chen sighed: "Is there really no way to treat patients with chronic renal failure?"
"Director Chen, I have an immature idea to share with you."
"Just tell me if you have any ideas."
"There is a kind of dialysis therapy. I wonder if you have heard of it, Director Chen." Li Chu asked.
Director Chen looked at him in surprise: "Xiao Li, I didn't expect you even knew about dialysis. Where did you know about it?"
"I saw it in a document in our library. It seems to be a translated foreign language document." Li Chu made a nonsense statement.
"Okay, Xiao Li, you've put in a lot of effort into this research."
Before Li Chu could speak, Director Chen continued: "This dialysis therapy has indeed entered the clinical stage in several European countries. Dialysis can also be called an artificial kidney. To put it simply, it means taking out the blood and using special instruments to put it into the blood.
The remaining harmful substances are filtered out, and then the blood is transfused back."
Director Chen spread his hands: "But as far as I know, our country does not have this kind of equipment now, and the current dialysis therapy is still very immature, and it is very harmful to patients."
Without instruments, there is nothing to say, and the possibility of researching it now is zero.
Li Chu pondered for a moment and said, "Director Chen, is it possible to replace the patient with a kidney?"
"Replace...replace a kidney? Where do you get it? Where do you get the kidney? How do you do it?" Director Chen looked at Li Chu with wide eyes.
"This is just an idea of mine. We all know that there are two kidneys in the human body, but even if only one kidney works, there is no problem in ensuring a normal life."
Director Chen nodded: "I understand what you mean. You mean to remove a kidney from a normal person and replace it with a patient, right?"
"Director Chen, you are right to say that."
"Then the question is, let's not talk about whether we can perform this kind of surgery. The key is who is willing to take out his kidney and give it to others." Director Chen asked.
"What if it's the patient's close relative? For example, what about the patient we are meeting now, his son, or the patient's father?"
"This..." Director Chen was speechless, not knowing what to say.
Is this possible? Definitely.
"Okay, Xiao Li, I'll make a call and we'll call Director He from the Department of Surgery and we'll go to Dean Zhang to discuss this issue together. Your idea may seem a bit unbelievable, but if you think about it carefully, it still makes sense.
It’s worth looking into.”
The two of them joined Director He and rushed to Dean Zhang's office. The new Dean Yang happened to be here too.
Director Chen explained the purpose of coming, and Director He and the two deans looked at Li Chu strangely.
How come you, a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, are now studying Western medicine surgeries?
Li Chu smiled coquettishly when several people looked at him, introduced the patient he met, and then shared his thoughts.
After listening to this, Dean Zhang said: "When I was studying in Germany, they were actually doing this kind of research there. I don't know if it was successful."
"Dean Zhang, can we also engage in this kind of research?" Director He from the Department of Surgery was obviously very interested in this.
Dean Zhang thought for a while and said, "It's okay to do research, but theory must come first. Our hospital can join forces with the medical school to establish a project. At least there must be theoretical support first."
"The other thing is to see if we can find the latest foreign literature on this aspect. First, we should learn from other people's advanced experiences and see what steps others have taken. In addition, we can go back and consult the ministry to see if our country has done anything in this area.
Research."
Li Chu nodded secretly after hearing this. The leader's ideas were more comprehensive, unlike himself, who would have an idea as soon as he hit his head, and dare to say that he wanted to do research even if he didn't understand anything.
He now also feels that his idea is indeed too naive. According to his own opinion, it is to do live experiments as soon as possible. This is a crazy pace.
Next, Dean Zhang discussed it with Director Chen and Director He, and decided to meet with the leaders of the medical school in the next two days to discuss establishing this project.
Dean Yang sat next to him and didn't speak the whole time, just listening quietly. It wasn't until Dean Zhang asked him for his opinion at the end that he expressed his full support.
Look, this is the art of leadership. No matter what, he can't get around this matter. He doesn't care at all about the process. As long as the project can be successfully established, no matter what the result is, it is a political achievement for Dean Yang.
Having said this, Li Chu planned to retire.
He suddenly realized that he seemed to be the one responsible for digging the hole, constantly putting forward some ideas, and then people from the hospital and the ministry were responsible for filling the hole behind him.
It seems that I only have the ability to ask questions, but not the ability to solve them.
Alas, forget it, just be your own little doctor. It seems that you have been a little too aggressive during this period and need to settle down.
Thinking of this, Li Chu said goodbye. The matter had reached this point, and there was no need for him as a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine here. The people who were discussing did not care whether he would stay or go.
But what he didn't expect was that Dean Yang actually came out with him.
"Xiao Li, you are young and have a sharp mind. You will have to ask more questions in the future. Only when each of these problems is solved can our country's medical skills continue to progress and improve."
Li Chu really didn't expect Dean Yang to say such a thing. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dean Yang, I will do it."
Dean Yang nodded, raised his hand and patted his shoulder: "Okay, you go back first."
After returning to the clinic, Li Chu simply threw the matter aside. What he needed to improve now was the manifestations of chronic renal failure in various stages.