Chapter 213 Are They Coming for Us?

Luoyi Town, Rongcheng and Pidu District.

Early in the morning, the town health center was already bustling with people, and the window for blood tests was already full of people.

On weekdays, there are not so many people in the health center early in the morning. Today is a special situation. The central primary school in the town organizes the staff to conduct an annual physical examination.

This can be regarded as a small benefit for the school every year.

Meng Xiaokang stood in line in the crowd holding a physical examination form. He felt nervous and a little uneasy as he looked at his colleagues who were rolling up their sleeves and preparing to draw blood.

Actually,

A month ago, he found that he began to have frequent pain in his stomach. At first, he thought it was a stomach disease and took some medicine, but it did not relieve it.

As a last resort, he quickly asked for leave and went to the county hospital for examination. He originally thought it was a gastric disease or enteritis, but he did a color ultrasound, a gastroscopy, and a colonoscopy, and everything turned out to be normal.

In the end, the doctor could only prescribe some medicine casually for him to take and see.

The pain has indeed eased a bit after taking medicine in the past few days, but his body knows it well. Now he feels uncomfortable all over his body every day, and there is still a dull pain in his abdomen.

Thinking of this,

Meng Xiaokang couldn't help but sigh. He had done all the necessary examinations, but he didn't know what the reason was.

While sighing, it was his turn to queue up. After a while, the nurse at the window successfully drew two tubes of blood.

He glanced at the physical examination form in his hand. The next examination item was "Abdominal Color Doppler Ultrasound".

Several colleagues were lined up at the door of the color ultrasound room, and everyone was chatting. After about twenty minutes, his name was finally called.

"Teacher Meng, it's your turn."

"Um."

Meng Xiaokang quickly walked in with the physical examination sheet.

He was quite relaxed about the "color ultrasound examination". After all, he had just had a color ultrasound at the county hospital a month ago and no problems were found.

He even had the mood to take a look at the color Doppler ultrasound machine in the examination room - it was quite new.

The imaging doctor on the side took his physical examination form, took a look at it, and confirmed:

"Meng Xiaokang?"

"Um."

"Didn't you have breakfast?"

"No."

"Okay, don't take off your shoes. Come up and take off your clothes."

Meng Xiaokang followed the instructions skillfully, and soon, the cold probe mixed with the sticky coupling agent began to move on his abdomen.

He suddenly became nervous again, and had no choice but to comfort himself:

"It should be fine. I just had a color Doppler ultrasound at the county hospital a month ago..."

As he expected,

The imaging doctor was very fast. He quickly checked everything from the liver to the spleen to the gallbladder, and found no problems.

As the probe goes down, the kidneys are next.

First the left kidney, then the right kidney…

Meng Xiaokang felt the position of the probe and breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that everything was normal and there was no problem.

But just when he was relieved, the imaging doctor who had been silent looked at the screen and suddenly let out a light sigh.

Then he asked:

"Have you been feeling unwell lately?"

"Well……"

Meng Xiaokang's heart suddenly became nervous again. After a moment, he hesitated and said:

"I've been feeling a little uncomfortable with my stomach lately, and I often have stomach pains."

"oh……"

The doctor didn't say anything. He took the probe and began to check the right kidney repeatedly.

Meng Xiaokang became even more nervous. After half a minute, he couldn't help but asked in a low voice:

"Doctor, is there something wrong with the examination?"

This time the doctor did not remain silent. He glanced at the screen of the color Doppler ultrasound machine and then put away the probe and said:

"Well, there is indeed something going on."

"You should get up first, wait a moment, I will print out the test results for you."

Is there any situation?

Meng Xiaokang quickly wiped off the coupling agent adhering to his body, stood up, and said anxiously:

"Doctor, what's the problem?"

"There seems to be a small thing on your right kidney. It seems that it may be a 'hamartoma', but the details are not clear. I suggest you go to the city hospital for a more detailed examination!"

Tumor? !

Meng Xiaokang was shocked and said hurriedly:

"Doctor, could there be a mistake..."

"I just had a color ultrasound at the county hospital last month, and everything was normal!"

The imaging doctor on the side was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes fell on the color Doppler ultrasound machine screen again.

"This little thing of yours is very hidden. It's just on the oblique back of the right kidney. If the color ultrasound machine didn't indicate something abnormal just now, I would have almost ignored it."

"If you don't believe me, go to the city and check again."

Hearing this,

Meng Xiaokang didn't dare to stay any longer. He quickly asked for leave from the school leader and rushed to the city with the latest color ultrasound results.

There was still a trace of luck in his heart, so he went home and took the color ultrasound report from the county hospital a month ago with him.

When he came to the city hospital, the number of people seeking medical treatment was countless times more than that of the township hospital. He was lucky. There was only one special specialist number left in the nephrology department in the morning.

He hurriedly registered to buy it, and after eleven o'clock, the nurse's desk finally rang his name.

Meng Xiaokang opened the door of the clinic nervously and anxiously. A professor in his fifties was skillfully operating a computer. Behind him, there were several young doctoral students standing.

He had just seen the resume of the professor, doctoral supervisor, and deputy director of the city hospital - Qin Xuehai at the nursing station in advance.

"Professor Qin, please help me check the results."

"I had a color ultrasound at our township hospital this morning and they said I had a tumor on my kidney."

As he spoke, he handed over the two color Doppler ultrasound results in his hand, and then said:

"A month ago, I felt abdominal pain, so I went to the county hospital for a color ultrasound, but the results from the county hospital were fine!"

"Please see if our rural hospital made a mistake."

Upon hearing this, Qin Xuehai was slightly startled, then took the two report sheets and read them carefully.

This is not surprising. It is common for lower-level hospitals to have discrepancies in results, but it is often rural hospitals that are prone to misdiagnosis.

but.

After about ten seconds, his expression changed slightly. Judging from the image screenshots on the two report sheets, it seemed that there was something on his kidneys.

"It's strange. The county hospital didn't detect the disease, but the township hospital did..."

Professor Qin couldn't help but mutter to himself in a low voice, and then looked at Meng Xiaokang:

"Judging from the results of the two current inspections, there should indeed be something."

"Let's do this. You can do an MRI first to see what's going on with your kidneys. After the examination, come to me directly in the afternoon."

The last trace of luck in Meng Xiaokang's heart was shattered, and he nodded dully.

He never expected that the examination at the county hospital was all fine, but when he arrived at the township hospital, something went wrong.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, just before get off work, Meng Xiaokang's MRI results finally came out.

At this time, there were several fewer doctoral students in Qin Xuehai's clinic than in the morning, but there was an extra middle-aged man sitting beside him.

As soon as Meng Xiaokang walked in, he heard the conversation between the two:

"Lao Ji, this is the last patient. After watching this, I will go back to the office to have a good interview with you."

"It's okay, don't worry, Lao Qin, please take your time to diagnose, I'll just wait for a while."

Meng Xiaokang naturally didn't care about anything else. When the words fell, he hurriedly said to Qin Xuehai:

"Professor Qin, I am the patient you asked me to do an MRI on this morning."

"I just received a notification from the service number. The test results are out. Please check it on your computer."

All computers in the hospital are connected to the internal network, and doctors can view inspection reports through the system.

Qin Xuehai raised his head and glanced at Meng Xiaokang. He was also somewhat impressed, and then nodded and opened the test results.

After a moment, his face suddenly became serious.

"Uh... you do have a tumor on your kidney. It should be a 7mm*8mm hamartoma."

Upon hearing this, even though Meng Xiaokang was mentally prepared, his hands and feet still felt cold.

He said with a slight trembling:

"Professor Qin...then...is this benign or cancer?!"

"It's a benign tumor."

Meng Xiaokang suddenly breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

"However... the location of this tumor is too tricky. Although it is not too big, it has taken up space and compressed the nerves. This is probably the reason why you said you had abdominal pain in the past month this morning."

"Now the operation must be performed as soon as possible. If it is allowed to progress, it will soon affect the entire kidney. By then, it will not only be abdominal pain, but also nephritis, glomerular necrosis and other conditions due to squeezing and space occupation, which will eventually lead to Uremia!”

"It would be really difficult then!"

"I do surgery, I do surgery!"

"Well, then I will admit you to the hospital first. After the examination, I will perform surgery on you as soon as possible. Your illness cannot be delayed."

With that said, Qin Xuehai began to write hospitalization orders on the computer and said with emotion:

"You are so lucky. If it had been discovered two months later, once the tumor had grown, not only would the surgery be more difficult and more expensive, I estimate that the kidney function would also be affected."

"You, you really need to thank the imaging doctor at your township health center. He helped you notice it even though the county hospital ignored it!"

Meng Xiaokang nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, Qin Xuehai suddenly became interested and continued:

"Show me the examination results from the township hospital, and I'll see which doctor is so meticulous."

Meng Xiaokang hurriedly took it out and handed it to Qin Xuehai for a look. There was an ordinary name written on the policy.

"Liu Yi."

Qin Xuehai had no impression, and then turned to look at an intern doctoral student behind him and said:

"Xiao Wang, you have been an intern in the imaging department for more than half a year. Go and ask Director Zhang of the imaging department if this person named 'Liu Yi' came to our hospital for further training before?"

"If you are really studying here, then you have to praise Director Zhang for your good teaching!"

The doctoral student named Xiao Wang suddenly glanced at the checklist in Professor Qin's hand, and then shook his head.

"Professor, you don't need to ask Director Zhang about this. As far as I know, in the past two years, our imaging department has not had doctors from rural hospitals come for training. The worst thing is that doctors from the county come for training..."

"and……"

With that said, Xiao Wang's eyes fell directly on the color ultrasound report sheet again.

"Moreover, the equipment LOGO on the report sheet in your hand does not seem to be our traditional domestic brand or foreign brand. It seems to be the Nietzsche LOGO that has become popular online recently?"

"Nietzsche?"

Professor Qin was stunned, obviously he had never heard of it.

Xiao Wang and others are relatively young and familiar with the recent hot spots on the Internet. Once reminded, several other doctoral students on the side also remembered this matter.

After an explanation, Professor Qin finally figured out the "Baize Series Color Doppler Ultrasound Machine" recently produced by Nietzsche.

"So, it is possible that the diagnosis of this case was not due to the imaging doctor from the rural hospital, but to the 'AI intelligent diagnosis' assistant you are talking about?!"

"Well, it's very possible!"

At this moment, Meng Xiaokang on the side also reacted and said hurriedly:

"right!"

"I remember this morning that the doctor actually said: 'He almost ignored it, but it was the abnormal prompt from the color Doppler ultrasound machine that reminded him!'"

"In other words, did the AI ​​intelligent diagnosis function on the color ultrasound machine really save me?"

The words fell,

When it was truly determined that the "AI Intelligent Diagnostic Assistant" was responsible, everyone in the diagnosis room couldn't help but be stunned.

Even the well-informed Professor Qin could not help but be surprised and surprised.

Suddenly, an unspeakable feeling appeared in his heart. This was probably the world's first real artificial intelligence diagnosis case, right? !

Is this the combination of technology and modern medical care? !

Not only Professor Qin was shocked, but Lao Ji also began to quickly search for relevant information about Nietzsche's "Bai Ze Series Color Ultrasound Machine" on the Internet.

He is actually the deputy director of the city's TV station. He came to the hospital today to interview Professor Qin Xuehai for a program. He didn't expect that he would encounter something like this while waiting!

As a media person, he is keenly aware of the important news elements.

Seeing that Meng Xiaokang was about to leave, he quickly stood up and said:

"This patient, I am a reporter from the TV station. I want to interview you for a report on this matter. Is it convenient for you to watch?"

Everyone was shocked, even Qin Xuehai was surprised.

"Old Ji...what are you doing?"

"It's not about Huaji these days. The city and the province are asking for more promotion of domestic companies and domestic brands. Isn't this just material?"

“This is a truly domestically produced color Doppler ultrasound machine ‘AI Intelligent Diagnostic Assistant’ that saves the lives of ordinary people!”

"Why don't I publicize such a good deed?!"

…

the other side.

While Meng Xiaokang was treating tumors, the "Modu International Medical Equipment Exhibition" also opened successfully.

Zhou Hai personally led the team and brought two "Baize Color Ultrasound Machines" to the exhibition.

but……

On the first and second days of the exhibition, some people stopped to inquire about Nietzsche's booth. However, as the third day came, the flow of people to Nietzsche's booth became smaller and smaller.

"AI intelligent diagnostic assistant" has indeed attracted a lot of attention, but both the industry and hospitals still express doubts about its performance, and most people are waiting and watching.

"Mr. Zhou, the library will be closed in three days."

"We have sold a total of one unit so far, and the sales are bleak. Look at the 'Philips' next door selling dozens of units in one day... We are really dwarfed by them. I'm afraid other colleagues are laughing at us behind our backs!"

The employees on the side looked eagerly at the dense flow of people in the booth next door, and Zhou Hai was also envious.

no way,

Baize's color ultrasound machine has been on the market for too short a time, and it is impossible for him to convince hospitals that the "AI intelligent diagnostic assistant" on the Baize color ultrasound machine is really effective.

After all, the hospital's medical equipment comes from the brand's long-standing reputation on the one hand, and on the other hand, it comes from mutual recommendations from major hospitals.

Both of these points require time to accumulate.

"There is no way, our brand power is indeed too low at present..."

"Let's do this. In the next few days, we will do more publicity and try to sell two more units."

The employees on the side nodded helplessly. At this moment, there was a sudden sound at the gate of the convention and exhibition center.

The two looked intently at a group of people entering the venue, then raised their heads and scanned the major brands present. Finally, their eyes fell on Nietzsche's LOGO, and then they walked straight over.

Um?

Zhou Hai's heart thumped, and he faintly realized something was wrong.

The employee on the side also noticed the people rushing toward him. He turned his head and glanced at Zhou Hai, and suddenly stuttered.

"Mr. Zhou...Mr. Zhou, are they coming for us?"