She ultimately chose to use imported medicine.
Director Jia wrote a prescription and related medical advice for her.
Clutching the payment slip, she left.
Many patients harbor the same hope as this girl, yearning for an early development of a definitive cure.
After sending her off, Director Jia continued to treat another patient.
"Director Jia, please take a look for me. This is the stomach endoscopy report from the local People's Hospital."
The patient was a woman in her forties, accompanied by her husband.
Both of their skins were darkly tanned, with simple clothes and rough hands bearing thick calluses.
They were a farmer couple.
Zhou Can secretly observed and deduced their identities from the sidelines.
"Ah, there's a depression in the stomach!"
Upon viewing the endoscopy image, Director Jia let out a sigh of lament.
It was as if someone had cut into his own flesh, crying out in pain.
The heart of a physician is akin to that of a parent.
