Mifepristone, a three-day dosage, one pill each time, taken twice daily in the morning and evening, no food two hours before taking the medication. If the patientâs family said that she took it for the first time this morning, there should be two and a half daysâ worth left in the medicine bag, but now thereâs only two daysâ worth left.
Whatâs going on? Did the medicine spill or get thrown away?
Doctor Zuoliang asked the patientâs family: "How much medicine did she take this morning?"
Being questioned this way by the doctor, the patientâs husband had no choice but to admit: "The ER doctor said she took too much medicine. My wife said after getting the medicine, she ran upstairs to find the doctor again, and it was the doctor here who told her to take it this way. A female doctor told her to take two pills." After speaking, the patientâs husband saw that among their group of male doctors, there was only Xie Wanying as a female doctor, pointing her out as the culprit, saying: "It must be this female doctor who taught my wife to take too much medicine."
"Impossible." Doctor Zuoliang shook his head denying the accusation from the patientâs husband, "Dr. Xie was with me all afternoon yesterday. After we prescribed the medicine, we didnât see the patient. If she did come, it was me who guided your wife on how to take the medicine, not her."
"If it wasnât her, who could it be? Thereâs clearly only her as a female doctor here." The patientâs husband locked onto Xie Wanying determinedly.
Du Haiwei encouraged the family not to get too excited and turned to instruct Doctor Zuoliang: "The patient is now in the emergency room, make a call to the ER to ask what her current condition is. If necessary, arrange for an extra bed in the ward and have the ER send her up for observation."
No matter the reason causing the patient to overdose, the doctor needs to handle the patient first. After all, the patientâs life is most important; other matters can be addressed later.
Following the mentorâs instructions, Doctor Zuoliang thought it was reasonable, went off to make the call to the ER and instructed the nurse to arrange the bed. While walking, he silently felt sympathy for Student Xie.
The patientâs husband relentlessly wanted to continue pursuing the doctorsâ responsibility, saying: "You say, if my wife canât get pregnant again due to physical abnormalities after taking the medicine, what then? Itâs you who taught her to take the medicine this way; my wife wouldnât lie."
Du Haiwei, maintaining a calm demeanor, told the family: "Please donât worry about the medical expenses for now; Iâll cover them first. As for the specific reason causing the patient to take the wrong dosage, weâll investigate and give you a response. If itâs our fault, weâll admit it. Regarding the patientâs future physical condition, as doctors, weâll definitely observe and handle it with care."
Upon hearing Du Haiweiâs statement, the patientâs husband calmed down a bit but still coldly regarded Xie Wanying as a culprit, saying: "If you did it, you have the guts, you better not deny it."
Xie Wanying thought it over and confirmed repeatedly that she only saw the patient once yesterday afternoon with Teacher Zuo. Having not met the patient again, both she and Doctor Zuoliang indeed didnât know what happened to the patient afterward. They could only wait for the patient to arrive in the ward for further questions.
After finishing the call with the emergency room, Zuo Liang came up to report to the teacher: "They said the bleeding is slightly more than usual menstrual bleeding, itâs the patient herself feeling a bit tense, but the issue doesnât seem major at the moment. I had them send the patient to our gynecology department for observation." After speaking, because he heard the family continuously accusing the doctors, Zuo Liang argued back to the family: "We initially told you that the method like a medical abortion itself could have adverse effects on the patientâs body, and seriously could lead to infertility in the future. The doctors advised you to consider carefully before deciding."