Dark-Haired British Doctor Chapter 438

Episode 438: The Nightingale [3]

Being on duty would not be a pleasant task for anyone.

I personally had two jobs in my past life, and coincidentally, both jobs involved on-duty duty.

Doctors and soldiers.

It's a tough job.

“Hwaaam…….”

“My brother just sleeps whenever he wants.”

“I tend to decide how much sleep I should get each day and then sleep accordingly.”

“Ah… that’s it.”

If that were something that could be decided, why would there be insomnia in the world?

If that had been the case, the sleep industry, which constitutes a significant portion of the 21st century industries, would have collapsed.

Anyway, I couldn't do that, so I just had to endure it raw.

It would have been much better if we had a smartphone, but what can we do in a world without smartphones or even MP3 players?

“Anyway, let’s go.”

“Yeah. But can I watch it secretly…?”

Neither I nor Liston can 'secretly' establish it.

I'm one of the few Asians in London and Liston is… …just because he's Liston.

“I think it’ll be okay to just stay like this.”

“Really? Weren’t you going to see what happens when you’re not watching?”

“Now that I think about it, I don’t think it was particularly wrong.”

“Ah… I see. I don’t know what to expect.”

My conclusion was that it was okay.

While Liston was soundly sleeping, all I could do was think about it, so I actually killed time by thinking about this and that, but no matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like it would be the same.

There must be a difference between the mistakes made by someone who is aware that they are wrong and the mistakes made by someone who is not.

The victim's murderous intent is naturally projected much more strongly onto those who are aware of it, but the ones who actually cause much more harm are those who are unaware of it.

In my view, the large and small accidents that are happening in our ward are caused by the latter.

Knowing this… … .

'If they knew and did it, they should have killed them all.'

I don't say anything.

It really kills me.

“You’re having evil thoughts again.”

“No?”

“Don’t lie. You’ll go to hell if you do.”

If you go to hell just for telling a lie… … .

Am I already a bad body?

Whether I drown at 3 meters or 3,000 meters, it's the same thing, but I feel like I'm already at 3,000 meters.

So I headed to the ward without much reflection.

Since it was a relatively new hospital, the first floor had outpatient clinics, operating rooms, and an emergency room, while the second floor and above were wards.

It is said that outpatients and ward patients are separated, and this is a more important part than I thought.

This is because it can minimize exposure to various miasmas and pathogens that people who come and go from abroad have.

“Hmm.”

“Hmm.”

“What’s the matter?”

Anyway, when the two of us went up to the ward, the nurse greeted us with surprised eyes.

Well, that was bound to happen.

At that time, doctors did not stand on duty at the hospital.

Usually, they have a system where they stay at a house near the hospital and wake up the sleeping patient and bring him in when an urgent patient arises.

This will have to be fixed someday, though… … .

'If I keep my position, will it be anything more than a totem?'

If it's not Nana Liston, it's a real totem.

When I was a military doctor, I went to volunteer for shooting duty and thought about that a lot.

Do you know what's in the ambulance?

There is no such thing as common blood.

The tourniquets weren't the good ones used by the US military, they were just cheap old tourniquets that were used for tying and pressing.

surgery?

I think the only person who can perform surgery on the spot is Baek Kang-hyuk.

Professor Yang Jae-won, if you really give me a generous amount?

'We too are totems at times.'

In the 21st century, hospitals are places with well-established systems, so the power of on-duty duty in hospitals, not in the wild, is enormous.

People live if they have doctors.

It literally means that a person who is about to die can live, but it is no exaggeration to say that there is none of that here.

First of all, it is truly pitiful that we have to rely on our eyes to determine where and how much a trauma patient is injured.

Well… … Even if you say it's pathetic, it's not like an X-ray will just come out, so all you have to do is wait.

For this reason, our hospital is not yet on duty.

So it's no wonder the nurse is surprised.

“Oh, I was just looking around. I don’t have time during the day.”

It's obvious that Liston was sleeping and didn't have anything to say.

It probably would have been the same even if I hadn't slept.

It's not usually the case that problems are solved through words.

“Huh? Why?”

"You know I'm really interested in hospital interiors, right? Don't worry about it. Just focus on your work. You're busy."

“Oh, yes. Well… I’m not that busy.”

So I talked around.

It didn't have to be that plausible.

Anyway… who would want to have a long conversation with someone of high status?

I guess the wish was to do it roughly and go quickly.

So we could just wander the hallways with the nurse on duty.

I was chewing on the words that I wasn't busy in the meantime.

'There are two nurses on duty per ward… four including the one on the upper floor, and the average number of hospitalized patients is around 100.'

You might be wondering, "What the heck are these many hospitalized patients?"

Especially if you know the size of our hospital.

Space… … .

If we fill the 6-person rooms we are familiar with, there will never be enough space to accommodate 100 people.

They said it starts from the 2nd floor, but at best it ends at the 3rd floor, and it's not even 100 pyeong, so it can't be helped…

Surprisingly, our hospital also has 20-person rooms.

That means there are 20 people in one room.

‘I can’t convince myself of this… … .’

The main topic of discussion was why the department was making it so inconvenient by dividing patients into different wards.

I'm proud that I managed to secure enough space between the beds for a person to stand.

There was a pretty strong argument that we should get rid of that too, so we could have at least ten more people per floor, and that it was all about money, but I stopped them.

Persuasion was difficult, so force was used.

'They said that wealthy people would prefer single rooms, and that they could charge more for them… But that too, eventually, sank.'

The main opinion was why rich people would be hospitalized.

In fact, this was true, as it was a time when there was almost nothing to do in the ward.

Even in caring for the deceased, the servants or family members who originally did the job were often better at it.

But even so, there's a nurse here, so wouldn't it be a little different?

no.

In fact, only our hospital calls us nurses, and in other places, even the names are not unified.

“It’s too noisy…….”

Not long after I started thinking about this and that, a patient came staggering out of the hospital room.

It can't help but be noisy.

If you gather 20 healthy adults together, some will toss and turn and snore, but aren't all of these people sick?

Even the ward the patient came from was the internal medicine ward, that is, our director's ward.

In the 21st century, internal medicine has many branches and treats all kinds of diseases, but the most serious internal disease in this era is digestive disease.

It's a disease that causes diarrhea, but since it's still a time when we can't even dream of things like diarrhea treatment, we end up fighting day and night.

“Oh, hold on.”

“It’s too noisy to bear.”

"Then what? Just tell them to stop fighting? Aren't those people hospitalized because they can't do that?"

“That’s true, but… hmm.”

“Just go and fight. Don’t even think about sleeping.”

“Ugh.”

Still, if it had been a 21st century ward, they probably would have given me earplugs.

But our ward doesn't have that.

Isn't this an era where patience is a virtue?

But I don't think it's right for medical staff to just tell patients to endure it…

Seeing that neither the speaking nurse nor the listening patient seemed to have any particular problem, I think that times are different.

I also wonder if that is okay because of the cultural relativism that has been instilled in the 21st century.

but…….

“They could just give me something to plug my ears with, but they don’t.”

“But wouldn’t this be an opportunity to cultivate patience?”

“I was hospitalized because I thought I was going to die from the pain. What am I going to do? How long do I expect to live?”

“People don’t die that easily.”

“You don’t know anything. You’ll die in the hospital.”

“Well… I guess that’s because someone who is about to die has come.”

“No, so you’re not going to give me anything to plug my ears with?”

“That’s not what I meant. But it feels a bit… joking…?”

I don't think it's right to dismiss it as a joke.

In a situation where there is no other medicine, wouldn't you need to get some sleep to recover?

However, it is also absurd to send them home just to sleep.

Judging by the speed at which they go in and out of the bathroom, it's obvious that half of the patients in that ward will be dead by the time they get home and are exposed to dirty water in the next day or two.

Even now, the theory that "If you don't eat something, you won't get diarrhea" is still prevalent, so even patients with severe diarrhea are restricted from drinking water, and some die simply because they can't vomit enough water.

“Ugh… It hurts so much.”

“Oh, that patient is the one whose arm I cut off earlier.”

Leaving Liston's ramblings behind, I focused on the conversation between the nurse and the patient.

“I cut off my arm, it hurts.”

The nurse's face was indifferent this time too.

“No, I said it hurts!”

“Then what can I do for you? Can I help you?”

"that……."

“Are you praying? I saw it earlier, but when the pastor and priest came, you didn’t even come out.”

No, should I say it's a case of the enemy being defeated?

I was casting 'What can I do when I'm sick?'

Actually, that could have happened.

We are watering the willow tree, but… … .

As always with herbal medicines, the dosage is often insufficient.

Now, we need to chemically identify which component of willow bark is effective, isolate it, and increase the dosage to create an effective drug called aspirin.

Of course, it's unlikely that someone would be satisfied with just throwing an aspirin to a patient who has had their arm amputated.

'I really shouldn't get hurt… … .'

It makes me realize anew that we live in an era where painkillers are in short supply.

“At that time…….”

"You said it didn't hurt because the anesthesia hadn't fully worn off? That's why I told you, right? It would hurt."

“But……”

“Hold on. What do you want me to do?”

“Ugh.”

In comparison, patience seems to be amazing.

This applies not only to physical things but also to psychological things.

How can one tolerate such sarcasm?

I thought that the patient was a gentleman.

“This is crazy.”

Of course, Liston was not a gentleman, so he was furious.

"We're observing. We'll gather everyone together tomorrow and say something."

“No matter what, they do that to my patients.”

“Then what are you going to do for me?”

"that……."

Getting angry and increasing your abilities is something that only happens in boys' comics.

These days, the quality of comics has gotten so high that in most comics, when you get angry, your abilities usually regress.

Liston was no exception.

I continued speaking to him, who was speechless.

"First, we need to see what the wound is like. It could be a problem that's causing the pain."

“Oh, I see.”

"We need to provide this kind of training. Patients' prognoses can vary greatly depending on how nurses conduct themselves in the ward."

“How on earth did you know that?”

"The calling God has given me… I'm a nurse, so what? I simply follow His command to be dedicated to my profession."

“Ah, as expected, Lord…….”