"According to the brain CT scan, the patient had fallen into a coma due to intracranial bleeding, and the bleeding was still continuing. If it could not be alleviated, it would cause a brain herniation within days.
"If treatment was not administered in time, it could easily lead to brain death, or even immediate death."
In the conference room, several specialist doctors held the scans in their hands as they analyzed and discussed the case.
The doctor presenting the situation glanced at the director seated at the head of the table, then at an old man seated at the foremost position on the right, before continuing. "However, the patient is already eighty-three years old and in poor health to begin with. A craniotomy would be extremely dangerous."
"With this kind of large-scale, ongoing intracranial bleeding, even a young person would be at risk, much less a patient in this condition," one doctor said with a click of his tongue. "This is simply..."
"A narrow escape from death," another doctor supplied.
"After all, we're a Chinese medicine hospital. We aren't specialists in this kind of surgery, especially not such a dangerous craniotomy..."
One doctor hesitated, but still suggested, "Why not transfer him to Zhongyue Hospital or Xiangrui Hospital?"
The director looked toward the doctor responsible for the hospital's surgical department, his eyes full of inquiry.
That doctor gave a wry smile and shook his head. "I truly have no confidence in this. It's too dangerous.
"And to be honest, I don't think Doctor Liu from Zhongyue or Doctor Li from Xiangrui would be confident either. If possible, I would still recommend conservative treatment."
"With a case like this, how can we treat it conservatively?"
At that moment, the old man seated at the foremost position on the right finally spoke. "That