Li Se frowned, "I'm not an intern, I'm a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner."
"Traditional Chinese Medicine?" The expert was stunned. His anger intensified, "At your age, you dare to call yourself a TCM practitioner? I don't think you've even gotten started. Get out, get out!"
"It's utterly ridiculous for someone so young to claim to be a TCM practitioner."
"Nowadays, anyone wanting to become a master of TCM would probably have white hair by now. At your age, you've likely just started learning."
"Can TCM even detoxify nowadays? We still have to rely on Western medicine."
"This First Hospital is too lax. How could they let this kid run around and cause trouble?"
"..."
Many Western medicine experts began to scold him. In their eyes, Li Se possessed no medical skills at all. At most, he was a beginner, given how young he was. How could these experts believe that someone so young could practice TCM? Let alone such a young person, even someone of Elder Huang's stature, they didn't believe he had the ability to detoxify.
"Why can't TCM detoxify?" Li Se frowned. He wouldn't show any courtesy to those who slandered TCM.
The expert sneered, "TCM can at best nourish and regulate, and it takes too long. Can it compare to Western medicine? Western medicine is all about speed. And since you study TCM, you should know that it takes many years to achieve mastery in TCM. At your age, I estimate you haven't even gotten started!"
"Heh, Western medicine is fast. Then tell me, what exactly is this poison?" Li Se questioned coldly.
The expert was somewhat stumped by Li Se's question. Then, his eyes glared, and he angrily said, "We are still conducting tests. Once we identify it, we will have a standard detoxification procedure. Hurry up and get out, don't cause trouble here and hinder our progress!"
"Who told Divine Physician Li to get out?"
An angry shout echoed. It was Dean Tang who walked over.
"Dean Tang, this kid is causing trouble here. He hasn't even taken any protective measures, which is very dangerous. Hurry up and get him out. If he's an intern at the hospital, I suggest we fire him immediately!" the expert said coldly.
"Divine Physician Li is someone I invited!" Dean Tang said in a deep voice.
Several experts were stunned. What was going on? This young man was invited by the Dean? What a joke, inviting a mere youngster to detoxify?
The expert frowned, "Dean Tang, forgive me for being blunt, but it's impossible for him to detoxify with his abilities, and he's a practitioner of TCM. It's not that I look down on TCM, but it's almost impossible for current TCM practitioners to treat illnesses!"
Elder Huang was somewhat angered by this, "What's wrong with TCM? Why can't TCM treat illnesses? Do you know about the World-Saving TCM Clinic? How many patients are cured there every day? We've even treated difficult and complicated diseases that Western medicine deems incurable!"
"Heh!" the expert sneered dismissively, "Those are just minor illnesses like the common cold, not worth mentioning."
"You!" Elder Huang was furious. These experts were simply too arrogant and didn't take TCM seriously at all.
Dean Tang also frowned deeply, "Divine Physician Li is someone I specifically invited, and I have permitted him to detoxify. Do any of you have any objections?"
"This..." The experts were all greatly surprised. How could the Dean of the prestigious First Hospital invite such a young fellow?
"Dean Tang, since you've invited me to treat the patient, then please have these Western medicine doctors leave. I don't want any Western medicine practitioners present when I'm treating," Li Se said calmly.
"Presumptuous!" The previous expert reprimanded, "We are all authorities in this field. You actually want us to leave? Who do you think you are, so young..."
"Please leave!"
Before he could finish speaking, Dean Tang interrupted him.
These experts were all stunned. They never expected Dean Tang not only to defend Li Se but also to expel them. If they hadn't heard it with their own ears, they wouldn't have believed that a dean would say such a thing.
"Dean Tang, what do you mean by this?" the expert said in a deep voice.
"Didn't you hear? Divine Physician Li doesn't want any Western medicine practitioners present!" Dean Tang said coldly.
The expert angrily retorted, "Do you know that if we leave, how will you cure these poisoned patients? You are completely gambling with the patients' lives!"
"I will take responsibility!" Dean Tang had immense confidence in Li Se's medical skills. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"Fine, fine, fine. You take responsibility yourself!" the expert said, throwing his hands up and leaving.
"Dean Tang, you're being foolish!" Several experts sighed, and then left the ward together.
Dean Tang paid no attention to these experts. Instead, he looked at Li Se and said, "Divine Physician Li, it's all yours. If you need anything, just ask. Our hospital will fully cooperate!"
"Alright!" Li Se nodded and began to take the pulse of a poisoned patient. The patient's complexion was extremely poor, almost devoid of color. As he took the pulse, he asked Dean Tang, "Dean Tang, what symptoms have these poisoned patients been exhibiting?"
"Several patients have experienced dizziness, headaches, nausea, and vomiting..." Dean Tang paused here, then continued, "Divine Physician Li, would you like me to show you some Western medical scans?"
"No need!" Li Se studied traditional Chinese medicine, and he couldn't understand Western medicine. Although many TCM practitioners nowadays relied on Western diagnoses before treating with TCM, he had always relied on TCM diagnoses.
After taking the pulse on one hand for several minutes, Li Se quickly switched to the other hand and took the pulse for another several minutes. His expression was extremely solemn.
"Divine Physician Li, have you identified the poison?" Dean Tang asked anxiously.
"Not yet," Li Se shook his head slightly. "But the five internal organs of this poisoned patient have almost been eroded. I need to control this toxin immediately!"
This poison was extremely potent. Once it entered the human body, it would first attack the five internal organs. If not detoxified promptly, the poisoned patients would not survive for more than five hours. However, being temporarily unable to identify the poison made detoxification extremely difficult. What Li Se could do now was to protect the poisoned patients' internal organs.
It took several hours, but Li Se finally managed to protect the internal organs of all the poisoned patients. The youngest among them was only seven years old. He spent even more energy on this seven-year-old child, as a child's internal organs are much more fragile than those of an adult.
After a round of acupuncture, Li Se's face was slightly pale. He then began to prepare the antidote.
"Divine Physician Li, have you identified the poison?" Dean Tang asked.
"Not yet," Li Se shook his head.
"Heh, after all that, you still haven't figured out what the poison is?"
"With these few hours, if we had examined it, we might have already cured them!"
"The Dean is foolish, and TCM is misleading people!"
"Ultimately harming oneself and others..."
The previous experts had not yet left. After several hours, when they learned that Li Se still hadn't identified the poison, they began to mock and ridicule him.