Chapter Thirteen: Lecithin

  The formalities were quickly completed, and Tang Xiao Feng glanced at the time, it was just past 9 o'clock in the evening. He thought to himself that he had nothing to do when he returned to his dormitory. Just as he was about to turn around and go back to the emergency department to take a look at Li Juan, he saw Zhang Wei supporting a girl's arm, walking towards him with difficulty. The girl looked painful, and while walking, she covered her stomach.

  "Zhang Wei, where are you going?" Tang Xiao Feng stepped forward to help Zhang Wei hold the other arm of the girl. This girl he had seen before was the one who delivered the film to Zhang Wei and was an intern nurse here. Looking at her expression, she seemed to be in a lot of pain, and asked Zhang Wei: "What's wrong with her?"

  "Go register." Zhang Wei nodded towards the outpatient department, then said: "When we were strolling through the night market, Liu Li said her stomach hurt, so I sent her to take a look."

  "Is it just abdominal pain? Are there other symptoms?"

  Zhang Wei was handling the registration while telling Tang Xiaofeng about Liu Li's situation. It turned out that after Zhang Wei said goodbye to Tang Xiaofeng and Tang Zhengming at the dormitory, he took intern nurse Liu Li to eat at the night market. Not long after lunch, Liu Li had a slight stomachache, which they didn't think was a big deal at first. After Liu Li went to the bathroom, the two continued to stroll around the night market, but unexpectedly, Liu Li's stomach pain worsened, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, and mild vomiting symptoms. Zhang Wei hastily took a taxi with Liu Li back to the hospital.

  This is similar to the symptoms that Li Juan had earlier, Tang Xiao Feng was anxious and wondered if it was another case of food poisoning. He hastily called out to Nurse Liu Li: "Liu Li, open your mouth and breathe out so I can take a sniff?" Zhang Wei and Liu Li were shocked by Tang Xiao Feng's words, which conveyed his confusion. "Ahh, just do as I say, it's not like I'm taking advantage of you." Liu Li rolled her eyes at Tang Xiao Feng and opened her mouth to exhale. "Hmm, there's a slight garlic smell. Did you guys eat garlic for dinner?" "You're the one with garlic breath, you're the one who ate garlic!" Liu Li said irritably, covering her stomach.

  Zhang Wei suddenly seemed to have an epiphany and said, "You suspect? That's not right, I'm fine." Tang Xiaofeng didn't respond to his words and directly asked, "Don't ask about that for now, hurry up and go to the emergency room to find Teacher Li, then induce vomiting." Zhang Wei hastily replied, "Okay." He and Tang Xiaofeng supported Liu Li as they walked towards the emergency department.

  In the emergency department, three people just saw Zhao Yong chatting with a nurse at the triage desk. Zhang Wei hastily shouted: "Teacher Zhao!" Zhao Yong turned his head and couldn't help but laugh. Tang Xiaofeng had just gone out for a while, how did he come back with Zhang Wei supporting someone? Upon closer inspection, it seemed that the person being supported was a young girl who had been assigned to the emergency department with nurse Wang Hui, an intern nurse. Zhao Yong asked: "What's going on? Xiaofeng, have you finished your procedures? And what's going on with Zhang Wei?"

  "Teacher Zhao, Xiaofeng said it's food poisoning, you'd better take a look quickly." Zhang Wei was also interning in the emergency department, so he knew all the doctors there and hurriedly spoke to Zhao Yong. At this time, the nurse at the triage desk had already pushed the bed over and helped Zhang Wei support Liu Li onto the bed, rushing her over to the bedside next to Li Juan's.

  Jiang Tao, who was explaining the clinical manifestations of organophosphate poisoning to interns on the other side, saw Tang Xiaofeng following a nurse and Zhang Wei, with Zhao Yong pushing another person behind them, and his face couldn't help but crack a smile as he said: "Brother Zhao, what's going on, food poisoning again?"

  "Teacher Jiang, it's food poisoning, let's arrange for treatment quickly!" Zhang Wei said hastily.

  Jiang Tao examined Liu Li while asking, "How did you know?" "Xiaofeng told me, and Teacher Zhao didn't deny it." "Ah, isn't this the nurse who's interning in our department?" Jiang Tao looked Liu Li up and down a few times. Liu Li turned her head around to face Jiang Tao with the back of her head, "Uh... that..." Zhang Wei stuttered.

  "Which one, which one?" Jiang Tao pointed at Liu Li and said: "What's her name?"

  Zhang Wei replied: "Liu Li is with Wang Huishou for an internship."

  "Oh." Jiang Tao and Zhao Yong exchanged a warm, ambiguous glance with Zhang Wei, then turned to ask Liu Li, who was lying on the hospital bed: "Liu Li, can you hear me?"

  "En." Liu Li closed her eyes and responded softly.

  Jiang Tao asked again, "How are you feeling now?" Liu Li turned her head and opened her eyes, saying, "I just have abdominal pain, dizziness, and a bit of nausea." Jiang Tao pressed on Liu Li's left upper abdomen and asked, "Does it hurt?" Liu Li replied, "A little." "What about here? Does it hurt?" Jiang Tao moved his hand to Liu Li's lower abdomen and pressed again. "It's just a little... not very painful..." Jiang Tao stood up and said, "You're fine, nothing serious, just induce vomiting and you'll be okay." After he finished speaking, Jiang Tao's students began to bustle about again.

  Tang Xiaofeng walked up to Jiang Tao and asked, "How's the girl doing?" "She's fine now, just receiving an IV drip to replenish her electrolytes. If nothing unexpected happens, she can leave after the infusion is finished. Go take a look." Tang Xiaofeng followed Jiang Tao to Li Juan's bedside, while Zhang Wei glanced over and signaled to Liu Li that he was going too, so he also went along.

  Three people stood in front of the bed, and Jiang Tao said: "I've already contacted my family." Li Juan may have been weak due to vomiting several times just now, opened her eyes and looked at Tang Xiao Feng, saying: "Thank you." Tang Xiao Feng was about to say: "Let her rest well for a while, after finishing the infusion if nothing happens, she can leave." Suddenly Zhang Wei inserted a sentence like a surprise attack: "I've seen you before, we were eating together, and you were also eating there." The girl looked at Zhang Wei in surprise, seemingly having some impression, and nodded. Tang Xiao Feng looked at Zhang Wei and asked: "What did you two eat?"

  "In that small restaurant, everyone was eating rice, I didn't have any issues, so the food should be fine." Zhang Wei replied.

  Tang Xiaofeng asked: "Then have you all eaten?"

  "Liu Li doesn't eat spicy food, she's afraid of getting acne on her face. I can't eat without spicy food, so we each eat our own... Ah, is there a problem with the dish?" Zhang Wei suddenly slapped the back of his head and said.

  "What's the dish you're eating, don't be so startled." Tang Xiao Feng asked.

  Zhang Wei said: "I want a Mapo tofu and Kung Pao chicken, Liu Li wants a carrot stir-fried with shredded meat and a tomato scrambled egg."

  Tang Xiaofeng turned his head to ask the girl lying on the bed with an intravenous drip: "Li Juan, what dish did you have?" "Ah, I also had a serving of tomato scrambled eggs." Li Juan said with some surprise.

  "It's the tomatoes." Both of them had eaten tomato scrambled eggs, and the egg yolks were rich in lecithin, which would exacerbate the poisoning. "Didn't Liu Li eat much of the tomato scrambled eggs?" "How did you know? She ate about half of it and said it was too sour, so she didn't finish it. I tasted it and it was indeed sour, so I didn't eat it either." "I'm saying that Li Juan's condition is severe, and the egg yolks are rich in lecithin, which will worsen the poisoning. Teacher Jiang, please pay attention and observe closely. Zhang Wei took me to that restaurant, and tomatoes and eggs were always paired together as a dish. If we don't stop it, someone else will continue to be poisoned." "There's a patient, call us and we'll make preparations for pre-hospital treatment at any time." Jiang Tao looked on as he pulled Zhang Wei out, while Tang Xiao Feng hastily shouted.

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