I run a clinic in the United States

Chapter 41 The King of Cancer ([-])

Experts from the University of California Medical Center, from the perspective of their respective fields, comprehensively analyzed and carefully evaluated Deborah Clark's condition, and believed that her pancreatic tumor was discovered in a timely manner, and comprehensive treatment can bring hope of cure.

The consultation lasted for more than an hour before it came to an end.

Then, based on the results of everyone's discussions, Dr. Crawford finally formulated a high-level treatment plan, that is, "cut the sausage into three sections": first, neoadjuvant chemotherapy was performed to shrink the tumor, and then surgery was performed. Consolidation with chemotherapy afterward reduces the probability of recurrence.

Dr. Crawford explained the treatment plan to the Clarks carefully. As he listened, Mrs. Karaka was suddenly shocked!
"Wait!" Mrs. Clark interrupted Dr. Crawford's narration.

"how?"

"What happened?"

Mr. Clark and Dr. Crawford looked at her at the same time.

I saw Mrs. Clark taking out a folded document from her bag, then unfolded it, flipped through it a few times, and then said with disbelief: "Dr. Crawford, you, you... …”

"What's the matter with me?" Dr. Crawford asked in surprise.

Mrs. Clark said: "I have a treatment plan here that is almost exactly the same as what you just talked about!"

"Impossible!" Dr. Crawford was stunned for a moment, but then said, "Have you ever gone to other major hospitals for treatment? If so, it's not surprising, because for this serious disease, there is no truly suitable treatment. There are not too many choices in the way, and it is normal for different routes to reach the same goal!"

Mrs. Clark shook her head lightly, and said, "But... what we went to was just a small clinic..."

"What? How is it possible?" Now, it was Dr. Crawford's turn to be shocked. He quickly snatched the treatment plan from Mrs. Clarke's hand, and then read it carefully!
Looking at it this way, it was even more shocking and inexplicable!

my God!Could it be that the diagnosis and treatment plan that we have carefully discussed through multidisciplinary consultations has been leaked?

Although he said just now that experts from other large hospitals may give similar treatment plans, the other party is just a small clinic!
"Would it be the Mayo Clinic you went to?" Dr. Claudeford asked without giving up.

The Mayo Clinic, called a clinic, is actually a huge hospital!Still ranked above UC Medical Center!
Mrs. Clark said: "No, it's the Iris Clinic on Powell Street in San Francisco. Well, that clinic is very small. Now there is only one young doctor and two young nurses."

"What?" Dr. Claudeford was so shocked that he almost dropped his gold-rimmed glasses, and his heart was in turmoil!

If a few days later, the couple brought a similar treatment plan and said it was from a small clinic, he would definitely suspect that the other party had copied them.Maybe through some unknown channel.For example, some students are interning here and secretly watch it, or they are observing during consultations.

However, just after the meeting, how much time does it take? In addition, the treatment plan presented by Mrs. Clark is obviously wrinkled, at least it was printed out a day or two in advance!
Therefore, leaking secrets is absolutely impossible!Rather, the other party really has this level!
Dr. Crawford was stunned for four or five minutes before he finally came back to his senses. He regained his professional demeanor and felt that he was really rude just now.So he smiled slightly, and said to the Clarks, "The clinic you went to is quite remarkable, um, what's the name of that doctor?"

"My name is Zhou Qiao, a young Chinese guy." Mrs. Clark said.

"Zhou Qiao?" Dr. Crawford shook his head, saying he had never heard of it.But Zhou Qiao, the peculiar Chinese doctor's name, was imprinted in his mind from this moment, which left a deep impression on him.

"Well, let me continue to introduce you to this treatment plan and the drugs used!" Dr. Claudeford said.

……

After half an hour, the Clarks finally had a rough idea of ​​the way forward.

"It's too late today. You can come over tomorrow for pre-chemotherapy. Well, pre-chemotherapy doesn't need to be hospitalized. After finishing it during the day, you can go home and rest on the same day." Dr. Crawford said after the introduction.

Daytime chemotherapy is quite popular in the United States.And during chemotherapy, I usually talk and laugh with my friends, drink coffee, listen to music, eat ice cream, or put my feet up, chase a new drama, laugh when I see something happy, or take a nap... ...not what everyone imagined, lying sickly in the ward with a frowning face, and sighing and undergoing chemotherapy.

Optimistic mood, help the disease recovery.

"Okay, thank you doctor."

"Thank you, doctor! In addition, I would like to ask how much the total cost would be if I were treated in your hospital?" Mr. Clark asked.

Dr. Crawford pondered slightly, and said: "The annual treatment cost is about 37 to 4 U.S. dollars. Of course, according to your medical insurance information, you only need to pay about [-]% of the cost, which is [-] U.S. dollars. about."

"Oh, thank you doctor."

After they went out, they did not go home immediately, but sat on chairs in a corner of the hospital hall, took out two treatment plans, and compared them one by one.This treatment plan, of course, can be taken away, they have already paid the bill today!The money for the treatment plan is also counted in it, which is thousands of dollars!

Of course, only about $[-] was paid out of pocket.I have to say that the diagnosis and treatment fees at the University of California Medical Center are expensive!
The two treatment plans turned out to be exactly the same, even if there were differences, they were minor differences, even the drugs used were almost exactly the same.

However, on the last page of Zhou Qiao's treatment plan, there is a line of small print, which is the estimated price of the treatment plan.

The Clarks had just seen it at this time.

The small print is an estimate of the entire treatment cost. According to Mrs. Clark's medical insurance information, after deducting the medical insurance expenses, the couple only need to pay about [-] US dollars out of pocket at the Iris Clinic!

In other words, the University of California Medical Center is three times more expensive!
Such a price is really advantageous!After all, although the Clarks have a generous pension, they spend as much as they have. They take vacations every year, eat, drink and have fun. They are called the moonlight family and hardly save money.There is no more than [-] U.S. dollars on him.

In fact, most Americans do.They have no concept of saving money since they were young.Unlike the Chinese, if you don’t have savings, you will be extremely anxious.

(End of this chapter)