The young nurse stood in the doorway, watching his back, tears finally rolling down her face.
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At three in the afternoon, the emergency department received another special patient.
Sixty-seven years old, an elderly lady, brought in for "chest tightness." The triage nurse measured her blood pressure and did an ECG, finding no obvious abnormalities. According to standard procedure, she should have been sent to queue at the internal medicine clinic.
But Xiong Shihai took another look.
The elderly lady was sitting in a wheelchair, her complexion seemed fine, her breathing steady. But her hand was constantly pressed against her left shoulder, not just casually resting, but pressing with her fingers, as if holding something down.
Xiong Shihai walked over and squatted down.
"Auntie, does your shoulder hurt?"
The elderly lady nodded. "A bit sore, an old problem, shoulder periarthritis."
"How long has it been hurting?"
"Started today, along with the chest tightness."
