Diamond was in a wheelchair, and with the help of a flight attendant, he boarded the plane and transferred from Johannesburg Airport in South Africa to Shanghai, China.

When he saw Morris, a familiar Chinese doctor, at the airport pick-up gate, Diamond almost shed tears.

"I think my foot is going to break. The swelling is getting worse." Diamond was sitting in a wheelchair and was scared to death.

"Let me take a look." Dr. Morris squatted down and checked, then smiled and said: "It's okay, it's just normal swelling and it will subside soon."

Diamond said worriedly: "My feet have been very swollen these past few days, and they were also swollen before I got on the plane."

"It's okay, you will be fine after the operation." Dr. Morris comforted Diamond. As a doctor specializing in sports medicine in a private hospital, Morris is very good at comforting teenage patients.

Compared with adults, adolescent patients have much weaker tolerance and tolerance for the same injury. For athletes and quasi-athletes from poor family conditions, injuries bring not only physical pain, but also physical pain.

There is also mental pressure.

Diamond, who is only 19 years old, is a poor white athlete in South Africa whose family conditions are extremely poor.

He has been playing rugby at various levels since middle school and has earned a college scholarship. If all goes well, Diamond is expected to join a professional team in the next two years, thus liberating his family from their slum residence.

However, a collision in a training match ruptured Diamond's Achilles tendon, nearly shattering his dream.

Sutures after Achilles tendon rupture are sufficient for ordinary people, but for professional rugby players, it can be said to be a nightmare. If you are an athlete who has been famous for a long time, you may still be able to play based on experience, and those who have not yet become a professional athlete

Young people have been so severely traumatized that if they want to continue their dreams, they can only...

Rely on the insurance company.

Diamond's school has a fairly complete and extremely flexible insurance plan. Although it is not enough for him to go to a super expensive hospital, it is enough to cover the cost of Morris's private hospital and travel to countries like China or India for treatment.

Morris comforted Diamond in a low voice and said: "The doctor I helped you find is a very famous doctor in China. The new technology he used was invented by an academician. He has treated many people and some athletes have recovered."

All very good.”

"Some recovered very well, but what about others?" Diamond's brain is still good enough.

"The recovery is also good, and there are no cases of failure so far." Morris said: "The Achilles tendon repair is only one aspect, and the subsequent rehabilitation training is also very important. After the operation, you have a high chance of recovering within four months.

High-intensity training is going on.”

Diamond muttered "four months" and said, "This is what I need."

"Yes, you can participate in the next season's games and even pre-game training." Morris whispered again: "I have communicated with your coach, and he will give you a chance, as long as you can pass one season.

After facing the test, you will become a strong person who recovers from injury instead of an injured person."

"What if it fails?" Diamond's voice was low.

"If the Achilles tendon repair fails, the most serious consequences are difficulty walking, re-rupture of the Achilles tendon, infection, adhesion, etc., all of which may lead to such results." Morris knew that Diamond would definitely be willing. If not,

He would not take a day's flight to come here, and he would have refused the previous communication. However, Morris still said in a persuasive way: "I watched Dr. Ling Ran perform the surgery with my own eyes. His skills are very good, and they are the top skills in the world."

.You don’t have to worry too much.”

Diamond gave a deep "Yes" and lowered his head without any energy.

"We will go directly to the hospital. We will take a day off today and start the examination tomorrow, and then meet with the surgeon." Morris did not ask to convince Diamond, as long as he could understand.

Dr. Morris waved again, and a resident doctor from the Bone, Joint and Sports Medicine Center came forward to help push the wheelchair.

For the Bone, Joint and Sports Medicine Center, it is not unusual for foreign patients to come for treatment, but it is more unusual for them to name a certain doctor to perform a certain kind of surgery.

There are actually many cases of foreigners coming to China. For example, hospitals in some cities close to Russia have patients from the former Soviet Union countries all year round.

Chinese hospitals can provide above-standard services and charge low prices. Even with round-trip travel and accommodation costs, they can save foreign patients a lot of money.

However, domestic medical resources are tight, and we neither reject nor pursue such low-end foreign customers, which are essentially different from what doctors consider "flying knives."

The flying knife is flying towards people, that is, it is coming towards the chief surgeon.

Foreign clients who visit ordinary outpatient clinics just for money are not considered dishonest.

In comparison, doctors with private hospitals and patients with high medical bills paid by insurance companies are very high-end for bone joint and sports medicine companies.

Once medical services become high-end, they will face global competition.

Winning in global competition is commendable for any Chinese hospital.

The Orthopedic, Joint and Sports Medicine Center used its own ambulance, which had been out for a long time, to rush Diamond back to the hospital.

A group of doctors even started consultations early, without even having to show up in the conference room.

"Typical Achilles tendon rupture."

"A little bit shrunken."

"The patient is in good health and, judging from the data, has no other illnesses."

"Are you going back then?" Ling Ran looked at the MRI film in a daze for a while and asked a little lonely.

The patient's illness was too simple. Although it looked serious, there was nothing to say.

Ji Tianlu coughed hard and said: "Academician Zhu is still very concerned about this case. Let's pretend... let's talk for a while."

Ling Ran could only say "Oh" and watched the several doctors chatting animatedly.

"Let's talk about the prognosis."

"The patient will return to his country for diagnosis and treatment after postoperative recovery."

"How many days will you stay in the country?"

"A week at most."

"Then we need to fix it with plaster or something like that."

Ling Ran was already drooping his eyebrows like an ascetic, but when he heard this, his ears suddenly perked up.

When patients leave the country, hospital beds become vacant.

In other words, such a patient will not occupy a hospital bed for long at all.

In Ling Ran's mind, such a patient is obviously a five-star patient!

Diamond was the first patient sent by South Africa's Sanlem Insurance Company. He was already a five-star at the Bone, Joint and Sports Medicine Center, but at Ling Ran, he had just been promoted to a five-star.

"After this patient is finished, there will be publicity, right?" Ling Ran interrupted the discussion of several people.

Ji Tianlu said "grace" and asked: "What do you think?"

"Liu Weichen has postponed the competition to next week. Is this news helpful?" Ling Ran sorted out the information he knew, looking very serious.

Ji Tianlu acted more serious than Ling Ran. He sat upright and said, "If there is no problem with him, he will be helpful... Will there be any problem?"

"There shouldn't be any problems next week." Ling Ran thought carefully. With an athlete's recovery ability, things may change drastically in just one week.

"Great, Ling Ran, you must stay a little longer." Ji Tianlu slapped his leg and said, "When Liu Weichen finishes running, our publicity situation will be very different. There will definitely be a lot of people by then.

People come for medical treatment.”

There are so many people going to the doctor, so for Ling Ran, this is nothing new.

Large tertiary hospitals in China have no shortage of patients.

Ling Ran looked at Ji Tianlu and asked with some disappointment: "Liu Weichen can't attract foreign patients, can he?"

Ji Tianlu was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Whether we can attract it or not, there will be no shortage of patients in the country. Moreover, we can focus on the athlete level and it will soon expand."

The anesthesiologist who came for the consultation said enviously: "The income will not be less than that of treating foreign patients."

"Slowly, the number of foreign patients will also increase." Ji Tianlu guessed what Ling Ran was thinking, and added: "Many athletes from other places have similar operating modes to foreign patients. They all have their own sports doctors and team doctors.

With such a configuration, it is normal to have surgery in our hospital and then go back to do rehabilitation on your own."

Ling Ran nodded slowly and said with a smile: "I will call Liu Weichen later and help him look at the film to confirm the severity of the injury."

"Liu Weichen will definitely be very happy." Ji Tianlu twitched the corner of his mouth twice and asked again: "Then the South African athlete we are consulting now...Diamond's surgical plan..."

"Just do it normally." Ling Ran said without any burden: "There's nothing special about it."
Chapter completed!