The Iris Clinic, like the holidays, also put up banners and was dressed up as lively as Christmas.

The cork oak tree in front of the door was covered with many shiny decorations on its branches.

After Ling Qingqing heard about it, she also brought her classmates over to cheer and send flowers and gifts.

Elena and Ava, hand out donuts to everyone.

This dessert is very popular in the United States. Generally, there is a lot of frying, but Elena and Ava are afraid of fat, and many neighbors have a small problem with high blood sugar, so they carefully prepared high-fiber and low-calorie baked doughnuts, not white sugar, but sugar substitutes, mogrosides.

It is a sweetener from monk fruit, super sweet, its sweetness is 300 times that of sucrose, in addition, it also has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, suppressing cough, moistening the intestines and laxative, and has a preventive effect on obesity, constipation, diabetes, etc.

However, it does not have energy, it will not be absorbed by the body, and it will not gain weight or blood sugar spikes.

It is not calorie-free, but it can satisfy the sweet taste that Americans like, so it is quite popular, and of course the price is naturally much more expensive than cane sugar!

Most importantly, mogrosides come from natural plant extracts, not chemically synthesized saccharin.

But it is not without disadvantages, that is, these sugar substitutes will be excreted with the urine, resulting in sweet urine.

Of course, this is not diabetes, because there are sugar substitutes in it.

Diabetes was discovered very early, as early as the 5th and 6th centuries AD, some doctors found that some people's urine is very viscous, often provoked ants to eat, and finally, I don't know who tasted it, and determined that the urine of these patients was sweet.

So, the reason why we know that the urine of diabetics is sweet is because someone has actually tasted it.

Eating sugar substitutes, the human body is not absorbed, but these substances are also difficult to be processed by chemical reactions, with the discharge of urine, they will pass through various channels, such as the outlet of sewage treatment plants, into rivers, lakes and seas, thereby polluting the environment, and even eventually being eaten by us again.

Disgusting is disgusting, but if you think about it, isn't that what nature is? There are many vegetables in the countryside that are fertilized with human feces, and they are still delicious.

……

At the UCLA Medical Center, many people regret it, because such an excellent talent as Murphy came to them for an interview last year!

At that time, even if Professor Eric Pasente interceded, everyone ruthlessly agreed to reject her!

Professor Eric Pascent was embarrassed at the time.

Now that everyone thinks of this, they can't help but stomp their feet, pat their thighs, and exclaim again and again, this loss is really too great!

Who would have thought that the little girl who was silent and cold and not good at communication would win the runner-up in the California division in one leap!

If it weren't for Zhou Qiao being too powerful, Murphy would be the first!

At the age of 19, he has just worked for a year, beating countless young specialists in his thirties and forties, who have worked for many years!

The Los Angeles Medical Center also had a lot of people participating, although there were also six people in the top 20, but unfortunately, they were all left behind!

These people, before the competition, thought that they were the pillars of the future medical community in California, but now they are being held up by the iris clinic, three young people under the age of 25 can't lift their heads, and they have become a joke in the United States, and they dare not communicate with their colleagues in other states at all.

As soon as he opened his mouth, people mentioned it, how could they continue to talk?

However, as soon as they changed their minds, they couldn't help but sneer, what are you Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington State, you people really think you are very powerful? When the finals come, you will know the "ferocity" of Zhou Qiao and Murphy!

They also don't bother to brag about Zhou Qiao and Murphy, because even if they do, people don't believe it, and will only think that they are trying to hide their incompetence.

In the face of the cynicism of their colleagues in other states, many doctors in California are depressed!

……

The prize money given by the California division is very generous, the first place is 100,000 US dollars, the second place is 80,000 US dollars, the fifth place is 50,000 US dollars, and Zhou Qiao naturally will not want their bonuses.

He took some of his own $100,000 out to decorate the clinic and make donuts, but it was only a few dollars, so there was a lot left. He thought about it for a while and set aside $10,000 again for team building.

Everyone ate and drank, and also called Ariel, who went to the laundry, with a few black girls, and this time, Rachel, Vivica, Murphy, and Park Xiuzhu all brought their families.

Yuna started school, and in the school, many people asked her about winning the championship at the Iris Clinic. The teacher also said on the spot in class, asking everyone to follow Zhou Qiao and Murphy as examples.

Yuna felt more embarrassed, even though her mother was just a nurse inside. But Zhou Qiaooba has a very close relationship with her, and once operated on her.

Stephanie was a little unhappy because she couldn't take her mother, and then, she was the worst performer. She secretly swore that in the next few days, she would work hard, do surgery seriously, carefully review every step, sum up her experience, and in the finals, she must get a decent ranking.

After the reunion, Stephanie went to visit her mother.

After her mother moved to a San Francisco psychiatric hospital, her condition did not worsen, but it did not improve. Even Stephanie's mood was a little unstable.

So, Stephanie quietly sent a message to Zhou Qiao, asking him to take the time to diagnose and treat his dreams.

Zhou Qiao asked her to take a normal lunch break in the consultation room at noon, so after lunch, Stephanie couldn't wait to return to her consultation room, took out the cute little pink bear pillow she had just bought, and lay on it to take a nap.

Like Elena and Ava are better, they take a nap, and go directly back to the bedroom on the third floor to sleep, no way, the two of them have a transcendent status, they are half of the masters here, and others can't compare.

……

The magnificent Mediterranean Sea, the surging waves, the beautiful Cleopatra VII, with 5,000 remnants of soldiers, took a large ship and fled from the Xiongdu in front of him - Alexandria.

She was defeated and had to leave Egypt in disgrace. Otherwise, her half-brother would have killed her mercilessly, cut off her flower-like head, and thrown her into the Nile to feed the crocodiles!

"Alexandria, I'll be back sooner or later!" Cleopatra VII stood at the stern of the ship, her hair was blown messily by the sea breeze, and she looked at her distant homeland, unwilling and depressed.

"Queen, where are we going next?" The maid came over and asked.

Defeat is like a lost dog, the world is so big, where is there a place to go.

Cleopatra VII sighed lightly, thought for a moment, and pointed to the east: "Go to Syria, Damascus!" "She plans to wander over there, accumulate strength, and strive for an early counterattack to regain the throne that rightfully belongs to her.

In fact, the throne of Egypt was not hers alone. After the death of her father and mother, the previous king and queen of Egypt, she was appointed to rule Egypt with her half-brother (later Ptolemy XIII).

However, the two have never been at odds, and the beautiful Cleopatra VII has always looked down on the stupid and rude Ptolemy XIII, let alone wronged himself to marry this fool!

Egypt was caught in a dispute between the "male king's faction" and the "queen's faction", and the two sides fought openly and secretly, deceitfully and conceitedly, and finally met each other. It's a pity that the beautiful Cleopatra VII was not good at fighting and was eventually driven out of Egypt.

She wanted to capture Damascus, but she failed to do so, and finally, on the Syrian border, found a place to stay.

On this day, she was walking along the Mediterranean coast in a big boat, and suddenly, she saw a group of troops passing by on the shore, with neat appearance and majestic majesty, especially a commander in the lead, who was tall and long, with white robes, and white horses with silver saddles, like a god descending from heaven.

The man noticed the big ship in the sea, and couldn't help but glance at her, and the two eyes met in the air, and the beautiful Cleopatra VII couldn't help but feel like a fawn, and his heart swayed.

"What a handsome man!" She had never seen such a personable commander, majestic and elegant.

I couldn't help but summon my subordinates: "Who is on the shore?" ”

After his subordinates inquired, they came back and reported: "It is Gaius Julius Caesar, the consul of the Great Roman Empire." ”

"Oh? Was it the King Caesar who ruled Gaul at a young age, conquered 3,000 miles of territory, and turned Gaul into a province? What did he come to Egypt for? ”

"It is said to mediate the battle for the throne between you and your brother."

"That's it......" The beautiful Cleopatra VII suddenly rolled her eyes, revealing a look of surprise, she looked at the army stretching along the coastline, and felt that her opportunity had come!

That night she stripped off all her clothes, soaked herself in the delicious goat's milk, bathed herself, wrapped herself in only a thick, clean blanket, and let the maid carry her, escorted by a small troop of horsemen, to the tent of Gaius Julius Caesar.

"Stand down, all of you." King Caesar waved.

After everyone went out, the beautiful Cleopatra took off the blanket on her body and jumped up vigorously, her figure was proud, her skin was snowy, and she exuded a faint milky fragrance, and stood in front of Caesar!

Caesar, who Zhou Qiao incarnated, was amazed.

"This is the flower snake on the Nile? It's really breathtakingly beautiful! ”

Zhou Qiao was attracted by the beauty of Cleopatra VII and couldn't extricate himself.

A beautiful night.

……

With the support of Gaius Julius Caesar, Cleopatra VII finally succeeded in ascending to the throne of Egypt. Her half-brother was thrown into the Nile and died in the mouth of a crocodile.

Three years later, Caesar became the dictator of the Roman Empire, and Cleopatra VII came to Rome with his two-year-old son in his arms to meet his lover in a grand way.

In the consultation room, Stephanie woke up with a smile on her lips. After this dream, the wandering witch's second consciousness fell into a deep sleep again, and the negative emotions in her heart disappeared.

"Is this another past life for me and Joe? It's just that the Wandering Witch is an evil consciousness and can't represent my true heart. ”

"I don't like Cleopatra VII as an incarnation either. Beauty is beauty, but it's too prodigal. ”

Because, after Caesar's death, Cleopatra VII seduced many men, that is, the famous Cleopatra.

Stephanie prefers her holy side, and she feels that she is very single-minded.

She decided that in the future, the Wandering Witch would only appear in her dreams, not in reality.

……

Iris Clinic.

Zhou Qiao was very surprised and pleasantly surprised, because there was a clinic in the same city that referred him to a heart patient.

This was not possible before. Dr. Ernesto at that clinic is also a well-known general practitioner in San Francisco.

If you want to make a referral, you usually go to a large hospital like the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, or other more senior cardiology hospitals or clinics, not him.

The cardiothoracic surgery department of the Iris Clinic has only been approved for a long time.

Dr. Ernesto referred the patient over, and also made a special call to talk about the patient's condition, of course, this is not the main thing, the main thing is that he congratulated Zhou Qiao on his award, saying that he would come to visit him another day and eat him a doughnut.

Zhou Qiao smiled: "Welcome, welcome." "The doughnuts are already shining, but if the other party comes, there will be other delicacies to entertain them.

I have to say that after winning the award, the influence of Iris Clinic in San Francisco, and even the whole of California, has become even greater!

After the patient came, Zhou Qiao admitted him to the hospital, and then called Stephanie to have a consultation with her to discuss the condition.

The patient's name is Sumsen Teixeira, a seventy-two-year-old uncle whose wife has died long ago, and several children have their own families, and usually live alone. This time, it was his youngest daughter who came with him.

Uncle Sumsen's daughter told that her father was in great health when he was young, and he often went surfing in the sea in his fifties, and even fished for sharks, but at the beginning of last year, because of sudden chest tightness and shortness of breath, he was panting badly when he went up and down the stairs, even if he slept at night, he felt his heart pounding when he lay down, and he couldn't live normally at all.

After seeing a family doctor, the patient was diagnosed with a heart disease and referred to a community hospital near his home.

In the community hospital, he was diagnosed with "mitral regurgitation", and a cardiothoracic surgeon performed a heart mitral valve replacement operation.

This surgery is also one of the procedures included in this competition, which is simply understood as "changing a valve" to the heart and replacing an artificial valve.

Hospitals in the United States are actually non-hierarchical, that is, hospitals are equal in status among hospitals. In China, community hospitals are generally one grade lower than the top three hospitals, but many community hospitals in the United States have the same level as the top three hospitals in China.

There are even some community hospitals, which are relatively well-known. For example, the famous Long Beach Community Hospital and La Palma Community Hospital in California. These two hospitals, this time, also sent doctors to participate in the surgery competition, and they also achieved good rankings.

Long Beach Community Hospital has a young doctor who also made it to the top 20 in California. La Palma Community Hospital has two doctors in the top 30.

This is because community hospitals in the United States only have the word community in their names, which is different from the concept of community hospitals in China, and their positioning in their respective medical systems is also different.

For example, the community hospital where Zhou Qiao is attached has a total of more than 150 beds, covering the surrounding communities, but it has hardware and software conditions that can basically meet most of the surgical needs.

In American hospitals, doctors are the center, and many people in China go to a certain hospital to see a doctor, but many people in the United States go to the doctor to see a doctor, and the doctor brings the source of the disease to the hospital, so the hospital serves the doctor, not the doctor.

In large hospitals in the United States, patients are usually hospitalized for surgery, and they receive many different bills after the fact, some from the hospital, some from the surgeon, some from the psychologist, and some from the rehabilitation trainer...... It is because doctors and hospitals share the account.

Even the doctors at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center have a shared account model with the hospital, but they are different from Zhou Qiao, they usually work there and only spend a small amount of time in their own private clinics.

Zhou Qiao spends most of his time in his clinic. Everyone's focus is different.

If Zhou Qiao is willing, he can also apply for a position at the University of California Medical Center.

Then the Iris Clinic is different from other clinics because it is a Chinese clinic. Zhou Qiao's style inherits the style of some domestic contractors, who like to make a big package, or a middleman to make the difference, and patients who visit the iris clinic will only receive bills from the clinic. The rest of the expenses are for clinics and testing structures, community hospitals, medical centers, and monthly settlements.

Patients who visit him will also find this model more convenient, and the cost is correspondingly cheaper.

Zhou Qiao also doesn't engage in that kind of "sneaky" behavior, such as not talking about money at all when he sees a doctor, and the service is all kinds of thoughtful, but after a few days, he is discharged from the hospital and sends an amazing bill to others.

Zhou Qiao took the initiative to communicate with patients or family members, estimated the approximate price, and let the other party have a number in his heart. If he doesn't agree, he's dead.

Sometimes, he even asked the other party to take the treatment plan and quotation and communicate with the insurance company, and the insurance company had no problem before coming to the official treatment.

This kind of frank behavior has made the patients and their families feel good.

It is worth mentioning that when the Iris Clinic became famous, some clinics in San Francisco have begun to learn from Zhou Qiao's model.

After Uncle Sumson had the prosthetic valve replaced, his heart function improved a lot, he didn't breathe much when he walked, and he was able to sleep peacefully at night.

However, just two weeks ago, he suddenly began to have a high fever and shivered all over his body, and the high fever did not go away for several days.

Dr. Ernesto gave him an infusion and anti-infective treatment, but it still didn't work.

It's the kind that recedes and burns, burns and retreats, and repeats itself. Then the patient also had severe chest tightness and wheezing.

After considering the medical history, Dr. Ernesto arranged a cardiac ultrasound examination, which showed that Uncle Sumsen's artificial valve had a growth of nearly 9mm!

This was beyond the scope of Dr. Ernesto's ability, and he thought that Zhou Qiao had just won the championship and could be said to be a top expert in minimally invasive heart surgery, so he referred Uncle Sumson to him.

Although this competition is a young doctor competition, there are many 40-year-old experts who are already famous, and Zhou Qiao can beat them and win the first place, and it is not an exaggeration to say that his strength is a top expert.

In addition, Zhou Qiao is so young and has a bright future, and Dr. Ernesto also wants to take this opportunity to make friends with him.

Is there a commuter pass?

(End of chapter)