The sudden voice broke the silence of the scene.
For a moment, everyone turned their gaze towards the direction of the sound, and when they saw the figure, they were all startled.
Those who recognized the person couldn't help but exclaim, "Dr. Chen?"
The figure walking over from the side was none other than another doctor from the surgery department, Chen Fan.
"Hmph, truly boastful," Liu Qianze snorted with disdain upon seeing the newcomer.
Others were also shocked. They hadn't expected Chen Fan to dare claim he could treat myasthenia gravis!
The middle-aged woman stopped in her tracks, turned around in surprise, and asked Chen Fan, "You, you said you can cure my son's illness?"
Chen Fan nodded slightly, "His illness can be cured, but it will take a long time."
A look of excitement appeared on the woman's face. "I don't fear a long time. As long as my son's illness can be cured, I can wait for as long as it takes!"
Lian Wenxin looked at Chen Fan and said, "Dr. Chen, this is myasthenia gravis, considered an incurable disease. Even with special medication, it only extends life by a few years, no different from buying time with money."
Liu Qianze sneered, "Director Lian, how capable is Dr. Chen? Can't he even cure leukemia? Treating this myasthenia gravis is nothing, is it?"
Lian Wenxin immediately understood Liu Qianze's meaning and stopped trying to persuade.
Chen Fan ignored their words and walked to the young man's side. "I can make you speak first, but it might be a little painful. Please bear with it."
The young man heard this. Although he couldn't widen his eyes, Chen Fan could see a flicker of brilliance in his gaze.
Chen Fan produced several silver needles and inserted them into several acupoints on the patient's neck. The last needle was inserted into the Baihui acupoint on the patient's head.
"Putting on a show," Liu Qianze said mockingly.
Myasthenia gravis means the muscles throughout the body have no strength, so being able to speak is almost a fantasy.
Liu Qianze was now waiting for Chen Fan to make a fool of himself.
When the patient still couldn't speak, he would surely mock Chen Fan thoroughly!
"Doctor, how is it, how is it going?" Seeing tears streaming down the young man's face and his facial muscles twitching, the mother asked with concern.
"If he can persevere, he will be able to speak," Chen Fan replied.
Hearing Chen Fan's response, the mother quickly crouched in front of the wheelchair and looked at her son. "Taotao, you must persevere. The doctor said you can speak if you can just hold on."
Zhou Tao endured the pain, even foaming at the mouth.
After about ten minutes, the pain on Zhou Tao's face subsided, and the twitching of his facial muscles gradually disappeared.
Chen Fan reached out and removed all the silver needles. He then said to Zhou Tao, who was drenched in cold sweat, "Alright, you can try to speak now."
For a moment, all eyes were on Zhou Tao.
Lian Wenxin finally couldn't help but say, "Dr. Chen, please stop deceiving this mother and son. After all, you are a doctor. While I know you mean well, deceiving patients like this is wrong."
"Do you think Dr. Chen can really make this patient speak?"
"How is that possible? You've probably read too many novels about miracle doctors and think traditional Chinese acupuncture can do anything."
"Exactly. Don't you use your brain? If he could really cure speechlessness caused by myasthenia gravis, would he still be an obscure surgeon in our psychiatric hospital?"
"But Dr. Chen's medical skills are also very good. That patient who jumped off the building, and Brother Xiong's wife, weren't they both treated by Dr. Chen?"
"Perhaps he just got lucky. If he tried again, they might die on the operating table immediately."
The conversations among the surrounding doctors and nurses made Lian Wenxin and Liu Qianze smile even wider.
The mother naturally heard these doubts and hesitantly asked Chen Fan, "Dr. Chen, can my son really speak now?"
"Mom, Mom."
However, just as many were waiting to see Chen Fan make a fool of himself, a faint voice suddenly sounded beside the mother.
Instantly, the mother froze on the spot.
The scene also fell silent, and all eyes turned back to Zhou Tao in the wheelchair.
Zhou Tao's voice was very faint just now, and they hadn't heard it clearly.
"Taotao, what did you just call? Can you say it again?" The mother's eyes widened with excitement, looking at Zhou Tao in disbelief.
Because just now, she thought she had heard Zhou Tao call out "Mom."
"Madam, please don't be so agitated. Your son has myasthenia gravis. Even with special medication, spending millions a year only prolongs his life, it doesn't..."
"Mom, Mom!"
Before Lian Wenxin could finish speaking, the young man struggled to speak again, calling out "Mom!"
Lian Wenxin was instantly stunned, the rest of his words stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
The onlookers standing around also widened their eyes, looking at the young man with disbelief.
They couldn't believe that someone with myasthenia gravis could actually speak and even call out "Mom"!
The mother trembled with excitement. It had been five years. Five whole years.
Ever since her son contracted this strange illness, she hadn't heard her son call out to her for five years.
With a "plop," the mother knelt directly in front of Chen Fan.
"Madam, what are you doing? Please get up," Chen Fan quickly reached out to help the mother up from the ground.
"Miracle doctor, you are truly a miracle doctor! Thank you, thank you for letting my son speak again, thank you for giving our whole family hope!" The mother refused to get up and remained kneeling on the ground, thanking Chen Fan.
"If you continue like this, I won't treat this illness anymore."
Hearing Chen Fan's words, the mother finally stood up from the ground in a panic.
Chen Fan smiled and said, "His language function still needs practice, and he needs to do rehabilitation training every day to regain muscle strength. However, this process will be long and arduous, so you need to be mentally prepared. I will give you some of my homemade ointment later. Apply it to his body once a day, and it will help him regain strength."
The ointment Chen Fan mentioned was the muscle-strengthening cream he found in the medical book in his mind.
However, Chen Fan would definitely dilute its potency.
Otherwise, if the young man suddenly stood up, it might cause considerable panic.
"Thank you, Doctor, thank you, Doctor. You are a true good doctor, unlike some people who only have money in their eyes!" The mother thanked Chen Fan again, but couldn't resist taking a jab at Liu Qianze.
Liu Qianze, standing by the side, looked extremely displeased.