The Great Medical Saint (Matthew)
Chapter 54

Had James woken up

Upon hearing Leah's voice, the people in the ward looked toward the hospital bed.

James coughed violently as though something in his throat had choked him. After a series of coughs, he slowly sat up, reaching out for a cup for a drink.

He seemed no different from an ordinary person.

Everyone was stunned.

He was awake. A comatose patient had woken up!

Shock was etched across everyone's face as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

Jeffrey's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

"The patient was a vegetavle. How on earth could someone wake up after that?"

Rachel was astonished. Matthew had awakened a vegetative patient.

Sure enough, it was true-James had woken up. The crisis was resolved.

Rachel grew even more curious about Matthew. How had he done it? What other skills did he possess?

Mike watched as James drank water on his own. It was as if he had witnessed a supernatural event.

"Even I can't wake someone in a vegetative state. How can he? On what grounds?" he repeatedly questioned in a daze.

Mathew was at a loss for words.

James had ended up in that state because Mike had failed to understand his condition. Mike's lack of knowledge about the properties of the willow bark extract had led to him prescribing the wrong medication. Mike's simple mistake had nearly cost a patient's life. Yet, he still had the audacity to question things!

Matthew replied bluntly, "You want to know how I treated the patient? I'll tell you how. It's simply because I have better medical skills than you!"

Mike was taken aback by that. He then retorted angrily, "You're better than me? You must be mistaken. I hold a doctorate in medicine. Where did you study? What qualifications do you have?" Rachel looked at Matthew with curiosity as she heard Mike's questions.

She had thoroughly investigated Matthew's background.

When she had thought that he had undone her shirt's button, she had been repulsed by him. Hence, she had instructed someone to look into his past properly.

However, there was no misconduct toward women or any shady behavior in Matthew's history. Even after marriage, he'd had no affairs with his subordinates. Given Matthew's clean record, Rachel had felt like it was safe to take him home. Otherwise, her trust in Fred alone wouldn't have been enough.

Matthew had never studied medicine in the past. He had never attended medical school or had any exposure to the field.

It was as though he had gained his medical skills overnight. Therefore, Rachel was extremely curious about his medical background.

Upon being asked, Matthew was reminded of his mentor. Nicholas had been riddled with illness, and he had been the same age as Stanley. Matthew had ventured into medicine was purely out of pity for Nicholas. At first, he had helped Nicholas by giving him massages to ease his pain.

Unexpectedly, Matthew had ended up learning a wealth of medical knowledge in the process.

Nicholas had been released from prison a year ago. Matthew had no idea of his whereabouts now.

Matthew looked at Mike and answered, "I learned medicine in prison."

What? Prison?

Mike widened his eyes as he looked at Matthew. After a long pause, he said, "Are you saying that you never received any formal medical education at a university?" From Mike's perspective, medicine was the most rigorous discipline, and one had to receive proper education for it.

The doctors in hospitals held graduate degrees at the very least.

To Mike, practicing medicine without formal education was akin to a child's play.

Matthew nodded. "That's right. I never went to a medical school."

Mike had probably guessed that. Nevertheless, he was still stunned to hear it in his ears.

"Then, you're unqualified since you never went through medical training. Even with a doctorate, I couldn't wake someone from a coma. How could someone like you, with no qualifications, manage that?" Matthew was rendered speechless.

How did that even make sense? Traditional medicine could be passed down through mentorship or families.

Matthew felt reluctant to explain it further to Mike.