Chapter 137 - You Never Know Which Comes First, Tomorrow Or Accident (2/2)

“You must be Tang Guoqing’s family member, yes?” asked Old Chief Physician Pan.

The woman nodded, trying but failing to speak. Tears spilled down her cheeks along with her head movement, messing up the already ruined makeup even further.

“Your father was sent here via an ambulance. According to the witness, he had been strolling around in Central Park and immediately collapsed after leaning heavily against a tree.” Old Chief Physician Pan had already grasped all available information in a short time. That way, at least the family members would understand that the incident was self-induced rather than a direct result of external trauma or a traffic collision.

“His blood pressure was very low at the time of arrival. His systolic pressure was 50mmHg and diastolic pressure was undetectable, that was why I’ve decided to send your father to the operating theater for emergency surgery. We’re trying our best to save him now.”

Old Chief Physician Pan’s honest and serious expression made the woman’s heart sink instantly. Tears burst forth like water from a dam and streamed down her cheeks.

“Now is not the time to cry,” Old Chief Physician Pan immediately stopped her and said, “I want to explain the surgery to you. Although I’ve been given authorization to proceed with the surgery, I still have to talk to you about it.”

The woman nodded.

“Are you the patient’s daughter? Please show me anything that can prove your ident.i.ty,” asked Old Chief Physician Pan.

The woman looked through her handbag and took out an exquisite card case that contained her ident.i.ty card, work card and press pa.s.s, and the name Tang Xiu entered his eyes.

“A lead editor in a newspaper office?” Old Chief Physician Pan nodded and began explaining the surgery to her.

Tears of fear blurred Tang Xiu’s vision.

She felt that the entire world was painted in grey after Old Chief Physician Pan finished the explanation.

The patient’s condition was extremely serious and the chance of survival was only ten percent, perhaps even lower than the predicted percentage.

Even if the patient was successfully pulled back from the brink of death, the chance of recovery in the ICU remained low as well.

When she first read through Wei Feng’s article, she also agreed that the hospital should not perform surgery in the family members’ absence.

If it was not for the fact that she had received tremendous pressure that had coerced her to change her mind, she definitely would have published Wei Feng’s article to correct this “unethical trend” in the medical world.

Now that Tang Xiu was going through the same situation herself, all she could feel was confusion and despair.

“Since emergency care was given in a timely manner, there is still hope. I’ll take you to the operating theater now. You’ll wait outside and inform your family in the meantime.” Old Chief Physician Pan comforted her.

Timely manner? Tang Xiu was grateful to the kind-hearted citizen for his prompt action instead of turning a blind eye. Although he just let her father remain on the ground, at least he had called 120 on time.

The doctors in Sea City General Hospital had begun the rescue even in the family members’ absence.

This undoubtedly reduced further blood loss and increased her father’s chance of survival.

Her logical sense told her that her father would depart this life if the doctors had to wait for her arrival.

This was contrary to her initial belief, but…

At this moment, she completely forgot that the family members had the fundamental right to be informed and decide.

It was extremely difficult for people to feel empathy when they had not experienced the same situation themselves.

The difference between the onlookers and the family members’ perspective was worlds apart, so huge that it was beyond Tang Xiu’s imagination.

She absent-mindedly followed Old Chief Physician Pan. Her ability to think was completely lost.

Her father had been fine all day, but how did he end up in Sea City General Hospital with a life-threatening condition? Unexpected events really could happen at any time.

‘You never know which comes first, tomorrow or accident.’

She was scared that when she arrived at the operating theater, the surgeon would come out and apologize that they had tried their best.

She was scared that the stretcher trolley would be covered with a white sheet with her father’s pale, cold face underneath it.

She was scared that her father would suddenly draw his last breath, and she would not be able to bid her last farewell.

She was scared that the ill-intentioned fate would make the nightmare come true

She was scared…

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