Chapter 472 - Bizarre Relationship (1/2)

Zheng Ren was very busy today, especially when he saw the child’s parents leaning against the wall and hovering. He was in a bad mood, so he did not beat around the bush and went straight to the truth.

The man smiled slightly, without any awkwardness caused by his little trick being exposed.

“Doctor, I don’t want to cause a scene and I didn’t mean any harm with it.” The man’s att.i.tude was not arrogant, nor had he truly been caught red-handed. Instead, he used his voice to cover up the panic in his heart.

His voice and tone were very calm, as if nothing had happened.

Zheng Ren felt like he was strange.

“I just don’t know why I have to sign it.” The man looked straight into Zheng Ren’s eyes and said, “If I don’t sign it, then the surgery can’t be performed. On the signature, I wish I could write down the one-in-a-million possibilities that might happen. Don’t you think this is an overbearing clause?”

“Uh… ” It was the first time Zheng Ren had met such a rational family member of a patient. However, did he actually care about his wife’s feelings as she stood next to him?

Just as this thought flashed through Zheng Ren’s mind, he heard the patient say, “If you have rules, we can come up with countermeasures. All the risks are borne by me alone while you guys push the responsibility away. Doctor, do you think that’s reasonable?”

They were a couple, their worldviews the same even to the extreme.

Even their sentence patterns were very similar.

Zheng Ren looked at the female patient who was bending her waist. Due to the pain she felt, her face was a little pale. He was speechless.

“We pay for medical treatment, which is considered capitalism. But if there is a problem, we have to bear the responsibility ourselves while you guys push it away. This is not appropriate, is it not?” The man smiled and said to Zheng Ren.

Zheng Ren could not be bothered to explain the medical treatment. It was not truly all aout capitalism.

Other businesses would not sell if they did not want to. However, when would a hospital stop accepting patients just by being in a bad mood?

The emergency department was already so busy. Were they not still operating at their maximum capacity?

Naturally, everyone thought that the reasoning behind this was correct. It was a waste of time.

“This is our rule. It is also a rule that every hospital has to abide by,” Zheng Ren said calmly. He smiled and continued, “It’s almost time. I’ve told you all the complications that may occur during the surgery. If you agree to the surgery, please sign here.”

As he said that, Zheng Ren took out a pen from the pocket of his white coat and handed it over.

The patient’s husband did not take the pen. Instead, they looked at each other before staring at Zheng Ren in a serious manner. He asked, “If I don’t sign, is the surgery not allowed to happen?”

“Yes,” Zheng Ren replied. “No matter where you are, if you don’t sign, there will be no surgery.”

If he did not sign, there was actually a possibility of surgery. Zheng Ren had just performed one himself.

But that referred to the situation where the patient’s condition was critical without the patient’s family member present.

As for the female patient in front of him, her condition was not too bad. It was neither here nor there. The surgery was relatively simple.

Zheng Ren naturally did not back down from their insistence on not signing the papers.

The couple looked at each other. The husband asked, “Doctor, are you sure?”

“I’m sure.”

“Aren’t doctors supposed to save lives and help the injured?”

Zheng Ren could not be bothered to answer this question. Recently, when he was in the emergency department, he had been accused of having no medical ethics. He had not saved lives and helped the injured. He had been accused too many times and was somewhat numb to it all.

Patients in the emergency department were most willing to ask such questions. This was because this sentence was equivalent to pointing at their noses and cursing. If they were to lose all decorum, how would they be able to see each other in the future? Not to mention, they would have to find someone else to treat their illness.

However, once they were hospitalized, things would usually get better.

As long as their family members were prepared to not cause trouble, they would endure the small losses. Who would bring up medical ethics?