87 Donst you leave! (2/2)
Director Chang and the other three vice directors of Chark City Hospital were all unskilled surgeons, so they didn't receive much respect. The patient's older cousin wasn't intentionally trying to start a fight, as he just wanted to complain that the hospital hadn't diagnosed his younger cousin correctly last afternoon, which ended up with a big scare in the middle of the night, and now that the invited expert doctor seemed like nothing more than a fresh graduate, the patient's cousin was quite unhappy.
Zhang Fan wasn't scared of trouble, but he was annoyed. Meanwhile, Director Chang lost a lot of face from this. The emergency department had received this patient, so the surgical department's doctors hadn't been the ones to diagnose the patient. Not to mention, the patient was in a shared patient room with other patients and their family members, who could hear all of this.
No matter what, Director Chang was still a director, so he angrily retorted, ”I told you to transfer him to Chasu City Hospital when we received him, but you refused. He took a turn for the worse in the middle of the night, so we instantly contacted a skilled doctor from a bigger hospital, and spent so much time to stabilize his condition and save his life. Now that he's no longer in any danger, you're unhappy? Then don't come to our hospital if you dare!”
Director Chang's words made the patient's other family members unhappy now.
”What the hell? You don't have any skills apart from knowing how to ask for money!!” a female family member retorted.
”You try saying that again!!” Director Chang was becoming enraged.
The patient had many family members in the room around him. They all surrounded Director Chang and Zhang Fan, starting to push and shove the two doctors. When Zhang Fan saw that the situation was becoming this way, he hurriedly spoke to the first displeased family member. ”Hey, let's all talk nicely. If you're dissatisfied with the treatment, you can get a medical opinion from a third party. May I ask your relationship with the patient?”
”None of your business!” But then, the older cousin felt that he should at least say his relationship, so he answered in a vicious tone, ”I'm his older cousin. This isn't the end of things!” He then immediately started making a call on his cell phone.
Although Director Chang was an unskilled surgeon, he had been at Chark City Hospital for many years already. Many people would ask for his help to transfer hospitals or for a preliminary diagnosis. He also had quite a temper. ”Get the hell out if you don't want to stay here! You think you have problems?”
'Whoa! What's with this Director Chang's personality?' Zhang Fan felt quite helpless about the situation. He wasn't well acquainted with Director Chang, after all.
Not long after, Chark City Hospital's superintendent arrived. The patient's older cousin was a ranking leader on Chark City Communist Party Committee, which meant that the superintendent absolutely had to come.
”Superintendent Chen, it's not that we're being unreasonable. Just look at the way your doctors talk to us. So vulgar! He actually told us to get the hell out!! Is this his personal hospital? You owe us an explanation!”
Actually, this entire matter could have been easily resolved by explaining things to the patient's family properly. However, Director Chang had ruined things due to his bad temper.
”Okay, let's go to my office to discuss things. We shouldn't talk here, as it will affect the other patients,” Superintendent Chen said.
”The hospital must apologize to us! Not only that, I suspect that this so-called expert doctor is a scammer! He can't be allowed to leave until my cousin fully recovers! If my cousin doesn't recover, well, I'm quite familiar with the police in Chark City.”
Actually, the patient's older cousin wasn't even suspicious of Zhang Fan's identity. However, he had to start some trouble for the sake of his own face.
It would take the patient a minimum of one week to make a full recovery. Was Zhang Fan really supposed to stay here in Chark City Hospital all that time?
He wasn't in a rush for now, as he waited to see what Chark City Hospital's Superintendent Chen would say.
”Director Chang, you should know that you're in the wrong here. We are a hospital, which means we must be responsible for our patients. How about you apologize to the patient and his family? Doctor Zhang, you see how the situation is, so how about you stay behind here to observe the patient's recovery for a few days?” Superintendent Chen weighed the pros and cons, and felt that it would obviously be beneficial for him to favor the government official's family over his subordinate and a low-ranking guest doctor.
”An apology? Dream on! I did nothing wrong whatsoever. If I did, then tell the police to come arrest me!” Director Chang then slammed the door and left the patient room. It would be impossible to fire him over this matter, as he was a well-entrenched director. Not to mention, the patient's surgery had already been completed successfully, so Director Chang had nothing to be afraid of. Thus, he left immediately.
”Just look at that! What's with that attitude? How could he possibly be a doctor? Chark City Hospital's medical level is so low because of too many people like him!” The patient's older cousin was angered to the point where his face became bright red.
Although Director Chang had left, it would be impossible for Zhang Fan to leave so easily. He had performed the surgery on the patient, so he needed to resolve this incident. ”Your younger cousin had a ruptured spleen. He went into shock in the middle of the night. It's all written down in the medical report, as well as in the medical recordings. If you have any doubts, feel free to get a medical opinion from a neutral third party. I'll be happy to cooperate at any time as I personally performed the surgery. I wouldn't have even come here if it weren't for Chark City Hospital's invitation. The patient can recover with just normal postoperative care. I'll be more than happy to return here if there's any problems afterwards. It's unrealistic to ask for me to stay here all this time.”
”I don't care. It's not like we invited you,” the patient's cousin retorted.
Superintendent Chen glanced at Zhang Fan, and then said, ”How about I phone your hospital's Superintendent Ouyang and ask her to give you a few days of vacation leave?”
Zhang Fan now became somewhat angry because he felt that he was being bullied. He asked the patient's older cousin, ”Must you insist on making me stay here? What if I leave anyways?”
”You won't be able to leave. I have plenty of friends and family outside. You should consider things carefully. I don't want you to end up getting hurt.”
”Sigh! Could I ask what place you work at?” Zhang Fan sighed helplessly.
”I'm on Chark City's Communist Party Committee.”
Zhang Fan then ignored the patient's older cousin, took out his cell phone, and made a phone call to Tang Jingjing. He didn't like to trouble others, but the patient's cousin and the superintendent here were simply trying to bully him because he looked so young.
”Sister Tang...”
Zhang Fan explained the situation to Tang Jingjing, who immediately told him, ”Give your phone to the patient's cousin. Stay safe, and don't be confrontational with them. Leader Kang is still asleep. I'll report this immediately to her when she wakes up.” It was still early in the morning.
”No need to tell Leader Kang, Sister Tang. If you can take care of this by yourself, then please help me out. If you can't deal with this, then let's tell Leader Kang.”
Zhang Fan then tried to hand his cell phone to the patient's older cousin, who said, ”What, what do you think you're doing? You think you're in the right here? I'm not going to take a call from anyone. I don't care who it is. You're going to take responsibility for all this until my cousin has fully recovered.”
”Okay, you just wait for me, then! I'll be over at Chark City Hospital as soon as I can!” Tang Jingjing then hung up the phone call after hearing that the patient's cousin refused to talk to her.
Superintendent Chen then started to try and assuage Zhang Fan's feelings. As the hospital leader, he had far too many people's feelings to consider. Although it was slightly late, he didn't want to antagonize Zhang Fan completely, either. ”Actually, the surgery's already finished, and the patient's no longer in any danger. Our hospital is completely capable of postoperative care for the patient, don't you agree, Doctor Zhang?”
Superintendent Chen then smiled awkwardly when he saw that Zhang Fan ignored him.
Zhang Fan sat down in a chair, closed his eyes, and rested. He had been woken up at three o'clock in the morning, had driven for three hours across 200 kilometers to rush here as fast as he could, and then performed immediate surgery for the patient. But after the surgery, meeting with this annoying incident really made him tired.