Chapter 273 - Looked down upon for being too young (2/2)

The rich woman felt as if her mind had been struck by lightning! Her world was collapsing! Was someone so young really capable of performing surgery? She didn’t say anything to Zhang Fan, but she immediately turned around and kneeled in front of Superintendent Ouyang. “Superintendent, Superintendent! I’m begging you! Save my daughter Yaya! Superintendent! I’m begging you! Let Director Zhao perform surgery on my Yaya! She’s only a teenager!”

This truly made Superintendent Ouyang feel awkward. She wouldn’t care at all about patients’ family members who argued, got angry, or even tried to threaten her, as Superintendent Ouyang was famous for a steely temperament. She was willing to take a hard-nosed approach with anyone who dared to act in such a manner with her. However, Superintendent Ouyang was still a woman. When she saw another woman crying so pitifully in front of her, Superintendent Ouyang felt pity as well. But even if she pitied the mother, it wasn’t like Superintendent Ouyang could directly tell her that “Zhang Fan is the best doctor in our hospital”, because she still needed to save face for the other directors.

“Rest assured and sign the surgery paperwork. Time is of the essence here. The faster that we get the surgery started, the better the chance for your daughter to survive. Doctor Zhang really is quite amazing!” It was quite rare for Superintendent Ouyang to patiently explain things to a patient’s family member, but she did her best to do so this time.

“Superintendent! I’m begging you! Let me kowtow to you!” The rich mother kowtowed several times, slamming her head directly into the hard cement floor of the emergency department! Her head started bleeding from how hard she was kowtowing! Vice President Chen felt pained in his heart from watching this. He had a really good relationship with his younger sister and niece. Meanwhile, that street cleaner was a total stranger to him, someone he wouldn’t care about at all!

“Superintendent Ouyang, please help us out. Truly, please help us.” Vice President Chen had a really anxious expression! He was still speaking very nicely as of now. If Superintendent Ouyang didn’t agree, he would then immediately try and find connections who might be able to pressure Superintendent Ouyang! This was because doctors, especially highly skilled doctors, would also be a precious resource. As Vice President Chen was rich and powerful, of course he would try and fight for such a precious resource for his niece’s sake!

Zhang Fan wasn’t bothered by the patient’s family members’ concerns at all. Zhang Fan didn’t feel that it was his fault for being such a young doctor. Besides, everyone would have parents. He understood their pain and worries. But, even though Old Yang’s condition appeared more dangerous to the laymen family members, Zhang Fan knew that the teenaged girl’s condition was actually even more severe than Old Yang’s condition. That was why Zhang Fan had asked that Director Zhao be the primary surgeon on Old Yang, while Zhang Fan would personally perform surgery on the teenaged girl.

Superintendent Ouyang didn’t know any of this, as she wasn’t a surgical specialist. However, she understood Zhang Fan’s skills and character. She knew that Zhang Fan wasn’t the type who would choose the easier surgery for himself, which meant that he definitely had his own plan already on how to perform this surgery. Superintendent Ouyang didn’t want to change Zhang Fan’s surgery plan!

“Superintendent Ouyang, please let Director Zhao perform surgery on my niece. This is our right as family members to choose the doctor. We’ll pay all the necessary medical fees, no matter the cost. And no matter what the result is, the hospital won’t be responsible.” Vice President Chen was becoming slightly angry when he saw Superintendent Ouyang’s hesitation. He was someone with high status, so he was accustomed to getting what he wanted. He started using a slightly tougher approach!

“Alright!” Superintendent Ouyang could no longer be concerned with Zhang Fan’s surgery plan now. The hospital would also have to respect the patient’s family’s decision!

“Zhang Fan! Hurry and go perform surgery for the older patient! This surgery will be given to Director Zhao!” Superintendent Ouyang told Zhang Fan.

“Oh!” Zhang Fan wanted to say something at this time, but then the rich mother turned around and started kowtowing to Zhang Fan! Although the rich mother didn’t say anything, her intention was obvious. ‘Please spare my daughter!’

Zhang Fan felt truly helpless as he watched the teenaged girl’s mother whose face was now also covered in blood. He felt that this mother might be capable of something even more ridiculous if he insisted on performing surgery for the teenaged girl.

“Sigh!” Zhang Fan felt really helpless, but there really wasn’t anything that he could do. The patient’s family members were using both soft and hard approach! Zhang Fan felt that the only thing he could do was to finish Old Yang’s surgery as quickly as possible so that he could go and help out Director Zhao and the others!

The patient hadn’t done anything wrong at all here. Zhang Fan could understand, no matter what the patient’s family members were like. A life was at stake here. It wasn’t wrong for the patient’s family members to value her life. Besides, any doctor who didn’t value life wouldn’t be worthy of being called a doctor!

Zhang Fan thus exited the emergency department and caught up to Director Zhao.

“Director Zhao, we’re going to have to trade surgeries. The patient’s family members don’t want me performing surgery on her!” Zhang Fan told him.

“Sigh! Ridiculous! They’re putting her life in danger!” Director Zhao also knew that such a thing wasn’t something that the doctors could decide. The doctors would only be able to do their best on the surgeries that they were assigned to. There was no other way.