117 As Soon As Possible (1/2)

Young Tie stood in front of the Emergency Medicine building, waiting. He was so anxious that he frequently looked at his watch.

Approximately two hours later, an ambulance with the Golden Deer Health Services Pte Ltd logo, parked in the ambulance bay.

Young Tie glanced at the license plate and breathed a sigh of relief. He grew nervous as he rushed to the front.

The nurses and the doctors of the Emergency Department who received the patient took a look at young Tie. He seemed familiar, but they did not know each other, which was why they did not make any remarks.

Young Tie acted meek and subservient before Department Associate Director Pan, but he was still a thirty-five-year-old man. In the hospital, there was no threshold to cross for a resident doctor to become an attending physician. It was just a matter of time. No matter how late it was, he still managed to become an attending physician despite the fact that he had reached his current age.

”Patient is Zheng Qi, fifty-one years old, laceration in right thumb, index finger, middle finger...” A young man wearing a white coat exited the ambulance. He nervously went over the patient's details once and did not even manage to report it clearly.

The patient's condition was reported to Emergency Medical Care when the ambulance was on the way to the hospital, and it was then transferred to the Emergency Department of Yun Hua Hospital. The report delivered right then was just for cross-checking purposes.

”Hand injury, summon Doctor Lu over.” The young doctor who received the patient quickly dragged the patient out, making a quick call.

The work of the Emergency Department could be complicated, but could also be considered simple at the same time.

In general, the main task of the Emergency Department was to ensure that patients survived. On that basis, what emergency doctors needed to do was to avoid brain death, avoid cardiac arrest, avoid respiratory arrest, avoid excessive blood loss, and avoid organ damage...

Once they ensured that the patient would not immediately pass away, the Emergency Department could then consider if they wanted to personally treat the patient or transfer the patient to other departments.

In theory, a cut on the arm could be settled by the Emergency Department, but they could also send the patient to the Department of Plastic Surgery to have it stitched beautifully. A patient with a hand wound could be sent to the Orthopedics Department or Hand Surgery Department, but the Emergency Department could also handle it. They could even ask doctors from other departments to come to the Emergency Department to administer treatment.

Such decisions were usually made directly by the on-site doctor, and it was also why Young Tie had gone there.

He hurriedly made a call to Doctor Zhou, whom he was familiar with. He explained the situation and waited anxiously.

Young Tie himself could wait outside the Emergency Medicine building for the patient to arrive. It was impossible to ask Doctor Zhou to wait. He could only hope that Doctor Zhou did not have any urgent matters on hand at that time.

Doctor Zhou obviously did not have any urgent matters on hand. With his status, he could simply bring a few medical interns, housemen, and resident doctors over to have them take over his work. Not only would he receive a lot of gratitude from them by doing so, he would also be able to escape work using his status as an advisor.

In contrast to others, Doctor Zhou preferred his colleagues to praise him for his kindness and actions for the public interest.

Just as Young Tie entered the treatment room, he saw Doctor Zhou approach to greet him. He instantly let out a sigh of relief.

”Your relative?” asked Doctor Zhou.

”Yes,” Young Tie nodded and admitted. ”He was about to go to his workplace when the debt collectors came—”

Doctor Zhou interrupted him, ”Let's not talk about that. The patient's symptoms have basically stabilized, and the blood loss isn't too much. The main problem should be the laceration on the fingers. Let me inform them. Don't be rash in removing the gauze for first air. Shall we directly transfer him to the Hand Surgery Department?”

”Ah... no.” Young Tie panicked. He quickly said, ”That's not what I mean.”

”No?” Doctor Zhou found it a bit strange. The both of them could be considered cohorts. They had passed the medical examination and entered the hospital one after the other. They could be considered the champions of the public institution reformations that year. That was how the two of them knew each other. However, as they grew older, their social circles grew smaller, and they lost touch with each other for quite some time. When he remembered Department Associate Director Pan's very flashy announcement that he had returned from his in-service training, Doctor Zhou's eyes became filled with suspicion.

Being a nice person was one thing, being deceived would just be plain stupid.

Young Tie stuttered, ”What I mean is, that I'm hoping for Zheng Qi to receive treatment in the Emergency Department. Umm… the Hand Surgery Department's very busy today. There are two special patients in line, and it would be bad to cut the queue. But if we don't, it'll delay the treatment.”

That was the best excuse Young Tie could find.

In hospitals, general special patients were patients who visit VIP clinics. Most tertiary grade A hospitals would have VIP clinics or the even more valuable cadre wards.

At an exorbitant price, such services provided for the needs of special patients beyond normal medical services. When placed in comparison to each other, cadre wards provided services based on patients' status and relationship with the hospital while consultations for special outpatients in VIP clinics were provided based on patients' status, their relationship with the hospital, and money. Special services would be given according to the money they paid.