Chapter 438: Chapter 181: The Ugly Side of Human Nature (Part 2)

“Bought some bok choy and meat, a few tomatoes.”

“Then let’s stir-fry bok choy, do a spicy stir-fried meat, and make a tomato egg soup, three dishes for two people, a bit more should be enough.”

“Alright, then I’ll wash the vegetables.”

Lu Xuan smiled, “I’ll cook the rice then.”

As they were talking, suddenly, the phone rang.

Lu Xuan took out his phone to see that it was Director Zhou Qihua from the City First Hospital’s emergency department calling. He quickly put down what he was doing and answered the call.

“Director Zhou.”

It was the first time Zhou Qihua called Lu Xuan, and he spoke very politely, “Hello, Dr. Lu, it’s me, Zhou Qihua from the City First Hospital.”

“What brings you to call me today, Director Zhou?” Having met briefly while treating Ji Huan before and chatted a bit, Lu Xuan didn’t feel that unfamiliar, instead, he spoke very amiably.

Knowing the patient’s situation was urgent, Zhou Qihua didn’t think much and hurriedly said, “Dr. Lu, there’s no smoke without fire. Just now, the City First Hospital’s emergency department admitted a patient with obstructive pulmonary emphysema combined with pulmonary heart disease heart failure. The patient is now in a coma, medication was administered, but there’s no effect. Due to the severity of the situation, we dare not operate rashly…

If we don’t operate, he might live a bit longer; if we do, it could hasten his death. I know you’re an expert in emergency traditional medicine, and you were my first thought. Whether this patient can survive might depend on your intervention.”

“Of course, whatever the expert fee, we’ll pay accordingly. Although you are not officially a director doctor, your reputation is no less than, if not higher than, a director physician. We won’t be stingy on that…”

Obstructive pulmonary emphysema combined with pulmonary heart disease heart failure?

This situation seems even more serious than when treating Ji Huan at the time.

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan quickly responded, “I’ll head over immediately. In the meantime, stabilize the patient’s condition. We’ll discuss more when I get there.”

Seeing that Lu Xuan didn’t refuse, Zhou Qihua sighed in relief.

This time it’s different from saving Ji Huan last time. Saving Ji Huan was a zz task, which no one in Yong City’s medical field could refuse. But this time, facing such a situation, most doctors, to avoid getting into trouble, wouldn’t take on this job.

It’s got nothing to do with how much the expert fee is. Doctors don’t want deaths on their records, especially for someone like Lu Xuan, a practitioner of traditional medicine.

In the patients’ eyes, Lu Xuan is like a living Bodhisattva, a legend, as long as a case comes to him, it’s guaranteed to be cured. If a patient were to die in his hands, it would affect his reputation to some extent.

Moreover, Lu Xuan is quite young and hasn’t witnessed many patient deaths.

Zhou Qihua was also concerned that it might affect Lu Xuan’s mindset in the future.

Facing such a situation, it would be normal for Lu Xuan to refuse.

But unexpectedly, not only did Lu Xuan not refuse, he agreed without much thought, which made Zhou Qihua, who had prepared quite a few words, relief.

With Lu Xuan willing to step in, Fan Qi’s life is already half saved.

As for whether he can be fully saved, it depends on how much time they have left.

Considering Lu Xuan’s skills, Zhou Qihua had heard enough and even witnessed it, so he had no doubts.

“Alright, I’ll wait for you at the emergency department. Call me when you arrive, and I’ll come to meet you.”

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Qihua didn’t hesitate and went straight to find the patient’s family.

Seeing Zhou Qihua coming out, Fan Qiyun asked, “Director Zhou, how is my brother’s situation?”

Fan Qi’s parents also gathered around, faces full of anxiety.

Seeing this, Zhou Qihua turned to the nurse, “Has the critical illness notice been signed?”

The nurse shook her head.

Zhou Qihua took the critical illness notice from the nurse’s hand and said to Fan Zhen and his wife, “The patient’s condition is very severe now. We have tried all possible methods but to no avail. The only recourse is surgery, but the surgical risk is high. Based on the patient’s current condition, the surgery’s mortality rate is over ninety percent… even if the surgery is successful, the possibility of serious side effects is high…

I won’t say more. I think little Fan has already told you. This is the critical illness notice. Which one of you will sign it?”

Zhou Qihua said calmly.

For a director of a tertiary hospital emergency department like him, he’s seen this situation too many times, even to a degree where it’s become a routine.

Three hundred sixty-five days a year, he might have personally seen off hundreds of patients. Death, to him, really has become too common.

Fan Qiyun’s mother turned pale upon hearing there was a more than ninety percent chance of her son dying, and quickly looked at Zhou Qihua, “Doctor, you must save my son!”

Fan Zhen didn’t speak, but his expression was equally grim and stormy. He didn’t say anything to Zhou Qihua but turned to his daughter Fan Qiyun, “Qiyun, he is your brother. You are also the deputy director of the respiratory department. Can’t you do something?”

Fan Qiyun didn’t expect her father Fan Zhen to ask her suddenly. After a brief hesitation, she shook her head and said, “Dad, in terms of medical skills, the Director Zhou in front of you is the emergency department director, far better than me. Moreover, leading the rescue effort in the room is the director of my own respiratory department, my superior, whose medical skills also surpass mine. If these two have no assurance, I am powerless!”

“Besides, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but Fan Qi’s current situation is too severe.”

“Has he been drinking again these past few days? Quite a lot, right? I’ve told you before to stop him from drinking excessively, and you didn’t control it. That’s why it came to this.”

“Drinking? It was because you upset him.” Fan Qiyun’s mother looked at her daughter with reproach, eyes subtly filled with anger.

Fan Qiyun trembled, “Mom, speak with conscience. I upset him? If you hadn’t been asking me for money, would this have happened? I’ve told you I’m out of money, yet you still ask. What am I supposed to do, borrow from loan sharks for you?”

“You, a deputy director physician, claiming to have no money, who’d believe that!” Fan Qiyun’s mother sneered, full of disbelief.

Zhou Qihua finally couldn’t listen anymore and stepped in, “Deputy director physician? It’s my first time seeing a deputy director physician of a tertiary hospital claiming to lack ten thousand yuan. Why is it like this? As parents, you should think about it. A son is a son, but a daughter isn’t a daughter?”

From what Zhou Qihua knew, if it weren’t for Fan Qiyun’s efforts over the years, this family might still be in that impoverished village, toiling day after day. How could they enjoy their current luxurious lifestyle, dressing so grandly?

Some things, as an outsider, Zhou Qihua wasn’t in a position to say, but it doesn’t mean he wouldn’t speak up when witnessing such things.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Fan Qiyun’s mother instantly reacted like a provoked beast, “What gives you, an outsider, the right to meddle in our family affairs?”

Zhou Qihua’s mouth twitched, feeling he was asking for trouble.

But the next moment, his expression turned cold, “The critical illness notice, who will sign it? Without it, we can’t proceed with the next step of rescue.”

Still, no one responded after a long wait.

Zhou Qihua couldn’t stop sneering, this family…

He really couldn’t understand how someone like Fan Qiyun ended up born into this family. Are these parents even human?

Even now, they’re still scheming.

As someone with a lifetime of experience in emergency medicine, having seen countless people of all sorts, he could easily guess what they were thinking.

But parents like Fan Qiyun’s, as shameless as they were, he hadn’t seen before.

No response, were they thinking of letting sister Fan Qiyun sign?

What a beautiful thought.

Seeing Fan Qiyun extending her hand, Zhou Qihua directly retrieved the critical illness notice, “With the patient’s parents present, it’s not your turn as a sister to decide.”

Fan Qiyun’s outstretched hand withdrew again.

At the same time, she couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. What sin had she committed in her past life to be born into such a family?

Her brother’s like this, and so are her parents.

The human heart… is it really made of iron?

Even if it were iron, shouldn’t her ten years of dedication have melted their hearts by now!

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