books44 Chapter 534 - 246: You Can’t Always Indulge Them—the Consequences Are Clear
Chapter 534 - 246: You Can’t Always Indulge Them—the Consequences Are Clear
Li Jingsheng rushed to Qiaobang Hospital by taxi and sent a message to the ’Internal Medicine Chief’.
"I’m already at the Qiaobang Emergency Department, where is the patient?"
It’s hard to imagine, an entire building dedicated to the emergency center.
The prowess of Qiaobang Hospital not only shows in the successful treatment of difficult and critical cases each year but also in its sheer scale.
Even the People’s Hospital doesn’t dare to show off like this.
For such a top-tier hospital, acquiring land to build a tower in the costly Lijiang City is not a difficult task.
After all, its annual revenue is said to exceed twenty billion.
Li Jingsheng’s Sunshine Clinic is a mere dot compared to Qiaobang Hospital. However, he has his own strengths, and there’s no need to compare size.
"I’ll come to get you right away!"
The Internal Medicine Chief responded quickly.
After a while, an elderly man with a Mediterranean hairstyle hurried out, followed by a fierce-looking man in his thirties.
"Are you the Internal Medicine Chief?"
Li Jingsheng tried to ask the elderly man.
Logically, Boss Zhao should have come along too.
After all, he was the one who asked Li Jingsheng for help.
He should rightfully accompany.
However, Boss Zhao is always cunning; he can find someone to help with troublesome matters but won’t involve himself.
He must be deliberately avoiding it.
It makes sense, he’s different from Li Jingsheng. The Internal Medicine Chief is Boss Zhao’s benefactor, and their relationship is quite deep.
If Boss Zhao had come and something happened, would he intervene or not?
If he doesn’t, the relationship with the Internal Medicine Chief will surely become distant. If he does, he’ll get himself into trouble.
Li Jingsheng is different; helping is a favor, and if he can’t help, he can just leave.
"Yes, yes! Thank you so much for coming to help with the consultation so late!"
The elderly man seemed to be around sixty years old.
He might have been constantly threatened and insulted by family members these days, mentally and physically exhausted. Under such great mental pressure, one can imagine his current state.
To have persisted without collapsing is already very strong.
But the fatigue on his face was impossible to hide, with the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and forehead very pronounced. He had large bags under his eyes and severe dark circles.
His smile was chilling, feeling like a forced smile from a zombie in a zombie movie.
"Oh, right, let me introduce myself, I’m Shao Bing. This is the father of that little girl."
The elderly man quickly introduced himself.
Worried that Li Jingsheng might not know the situation, he also introduced the fierce-looking young man.
Actually, his worry was unnecessary.
Li Jingsheng runs a clinic on Old Street of South City; if he didn’t have this level of insight, he wouldn’t have lasted long.
"Is this the so-called expert you invited?"
The patient’s father asked the elderly man in an extremely dissatisfied tone.
"Correction, I’m not some expert. I just came over out of sympathy after hearing Dr. Shao’s story, to lend a modest helping hand. It would be great if the cause could be found."
Li Jingsheng looked at the family member, speaking seriously.
"So young, are you a college student? Using my daughter as a guinea pig; I won’t allow it."
The family member still expressed strong dissatisfaction.
"You’re kidding, I’ve been working for years. And I’m just here for a consultation; there won’t be any harm to your daughter." Li Jingsheng handled such family members with ease.
This kind of family member isn’t exactly difficult.
He’s just filled with distrust and anger towards doctors because his daughter turned into a neurotic after being treated by a doctor for a minor cold.
"Dr. Shao, take me to see the patient first! Can the child communicate normally now?"
"Communication is a bit difficult."
Shao Bing glanced nervously at the family member following him.
As they spoke, the two had already arrived in the emergency reception hall.
On a mobile flatbed lay a five-year-old girl, and a woman around twenty-seven or twenty-eight stood by her, looking pained and full of worry.
Presumably, she was the child’s mother.
"This is the little girl. Her main symptoms now are vomiting, nausea, delirium, and her facial muscles seem a bit stiff, unable to express emotions. Even when in pain, her facial expression doesn’t change much."
Shao Bing briefed Li Jingsheng about the patient’s condition.
The patient lying in the emergency reception hall implied she wasn’t admitted.
There were quite a few patients like this in the reception hall.
Either queuing up to wait for a consultation or having to rent this temporary flatbed with four wheels to lie on.
If something unexpected happened, being in the hospital meant the medical staff wouldn’t just stand by and watch.
They certainly would provide some emergency measures.
Li Jingsheng has also been to the People’s Hospital; compared to the ruthlessness of Qiaobang Hospital, the People’s Hospital was much warmer.
While there were patients not being admitted, there weren’t as many.
There would at least be dedicated medical staff to patrol, offering necessary help and supportive treatment to patients.
In the emergency hall of Qiaobang Hospital, one could clearly feel some patients were being ignored by the medical staff.
Either they were untreatable, advised to go to another hospital for treatment, which the patients were unwilling to do.
Or the patients couldn’t afford the hospital bills.
Or the condition was not obvious, incapable of being confirmed.
All sorts of reasons existed. The number of these neglected patients was quite large.