Chapter 109 - Emergency military request (1/2)
The W Province southerner was quite skilled at socializing. Every time that Zhu Qianqian and Zhang Fan were on the night shift, he would send over some small gifts, such as fruits, milk boxes, and so on. He didn't miss sending small gifts on even a single shift.
Although Zhu Qianqian would complain about these small gifts, saying that none of the gifts were worth anything, having them was still better than not receiving anything at all. She really did pay special attention to the tuberculosis patient, and often reminded Zhang Fan to go check on his condition. ”Doctor Zhang, although you'll be in a surgical department in the future, and I know that you're just going through the motions here in our internal medicine department, it will be helpful for you to have experience taking care of VIP patients.”
Zhu Qianqian was quite a smart individual. It was just unfortunate that she didn't use her smarts properly!
Even without her telling him so, Zhang Fan would have periodically checked up on the tuberculosis patient regardless.
Every night back at his apartment, Zhang Fan would study seriously. He wanted to have a serious future in the medical field, and felt that he needed to improve his foundation. How was he supposed to do that? Through the medical textbooks. Only by completely understanding all the content in every medical textbook would he truly solidify his foundation. Zhang Fan was actually studying for the amount he should have done back in medical college.
His lack of foundation only hurt him after he truly started working. What was he supposed to do about falling behind due to not studying seriously enough in medical school? All he could do was study with his grinding method, reading the medical textbooks over and over again.
On this night, Superintendent Ouyang was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night. ”Superintendent Ouyang, I am the leader of Chasu City Communist Party Committee. I'll cut to the chase. There's two seriously injured patients who are on their way to Chasu City Hospital right now. You must summon all the best doctors in your hospital and save these two patients' lives. This is a political task.”
Superintendent Ouyang broke out in a cold sweat after the phone call was over. This phone call had come through on her secret private cell phone number, which only her higher-ranked political bosses knew. Even her family members didn't know about the existence of Ouyang Hong's secret phone number.
Ouyang Hong didn't dare to waste any time. She immediately called to check who was currently the highest-ranked hospital administrator in charge at Chasu City Hospital for tonight. Luckily for her, the person in charge tonight was the director of the logistics department. ”Immediately call every single department director and doctor with the second highest-level certification. Tell them all to gather at the hospital. For anyone who doesn't pick up their phone, send an ambulance to their address to pick them up. Also, call the head nurse of every single department and tell them all to come to work at the hospital immediately. You absolutely must hurry!”
Since Ouyang Hong didn't dare to waste any time, she even had her husband drive her to Chasu City Hospital. That was how sensitive being issued a political task from her higher-ups was. She usually had a personal driver take her, but she couldn't afford to wait for her driver to be summoned now. By the time that Superintendent Ouyang arrived at Chasu City Hospital, almost every single department director had already arrived. Most of the head nurses of each department had also arrived already.
Most of the department directors were relatively older. Almost all of the directors lived on the hospital grounds in the hospital's apartments for them and their families, which made summoning them quite easy. Superintendent Ouyang told the surgeon vice superintendent, ”Our political higher-ups called and said that two seriously injured patients will soon arrive for us. It's likely that they'll require surgery. Check to see if all the surgical directors are present or not.”
”Director Gao Shijun and Director Wang Dehua from our two orthopedic surgery departments are both absent. They're both currently in Bluebird City, attending a Hong Kong expert surgeon's charity conference.”
”What terrible timing! Are the two vice directors present?”
”Yes, both of them are present!”
”I really hope that the two patients don't require emergency orthopedic surgery.”
Soon after, the sound of sirens could be heard. When everyone looked outside the hospital's windows, they saw police cars leading the way, followed by military armored cars.
In the dark night, this procession seemed just like a long dragon whose body was on fire. The hospital had already prepared a large empty clearing for this procession's arrival. Superintendent Ouyang stood on the stairs of the emergency department with a microphone, and spoke to it in a sharp tone. ”Open all the doors! Every department, be fully prepared! Check our emergency treatment medical supplies one last time! All departments, be ready to potentially receive our patients! I must emphasize that I will personally fire anyone who dares to tarnish our hospital's reputation!”
It took seven to eight minutes for the procession of police cars, ambulances, and military armored vehicles to fully finish arriving at the hospital. A number of infantry troops jumped out of the armored vehicles. They smelled as if they had just come from a battlefield. Two stretchers were slowly lifted out of an armored vehicle.
The first stretcher had a man with a serious expression who wore a military uniform. However, he had already passed away before reaching the hospital. The second stretcher was completely covered in blood. An army medic held onto an IV drip for the second patient while shouting, ”Hurry! The patient took a bullet to the neck! He no longer has any blood pressure!”
Chasu City Hospital's department directors acted as the emergency treatment doctors. The younger doctors assisted in pushing the surviving patient into the emergency treatment room. Various types of medical equipment and medication were swiftly prepared in an organized manner.
”Who's the leader here?” A middle-aged man wearing a military uniform descended from an army green military SUV. His emotions couldn't be discerned from his expression, but he gave off a really cold aura, and he had eyes that seemed like they would devour you.
”I'm the superintendent of Chasu City Hospital.” Superintendent Ouyang didn't know the military rank of this man or how to address him. Her voice trembled slightly as she was a bit cowed by his aura.