Chapter 543 - 543 543 An acquaintance has been hospitalized

Chapter 543: [543] An acquaintance has been hospitalized Chapter 543: [543] An acquaintance has been hospitalized Yet the words of her classmate stirred unease in Xie Wanying’s heart. Li Qi’an seemed to have forgotten that there’s a clinical phenomenon known as “terminal lucidity.”

Soon it was time for another night shift. It was Saturday night, the last shift of the week.

Sun Yubo encouraged the two students, saying, “After tonight’s shift and tomorrow’s daytime shift, we can rest. At least we won’t have night shifts for the next week or the week after.”

During the shift change, Doctor Wu and I went on rounds. Along the way, Doctor Wu whispered to Sun Yubo, “I reckon patient in bed 23 is not going to make it. She may seem spirited now, but all her blood indicators are bad. Dr. Gao and his team are prepared, and they’ve told us on duty to keep a close watch.”

Sun Yubo understood what this meant—it would either be his shift or Doctor Wu’s shift that would have to perform the resuscitation.

“Have you informed her family?” Sun Yubo inquired about the family’s situation.

“Her daughter-in-law is insisting that the doctors continue to treat her, but her son hasn’t come to the hospital.”

Unable to hear the teachers’ low voices, Li Qi’an poked Lin Hao’s shoulder and asked, “Which bed are the teachers talking about?”

Hearing this question, Lin Hao turned his head and scowled at him, not wanting to respond, wondering if he was feigning ignorance. It was an answer that obviously didn’t need to be asked. Moreover, he was not in a good mood himself. His former confidence had collapsed upon hearing that his senior fellows, despite good performance during their surgical internships, were still cruelly cut by the hospital.

Besides Li Qi’an, the fool, Lin Hao turned to look at Xie Wanying.

Pulling out her notebook, Xie Wanying diligently noted each patient’s condition just as she always did during the shift change.

Lin Hao couldn’t figure her out, thinking she couldn’t possibly be unaware of their situation. To his knowledge, even seniors who had performed well during their surgical internships were ruthlessly eliminated by the hospital this year.

What exactly the departmental leaders and hospital management were looking for in medical students started to fill his heart with confusion.

After finishing rounds, Doctor Wu recalled something and relayed it to Sun Yubo and the others, “A patient came to your group at five o’clock, did you know?”

Startled by the news, Sun Yubo was initially anxious: Was someone from his group setting him up?

“Doctor Shi admitted her this morning while he was at the outpatient clinic, told her to come during the day, but she delayed until five in the afternoon. Since it’s a new patient for your group, you handle it,” Doctor Wu said with a dismissive wave.

There was no helping it; Teacher Shixu was the second-line doctor tonight, and it was definitely he who had admitted her. Resigned to his fate, Sun Yubo said to the two students, “Come on, let’s check on the new patient.”

Xie Wanying went first to find the outpatient records of the newly admitted patient. Then, accompanied by the teacher, she went to the ward of beds 7-9. The new patient was in bed 9, an old lady. There was a woman in her forties sorting out the patient’s belongings, most likely a family member. Hearing the footsteps, the family member turned around.

Xie Wanying recognized her at first glance: it was Zhang Wei’s mother.

Zhang Wei’s mother seemed somewhat prepared when she saw Xie Wanying, her mouth curling up slightly in a smile.

Not beating around the bush, Sun Yubo confronted the family member right away, “You were supposed to come in earlier during the day to be admitted, why are you only arriving now. Many tests that could have been done during the day can’t be done now.”

“Isn’t it the case that tests can’t be done during the daytime on Saturdays anyway?” Zhang Wei’s mother retorted, clearly having done some research about the hospital.

Faced with a family member who insisted on having the last word, Sun Yubo frowned, looking at the woman’s face which seemed familiar, and said, “It’s best to listen to the doctor once you’re admitted. Otherwise, there are many things the doctors can’t arrange for you.”