My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 1304: Chapter 515: Evidence of Crime? Unspoken Rules in the ICU

Zhou Can couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty; he really didn’t expect to hold such a significant place in Deputy Director Lu’s heart.

No wonder after he refused Deputy Director Lu’s request, the other party’s tone became so desolate.

Deputy Director Lu sought his help with great expectation, but he responded with indifference, decisively refusing to lend a hand. It’s imaginable how heartbroken and despairing Deputy Director Lu must have been at that time.

At this moment, he felt as if he couldn’t quite untangle the mess.

His feelings were very complicated.

The principle Zhou Can had always adhered to in life was not to take advantage of others, but he also never played the part of a bleeding-heart. When he needed to be ruthless, he was more merciless than an emperor.

Deputy Director Lu’s suicide attempt by jumping off a building made him question, for the first time, whether his way of handling things was correct.

Back when Director Hu Kan was still alive, he had earnestly advised Zhou Can that living life was not easy.

It was only now that Zhou Can began to have some deeper insights.

"Miss Lu, may I ask in which department of the Provincial People’s Hospital is Director Lu being treated? I will rush over there to visit him. You can give me the letter then."

Looking at his former colleague being cornered by the Third Hospital, besides sadness and heartache, Zhou Can felt mostly anger.

Just as Deputy Director Lu wished, he wanted to seek justice for Deputy Director Lu.

In this world, apart from morality, there are laws and there is justice.

There is also righteousness and conscience.

"My father is in the Intensive Care Medicine Department, in the intensive care unit of the Provincial People’s Hospital. I’m in the hallway outside, wearing a light pink woolen coat."

"Alright, I’ll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Can didn’t bother to eat anymore.

"Qianqian, you and Wei Fang head back first. A colleague of mine jumped off a building and committed suicide; he is currently being rescued at the Provincial People’s Hospital, and I need to rush over to check on him." Zhou Can handed his lunchbox to Su Qianqian, quickly explaining in a few words.

Actually, she had been sitting beside Zhou Can all along, so she heard the content of the call quite clearly.

"Take care of yourself! Also, no playing the hero."

Su Qianqian was worried that Zhou Can would stand up for his colleague who jumped, and then get into serious trouble.

"Got it, you two head back!"

Zhou Can nodded, quickly heading to the staff elevator, directly heading for the underground garage.

The Mercedes he spent hundreds of thousands on was basically collecting dust.

Driving quickly to the Provincial People’s Hospital, Zhou Can headed straight for the Intensive Care Medicine Department. The scale of the Provincial People’s Hospital was quite comparable to that of Tuya Hospital, with bed numbers and hospital staff numbers being quite similar.

Their recruitment for medical staff now required doctors to have at least a master’s degree, and nurses to have a bachelor’s degree.

Moreover, they required the graduates’ alma mater to be relatively good.

If someone graduated from a second-tier university with a master’s degree, they might face discrimination and be weeded out during interviews.

As for third-tier universities, there’s no need to mention them. Many third-tier universities exist purely to provide students with a bachelor’s diploma. Their actual level may not even match that of outstanding junior college graduates.

Especially graduates from earlier junior colleges, and even those from secondary schools, were particularly outstanding.

The continuous raising of recruitment thresholds across hospitals signified that competition among major hospitals was extremely fierce. Especially in the construction of the core talent team, major hospitals placed great importance.

Zhou Can, with a bachelor’s degree, being able to reach his current status in such a short time, was truly unique.

Along the way, there were many patients holding test documents or payment receipts, hurrying to the next examination department to queue for the corresponding tests. Or after obtaining all the test results, they quickly took them to the attending doctor for further consultation.

The current hospital model is basically after admitting patients, they undergo a simple consultation to understand symptoms and medical history, then issue some tests, making patients and their families busy for half a day queuing for all the tests.

After the attending doctor reviews the results, they diagnose the cause, prescribe medication, or admit them for hospitalization.

Or a very few lucky ones are told they have no illness.

There are also patients whose condition is complex, and the cause cannot be diagnosed. In such cases, it depends on the attending doctor’s willingness. If the family and patient cooperate well, and if there is an available bed, the patient might be admitted for observation.

It must be mentioned here that admission for observation does not equate to treatment.

Some critically ill patients, or those with unknown causes, think everything is fine once they are admitted, which is definitely not the case.

If anything goes wrong during the observation period, the hospital actually does not bear responsibility.

For example, in the Digestive Internal Medicine of Tuya Hospital, they admitted a patient with abdominal pain. The attending doctor conducted some tests but couldn’t find the cause. A colonoscopy was scheduled for the next day.

Unexpectedly, the patient suddenly went into shock and became comatose on the second morning of hospitalization.

Despite rescue efforts, the patient eventually died.

Later, the family caused a ruckus, and the autopsy revealed the patient had a perforated intestine leading to acute peritonitis, which ultimately caused the patient’s death. The family filed a lawsuit against the hospital.

After the trial, it was determined that the hospital had operated according to standard diagnostic procedures, and actively resuscitated the patient after they went into shock.

Ultimately, the hospital was deemed not responsible.

The family lost the case; firstly, Tuya Hospital’s legal team was formidable, with a very strong group of lawyers. Secondly, the hospital operated according to protocols, and admission for observation does not equal treatment.

Of course, this incident did tarnish the reputation of Tuya Hospital to some extent.

After the incident, the hospital proactively approached the family and provided a goodwill humanitarian consolation payment of fifty thousand yuan. The family also realized they couldn’t win against a large entity, and ultimately chose not to appeal and to stop the disruptions.