My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points

Chapter 956: Chapter 379: The Better Life Was, the Greater the Pain After Death—An Old Friend’s Farewell

“Darling, what’s wrong? Is there a patient at the hospital needing emergency treatment that you have to handle?”

Su Qianqian lazily opened her eyes halfway.

Being woken from a pleasant dream was nothing new to her.

Occasionally, Zhou Can would receive emergency calls from the hospital at night, and even if he was in the middle of something with his girlfriend, he’d have to immediately get dressed and rush to the hospital to save lives. Whether one is a doctor or a nurse, as long as you eat from this bowl, you have the duty to participate in the rescue work of patients at any time.

He was relatively fortunate, receiving only one or two emergency calls at night occasionally.

For the Emergency Department and certain specialties prone to critical patients, many older directors and deputy chief physicians had already developed a conditioned reflex.

As soon as the phone rings at night, they would immediately sit up out of reflex, quickly dress and prepare to rush to the hospital to save lives.

“One of my teachers suddenly fell ill at home in the middle of the night and is now being treated at the hospital. I must rush over immediately. Cover yourself with the quilt, I probably won’t be back until the evening!”

Zhou Can leaned down and affectionately kissed her forehead, then walked out of the bedroom and closed the door.

He had just taken a few steps in the living room when Wei Fang’s room door opened, and she poked her head out, vigilantly observing the situation.

“Wei Fang, I’m going to the hospital to rescue a patient, nothing else, you have a good rest!”

Zhou Can quickly walked to the entrance door, and after stepping out, closed the door.

He was very satisfied with Wei Fang’s work.

Not only was she very loyal to her employer, but she was also extremely vigilant. With her protecting Su Qianqian’s safety, he could be completely at ease.

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Over fifty minutes later, Zhou Can finally arrived at the Cardiothoracic Surgery operating room.

But he was a bit late.

He didn’t get to see Director Hu Kan one last time; the person was already gone.

The medical staff involved in the rescue wore heavy expressions, with some female colleagues even having tears welling up in their eyes, secretly weeping.

Zhou Can’s heart was also very heavy, feeling congested.

Scenes of various interactions with Director Hu Kan during his lifetime kept replaying in his mind. The awe he felt when he first met Director Hu Kan, and later the hostility he harbored for some time due to Dr. Xu’s confrontation with Director Hu Kan.

Until later, when he joined Cardiothoracic Surgery for training and gradually had interactions with Director Hu Kan.

And later still, when Director Hu Kan appreciated him, taught him some Cardiothoracic Surgery skills, and more than a year ago, made peace with Dr. Xu to take Zhou Can as his protégé smoothly.

Since then, it was mostly Director Hu Kan dragging his sickly body to guide Zhou Can in surgeries, diagnose some cardiothoracic cases, or use clinical medication.

When Director Hu Kan was alive, Zhou Can didn’t feel anything, after all, they were together every day.

Now the person was suddenly gone, and Director Hu Kan’s kindness, care, and help towards him were gradually magnified. He understood in his heart that he lost an elder who cared for and helped him countless times.

Thinking this way, he felt more and more heartache.

The taste of sadness was not unfamiliar to him. But this kind of sorrow from life and death was extremely profound. When he first arrived at the hospital and learned that Director Hu’s rescue was unsuccessful resulting in death, he was just somewhat sad.

Now, reminiscing about Director Hu Kan’s kindness, his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.

It was both painful and a little remorseful.

If he could have gotten to the hospital sooner, maybe he could have saved the person.

At least he could have seen Director Hu one last time.

As Director Hu Kan’s most cherished protégé during his lifetime, unable to accompany the mentor on his final journey made Zhou Can feel guilty.

“Dr. Zhou, don’t be too sad, the dead cannot be revived, please restrain your grief.”

Deputy Director Lu was likely one of the key personnel involved in the rescue.

He patted Zhou Can’s shoulder, gently comforting him.

“Director Hu was fine yesterday, how could he suddenly be gone today? Too sudden!”

Zhou Can’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

No tears in his eyes, yet his heart was weeping profusely.

“Severe heart failure, coupled with myocardial infarction, when he was sent over, his hands and feet were already cold. Later, just after being wheeled into the operating room, even before the surgery started, his pupils had already dilated. As for the subsequent CPR and resuscitation, it was purely everyone’s attempt to wrest life from death, hoping for a miracle. Unfortunately, in the end, it was all in vain.”

Deputy Director Lu recounted the rescue process.

With such heart disease patients, the scariest thing is nighttime attacks. Because everyone is in deep sleep, making it hard to detect in time.

By the time it’s discovered, the person is already gone.

“Has the body been transported away?” Zhou Can inquired.

“It’s stored in the small corpse room! Likely someone will come to take the body to the funeral home at dawn. The family is also over there currently.”

Deputy Director Lu said.

“Alright, thank you Deputy Director Lu, I’ll go take a look.”

Zhou Can proceeded to the small corpse room, commonly known as the mortuary.

Upon arrival, he saw quite a few family members there, even doctors in white coats.

Among them, a female doctor dressed in dark green surgical attire was weeping by the edge of the corpse cart, her slightly thin back trembling continually. She seemed extremely heartbroken.

Under normal circumstances, even if patients die, doctors wouldn’t follow to the mortuary.

On one hand, after a patient’s death, families tend to have unstable emotions and may act impulsively. Who would be responsible if they hit a doctor?

On the other hand, this place is specifically for the temporary storage of corpses, a breeding ground for viruses and a place filled with gloom, anyone in their right mind would shun such a place. Tuya Hospital has nearly four thousand beds, which pales in comparison to those giant hospitals with over ten thousand beds, but this number is still quite impressive.