Surgery Godfather-Chapter 599 - 546: Removing a Splinter is a Technical Task

Sometimes, simple matters can become complicated due to certain reasons.

A patient’s family member having a myocardial infarction in the hospital, and the doctors staying up all night to save him, is usually a very positive thing.

But for some unknown reason, it has made everyone in the hospital feel like they are facing a significant threat, making them extremely nervous. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Dean Sun is quite worried about this, and so is Director Zhao, who harbours even more concerns.

The next day, Dean Sun finished his shift as the on-duty administrator and handed the case over to the medical office.

The duty of the on-duty administrator is rotated among the leadership of the administrative department. During the night and holidays, the administrative leaders are off duty, and the on-duty administrator, as the temporary highest authority of the hospital, handles emergencies such as coordinating major rescues and dealing with disputes.

Once it’s time for regular work hours, the on-duty administrator’s responsibilities are automatically cancelled.

Director Zhao took a detailed understanding of the situation and attached great importance to it, believing that it had the potential to turn into a dispute.

In identifying a potential dispute, Director Zhao was never impulsive. He had his own set of methods. He designed a scoring system, assigning certain points for each risk factor. He would assess the event against the scoring system and if the score exceeded a certain limit, it was deemed as high-risk.

When he got to work in the morning, Director Zhao scored the event against his sheet like reading an oracle. And when he finished, the result showed that it was a high-risk event.

Theoretically, Minmin’s surgery should be postponed and decisions made based on how the situation developed.

No matter whether the old lady’s condition was stable or not, the key was their son.

Their son was currently detained in a detention center. Whether he would be convicted remained unknown. If not, he was likely to take advantage of this situation to cause trouble with the hospital, with a very simple goal - to extort money.

How could an adult male who lived off his parents, lacked a proper job and idled about miss the opportunity to use the two people as hostages to extort money?

Actually, for all medical disputes that are not willing to follow regular procedures, without exception, the direct objective is money.

Not going the regular route naturally means that they choose to make trouble at the hospital.

No matter how much they claim that it’s not about the money but justice, it’s still about the money.

Because deep down they know that if they follow the regular route, seek a medical appraisal, and wait for the court’s judgment, they won’t get any money.

So they have to take a gamble, make a fuss, and hope to get some money out of it.

If Yang Ping does not want to postpone the operation, then the medical office must ensure his protection.

Director Zhao summarized the situation, asked his staff to notify the neighbourhood committee where the old woman lived, and the police station handling Minmin’s case. Afterwards, he asked a staffer to personally visit.

The hospital’s legal department lawyer, the director of the publicity department, and the head of the security department were all invited by Director Zhao to his office to intervene in advance, make preparations, and avoid being caught off guard if a real dispute occurred.

Doing good deeds requires both capability and skill. Sometimes without ability and skills, good deeds can easily cause trouble.

In the past, Sanbo Hospital didn’t really have a legal department, and the security department only had a few middle-aged guards.

Dean Xia set up a Legal Department and a Security Department to strengthen the hospital’s ability to deal with troublemakers. The Legal Department not only has staff attorneys but also cooperates with top law firms experienced in medical lawsuits in the city.

The Security Department consists entirely of young retired military personnel, creating a disciplined and reliable team.

The purpose is nothing more than to prevent doctors from being beaten or attacked.

When a distinguished young ophthalmology professor in Beijing was crippled by a patient, Dean Xia was frightened and sent four strong security guards to the building where Yang Ping worked: two in the lobby downstairs and two in the wards upstairs.

Thus, the building where Yang Ping worked came to have dedicated security guards.

A rare talent must not be subject to such a heartrending incident. The thought of it makes Dean Xia a little scared.

It is a necessary measure. To survive and develop in a complex environment, one must have a set of strategies.

After handing over his shift, Yang Ping brought Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang to the CCU to visit Minmin’s grandmother. Her condition was stabilized due to timely rescue and she was now conscious and able to have simple conversations.

She immediately recognized Yang Ping and asked about Minmin’s surgery. Yang Ping said it would be performed soon.

The old lady asked Professor Yang to take great pains to ensure the operation’s success.

Yang Ping reassured her and told her to focus on recovering from her illness.

When Yang Ping returned to his department, Minmin had already been sent to the operating room.

Zhang Lin’s wife, Dr. Li from pediatrics, was about to leave with her empty lunch box protruding from her belly. She had come to bring Zhang Lin breakfast.

Seeing Yang Ping, Dr. Li respectfully greeted him, "Professor Yang!"

"Are you still working? Don’t you need a break?" Yang Ping asked her.

Zhang Lin took over and said, "The department has asked her to go on leave but she’s not willing to. Pediatrics is short-handed. She’s not on duty now and usually sees outpatients. When it’s time to give birth, they’ll just send her directly to the delivery room."

At this time, Head Nurse Cai came over and asked Dr. Li, "When is your due date?"

"Any day now!" Zhang Lin replied.

Head Nurse Cai said to Zhang Lin: "You always say it’s ’any day now.’ You’ve been saying that for almost half a year."

"It really is ’any day now.’" Zhang Lin chuckled, sounding less harsh than usual as he was about to become a father.

Head Nurse Cai reproached Zhang Lin: "She’s about to give birth and you’re still having her deliver breakfast to you?"

Dr. Li said with a smile: "I’m fine, walking around is good for childbirth and he works hard."

After chatting briefly in the ward corridor, everyone hurried to the operating room.

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Minmin’s surgery started as scheduled, the sooner it was done, the sooner she would be free from the pain.