Chapter 515: Evidence of guilt? The hidden rules of the ward
Zhou Can couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He never expected that he had such a heavy weight in Deputy Director Lu's mind.
No wonder the other party's tone became so sad after he rejected Deputy Director Lu's request.
Deputy Director Lu asked him for help with great expectations, but he responded with indifference and flatly refused to lend a helping hand. It is conceivable how sad and desperate Deputy Director Lu must have been at that time.
At this moment, he felt as if he was in a tangled mess.
The mood is very complicated.
Zhou Can's principle in dealing with people has always been not to take advantage of others, but he has never been a pushover. When it comes to being ruthless, he is even more ruthless than an emperor.
Deputy Director Lu's suicide by jumping off a building made him begin to doubt for the first time whether his way of handling things was correct?
When Director Hu Kan was still alive, he once warned Zhou Can earnestly that it is not easy to be a human being.
It was not until now that Zhou Can had some deeper insights.
"Ms. Lu, may I ask which department of the Provincial People's Hospital Director Lu is in? I'll go over to visit him right now, and you can just give me the letter when I get there."
Seeing his former colleague being driven into a desperate situation by the Third Hospital, Zhou Can felt not only sadness and heartache, but also more anger.
Just as Deputy Director Lu thought, he wanted to seek justice for Deputy Director Lu.
In this world, in addition to morality, there are also laws and justice.
There is also justice and conscience.
"My father is in the intensive care unit of the Department of Critical Care Medicine at the Provincial People's Hospital. I am outside in the corridor, wearing a light pink denim jacket."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
After Zhou Can hung up the phone, he didn't even bother to eat.
"Qianqian, you and Weifang go back first. One of my colleagues committed suicide by jumping off a building and is currently being treated in the Provincial People's Hospital. I have to go over to take a look." Zhou Can handed the lunch box to Su Qianqian and quickly explained.
In fact, she had been sitting next to Zhou Can and could hear the content of the call more clearly.
"Be careful! Also, don't act tough."
Su Qianqian was worried that Zhou Can would stand up for his colleague who jumped off the building, and then get into big trouble.
"Got it, let's go back!"
Zhou Can nodded, walked quickly to the employee elevator, and went directly to the underground garage.
The Mercedes Benz that I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on basically just sits there gathering dust.
Driving to the Provincial People's Hospital, Zhou Can went straight to the Department of Critical Care Medicine. The scale of the Provincial People's Hospital is comparable to that of Tuya Hospital, with the number of beds and hospital staff being comparable.
When recruiting medical staff, it now basically requires doctors to have at least a master's degree and nurses to have a bachelor's degree.
And it requires that the graduate school is relatively good.
If you are a graduate student from a second-tier university, you may be discriminated against and be eliminated during the interview.
Needless to say, many third-tier colleges exist purely to provide students with a bachelor's degree. The actual level may not be as good as that of excellent college graduates.
Especially the college graduates in the early years, and even the technical secondary school students, are all very impressive.
From the continuous raising of recruitment thresholds by various hospitals, we can see that the competition among major hospitals is extremely fierce. In particular, the construction of the core talent team is highly valued by major hospitals.
Zhou Can is absolutely the only one who has been able to reach his current position in a very short period of time with a bachelor's degree.
Along the way, you can see many patients seeking medical treatment holding their examination documents or payment receipts, rushing to the next examination department to queue up for the corresponding examination. Or after getting all the examination results, they quickly give them to the attending doctor for further consultation.
The current model of hospitals is basically to receive patients, conduct simple medical interviews to understand symptoms and medical history, and then prescribe some tests, making patients and their families busy for most of the day and waiting in line to complete all the tests.
After showing the results to the attending doctor, the cause of the disease will be diagnosed, medication will be prescribed, or the patient will be admitted to the hospital.
Or the very lucky few are told they are not sick .
Some patients have complicated conditions and the cause cannot be found. In this case, it depends on the willingness of the attending doctor. If the family and the patient are very cooperative and there is an empty bed, they will be admitted for observation.
It must be pointed out here that hospitalization for observation does not mean hospitalization for treatment.
Some seriously ill patients, or those with unknown causes of illness, think that everything will be fine after being hospitalized. This is definitely not the case.
If something happens during the hospitalization observation period, the hospital is not actually responsible.
For example, the Department of Gastroenterology at Tuya Hospital once received a patient with abdominal pain. The doctor in question performed some tests on the patient but was unable to find the cause. A colonoscopy was scheduled, but it would take place the next day.
As a result, the patient suddenly went into shock and fell into a coma on the morning of the second day of hospitalization.
Resuscitation efforts failed and he eventually died.
Later, the family members made a scene. The autopsy results showed that the patient had acute peritonitis caused by small intestinal perforation, which eventually led to the patient's death. The family members filed a lawsuit against the hospital.
After the trial, it was determined that the hospital followed normal diagnosis and treatment standards and provided active rescue to the patient after he went into shock.
The hospital was ultimately found not responsible.
The family will lose the case. First, the legal affairs of Tuya Hospital are not vegetarians, and the lawyer team is very strong. Second, the hospital operates according to the regulations, and the patient's hospitalization for observation is not equivalent to hospitalization for treatment.
Of course, this incident has had a certain impact on the reputation of Tuya Hospital.
After the incident, the hospital took the initiative to find the family and gave them 50,000 yuan in humanitarian relief. The family also knew that they could not prevail, so they finally chose not to appeal or make trouble.
The Department of Gastroenterology at Tuya Hospital held a meeting, using this case as a warning and focusing on safety education.
Zhou Can was not familiar with the Provincial People's Hospital. It was almost 6:50 p.m., and it took some effort for Zhou Can to find the Department of Critical Care Medicine according to the hospital map.
Hospitals that can reach the scale of provincial tertiary hospitals are generally large.
It may take 20 to 30 minutes to walk around.
In the corridor outside the intensive care unit, Zhou Can saw a young girl wearing a light pink top and with a haggard face.
He looks to be about twenty-two or twenty-three years old.
She is quite tall and pretty. Judging from her temperament, she should be a very talented girl.
It is said that a good father will have a good son.
Deputy Director Lu has very good academic and medical skills, so his daughter should not be too bad in academic performance.
"Excuse me, is this Lu Fen?"
"Yes, I'm Lu Fen. Are you Doctor Zhou Can?"
"Yes!" Zhou Can nodded. "I feel very sad about what happened to Director Lu. I sympathize with your family's experience. How is Director Lu now?"
"We are trying to save his life in the intensive care unit. The intracranial hemorrhage seems to be out of control. The doctor told us that the situation is not optimistic. He could die at any time. Also, even if he survives this, he may become a vegetable or suffer from intellectual and cognitive impairment."
Intracranial hemorrhage caused by falling from a height is often extremely dangerous.
This means that the head hit the ground or a hard object and the injury is very serious.
In addition, some victims who fall from heights seem to be fine at the time, but after a period of time, ranging from a few hours to a day or two, their condition continues to worsen and they eventually die.
Sometimes it is impossible to detect injuries to internal organs immediately.
For example, in the case of internal bleeding, further examination or exploration can often only be performed based on the results of examinations such as pleural effusion and peritoneal effusion.
Even today when the examination instruments are extremely advanced, laparotomy, thoracotomy, craniotomy and other procedures are still widely used in clinical practice. What does this mean?
This means that no matter how advanced the examination equipment is, the internal condition of the body cannot be seen by the naked eye, and some causes of disease may not be detected.
Only by opening the abdomen and craniotomy can the cause of the disease be further clarified.
"Doctor Zhou, can I call you to confirm your identity?"
Lu Fen seemed very alert.
"certainly!"
Zhou Can nodded in agreement.
She took out her cell phone and dialed Zhou Can's number, which kept vibrating. He showed the screen to Lu Fen.
"Please don't mind. My father is in danger of death now. The Third Hospital that caused him to fall into this situation is very powerful. For a weak woman like me, it is simply a behemoth. I must be cautious."
The way Lu Fen spoke and acted gave Zhou Can the impression that he was still very immature.
People will always remain naive unless they go through a setback.
She is probably still just a student, and her way of thinking and cognition are different from those of Zhou Can, an old hand who has worked in society for many years.
"Understood. It's good to be cautious."
Zhou Can nodded.
"If you have any difficulties with medical expenses, you can always come to me. Alas! It is really heartbreaking to see my former colleague fall to this state."
He tried his best to provide some help to Deputy Director Lu's family.
Deputy Director Lu was forced to commit suicide by jumping off a building, and his family's financial situation is probably not ideal.
This is just Zhou Can's guess.
After all, Deputy Director Lu used to work in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and his annual after-tax income was at least 350,000 yuan. Don't be fooled by the online average annual income of more than one million yuan, that's just the vanity of keyboard warriors.
In fact, more than 95% of people in China can achieve a stable monthly income of over 10,000 yuan.
An annual after-tax income of 350,000 yuan means that the hospital's employment costs are at least over 500,000 yuan.
The income gap between the deputy director and the chief physician is quite large.
A chief physician with better cardiothoracic surgery skills can earn at least 500,000 yuan a year after tax. The average income in Tuya is between 600,000 and 1.2 million yuan.
All of this refers to after-tax income.
It is definitely an exaggeration to say that chief physicians all have an annual salary starting at two million.
At least Zhou Can didn't see any chief physicians making a fortune. At most, they were middle class.
"Thank you, thank you! This is a letter my father left for you. He asked me to hand it to you personally. I don't know what is in the letter, but I guess it probably contains the reason why he committed suicide by jumping off the building."
Lu Fen took out a thick letter from his arms.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that this is a mail bag.
The bag was sealed and had never been opened. The contents were not just one or two pages of paper, but something quite substantial.
Zhou Can secretly estimated that the envelope might contain evidence that the Third Hospital was trying to harm those who had changed jobs.
To be able to become an associate chief physician, one must be very smart and knowledgeable.
Naturally, I would find a way to collect some evidence of the Third Hospital's crimes so that I could take revenge one day.
Zhou Can did not open the envelope on the spot, but put it away directly.
"Doctor Zhou, if anything happens to my father, please help us. I must seek justice for my father."
Lu Fen bit her lip, tears welling up in her eyes.
The look in his eyes and the expression on his face were extremely determined.
"As long as it's within my ability, I won't sit idly by. Where are the rest of your family?"
While Zhou Can was talking with Lu Fen, no other family members came.
This is somewhat surprising.
"There are only me and my dad left in my family now. The other relatives are either my dad's brothers, or my uncles and aunts."
She pointed to a group of people standing outside the intensive care unit not far away.
There were several groups of people waiting outside, most of them with anxious expressions. Their relatives and friends were receiving treatment in the intensive care unit.
"Is there any way to go in and visit Director Lu now? I want to go in and see how he is doing."
Zhou Can rushed over, not only to get the letter Director Lu left for him, but also to see if he could help rescue Deputy Director Lu.
This is not to question the strength and medical treatment level of the Provincial People's Hospital.
I just want to do my best.
"Try to find a way to ask the medical staff for mercy. It should be possible. I'll go talk to them."
When Lu Fen turned his head away, he quietly wiped away his tears.
Then he walked quickly to a small window next to the intensive care unit.
The main entrance is usually not open to family members, and ringing the bell is useless. The ICUs in every hospital are similar.
Deliveries of food or personal items are usually made through a small window on the side.
This is called the visit window.
If you want to visit a patient, you need to first find the staff at the window to apply.
There are usually special nurses in charge here.
Most of them are older nurses who have retired to the second line.
When they are older, they are not qualified for the high-intensity work in the ICU. However, those who are experienced and have some connections or channels have the opportunity to get a job on duty at the visiting window.
It is considered a relatively easy job in the ICU.
"Hello, can we visit my dad?"
"What is the patient's name?"
The older nurse asked in a slightly cold tone. She looked at Lu Fen and Zhou Can indifferently.
“Lu Xiangbei!”
"Who are you to the patient?"
"daughter!"
"Who wants to visit?"
"he!"
Lu Fen pointed at Zhou Can next to him.
"Who is he to the patient? Son or son-in-law?"
“I am a colleague of the patient.”
Zhou Can answered directly from the side.
Lu Fen was shy and was obviously embarrassed when asked if Zhou Can was the patient's son-in-law.
"Colleagues are not considered direct relatives, and according to regulations, they are generally not allowed to visit. Of course, if the family agrees to your visit, you can also write a letter of authorization. In addition, our intensive care unit is under sterile management, and there is no more than one visiting opportunity per day. Lu Xiangbei is still in a coma, and you cannot communicate with him if you visit him. It is recommended that you wait until he wakes up before visiting him."
The old nurses are awesome. No matter whether they are family members, doctors, or patients, they are all under their control.
This ability of his has been developed through years of clinical practice.
"How do I write a letter of authorization? I can write one right now."
Lu Fen knew that Zhou Can was very busy, and it was not easy for her to find time to visit her father.
How dare she waste more of Zhou Can's time.
"If you don't know how to write it, you can find a template online or ask someone to write it. The patient is in a coma and he is just a colleague of the patient. I suggest you go in to visit him later."
The old nurse clearly wanted to find a way to reduce the chances of family members visiting as much as possible.
The ward implements sterile management, and she must have been given some instructions.
