Chapter 210: Chapter 201: No Grim Reaper Has Visited (Happy Chinese New Year!)
The number of doctors and nurses in the ward wasn’t large, but all were head doctors and head nurses from this floor, the leaders of the floor, numbering about seven or eight. A slightly gray-haired old man in his sixties stood at the head of Niu Niu’s mother’s bed, carefully observing the data from various bedside instruments, while two head nurses beside him helped record the readings.
The sudden appearance of a stranger in the ward did not catch the attention of others, as everyone’s focus was on Liang Tianze. Xiao Lin noticed the situation but did not speak, merely stood at the door looking at Liang Tianze. Naturally, Tang Jun didn’t dare to speak first under such an atmosphere, somehow this matter left a bad impression on Liang Tianze. Although Liang Tianze’s temper might make Xiao Lin look bad once, he could only vent his anger and couldn’t change Liang Tianze’s opinion of him.
"This is really outrageous, quack doctors, quack doctors!" Liang Tianze kept rambling on, shaking his head as he spoke. If the treatment had followed his previous prescriptions, it certainly wouldn’t have deteriorated to this state.
"Creatinine levels are continuously rising, none of the data are balanced, compared to two days ago, the condition has worsened significantly!" Feeling anxious, Liang Tianze couldn’t help but shout loudly, "Where’s the medication? Why haven’t they arrived?"
At this time, it had been nearly ten minutes since he instructed Tang Jun to go out. Normally, it would take just five minutes, especially when someone of Liang Tianze’s status came in person. The pharmacy should have given priority, and with efficient service, the medication should have arrived in three to four minutes. Yet, no one had come.
Upon hearing Liang Tianze’s shout, the other head nurses and doctors turned around only to see a stranger in the room—a very young fellow, looking only in his early twenties, with a somewhat collegiate air. Assuming he was a relative or friend of the patient, they didn’t find it too strange.
Liang Tianze looked at Tang Jun behind him and sternly asked, "What? Why hasn’t the medication arrived after so long? Is the efficiency here always this low?"
The other leaders and head nurses felt affronted, casting angry glances at Tang Jun. Ten minutes had passed and Dean Liang’s ordered medications hadn’t arrived? Indeed, the efficiency was low.
On the surface, Tang Jun appeared quite frightened, but inside he was thrilled. The greater their anger now, the more it would be vented on Xiao Lin later. Ideally, the hospital security would kick Xiao Lin out. However, the only downside was Xia Xue wasn’t present now. If she saw Xiao Lin in such a sorry state, who knew what her reaction would be. Thinking about this, Tang Jun couldn’t help but smile slightly.
At this time, even the department leaders standing next to Tang Jun couldn’t help but get angry. Why did this kid look so smug, after causing such a big mess? A middle-aged doctor quietly scolded, "Xiao Tang, why don’t you quickly tell the Dean what happened? Why is it taking so long to bring the medication?"
"Well... I... Dean, I already... instructed the dedicated nurse for this VIP ward to fetch the medicine, but!" Tang Jun, hearing the department leader’s words, dared not continue his smugness, showing a helpless yet reluctant expression, then looked at Xiao Lin, stammering, "He..."
"Can’t even speak properly? How can you practice as a doctor like this? Are you going to ask questions like this in front of patients too? What’s actually going on?" Liang Tianze couldn’t contain his impatience; when people’s lives were at stake, how could one stammer? If faced with a truly dire situation, with a somewhat terrifying patient, how could you hope to save them with your speed? Just don’t harm them.
However, quite a few people were looking at Xiao Lin. Tang Jun ultimately pointed at Xiao Lin last, and two or three doctors and head nurses who knew Xiao Lin frowned at him, scolding Tang Jun, "What about him? Hurry up and speak!"
"He is the doctor introduced by Director Chen Feng, said to be a newly appointed emergency department doctor at Yan University Hospital," Tang Jun felt that the timing was perfect. If he didn’t clarify soon, he’d be in trouble himself. Now was the best time to push Xiao Lin into the spotlight; their anger had already surged, especially Dean Liang Tianze’s.
"What? It’s him?" Almost everyone, including Liang Tianze, was astonished. In their impression, traditional Chinese doctors were at least thirty or forty years old to have the qualifications to practice, not to mention being recommended by Chen Feng—how could his reputation be lesser? That shouldn’t be the case.
Among those present, only Liang Tianze wasn’t particularly fond of Chinese medicine, yet he understood that while Western medicine had been dominant in Huaxia, in recent decades, its previously unrivaled stature had diminished. Chinese medicine occupied an important place in Huaxia’s hospitals. If Chen Feng had invited a venerable old Chinese medicine doctor, Liang Tianze might have accepted it, but now hearing Tang Jun say that a young lad in his early twenties changed his initial diagnosis, his anger surged uncontrollably.
Originally, Liang Tianze had a good first impression of Xiao Lin—a handsome young man with an almost heroic demeanor, seemingly quite amiable—but now, after listening to Tang Jun’s words, his expression darkened immediately, eyes showing a look of disgust, and he asked in an unfriendly tone, "Did you perform acupuncture on the patient last night?"
Xiao Lin, though prepared and warned by Li Jing beforehand, still felt a bit nervous with so many people watching him and under Liang Tianze’s frosty tone like winter’s snowfall. Regardless of his identity or strength, given Niu Niu’s mother’s condition, facing Liang Tianze’s questioning, Xiao Lin couldn’t refute. In the same position, if my patient worsened under another doctor’s interference, my mood wouldn’t be pleasant either.
But Xiao Lin had ultimately climbed out of heaps of corpses, and the tension was only momentary. He then calmly replied, "Yes, I believed that with her physical condition, acupuncture was most suitable, and external medication shouldn’t be used to stimulate her body’s potential because she no longer had any potential."
If such words were spoken by an esteemed elder from the field of Chinese medicine to Liang Tianze, he wouldn’t believe them but wouldn’t dare show any objection. Yet hearing such serious words from a twenty-something young fellow, not only did Liang Tianze find it amusing, but the doctors and head nurses found it amusing as well.
Liang Tianze saw Xiao Lin talk so seriously, his anger intensified, yet he showed a faint smile, his tone even colder, "Since you say that her physical condition couldn’t be stimulated with medication, what’s the use of using cold silver needles to stimulate her? Wouldn’t it make the patient’s condition worse? According to Dr. Tang, before you performed acupuncture and applied herbal medicine, the patient’s condition was controllable despite being bad. In two days, the patient’s physiological data plunged drastically. If I hadn’t come tonight on a whim to check her condition, whether she would survive the night would remain unknown. Can you take responsibility for this?"
In the end, Liang Tianze’s tone became increasingly stern, as if he wanted to sentence Xiao Lin on the spot, while Tang Jun rejoiced secretly. I see how you will pass this hurdle set by Dean Liang.
Liang Tianze’s cold tone didn’t surprise Xiao Lin, it was expected and also unexpected. However, other head doctors weren’t as obliging, directly stating: "Dean, why waste words? Call security and eject him!"
"It’s too easy to throw him out; I feel we should call the police. Such con artists should be arrested and jailed!"
"Correct, I agree with this action. This kind of swindler harming lives should be jailed!"
Ultimately, Xiao Lin had treated Niu Niu’s mother, and now her condition was terrible. Besides currying favor with Dean Liang Tianze, some had a bit of sympathy for Niu Niu’s mother.
"If the patient survives, it’s fine; if she dies, how will you be responsible?" Liang Tianze glared at Xiao Lin, his tone grim.
Xiao Lin remained calm, his tone unusually strong, "In my hands, the Grim Reaper has never dared to appear!" The meaning was clear; as long as the breath hadn’t completely ceased, with even a trace of life’s pulsing, people could be saved.
"With the facts laid bare, what more can you say?" Liang Tianze had already made up his mind, saying to Tang Jun, "Go quickly and call security to restrain him, then call the police?"
The situation unfolded as he imagined it would, Tang Jun’s heart filled with joy while his expression remained respectful and humble, "Yes, I’ll notify security and then call the police!"
Niu Niu’s mother had awakened by now, listening for so long, finally understanding Xiao Lin’s current predicament. She feebly said, "Doctor... doctor, absolutely not. This young man is my savior. Without him, I might have died long ago!"
"What? He’s your savior?" Liang Tianze was momentarily shocked, puzzled as he looked at Niu Niu’s mother. If this young man truly saved her, Liang Tianze wouldn’t be as hard on Xiao Lin.
"Yes, he is my savior. Without him, I might have died long ago!" Niu Niu’s mother earnestly nodded. Xiao Lin ultimately did this for her, and although these data indeed were worse compared to two days ago, her body’s condition felt much more comfortable than forcing through those difficult days.
"Even if he’s your savior, wrongdoings must be punished!" Liang Tianze, determined, looked at Tang Jun, coldly saying, "What are you still doing here? Hurry and handle it!"