Surgery Godfather

Chapter 183: Chapter 0174: Nine Bulls Couldn’t Drag it Back

Back in the Orthopedic department, in the director’s office.

Director Han remains silent, occasionally sipping his tea, his fingers gently tapping on the table.

Yang Ping and Song Zimo sit on the couch, Director Tian, who had heard the news, also rushed over. Seeing Director Han’s expression, he didn’t dare to ask, and sat down on the couch. The atmosphere was somewhat heavy.

“The patient’s family members physically assaulted his girlfriend, and there’s a video. It was very cruel. He was so big and strong, but didn’t hesitate to lay a hand on a delicate woman. His excuse was even more ridiculous, saying that they shouldn’t have withheld anti-inflammatory medication. If it were me, I would have stormed out today as well. Who could bear this?” Yang Ping broke the silence.

Song Zimo continued: “I’ll be frank, if Zhang Lin hadn’t stepped forward today, would the hospital have sought justice for Dr. Li? In the end, wouldn’t it still be the family’s apology and compensation for medical expenses that would settle the matter? This is already the limit, our hospital can still be considered resolute. In other hospitals, they would trivialize the major and ignore the minor. Even an apology from the family would be elusive, let alone the hospital daring to make a fuss. Some might even punish the doctor who was beaten, saying the doctor had poor communication skills or didn’t provide good service.”

“I just saw a message in the group chat. Now there’s a notice on the hospital’s intranet prohibiting the spread of this matter.” Director Tian also felt uncomfortable. As soon as he saw the message in the group chat and found out that something had happened to Zhang Lin, he had rushed over. He hadn’t expected both Zhang Lin and Little Five to be taken away by the police.

Dean Xia went to a meeting and hasn’t returned. Dean Sun, as the First Deputy Dean, naturally has to be the decision-maker. Unlike Dean Xia who dares to act and make decisions, Dean Sun is worldly-wise and slick, and his handling of this case is bound to be equivocal, trying to defuse it as much as he can.

Director Han’s eyebrows drew together: “I’ve seen the video. For now, let’s all go to lunch. Zhang Lin and Little Five are at the police station and the situation is unclear. Let’s wait for Dean Sun and Director Zhao to reply before we discuss further. Do not let it affect normal medical work. For their patients, Song Zimo, you need to follow up. After all, the standardized training students on rotation are not specialists and may not be familiar with their duties. Be careful to avoid any medical errors.”

“Rest assured, Song Zimo and I will keep a close eye to make sure there’s no disruption to our department’s medical work,” Yang Ping reassured Director Han.

Director Han was right. The current situation was unclear and it was inappropriate for him, as a department director, to intervene. Director Han had just sorted out the timeline of events and had a rough idea of how things stood.

“This damned fool!” Director Han cursed softly.

Everyone temporarily dispersed to get some food, but who could eat under such circumstances? Everyone ended up sitting in the office, not knowing what to do, sitting idly.

Xiao Su, seeing this, quietly worked with Tang Fei and Zhou Can to bring back food from the cafeteria for everyone.

But no one had much appetite. They ate desultorily, finding the food tasteless. They felt wronged on behalf of Dr. Li, and worried about Zhang Lin. For a doctor, being assaulted by a patient’s family can cause great psychological damage, even lifelong scars. As for Zhang Lin’s hitting someone, severe punishments would surely follow, and it wouldn’t be surprising if he got fired.

Most hospitals handle these two types of incidents with diametrically opposed attitudes. For the former, they usually try to quiet things down and let it slide; for the latter, they usually make a show of imposing harsh punishments or even firing the doctor involved.

It would be hard for anyone to accept suddenly losing their job after studying for so many years and being a doctor for so long, like Zhang Lin. But seeing Zhang Lin’s resolute expression, one could tell how outraged and determined he was inside.

Everyone felt terrible, but they felt helpless. Yes, he hit someone, but the premise was that his girlfriend was brutally beaten. Who, in his place, could have tolerated it?

In the afternoon, no one had returned and there was no news. Director Han remained in his office, and nobody dared to disturb him.

The standardized training students and interns in the department were all in low spirits, especially the few new interns. One of the female interns started to cry quietly. Tang Fei consoled her, bringing her to the female duty room and patiently counseling her.

Song Zimo gathered the remaining standardized training students and interns to chat, ostensibly providing psychological counseling and calming emotions. The hospital had also issued a notice requiring each department to arrange for someone to provide psychological counseling to doctors and nurses. If necessary, the department of psychology could be asked to intervene, especially for those found to be emotionally unstable.

“This is an isolated event, a low-probability event. Every profession will have incidents that cause sorrow and grief. Don’t lose faith. The road to becoming a doctor is filled with difficulties, but everyone needs to have faith!” Yang Ping said gravely.

Song Zimo added: “Dr. Yang and I have been doctors for many years, and most patients are good, understanding, and respectful. Don’t worry too much. It’s not easy to study medicine and even harder to practice medicine. As doctors, we must have a strong heart to deal with various intense psychological stimuli, such as various departures of life and death, numerous bloody scenes, and misunderstandings from patients and their families–”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

These standardized training students and interns have not yet formed their professional viewpoints, let alone strengthened them. Facing this sudden blow, their confidence in their profession could easily be shattered. The two tried their best to guide everyone towards the correct and positive direction, to avoid them falling into the shadow and being unable to extricate themselves.

Although the afternoon sun shone brightly outside the window, the standardized training students and interns always felt a steady drizzle in their hearts, as if a layer of wet fog that couldn’t be brushed away or torn off was hanging over their heads.

Yang Ping and Song Zimo took turns telling jokes about their experiences when they just graduated, trying to make everyone laugh, relax, and divert their attention.

At five o’clock in the afternoon, Little Five came back, looking dejected. As soon as he arrived in the department, Yang Ping brought him to report the situation to Director Han.

“Little Five, go and rest for a while. Just now Dean Sun and Director Zhao both called me, and I’ve been updated on the situation. I’ll head to the police station while you stay here in the department.” Director Han, chewing on a tea leaf, picked up the jacket hanging on the back of the chair and put it on.

Yang Ping brought Little Five to the men’s duty room, and everyone else followed. After Little Five sat down, Yang Ping poured him a cup of water to drink.

“Little Five, how’s the situation?” Everyone was very concerned about Zhang Lin’s current situation, but they couldn’t go to the police station, so they could only inquire with Little Five. At the time, everyone was unclear about the situation, only knowing that Zhang Lin had started attacking.

Little Five took a sip of water and said: “Zhang Lin and the family members came to blows. I couldn’t hold him back. You wouldn’t believe how strong the guy is, several of us couldn’t hold him back. He slapped the family member a few times and kicked him a couple of times, once in the upper abdomen and once in the thigh. The coroner examined the injuries; they are all soft tissue contusions. You didn’t see the scene or his look, he looked like he wanted to kill.”

“What’s happening now? Why is he still at the police station and not back?” Yang Ping asked.

Little Five organized his thoughts: “From what I know, a family member assaulted his girlfriend, then he assaulted the family member. The police tried their best to mediate, urging them to reconcile, to cancel out each other’s actions, or to apologize to the victims and compensate for medical expenses. If they can reconcile, both parties will not have to be detained. But Zhang Lin rejected reconciliation. He assaulted someone and he was willing to accept detention and pay compensation; similarly, he insisted that the family member who assaulted should face detention and compensation too. Now the police are in a tough position, they haven’t detained them but also haven’t let them go.”

“This fellow, his stubbornness truly is something. He’s determined, even if it means he has to go down too, he wants the other party to accept due punishment. He’s aiming for mutual destruction now, this is so unexpected, that he would be so tough in this situation.” Song Zimo commented.

“This incident, it’s all over WeChat now, all kinds of rumours are flying around. Some say that the patient’s family member is a wealthy second-generation, someone even claimed he’s a department head, or the son of a village leader, all sorts of things; it’s also publicly known that Zhang Lin is a doctor in our hospital and is the boyfriend of a pediatric doctor–” Song Zimo had many screenshot of these WeChat chats.

“Both parties do not dispute the fact that they both committed an assault, there is video evidence of the family member assaulting someone, and Zhang Lin assaulted in front of the police, the key now is Zhang Lin’s unwillingness to reconcile.” Little Five looked tired, constantly sipping water.

“Director Han has already gone to the police station, he should have some idea of what is going on. Little Five, you rest well. Dr. Li is emotionally unstable, although there are people taking care of her in her department, we should also send someone over.” Yang Ping worried about Zhang Lin’s girlfriend.

Zhang Lin and his girlfriend were both from the northeast and didn’t have any relatives here.

“I’ll go!” said Tang Fei, this girl is understanding and seems suitable for this.

“Also, bring Xiao Su and Zhou Can along, they should be in the operating room!” Yang Ping suggested, having more people around to talk to can be comforting.

“Alright, you should visit Sisi after you finish work, I promised to check her homework this afternoon.” Tang Fei reminded Song Zimo.

“Hmm, you can go.” Song Zimo reassured Tang Fei.

Everyone got their assignments and carried out their own tasks. The earth still rotates, work still continues, surgeries that should be done, still have to be done.

“Is that intern okay?” Yang Ping was concerned about the female intern.

Tang Fei replied: “This intern just graduated and encountered such an incident, she’s so frightened she doesn’t want to be a doctor anymore. I assigned two female interns to accompany her, and I called Teacher Yu from the psychology department to come and provide some counseling.”

“Do we need to put her on leave?” Song Zimo suggested.

“No! If we give her leave and she stays in the dorm, she might overthink things. Let her work, but don’t give her any assignments.” Tang Fei had obviously more experience in this area.

Perhaps they have all received the news, people from the orthopedics department came over intermittently to inquire about the situation, they were all very concerned.

Dr. Jin, Fang Yan, Fatty, Spine Department, Joint Department, Sports Medicine Department, and several other departments, all came in groups.

Yang Ping reassured everyone, gave a brief outline of the situation, not saying what should not be said, and not hiding what should be said.

Some even proactively asked if the department was short staffed, offering to come and help with shift duty, to write medical records, and change bandages.

Some people had already started helping, bringing their interns to change bandages, and some people brought the interns to help Zhang Lin fill out his medical records.

Everyone stayed in the doctor’s office, not willing to leave, waiting for news.

Little five’s girlfriend Xiaoqing also came, wanting to go with Tang Fei and the others to take care of Zhang Lin’s girlfriend.

At this moment, everyone’s concern made Yang Ping feel very warm.

Seeing this scene, the standardized training students and interns felt a lot more comfortable, the bond between colleagues is more effective in healing psychological trauma than words.

With so many people persevering, there’s no reason not to believe!