abnabooks Chapter 1447 Tough
Chapter 1447 Tough
Suppressing the surging anger in his chest, Li Yiming tried to push Chen Jun, who was blocking his way, aside. His tone was professionally impatient and slightly offended: "Get out of the way! You've delayed the best time for treatment. Can you take responsibility for that? Don't pretend to know what you're talking about and interfere with the doctor's work!"
However, when he reached out and pushed against Chen Jun, it felt like he was pushing against a thick and tough wall. The other party didn't budge, but instead, a steady counterforce came from him.
"Stop talking nonsense." Chen Jun's tone was flat, yet carried an unquestionable command. His sharp gaze was fixed on Li Yiming. "I'm going to operate on my father-in-law myself. Go report to your superiors immediately and arrange for me to have the best operating room. Also, assign two experienced and efficient nurses and an anesthesiologist as my assistants. Now, get to it."
Considering that his father-in-law An Jianguo's condition was indeed critical, and every minute of delay increased the risk, Chen Jun had no intention of getting entangled with this doctor who had given him a bad first impression, and directly issued the order.
As he entered the hospital's emergency room, he overheard several agitated family members crying and arguing in a corner, vaguely mentioning "Dr. Li," "five-month-old baby," "misdiagnosis," and "failed surgery." Combined with the doctor's somewhat agitated and arrogant attitude, Chen Jun had serious doubts about his professional competence and sense of responsibility. Therefore, his tone was anything but polite, completely like a superior issuing a command.
Upon hearing Chen Jun's almost absurd request, Li Yiming was completely stunned. It was as if he had heard the most unbelievable joke in the world. He looked Chen Jun up and down with the eyes of someone looking at a madman or a mental patient, and laughed in exasperation.
"What...what nonsense are you spouting here?! This is a hospital! Donghai First People's Hospital! Not a place for you to cause trouble! I don't care what your identity or background is outside, here, the patients and their conditions are paramount! Please leave immediately and do not disrupt normal medical order!" His voice rose eight octaves due to the absurdity and anger at being slighted.
After saying that, he tried to walk around Chen Jun from the side, muttering his dissatisfaction under his breath. His voice wasn't loud, but it was clear enough in the quiet corridor: "They're really out of their minds...just like those families causing trouble outside! Their own child has congenital deficiencies and a complex condition. Modern medicine has its limits, and if it can't be cured, they blame it all on the doctors? Is it your expertise, or the expertise we've accumulated through years of hard study and clinical experience? It's utterly absurd and incomprehensible..."
He was cursing and had only taken two steps when he suddenly felt a tightness in the collar of his shirt at the back of his neck. An irresistible force pulled him back, his feet dangling in the air for a moment before he landed heavily back in place, standing once again in front of the arrogant patient's family member.
"You...!" Li Yiming was shocked and furious, his face turning bright red.
The one who made the move was Xu Zhengyang, Chen Jun's bodyguard captain. He had been silently standing behind Chen Jun like a shadow, but now his movements were lightning-fast; he nearly lifted Li Yiming up with one hand. Xu Zhengyang's face was cold and stern, his eyes sharp as knives, his voice not loud, but carrying the unique, unyielding aura of a seasoned soldier:
"The commander has already given the order. What are you still doing here babbling and making excuses? Watch your mouth! Execute the order immediately, prepare the operating room, and allocate assistants! If you delay the treatment, you will truly be unable to bear the responsibility!"
"Damn it...!" Li Yiming never dreamed that in a hospital, a respected overseas-educated PhD and attending physician, he would be treated like a chicken by a patient's family member's "bodyguard," and even berated in such a manner. The extreme humiliation and rage instantly overwhelmed his reason. He struggled violently, shouting hoarsely, "Are you crazy?! This is a hospital! A place to save lives! Not some military camp where your 'commander' gives orders! Let me go! Otherwise, I'll immediately call security to throw you all out! Security! Where are the security guards?! Someone come quick!"
His screams were sharp and angry, piercing the quiet hospital corridor and immediately alerting the medical staff in several nearby wards, passing patients' families, and the hospital security guards on patrol. People gathered around and saw that the usually arrogant Dr. Li was being carried by one hand, looking disheveled. Several young nurses covered their mouths in shock and let out low gasps.
Two security guards who heard the cries for help rushed over, holding batons and looking at Xu Zhengyang nervously: "What are you doing! Put Dr. Li down right now! You're causing trouble at the hospital, we've called the police!"
Xu Zhengyang snorted coldly, his eyes remaining unmoved as he faced the batons pointed at him. He released his grip on Li Yiming's collar, but as the man staggered backward, his other hand shot out with lightning speed, precisely catching the middle of the batons the two security guards were trying to swing at him. With a slight twist and pull, the two batons were in his hands. The entire process was clean, efficient, and dazzlingly fast.
"Cough cough cough..." After being released, Li Yiming bent over and coughed violently a few times, gasping for fresh air. But given his vengeful nature, how could he swallow this insult? He suddenly straightened up, pointed at Chen Jun and Xu Zhengyang, trembling with rage, almost roaring:
"You all saw that, right?! Huh?! It's them! Lawless! Coming to the hospital and causing trouble! Snatching the doctor's test reports, and demanding that the hospital prepare an operating room for them and have the doctor act as their assistant?! Who do they think they are? Hua Tuo reincarnated?! When I disagreed, they attacked me! They're a bunch of thugs! Madmen! What are you all standing there for? Arrest them right now and take them to the police station! This is clearly a deliberate act of disrupting medical order!"
The surrounding medical staff and the patient's family members were stunned by this bizarre scene. Although there were indeed rumors circulating in the hospital recently about Dr. Li's surgical errors, and some families had protested, the situation before them—where the patient's family not only completely distrusted the attending physician but also insisted on performing the surgery themselves and used near-violent means to coerce the doctor into cooperating—was simply unheard of!
This is an absolute medical marvel! Utterly absurd!
Just as the scene was chaotic, the security guards were at a loss, Li Yiming was furious, and the onlookers were discussing among themselves, a slightly authoritative middle-aged male voice came from outside the crowd:
"What's going on? Why are you making such a racket here? Don't you know this is a ward area and needs to be quiet?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw a middle-aged man in a white coat, with his hair neatly combed and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, walking over with a frown, accompanied by several hospital administrators. The man was Mu Chunming, the president of Donghai First People's Hospital.
Seeing the dean arrive, Li Yiming rushed forward as if grasping at a lifeline, eager to complain, his tone indignant yet aggrieved: "Dean Mu! You've come at the right time! You must stand up for me! It's these few people!"
He pointed at Chen Jun and Xu Zhengyang, and began to accuse them rapidly: "They are the family members of An Jianguo in bed 19! As soon as they arrived, they snatched the lab results from my hand, and then inexplicably demanded that I immediately prepare an operating room for them, and that the hospital provide them with an assistant so they could personally operate on their father-in-law! I was afraid something would go wrong, so I firmly disagreed with this demand that showed absolutely no medical knowledge and was simply childish! And then, you see..."
He pointed to his still slightly disheveled collar and his visibly shaken expression, then to the two security guards who had been disarmed and were standing frozen in place. His voice suddenly rose: "They just attacked me! They almost strangled me to death! The other security guards who came to maintain order were also beaten! Dean Mu, this is no longer a simple doctor-patient dispute; this is blatant violence and a disruption of the hospital's normal operations! You must handle this seriously and call the police immediately to have them arrested!"
The surrounding medical staff nodded in agreement, adding their own accounts of what they had seen, their gazes towards Chen Jun and the others filled with disapproval and wariness. Everyone felt that, given Dean Mu's usual tough and decisive style, especially his deep-seated abhorrence of "medical disturbances," these "arrogant" family members would probably be subdued by security guards soon and then taken away by the police.
However, to everyone's surprise, while listening to Li Yiming's accusations, Dean Mu Chunming's gaze had already fallen on the accused "troublemaker"—Chen Jun. When he saw Chen Jun's face clearly, especially noticing that although he was dressed in civilian clothes, he couldn't hide his military bearing, and the guard standing beside him like an iron tower, Dean Mu's angry and stern expression instantly froze. Then, as if changing his expression, he quickly transformed into a smile that mixed surprise, realization, and even a hint of respect.
He ignored Li Yiming, who was still talking incessantly, and instead quickly walked past him, going straight to Chen Jun. He bowed slightly, his tone so polite it was almost cautious:
"General Chen? Oh dear, it's you who has graced our hospital with your presence! Look at the mess this has made... Why didn't you give us a heads-up? I could have personally arranged the reception and made all the necessary preparations! This is our dereliction of duty, our utter negligence!"
The astonishing reversal of Dean Mu's attitude left everyone present, including Li Yiming, dumbfounded. They were all speechless, as if witnessing something unbelievable. General Chen? Which General Chen? A general who could command such utmost respect, even a hint of fear, from the dean of a top-tier hospital?
Chen Jun merely nodded indifferently at Dean Mu's politeness, his gaze remaining cold: "Dean Mu, there's no need for such formalities. When I entered the hospital just now, I saw a group of family members gathered at the entrance, seemingly targeting this Dr. Li? I heard there was a significant medical accident. Is this how your hospital handles problems? Letting the family members cause a scene outside while the doctors continue to work normally inside?"
Mu Chunming's smile immediately turned somewhat awkward and unnatural. He rubbed his hands and explained, "General Chen, this... regarding that medical dispute, our hospital takes it very seriously and has established a special investigation team to conduct an internal review. But as you know, medicine has its complexities and uncertainties. Sometimes, unsatisfactory treatment results or even unexpected events are not necessarily entirely the responsibility of the hospital or doctor. We need time and evidence to clarify..."
“The investigation is your business,” Chen Jun interrupted his official tone, his voice turning cold. “But now, regarding my father-in-law An Jianguo’s condition, I don’t quite trust Dr. Li’s professionalism and attitude. Therefore, I request to perform the surgery myself.”
He paused, then said in an uncompromising tone, "Arrange an operating room for me right now, equipped with the necessary instruments and medications. At the same time, assign me an experienced, calm, and reliable doctor as my first assistant, along with two skilled scrub nurses and an anesthesiologist. Act quickly; the patient's condition cannot be delayed."
"My God..." Mu Chunming exclaimed inwardly. If he hadn't vaguely known through various channels that the young "General Chen" in front of him was not only a rising star in the military but also an important figure in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, holding multiple national-level major scientific research projects, and whose energy and influence were unfathomable, his first reaction upon hearing such an absurd request for "an outsider to instruct an expert" and even to personally perform surgery would have been to think the other party was crazy, and he would have called the police without hesitation.
But at this moment, he was very clear that Chen Jun was not joking, nor was he someone he could afford to offend. Any one of Chen Jun's identities was enough to make him, the dean, "think twice."
After a brief moment of deliberation and shock, Mu Chunming quickly made a decision. His professional smile returned, and he nodded repeatedly, "Alright! Since General Chen has such a request and is confident in his ability, our hospital will definitely cooperate fully!"
He immediately turned around and, facing Li Yiming, who was still in a daze and whose face clearly said, "Did I hear that right?", his tone instantly regained the dean's authority as he commanded, "What are you all standing here for?! Didn't you hear General Chen's words? Immediately go and prepare VIP operating room number 3, check all equipment and instruments, and make sure everything is perfect! At the same time, immediately notify Director Mu of the Department of Surgery to suspend all his current work and report to the operating room immediately to be General Chen's first assistant! Go now!"
"I...Dean, this..." Li Yiming could hardly believe his ears. With each request, he wondered if he was hallucinating. A patient's family member performing surgery on a late-stage cancer patient in the hospital's top-tier operating room? And with the hospital's best surgeon, Director Mu, as his assistant? Had the world gone mad?
"What do you mean 'what'?! Follow orders!" Seeing that he was still hesitating, Mu Chunming glared at him, his tone becoming more forceful and leaving no room for argument.
Under the dean's stern gaze, Li Yiming could only swallow back all the questions, frustration, and absurdity he felt. He glared at Chen Jun, his eyes filled with incomprehension, anger, and a curse that seemed to say, "Let's see how you get out of this," before reluctantly turning around and carrying out what he considered an utterly ridiculous order.
After Li Yiming left and the crowd of onlookers in the corridor was dispersed by hospital staff, Chen Jun said to Mu Chunming in a deep voice, "Dean Mu, this is a People's Hospital, a place to save lives and serve the people. I hope you can truly value the opinions and demands of the patient's family and thoroughly investigate the truth behind the medical disturbance at the entrance. Was it a medical accident? Who is responsible? You must give the family and society a clear and transparent explanation. Don't always hide in your office, with a 'let it go' or 'official protection' mentality, acting as if it's none of your business. If the investigation confirms problems, deal with those who should be dealt with, compensate those who should be compensated, and rectify those who should be rectified. Doctors should have compassion, but they must also have a sense of responsibility."
Mu Chunming felt a bead of sweat appear on his forehead as he listened to Chen Jun's words. He was well aware of the power Chen Jun represented and the potential attention he could draw. If Chen Jun took notice of this matter and the hospital mishandled it, it wouldn't just be a problem for Li Yiming alone; it could very well jeopardize his position as hospital director.
He nodded quickly, his tone sincere assuring him, "General Chen, rest assured! Your instructions are extremely important! In fact, I have been personally following up on that matter, urging the investigation team to speed up the process and make sure the facts are clarified. We will absolutely not protect any medical staff with problems, nor will we allow any patient to suffer an injustice. Once the investigation has yielded clear results, I will report to you immediately and release the information to the public, giving everyone an explanation!"
Chen Jun glanced at him, said nothing more, and simply nodded slightly. He knew that some things were best left unsaid; the rest was up to the hospital director's actions. Now, his most pressing task was to concentrate all his attention on preparing for the upcoming surgery that would determine his father-in-law's life.