Chapter 3045: with translation of the chapter title

"Ah?" Lin Ge was stunned for a moment.

This kind of magic‑trick‑like, fantastical‑sounding statement—Zheng Lao Ban and Professor Su both said it wasn't certain? Uh…… that really isn't certain, Lin Ge immediately realized.

Science! We still have to talk about science!

But Lin Ge kept that sentence to himself, not saying it out.

Doubting Zheng Lao Ban, Lin Ge wasn't lacking the courage; he just felt he didn't have the ability. Moreover, Zheng Lao Ban and Su Yun said in unison that there must be a scientific basis.

"Director Lin, do you think the patient's family will cause trouble, with the patient swallowing gauze and then suing the hospital?" Su Yun said with a smile.

"Mm." Lin Ge didn't hide it, nodding directly.

"If it were me, if I wanted to cause trouble I'd definitely go to a public hospital. Public hospital directors are willing to cover things up, just pay a large sum and be done with it, so nobody bothers anyone afterward. Going to a private hospital, as long as you're not brain‑dead you wouldn't do that." Su Yun said with a hearty laugh.

That really is the actual situation; Lin Ge nodded, admitting Su Yun was right.

The Weakness of public hospitals lies in the fact that how much they earn has nothing to do with the director; when a problem comes up, as long as it's not troublesome, anything goes.

Thinking of many stories, Lin Ge felt a bit down and sighed deeply.

"Director Lin, what's wrong with you?" Su Yun asked.

"I recalled an incident at a national Medical Department directors' meeting, involving the director of a hospital in the west." Lin Ge said, somewhat gloomily.

"Go on, I'm listening." Su Yun, not in a rush, began to gossip.

"I won't go into the details; an elderly late‑stage cancer patient died, and the patient's family gathered over a hundred people to cause trouble at the hospital." Lin Ge said, "That was over ten years ago; now thinking back…… sigh."

"Don't keep sighing; things will only get better."

"Getting better?" Zheng Ren suddenly said.

"……" Su Yun glanced at her boss's back, feeling that this guy was also becoming more inclined to argue, which wasn't a good omen.

"That hospital's Medical Department director was a tough guy; he never backed down when faced with issues, no matter how troublesome, he'd fight the lawsuit to the end."

"Then what happened?"

"While speaking on stage, he just started crying. He just wimped out on this matter!" Lin Ge sighed, "It began with the hospital disturbance; he held firm. Three days later, after work he went home, and while cooking, someone knocked on the door. He opened it but saw nothing—only a cardboard box on the doorstep. Opening it, he found his daughter's homework notebook."

"……"

"At that moment he got scared; the next day he went to the hospital for a meeting, and the director said they'd hold firm. That old guy directly declared, 'Pay however much is needed; if I can't, I'll cover it myself, and if still not, I'll resign.'"

"Director Lin, our 912 doesn't have this kind of thing, right?" Su Yun asked concernedly.

"912 is fine; first, our Technique is high. Coming here, although we can't claim to be the nation's last stop like Xiehe, patients' families know the score. If it can't be done, it can't be done; genuine medical problems are few."

"Besides, what kind of hospital are we! Our style is tough; if really pressed, Director Ye is the one who can gnaw hard bones and fight tough battles. Director Ye… ahem, I hold the title of Dispute Office supervisor, but actually I handle small matters while big ones go to Director Ye. Over the years we haven't had any major medical disputes, and Director Ye deserves the credit."

Regarding his former direct superior, Lin Ge didn't stint on praise; moreover, seeing his meaning, it was sincere and absolutely not just mutual flattery.

"Director Ye is awesome; I heard the boss say he can still communicate with Director Yan using Morse code."

"Hehe, these are just small matters." Lin Ge chuckled, and didn't continue the topic.

"However, Director Lin, this is a preconceived notion; gauze in the abdominal cavity can also appear in the intestines." Su Yun said with a smile; obviously his gossip was aimed at people. Ye Qingqiu exudes a gloomy aura from his Bones; in the past, that would be an underground operative. Such people, it's best to avoid provoking them if possible.

Su Yun loves to retort and loves to argue, yet he has friends all over and has never gotten into trouble—there's a reason for that. Ye Qingqiu? Su Yun, from the bottom of his heart, would rather not offend him ten thousand times.

"Oh? What's going on?" Lin Ge also became interested.

"There's a kind of tumor called gauze tumor; Director Lin, have you heard of it?" Zheng Ren picked up the conversation and asked.

"I have an impression." Lin Ge smiled, "But our 912 work is solid; the 1/2000 probability of retained gauze has never happened in our hospital. Still, I've only heard about it; I haven't studied it in detail."

"That impressive?" Su Yun exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right; the Operating Room head nurse isn't a pushover." Lin Ge said, "Director Xu… that's a tiger, and the head nurse is a tigress."

"Hahaha~~~" Su Yun obviously had his mind in the gutter, laughing loudly.

Director Xu's attitude toward Zheng Lao Ban is another matter entirely; during that malignant high‑fever episode, Zheng Lao Ban directly used his Technique to conquer Director Xu. A few days ago, during the emergency and 120 Emergency that was livestreamed, I heard Director Xu pointing at everyone's noses and cursing. Later, because of the third‑generation explorer's laryngeal mask, he ran straight to the office of Guo, the Supervisor of logistics, and almost beat Guo up.

"Awesome!" Su Yun, apparently knowing about this, just praised it.

"First talking about the gauze matter, once Professor Gu went up for Shou Bing, when closing the chest the nurse directly called a halt. That was Professor Gu, an academician of the Engineering Academy, giving no face at all." Lin Ge laughed.

"Missing a piece of gauze?"

"Mm, missing." Lin Ge said, "To be precise, it wasn't a piece of gauze but a traction strap cut from the gauze; in the end the gauze length didn't match, the instrument nurse and the circulating nurse counted, discovered the problem, and then reported it."

"Then what happened?" Su Yun was obviously more interested in thoracic matters. Using a traction rope, likely an esophageal Shou Bing. Also a full thoracotomy, probably something from ten years ago.

"Professor Gu has a fiery temper, but not seeing the gauze he stayed silent, searched the entire thoracic cavity and found nothing." Lin Ge said, "There's nothing to be done; we just need to get more people in to search slowly."

"The circulating nurse immediately reported to the Head Nurse; the Head Nurse went over and first gave the instrument nurse and circulating nurse a dressing‑down, then, by pointing at mulberry trees to curse locust trees, gave Professor Gu a scolding."

"Professor Gu too—how could Shou Bing lose a piece of gauze?"

"The Shou Bing went smoothly, but something happened with the gauze; in short, it's just a headache."

"That's right. Later Professor Gu had no choice but to sit in the Operating Room and doze off."

"A gauze strap—we searched for a full four hours. Afterwards, Director Xu came, and I and Director Ye went as well; finally Vice President Yuan also knew about this. Everyone's search was desperate; they turned the trash cans inside out, and the Operating Room almost got dug three feet deep, yet they still didn't find it."