Chapter 3081: 2879 Selling Sympathy (Section Chief YUDA Extra Update)

As the section chief Ma entered again, the meeting room fell silent.

"Those who are fine can go back." Section Chief Ma looked lacking in spirit; after he finished speaking, seeing Zheng Ren still not leaving, he walked over and forced out a smile uglier than a cry, "Zheng Lao Ban, why haven't you gone home?"

"I stayed to see what's going on." Zheng Ren said: "Section Chief Ma, what's the situation now?"

"What can we do?" Section Chief Ma said dejectedly, "There's nothing we can do; they aren't causing trouble or fighting, they're just asking passersby for something to eat, and now self-media have started promoting it."

"A corrupt hospital beating patients, poor sick people left on the streets. Is that it? Looking at the headline, there's nothing." Su Yun said while playing with her phone.

Section Chief Ma really wanted to kick him, if he weren't unable to beat him, and if Old Class Leader and Fan Tian Shui weren't standing on the side.

"Is that nothing?" Section Chief Ma truly didn't know how Su Yun could say such things with a straight face. Public outrage is surging; that could cost lives!

Moreover,

This is merely the beginning.

When Ruan Lingyu died she said public opinion is fearsome; even though it's now the vast Capital Medical University Affiliated Hospital, it's still the same. Even the Affiliated Hospital, in this world woven by the internet, remains tiny and insignificant.

The pressure they face is a flood of reports; Director Xu ordered that they must resolve this issue quickly. No matter the cost, they must not let the situation escalate further.

Otherwise, who knows what sensational things those rubbernecking self-media outlets eager for drama might come up with.

"The photo's angle is fine; it counts as a professional technique among amateurs." Su Yun said leisurely while holding her phone.

Section Chief Ma was about to explode; he glared at Su Yun.

"You see for yourself, that's exactly the case. Section Chief Ma, don't get angry; losing your temper won't solve the problem. If I were the patient's family, I wouldn't bother talking unless the situation had escalated to the point of frightening you." Su Yun said with a smile, "Section Chief Ma, sit down and speak. Frankly, you're handling this too slowly."

Section Chief Ma is also a veteran in handling Medical Department affairs, having resolved medical disputes for decades; he's seen everything, so the subsequent steps are naturally known to him.

First, apply pressure via public opinion; when the pressure reaches a certain level, someone above will inevitably intervene and urge the Capital Medical University Affiliated Hospital to resolve this promptly.

The so-called pressure is one of them.

At the very moment the incident occurred, Section Chief Ma realized this was an SSS-rank event that needed immediate resolution. However, this time the situation became too strange; the patient's family took the patient away, causing no trouble or disturbance, merely begging at the gate of the Capital Medical University Affiliated Hospital, asking passersby for food.

They exploited the pity and sympathy of the capital's residents to automatically magnify the matter. They didn't even need to do anything; merely selling sympathy was enough.

Adding to that, the unscrupulous self-media outlets seeking to extort money from this caused the situation to quickly slip beyond Section Chief Ma's control, leaving only to let it develop.

"I would like to talk, but the patient's family simply refuses to discuss this with me. They... just said they'd stay outside for one night and then leave." Section Chief Ma sighed and sat down to say.

At this point he also needed to ease his tense nerves, to release pressure.

"Don't spout nonsense, Section Chief Ma; the logic of your statement itself is flawed." Su Yun said with a laugh, "You definitely talked, right?"

Section Chief Ma nodded, then unconsciously shook his head.

"How did your talk with the patient's family go?" Su Yun pursued.

"I went to find the person in charge; normally at this point a middle-aged man would come with me to discuss compensation. But this time the patient's family just cried, with a few women wailing, saying they'd leave immediately and telling me not to hit anyone. As for the few men in the crowd, I saw they had no intention of talking to me."

Zheng Ren, hearing Section Chief Ma say that, began to think the matter was absurd beyond imagination, inconceivable.

Just imagining the scene then— the patient wrapped in a blanket sitting by the roadside, blood streaming from his eyes— it was like a living, breathing horror thriller. These people's hearts are truly huge; even now this situation still isn't enough for them.

"Have you called the police?" Su Yun asked.

"We did, but even when the police came they couldn't do anything. They said they weren't fighting or causing trouble, just taking a breather, scraping together money for train tickets, surely not wanting to inconvenience the capital's residents, and would definitely hurry to leave."

As Section Chief Ma spoke, he nearly choked up with resentment and almost burst into tears.

"I can tell that the police coming to handle this look down on us from the bottom of their hearts." Section Chief Ma said, feeling quite certain in his mind, "Zheng Lao Ban, Professor Su, you two tell me what to do— force can solve things, but this kind of non-action truly leaves us with no recourse."

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Zheng Ren sighed.

Damn it, what the hell is all this.

"No matter how I explain it, the lower levels are just dragging their feet a little. I understand too; I reckon aside from criminal detectives, ordinary police have never encountered such a miserable case. To be honest, I haven't either. Things like weeping blood I used to think were nonsense; if I were a passerby I'd also have to spit."

"Section Chief Ma, you're wrong about that." Su Yun said, "With a firm stance and strong fighting spirit, how did you even become the head of the Medical Department?"

"Professor Su, we've watched the video, but I've been mulling it over and still haven't figured out a clue. In the earlier related department consultation, some said it was retinal hemorrhage, some said arterial aneurysm, some said venous rupture, but none could explain it consistently."

As he said that, Section Chief Ma let out another deep sigh, like a resentful woman.

"I told the patient, let's go to the ophthalmology department to check, just in case there's really something wrong. As soon as I said that, the patient stood up, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to me, saying let me off, if he goes to the hospital he definitely won't come out alive."

"The patient was just wearing underwear, covered in wounds, blood all over his body, kneeling there in the freezing snow." Section Chief Ma felt a surge of indignation, almost unable to hold it in.

After putting himself in their shoes, he realized no matter who it was, they'd be helpless.

"What preparations are being made to resolve this?" Zheng Ren asked.

"First we'll approach various media, trying to suppress the matter. The higher-ups mean to get them to leave quickly, so the situation doesn't get bigger. This alone is already the worst incident in recent years."

"A few years ago, at Gu Ta Hospital, over a hundred patient relatives smashed the hospital's sign— do you know about this?" Section Chief Ma asked.

"I know." Su Yun said, "Section Chief Ma, you're right; this is indeed the worst incident since the crackdown on organized crime and evil, whoever it falls on is unlucky."

Section Chief Ma wanted to cry but had no tears; he truly was unlucky, really.

Thinking about it, he began to take his anger out on Director Sun Chao.

"Director Sun, Dean Wen Bin just got really angry, asking how I'm managing the department— did you lot not have eyes when admitting patients?" Section Chief Ma said in a low voice, "Think carefully, how are we going to explain this to the hospital?"

Sun Chao had long been dazed; he looked at Section Chief Ma with no light in his eyes and asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you asking me to resign?"