Chapter 466: 458 Upholding the Teacher-Student Relationship

"Sheng Cheng? Medical University Affiliated Hospital?" Gao Shaojie suddenly raised his head and asked.

Although he was fully devoted to researching 64-slice CT reconstruction, the argument was so fierce he couldn't help but hear it.

They were all senior clinical doctors who had never eaten pork but had seen pigs run.

After hearing a few sentences, Gao Shaojie understood the general situation.

Gao Shaojie felt a faint anger, not strong but real.

How dare you speak to Chief Zheng like that? Who gave you the guts!

At this point, Gao Shaojie had unconsciously come to regard himself as Zheng Ren's student, upholding the dignity of the teacher-student relationship; this thought and emotion naturally surfaced.

Seeing Gao Shaojie's scholarly demeanor, the young woman's momentum involuntarily waned a bit.

But she still refused to concede and gave a name.

"That's him." Gao Shaojie picked up his phone, found a number, and dialed.

"Xiao Jiang, I'm Gao Shaojie."

"There's a little girl under twenty; did you diagnose her acute appendicitis over there?"

"Hmm, wait a moment."

Saying that, Gao Shaojie looked at the young woman and asked, "What's the patient's surname?"

"Zhang." The young woman replied instinctively.

"Zhang Ruoning." Gao Shaojie said, "How did you diagnose it?! You dare diagnose acute appendicitis without screening for ectopic pregnancy?! Is that how your chief trains his disciples?!"

"Hmm, I understand."

After saying that, Gao Shaojie hung up the phone.

"Doctor Jiang said he suggested a urine pregnancy test and issued a lab slip, but you refused." Gao Shaojie said calmly, "Besides, the diagnosis from Medical University Affiliated Hospital is acute appendicitis, with a question mark."

The young woman was stunned.

She had indeed brought her child to Medical University Affiliated Hospital yesterday for a check-up, and the whole process was no different from what Gao Shaojie said.

Having refused the urine pregnancy test, Medical University Affiliated Hospital wouldn't admit her, and it wasn't good to publicize this there, so she brought her child back.

After returning, she went to Haicheng Shi Yiyuan; under various arrangements the process went smoothly, only to be stopped by a young doctor here.

Who is this Doctor Zheng? Just by saying a few words, anyone beside him could make a call and find out the medical history at Sheng Cheng Medical University Affiliated Hospital!

This is no ordinary person.

The young woman's face turned awful, but she wasn't a shrew; the earlier rebuke was already the limit of what she could do.

With a cold snort, the young woman picked up the phone and dialed.

Zheng Ren found it boring; this wasn't street‑showboating, what's the point of one phone call after another? If you can't do surgery, you can't do it—that's medical principle!

"Dean Xiao, I'm Shen Xiaomin. I called you this morning."

"I contacted Director Pan, but Doctor Zheng in the emergency ward refused to admit the patient."

"Okay."

After saying that, Shen Xiaomin held the phone, raised it, and said, "Here's Dean Xiao's phone."

Zheng Ren felt helpless and had no choice but to take the phone from the young woman's hand.

"Dean Xiao, hello."

"Oh, the patient is missing one test; we cannot rule out the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy."

"No, she refused to be hospitalized for testing; her lab slip is fairly complete, all recent, just lacking the differential diagnostic test."

"If you insist on doing it, you can go to General Surgery Department. Dean Xiao, this violates medical principle!"

Zheng Ren answered firmly; Su Yun stood aside, looking a bit dazed.

In General Surgery Department, such cases aren't common—maybe once or twice a year. Looking at that little girl's gentle, virtuous appearance, she doesn't seem like… cough, cough, this sort of thing can't be told from facial features, and I'm not a fortune‑teller.

But refusing the president's demand like that? Isn't that courting death?

Shen Xiaomin the young woman hadn't expected Zheng Ren to refuse even Dean Xiao's request; her face flushed red, she pointed at Zheng Ren and trembled slightly.

Zheng Ren felt it was similar to that pneumonia patient with pleural effusion just earlier.

Perhaps their status and positions differ, and their starting points are different, but the deep‑seated mistrust in their hearts is the same.

Zheng Ren handed the phone to Shen Xiaomin and said seriously, "I need to rule things out; if I can't, I won't perform the surgery."

"City First Hospital isn't the only place that can do surgery!" Shen Xiaomin said through gritted teeth.

"Do as you like, but I advise you, for the patient's sake, to complete the relevant checks and get a clear diagnosis." Zheng Ren said.

Shen Xiaomin's face grew redder, tears welling in her eyes, "Impossible! I'm accompanying her studies in Sheng Cheng; I know exactly what Ruoning does every day! It's just appendicitis—you… you… are bullying people!"

"Ugh……"

At this moment, Zheng Ren sincerely thanked the system's Big Pig Trotter.

If it weren't for the Big Pig Trotter never making a diagnostic mistake,

if it weren't for the Big Pig Trotter clearly giving the ectopic pregnancy diagnosis,

Zheng Ren would probably have knelt by now.

The young woman was like a cuckoo bleeding blood, evoking pity.

But Zheng Ren knew that without certainty, going ahead would likely be a huge landmine; thus he remained steadfast, unmoved by the young woman's resentment.

Seeing Zheng Ren unmoved, Shen Xiaomin the young woman pulled Zhang Ruoning away from the emergency ward.

Zheng Ren sighed.

"Boss, you really have a heart of iron and stone." Su Yun said from the side.

At the same time, Chang Yue nodded repeatedly, unusually.

Everyone was moved by the young woman's final tears.

"Go check General Surgery Department to see if you need to go up for surgery. If so, follow and have a look." Zheng Ren said.

"I'm really curious." Su Yun said leisurely: "Boss, what about you?"

"I will go and report this to Director." Zheng Ren said: "After all, Director made a phone call; I guess the old director didn't see the patient and the lab report, so he just sent it over."

"Going to Director to take the blame? Let me tell you, just now you asked me to go examine the patient, and I haven't settled the score with you yet!" Su Yun suddenly remembered what Zheng Ren just did to screw over his teammate.

"Whatever, I'm going to find Director." Zheng Ren shrugged his shoulders like Professor Rudolf Wagner, and walked straight out of the Jizhenbingfang office.

Zheng Ren went downstairs, arrived at the office of Director Pan of the Emergency Department, and knocked on the door.

"Please Come In." said the familiar voice of Director Pan.

Zheng Ren pushed the door open and entered, sitting honestly in the chair beside Director Pan's desk, and gave a full report of the whole incident.

As expected, just as Zheng Ren had guessed, Director Pan had only received a call from the hospital office, and knew nothing else.

After the report, Director Pan pondered for a few seconds, his fingers lightly tapping the "Pipe and Awl Chapter"; the thumping sound was somewhat familiar to Zheng Ren.

"You did the right thing on this matter." Director Pan quickly characterized the matter, firmly standing on Zheng Ren's side: "I will report this to Dean Xiao; remember, this matter is a surgery I did not allow to be done."