Chapter 101: Misdiagnosis

No sooner had the words left his lips than two more people entered from outside.

"Who is the attending physician?" one of them asked.

The male doctor immediately stepped forward:

"I am."

That person nodded and said with a serious expression:

"According to Article 46 of the 'Regulations on the Handling of Medical Accidents'..."

Half a minute later, the male doctor was dumbfounded.

He was confident he could bluff the patient's family and was sure these two police officers could do nothing to him.

But facing medical personnel more professional than himself, his confidence instantly vanished.

Even his momentum was completely crushed by the other party.

Yu Dazhang quietly leaned close to Seeing Qu Tuotuo, tapped her arm, and asked in a low voice:

"Who are they?"

Seeing Qu Tuotuo gave him a reassuring look:

"Pediatric experts from the other hospital. I was worried something might go wrong on the way, so I requested they come along with the ambulance."

"You certainly have a lot of pull," Yu Dazhang complimented her.

He truly felt Seeing Qu Tuotuo handled this matter beautifully and thought it through very thoroughly.

If he had handled it, it certainly wouldn't have been as secure as Seeing Qu Tuotuo's approach.

Setting aside everything else, the pediatric experts within the hospital aren't someone anyone can simply summon.

However, the other party's attitude remained firm; even with this, they still wouldn't release the patient.

Later, the hospital leadership arrived.

After negotiations, Liu Ying's parents wrote a disclaimer for the hospital and simultaneously promised that the child's subsequent condition development had nothing to do with this hospital.

After all this was done, Liu Ying was finally carried onto the ambulance.

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, fortunately the result was good.

Yu Dazhang and Seeing Qu Tuotuo naturally went to the new hospital as well.

Ma Jian wanted to follow, but Yu Dazhang persuaded him to go back.

The child's parents had been found, so the abandonment case was over; Ma Jian continuing to follow wouldn't help much, so it was better to let him return home and rest early.

For a case this small, even the steps for linking cases were skipped.

If the circumstances are significantly minor, the harm is negligible, and it is not considered a crime, it can be directly revoked.

After arriving at the new hospital, Seeing Qu Tuotuo helped handle the procedures, and little Liu Ying was quickly assigned to a ward.

Another half hour or so passed, and the child's fever finally came down.

Yu Dazhang sighed with relief and glanced at the time.

It was past nine o'clock at night.

After leaving his phone number with the child's parents and giving a few more instructions, he and Seeing Qu Tuotuo finally left the hospital.

Yu Dazhang had only eaten half a bowl of noodles that evening, and after all this turmoil, now that he relaxed, his stomach immediately issued a protest.

"I'll treat you to a meal," he said with a smile, looking at Seeing Qu Tuotuo.

"I don't have a habit of eating late-night snacks," Seeing Qu Tuotuo refused without any hesitation:

"You aren't allowed to eat either; look how big your stomach is."

"Just eat a little bit," Yu Dazhang said, unwilling to give up, and continued to persuade.

Seeing Qu Tuotuo glared at him:

"Not even a little bit. Come on, I'll walk with you to burn off some fat."

Hearing that he wouldn't get to eat and would instead have to walk the streets, Yu Dazhang immediately slumped.

"Let's just part on good terms."

When he returned home, he found his parents were already asleep.

After a simple wash, he went to his room, and Yu Dazhang's mind involuntarily recalled the events of today.

The operations of that private hospital left him somewhat puzzled, but mostly speechless.

When fees were owed, their passive treatment was understandable.

It's a hospital, especially a private one; they must prioritize profit.

Forcing people to do charity is moral kidnapping.

But even after the fees were settled and money was prepaid, they still did not treat actively.

Some things reveal the gap just by comparing them.

After Liu Ying was transferred to the new hospital, her fever subsided in half an hour, which showed that reducing the child's fever wasn't that difficult.

Yu Dazhang believed that private hospital could do it too.

Yet, right after Seeing Qu Tuotuo paid the fees, that male doctor did not reduce Liu Ying's fever.

They did go to the ward, but it made little difference compared to not going at all.

According to Seeing Qu Tuotuo, they only performed various examinations on Liu Ying in the ward and did not actually administer any medication. This was somewhat inexplicable.

Was their medical skill inadequate, or was there some other reason?

So hungry~

Yu Dazhang, who was already hungry, became even more dizzy and his heart raced faster once he started thinking.

Climbing out of bed, he quietly made his way to the kitchen.

He searched around but couldn't even find a single vegetable leaf.

No need to think; his mom must have seen he wasn't coming back, so she didn't cook and finished the leftovers with his dad.

Finally, he found a bag of instant noodles in the corner of the cupboard.

Yu Dazhang was too lazy to cook, so he tore open the bag, ripped the seasoning packet, poured it over the noodle block, and ate it as dry crunchy noodles.

After finishing the bag of noodles, his heart stopped racing, his breath smoothed out, and his mind became much clearer.

Lying in bed again, he began to recall what happened at the hospital.

Those nurses were off too.

Although he didn't go to the hospital often, he had seen plenty of nurses.

Please... collect... 6... 9... book... now...!

He had just never seen eyes so cold.

There is a saying: the eyes are the window to the soul.

Eyes can directly reflect a person's inner emotions and psychological state.

One nurse being cold could be understood as a personality issue.

If all the pediatric nurses are like this, then it's an environmental problem.

Then there were the watch and brooch that Seeing Qu Tuotuo discovered; at those price points, a nurse's salary could never afford them.

To sum it up:

Cold, wealthy...

Could these people be part-time assassins?

Otherwise, it makes no sense.

Yu Dazhang changed his train of thought and felt his own idea was a bit ridiculous.

His occupational disease had struck again.

The next day.

As soon as Yu Dazhang arrived at the detachment, he received good news.

The collective Third-class merit for the cover-up case had been approved.

A colleague asked.

Why did it take so long to come down?

Dear folks, any merit requires layer upon layer of approval; it's not something one or two people can decide.

This is just a collective Third-class merit.

For Second-class merit or First-class merit, the approval time would be even longer.

It's just a collective Third-class merit; what's there to be happy about?

If you think that way, you're wrong.

As an official written document, it can be filed in one's personal record, becoming part of one's personal honors.

This is not only recognition of an individual's contribution within the collective but also provides strong proof for the individual's career development.

In fact, there are quotas for Third-class merit every year.

As long as one works diligently and performs excellently for three consecutive years, one will generally be awarded a Third-class merit.

But that is earned by enduring the passage of time.

Moreover, merits can be stacked; if your record has two Third-class merits, your rank promotion speed will definitely be faster than with just one Third-class merit.

And police rank promotion directly affects salary, position, and other aspects.

Since Yu Dazhang was confirmed as a regular officer early, his salary jumped from 3500 to 4500.

For a newcomer who had only just started working, this was a qualitative leap.

The members of the task force also received the news and discussed holding a celebration.

Yu Dazhang had no objection to this.

Everyone chipped in for a meal to make things lively and, incidentally, strengthen their bonds.

Having a few acquaintances within the system is always a good thing.

At noon, Seeing Qu Tuotuo called him.

Yu Dazhang thought she was inviting him to eat, but unexpectedly, Seeing Qu Tuotuo opened with a bombshell:

"The pediatric expert at the hospital just contacted me; they performed a new brain CT and blood sample analysis on Liu Ying this morning."

"Diagnosis confirmed."

"Liu Ying has epidemic meningitis in children, abbreviated as 'liunao', not encephalitis in children."

"These two diseases are completely different things!"

(End of chapter)