Chapter 967: Lu Chuan’s Performance

Lu Chuan also received a call from Ma Guochao, asking him to go to the hospital for a final check-up.

He was received by a doctor he had never seen before.

The person directly led him onto an ambulance.

"Doctor, didn’t you say the check-up would be at the hospital? Why are we getting on a vehicle?"

The person nodded: "This check-up is quite special. Our hospital’s equipment is broken, so we’re taking you to another hospital to get it done. It won’t take long, just come with us."

Great! Just waiting for you!

Besides the doctor accompanying Lu Chuan, there was also a nurse in the ambulance.

"Mr. Lu, your condition... is quite serious."

After getting in, as the ambulance slowly started, the doctor accompanying Lu Chuan took out some documents for him to see.

According to Ma Guochao’s standards for selecting matching personnel previously, Lu Chuan filled in information indicating he was from a rural area.

And his family conditions were average, which is why Ma Guochao would include him as a matching candidate.

The basic requirement for selecting matching personnel by Ma Guochao is not to choose people from the county town and not to choose those with good family conditions.

Lu Chuan pretended not to understand and asked: "How serious is this condition... does it require a lot of money to treat?"

The doctor nodded.

"Primarily, we found a slight lesion in your left kidney, and it may require removal surgery, but the cost of the kidney removal surgery is very high, typically around one to two hundred thousand yuan. Our hospital might not be able to handle it."

One to two hundred thousand?

Lu Chuan feigned surprise: "That much money?"

The person nodded and continued persuading: "Well, we’re about to go for the check-up now, but since it’s not in our county hospital, the surgery will be a bit cheaper over there."

"Do you want to proceed?"

Lu Chuan pretended to hesitate: "If it’s not at our county hospital, how much would it cost? And are the doctors there competent?"

"The doctors are no problem. In fact, they are also doctors from our county, but they go to other hospitals to perform surgeries, so the earnings go to them, making it cheaper. But at least it will cost 35 thousand yuan to proceed with the surgery, and then you will need to arrange for recovery at the county hospital."

"Thirty-five thousand..." Lu Chuan showed a troubled expression: "That money is still too much. I can’t even afford three or five thousand, I..."

The young doctor knew all too well that Lu Chuan couldn’t afford thirty-five thousand yuan, let alone three or five thousand, even having three or five hundred would be a stretch.

"Well, let me give you a suggestion, you can consider if it works..."

Next, Lu Chuan used the statements they had gathered from other victims.

This group had two sets of statements: one was to lure the person into selling a kidney for money; the other was that the person’s kidney had some issues that needed surgery, which also cost quite a bit.

So after deceiving the person into having surgery, the kidney would be handed over to them, because a kidney that hadn’t completely deteriorated could still be donated. Though earning less this way, it could still cover some medical expenses and even earn some nutrition fees.

In summary, different approaches and statements were used by this doctor depending on the individual.

Among the nineteen victims, Lu Chuan’s team found that some were given money, and others were not, some even paid themselves to have their kidneys removed.

"Alright then, you’re the doctors, I’ll listen to you..."

Among the professions accessible by ordinary people, the medical field has the strongest information barrier.

Most people visiting the hospital for treatment can’t judge the examination results they receive.

So, once the examination result is out, what disease you have depends entirely on the doctor. If the doctor says you have a cold, you have a cold; if the doctor says you have cancer, then you have cancer.

So considering the situation, the reason those nineteen victims were harmed was not that they were foolish.

First, if they come to the hospital, it means there must be some discomfort physically, or they’re having a check-up.

And these so-called check-ups for rural people might not always be voluntary.

Since they earn relatively little, they won’t spend limited funds on check-ups, so many of these check-ups are local public health campaigns.

Usually, those who haven’t had a check-up for years will have some issues when examined at the hospital.

Additionally, these people are engaged in rural labor, causing some discomfort like muscle strain or slight skeletal displacement.

So when faced with the information barrier from the doctor, they have no room for resistance.

In other words, these financially struggling individuals only think about curing their condition and whether they can afford the related expenses.

And when this doctor explains things, sometimes he even mentions they could earn money, meaning few would disagree.

Therefore, Lu Chuan’s reaction didn’t arouse suspicion from the doctor and nurse, as previous victims were all convinced with a few persuasive words.

"Stop here, let’s do anesthesia first."

Lu Chuan nodded and said: "Um... can we not do it here? I’m... I’m scared, can we wait until we get to the hospital for the injection?"

Anesthetization outside the vehicle?

The male doctor perhaps feared provoking resistance from Lu Chuan, so he didn’t insist.

After exchanging glances with the nurse, the person said: "Alright, it’s fine not to administer anesthesia here. Lie down on the bed for a while, it will take some time for us to reach the hospital."

While lying on the ambulance, you can’t see the outside scenery, so essentially, you can’t see where you’re going, which complies with confidentiality requirements.

Actually, the reason Lu Chuan cooperated with them on the journey was to see if anyone else would appear.

And through two surgeons, Du Chuan’s team had already identified Bo’ai Hospital as the hub for these unlawful surgeries.

Now that Wang Song’s team had set up an elaborate trap, they just needed Lu Chuan to arrive for it to be sprung.

This time, the operation involves not just individuals already identified.

Being a hub for unlawful surgeries means the staff at Bo’ai Hospital can’t be unaware, so the hospital itself has personnel involved in the case.

Also implicated are nurses and doctors from the county hospital’s ward.

Yesterday, Wang Song’s team went through the hospital admission records, finding the doctors who signed off on admission for those whose kidneys were removed and the nurses who cared for them.

Essentially everything is prepared, just waiting for the arrests.