Chapter 2569: Can’t Shake Off Responsibility

The blame fell on Dai Nanhui, and Dai Nanhui exclaimed anxiously, "I didn’t say that!"

"You said it, we all heard it."

Dai Nanhui was about to jump out of his skin: "What I said was not to let her put her hand in. Later, I found that she didn’t put her hand in at all, what did you hear?"

"If she didn’t put her hand in, how could the patient have gotten better?" Doctor Yao said excitedly.

Well, now this question can only be answered by Student Xie herself. Did Student Xie cast a spell on the patient?

Xie Wanying carefully explained the situation to the teachers on site: "When I arrived, I found it might not be ventricular fibrillation."

Ah? Nurse Liu, who was the first to hear the alarm sound from the instrument and call for a doctor, was stunned for a moment and then said, "I notified the doctor immediately."

Nurses can only interpret simple ECGs, and interpreting and diagnosing ECGs has always been a specialist doctor’s job, for which a nurse is not qualified. If a nurse misjudged the ECG for a moment, it is normal and not the responsibility of the on-duty nurse. The nurse’s primary task is to make sure to inform the doctor as soon as they hear the alarm sound from the instruments. Nurse Liu accomplished this.

Before notifying the surgical doctor, the on-duty PICU doctor is supposed to be the first to arrive to interpret the patient’s ECG. Doctor Yao’s explanation is: "When I got up, Dr. Han had arrived, and we came in together. They notified Dr. Han before notifying me."

Dr. Han was almost out of breath from annoyance. Actually, when he came in, he found it strange why this person was waiting at the door for him instead of waiting inside the ward. Regardless, the distance from the PICU doctor’s on-duty room to the ward was much greater than that from their pediatric cardiac surgery unit.

Can your few seconds of running compare to my minutes of running? To put it bluntly, it’s more like you’re just lazily waiting for me to come over.

Doctors like Cao Zhao and Mu Yongxian, being quite senior, could see right through this Doctor Yao’s intentions. Clinically, such people are quite common, as Doctor Yao was the first to complain about the student, reasoning it’s not his responsibility to do someone else’s job. That’s why Doctor Yao could so shamelessly accuse the student.

Even if I enter the ward, it’s useless; the child had a delayed chest closure, so I wouldn’t be able to perform internal chest compressions. It’s better to wait at the door for you surgical doctors to arrive before going in together. This way, I can dodge all other responsibilities.

People like this think as doctors, their brains are entirely focused on avoiding responsibility, prioritizing their own liability over saving patients’ lives. It’s what is commonly said as being too cunning and calculating, thinking they are too clever. Not only in medicine, but every industry has such people.

If you confront this kind of person, they definitely won’t be happy, turning their mouth aside and saying, "It’s not my specialized job, what if I mess it up?"

Unless they get—slapped in the face.

Now, Doctor Yao is facing exactly such a moment. When Doctor Yao realized this, he became very nervous and said to the student, "Are you sure it’s not ventricular fibrillation? What if you teachers are not here and you assume wrongly?"

This guy is repeatedly fixating on one point, eager to convict someone.

What does this signify? The more hysterical one becomes, the more it indicates the fear inside, desperate to shift blame.

Everyone in the room looked at Doctor Yao’s passionate red face, and many only had coldness in their eyes.

No matter where blame-shifters are placed, they will not be welcome. Think of Doctor Hu, who even when shifting blame with evidence, was disliked by many people. However, if you do have sufficient strength and evidence to shift blame, leadership will side you, like Doctor Hu.