Chapter 1556 - 631: Initial Integration into the Divine Team—What Happened? (Part 2)
Chapter 1556: Chapter 631: Initial Integration into the Divine Team—What Happened? (Part 2)
At the top is intensive care unit nursing, which is the highest level of care.
The hospital will dispatch elite doctors and nurses to provide continuous 24-hour care and treatment for patients.
The costs are high, but any emergency situation can receive timely and effective rescue.
If the condition is truly critical, staying in ICU is very necessary.
This expense must not be spared.
Even if it costs twenty thousand a day, as long as it can save a life, it is worth it.
Moreover, most of the costs can be reimbursed with insurance when discharged. The individual’s actual payment generally isn’t too high, usually not exceeding 30%.
Just keep in mind that some imported drugs and equipment cannot be reimbursed.
This depends on personal choice.
Generally, before using these, doctors will communicate with family members. They clearly inform the family members that using imported drugs or equipment can reduce risks and increase success rates, but the reimbursement rate is very low, even non-reimbursable.
Actually, just listen to the doctor.
If they can use substitute medicine, doctors rarely unethically give patients imported drugs.
"Director Zhou!"
Cheng Xiaolu looked disheveled, but her mental state was quite good.
The worries that had been bothering her for days were gone, replaced with a hint of joy and anticipation.
Seeing Zhou Can made her even more grateful.
"Have you visited your mother today?"
"Mm! She has already awakened, though she is still connected to various tubes and can’t speak yet. Thank you, thank every doctor and nurse who treated my mom..." Saying this, her emotions grew somewhat intense, and she choked up several times.
"This is all part of what we should do. She’ll stay in the ICU for another day today. I’ll monitor the situation; if the breathing machine can be removed in the afternoon, there’s hope for a transfer to a regular ward tomorrow."
Zhou Can knew this family was quite struggling.
He’ll certainly try his best to get the patient out of the ICU as soon as possible.
"Thank you! It was really lucky to encounter you!" She bit her pale lips and nodded forcefully, tears welling up in her eyes.
Only after experiencing hardship and witnessing some ’wolves’ who prey on others without mercy can someone understand how good Zhou Can truly is.
"Did you have breakfast?"
Zhou Can observed her current appearance, likely having dozed off on the bench outside the emergency ICU last night.
And during yesterday’s surgery, she waited outside the operating room.
After the surgery, she followed the medical staff to return her mother to the ICU, then guarded outside.
Having such a filial daughter is indeed a blessing for the two elderly.
Sometimes it’s particularly interesting; children from wealthy families often seem more selfish, while those from impoverished families, despite experiencing much hardship since childhood, understand gratitude and filial duty better.
"Not yet. I’ll eat soon."
She shook her head.
"You must eat your meals on time, never saving on this expense. Your parents still need your care, need you to earn money to support them. If you collapse, they will be truly without support. Our Emergency Department has a public assistance program that can provide free meals to families and patients in financial difficulty. Later, I’ll arrange for you to get one so you can select meals at the hospital’s staff cafeteria every day."
Zhou Can told her.
Actually, there never was such a public program, but every time Zhou Can encounters families in difficulty, as long as he feels they are worthy of help, he repeats this kind-hearted lie.
He can’t help every struggling group, only as much as he can.
Coming across them in the hospital, he’ll lend a hand if he can.
Many financially-strained families and patients often have stronger self-esteem. If meals are directly bought for them, they may feel it’s charity.
They might then feel their dignity is hurt.
Thus, falsely claiming there is such a public program makes acceptance easier.
It also protects their pride and fragile self-esteem to the greatest extent.
"By the way, where is your father?"
Zhou Can hadn’t seen her father.
"Considering his age, that his legs aren’t quite convenient, I lay down my quilt on the ground for him to sleep in the staircase of the pharmaceutical department. Last night, he was ecstatic to learn that my mom’s surgery was very successful and that she had awakened."
She smiled again when speaking about this matter.
"The pharmaceutical department should have vacant rooms, right? I’ll ask someone later. If there is one, you can clean it up yourself and let your father live in it for the time being. At night, you don’t really need to stay here; just go to sleep in the pharmaceutical department employee dormitory. There are professional medical staff monitoring in ICU 24 hours a day, so family members don’t need to provide any accompaniment. Even if any emergency occurs, they’ll call you."
Zhou Can was very worried about this kind yet unfortunate girl exhausting herself to illness.
Taking care of patients is extremely tiring work.
One or two days might be okay, but persisting for more days could easily wear one out.
"It’s alright, my dad’s sleeping in the staircase is already good."
"Follow my arrangements. Also, your leave can be extended, return to work after your mom’s discharge."
Zhou Can was now the boss of the pharmaceutical department, seeing his employees facing difficulties, he certainly wouldn’t turn a blind eye.
"Thank you..."
She spoke, then attempted to kneel down to thank Zhou Can with a head bow.
Being able to get three days off was already difficult, only because Zhou Can had spoken on her behalf. Now Zhou Can was letting her directly accompany her mom until discharge, arranging a room for her dad, and applying for ’public meals’ for her family.
Every little kindness was like a stream of warmth comforting her heart.
She would never forget this kindness for the rest of her life.
...
Days passed by.
Zhou Can’s wedding date was drawing closer, and the graduate degree was about to be obtained as scheduled. Clinical medical work was equally busy; he felt that time was always insufficient.
Every ambitious person tends to feel particularly busy.
At the same time, they feel they are living every day full and fulfilling.
Cheng Xiaolu’s mother successfully transferred to a regular ward on the third day after surgery.
Under Zhou Can’s arrangement, her father also managed to move into a vacant room in the pharmaceutical department.
Zhou Can covered the three meals for the whole family.
On this day, Zhou Can was performing surgery in the emergency operating room when a nurse passed a message, saying Cheng Xiaolu wanted to see him.
Under normal circumstances, she definitely wouldn’t disturb Zhou Can casually.
Could it be her mother’s condition suddenly worsened?
Zhou Can’s heart sank slightly.
To treat that elderly lady, he and Wu Baihe and others had exerted great effort. They thought it would lead to a good outcome; surprisingly, they still couldn’t defeat King Yan.
Additionally, whether recovery could occur after damage to brain grey matter from ischemia was one of Zhou Can’s research observations.
That lady’s post-surgery recovery was quite optimistic.
Why did trouble suddenly occur?
Inpatient care in the Emergency Department, whether doctors or nurses, always had strict management.
Zhou Can himself was overseeing this matter.
"Yang Zhi, you all to take care of the remaining stitches. I’ll go and check; if I can’t return quickly, you can manage some Level 1 and Level 2 minor surgeries, helping to ease the pressure in the emergency operating room."
Zhou Can was the leader of this team.
Without him, Level 3 surgeries were impossible to conduct.
But with Yang Zhi and others’ ability, managing Level 1 and Level 2 surgeries alone was completely feasible.
Zhou Can exited the operation room and discovered more than ten missed calls on his phone, mostly from Cheng Xiaolu.
Looks like this is indeed an urgent matter.
He hurriedly made his way to the inpatient rooms of the emergency department; actually, it wasn’t far, he entered the ward area in under two minutes.
The place was calm, healthcare staff were working steadily and orderly.
Doesn’t seem like anything had happened!
Zhou Can’s gaze turned to bed 82, where the elderly lady lay, showing no abnormalities.
"Director Zhou, you’ve suddenly come to the inpatient room? Is there any patient needing special attention?"
The assigned doctor and nurse, upon seeing Zhou Can arrive, quickly ran over to await his instructions.
"Nothing happened to the patient in bed 82, right?"
"No, everything is stable, food intake is steady, all aspects are quickly recovering."
"Alright, I just came to check around, you can continue with your work!"
After leaving the ward area, Zhou Can dialed Cheng Xiaolu’s number.
What on earth had happened to this girl?
Usually, she should be in the ward, but he didn’t see her at that moment.