Healing Doctor

Chapter 707 The Patient's Family with the Best Compliance

"I absolutely disagree! If you drag that old geezer away, I'll never forgive you!"

"Oh, Grandpa is suffering."

"Damn it! Did you ask for even a penny less than your retirement pension last month?"

No matter what, one of Old Wang's grandsons eventually brought the topic back to money.

Ji Xiang sighed inwardly.

Nothing.

Old Wang's two grandsons stopped arguing after saying something to each other.

When Ji Xiang opened the door, they had already left and disappeared without a trace.

Soon, Shen Lang came running over in a flurry of activity.

Where are they?!

"I'm gone."

"What did you say?!"

Shen Lang's eyes were shining, making Ji Xiang feel a little dizzy.

Ji Xiang couldn't understand Shen Lang's thought process, but there was no need to. Ji Xiang felt that he could go back at any time.

A strange sense of empathy arises. The system NPC could tell you the truth directly, but instead, it goes to great lengths to make you empathize, letting you know through Shen Lang and the patient's family that they are all after money.

As for whether the old man lives or dies, it's not important... it's very important. You only have money when you're alive; if you're dead, you have nothing.

However, Ji Xiang didn't need to do this question at all; it was practically a backdoor given to him by the system, it was ridiculously easy.

Is this done to gain attribute points?

While inwardly grumbling, Ji Xiang told Shen Lang what he had overheard.

Shen Lang said, "I knew it would be like this."

"One of them is right," Ji Xiang said. "There's no need to make the old man suffer any more."

"What kind of good person do you think he is?" Shen Lang said disdainfully. "He's been in the hospital for so many days, and you haven't even bothered to look at him."

"..."

Ji Xiang was taken aback.

Shen Lang's words make some sense.

"Brother Lang, virtual money is when the medical affairs office calls the settlement department and generates tens of thousands of yuan in hospital fees directly in the system, right?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Yes, that's the treatment for retired personnel. So many families don't care at all, they just throw the person into the ICU, and as long as they don't die, they get paid every day. Think about it, lying there doing nothing, they get six or seven hundred a day."

Ji Xiang has no concept of money.

Six or seven hundred a day doesn't seem like much.

"That's all, I can't really say for sure. Did you see where they went last?" Shen Lang asked.

"I didn't see them," Ji Xiang replied truthfully. "I kept listening inside, but after a while they seemed to be whispering something, but I couldn't hear clearly. After a while, they were gone."

Shen Lang sighed deeply.

In his view, whispering is the most important thing.

As for the rest, none of that matters.

"Brother Lang, have a smoke. I'm sorry to bother you so late at night," Ji Xiang said.

"No, thank you." Shen Lang waved his hand and was about to leave.

"Brother Lang, will you be able to sleep when you get back? How about you make do in the duty room for the night?"

"I don't have time to sleep, I'm going to see if there's anything interesting going on."

As Shen Lang spoke, he turned and left. His face shone with light when he said the word "lively".

Ji Xiang watched his retreating figure disappear hurriedly around the corner, feeling a sense of loss.

Is someone who stays up late to go see what's going on a commotion a doctor?

However, Shen Lang was truly energetic. He performed surgeries every day while wearing a lead apron, doing ten or eight surgeries without ever complaining of being tired.

The nurse said that he seemed to have mutated. He had contracted rabies a few years ago, but even this disease, which has a near 100% mortality rate, did not take him away.

No wonder Shen Lang is in charge of Old Wang. Our Brother Lang is tough; Old Wang can't handle him!

Upon thinking of this, Ji Xiang almost burst out laughing.

This "boring" empathy almost made Ji Xiang assimilate with Shen Lang.

……

The next morning, Shen Lang appeared in the department looking refreshed and energetic.

Ji Xiang even had the illusion that Shen Lang could live on gossip alone, without relying on food.

"Little Ji! I saw it yesterday!"

"What did you see, Brother Lang?"

"Old Wang's two grandsons are fighting at home!" Shen Lang laughed. "They're making a huge fuss. Tell me, isn't it all because of that little bit of pension... no, retirement pension doesn't amount to that much money, it's a retirement allowance."

"It's not uncommon for brothers to fight each other, and even fathers and sons to turn against each other, because of money," Ji Xiang said calmly.

"It's a pity I can't sit on the sidelines and watch the fun," Shen Lang said with some regret. "I can't hear what they're saying; I can only watch from afar and guess what they're saying."

"That's it?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Of course, that's not enough!"

"Dr. Shen, are you there?"

As the two were talking, someone suddenly pushed the door open and came in.

"They didn't even knock on the door. How rude!" Ji Xiang thought to himself.

"Wang Quan, you've finally arrived." Shen Lang's smile immediately became "professional." He called out the patient's name and went straight to greet him, blocking Wang Quan from leaving the duty room.

Ji Xiang followed behind Shen Lang, listening to what they had to say.

"Dr. Shen, how is my grandfather? Tell me the truth, is there any chance of him recovering?" Wang Quan asked.

Shen Lang explained it to him once, then stood in the corridor, seemingly unwilling to sit down and have a proper conversation with him.

"I see." Wang Quan rubbed his hands and sighed. "I've always felt that I can't let my grandfather suffer too much, so I won't go to the ICU. Otherwise, if I go, he'll just be intubated and on a machine to keep him breathing. It's hard to say whether he's even alive in that situation."

Shen Lang was taken aback, and Ji Xiang was also momentarily stunned.

The fact that such human language could come out of Wang Quan's mouth was clearly beyond their expectations.

"That would be too painful, Dr. Shen. Let's do as you say and process the automatic discharge."

"I didn't say that!" Shen Lang subconsciously denied. "What I meant was that the old man is in his terminal stage, and the specific choices are up to you."

"Oh, I know, that's my idea," Wang Quan said.

"Do you really want to process the automatic discharge?" Shen Lang asked doubtfully.

"Yes, didn't you say it was the terminal stage, with all the parts failing, and we can't really replace all the parts?" Wang Quan sighed.

Every word he said was correct, revealing his understanding and wisdom.

If Wang Quan hadn't never appeared before, Ji Xiang would have even thought he was the kind of patient's family member with the best medical compliance.

Shen Lang clearly had similar concerns and sought the opinions of other relatives.

Old Wang only has two immediate family members. Wang Quan's brother is away on a business trip, but the two brothers reached a consensus last night that the priority should be to minimize the suffering of the elderly.

Although Shen Lang was puzzled, he couldn't persuade the patient's family to leave the hospital on their own, as they insisted on discharge.

Wang Quan was somewhat reluctant to go through the whole process of filing with the medical affairs office, leaving audio and video records, signing documents, and affixing his fingerprints, finding it troublesome, but he eventually cooperated and completed it.

Watching Wang Quan call an ambulance to transfer Old Wang home, Ji Xiang felt that the empathy should end.

however,

Ji Xiang never expected that the empathy would continue.

What else do I need to feel for myself?

Ji Xiang thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

(End of this chapter)