Chapter 10 Section 10

After taking a sip of instant coffee, Yuangong sighed. "It's been rare recently, but these kinds of pranks are common. A surgeon I know received a threatening letter that was mailed to his home. It was not signed, but he knew who did it. It was a cancer removal operation. The family members of the patient whose condition worsened and died. The patient’s cancer was approaching the terminal stage, and the survival rate was very low no matter whether he needed surgery or not. , which is unavoidable." "Was that letter written by the family members of the patient who died in this hospital?" Xi Ji asked in a low voice. There were only the two of them in the office, and the nurse hadn't been told about the threatening letter.

"It may not be family members, but it must be people who are very close, such as lovers, friends, or benefactors! Probably because someone who is considered important was killed by this hospital." Yuan Gong's tone was as calm as usual, and his eyes were falling on the medical records of the patients he was in charge of, showing that he cared more about the condition of the living patients than the dead patients.Of course, Xi Ji also agreed with this idea. After she came here for training, several patients were sent out by the undertaker, and many of them had some contact with Xi Ji.However, every time Xi Ji didn't feel sad or depressed, because new patients appeared one after another.She deeply understands that the duty of a doctor is to save as many people as possible, and it is precisely because there are patients who cannot be saved that she hopes to treat the patients who can be saved with all her strength.

Xi Ji really couldn't regard the threatening letter as a pure prank, perhaps because she found that the shock of the threatening letter was too great, but she cared about the words in it.The prisoner who called himself "Warner" used the word "sabotage" in his article.Unless all mistakes are made public and an apology is made, the hospital will be destroyed... If it was a prank threatening letter, would you use such words?Xi Ji couldn't help but speculate.Not only hospitals, but the common word used when terrorizing organizations in certain buildings is "set fire".I want to set fire to your house, school, and company... If this is the wording, maybe I won't care so much.Xi Ji thought so.

Why use the word "destruction"?It wasn't arson, it wasn't an explosion, the word was deliberately chosen, so she had to think that it had some other meaning.Does the prisoner have any specific plans?Was "destroy" the proper verb for that project? Of course, she also knew that no matter how much she thought about it, it would be useless, and she could only hope that the police would do their best.The hospital must face the problem of how to deal with it in the future, but the resident physician has no room to intervene. The door opened, and Xi Yuan walked in.He should have been having an emergency meeting with other professors just now.

Xiyuan sat down on the chair with a serious face. "Did you mention it to anyone later?" He asked Xi Ji, probably referring to the threatening letter. "No." "Where's Yamauchi? Is he still at the school?" "No, I was still here just now, and now I am in the intensive care unit." "Did you tell him?" "not yet." "Really! Well, I'll tell him later. Don't mention it in the future, please." Xi Ji answered yes, and Yuan Gong nodded silently. Xiyuan tapped the table with his fingertips a few times. "Really, someone messed up."

"What did you say at the meeting?" Yuan Gong asked. "Most thought it was a hoax, and I thought so too. There have been no recent complaints from deceased patients." "Mr. Criminal Police means that we should not only look at recent examples, but also consider previous examples." Xi Ji expressed his opinion. "That's true, but the problem is here, why did you bring it up now? Anyway, shouldn't you complain first before doing this kind of thing?" "I don't know..." Xi Ji lowered her head. Sometimes there's just nothing you can do - actually, she wanted to say.Even if you have doubts about the hospital or physician, there is nothing you can do without evidence.Even with a little credential, there is no ability to fight against the high wall of the hospital.

Just like me at the time——Xi Ji remembered his father's funeral. "It must be a prank." Yuan Gong said, "If it was serious, it wouldn't be stuffed in the puppy's collar. It's stuck there, and I don't know when it will fall off. Even if it doesn't fall off, the owner may not read the content. Just throw it away, and usually send it to the hospital.” "Maybe I'm afraid it will leave a postmark," Xi Ji said. Yuan Gong waved slightly. "It's enough to take a short detour and deliver it to a place with no geographical relationship. If you don't even want to spend this effort, it means that the other party is not serious at all."

"Other professors have expressed the same opinion. I also think that the practice of clipping the dog's collar gives people the impression of being unplanned and improvised. However, even if it is a prank, some people do have suspicions about this hospital. Malicious or hostile. Also, this person may be in and out of the hospital from time to time, and we have to be vigilant." "How to be more vigilant?" Yuan Gong asked. "We can only strengthen the security first." "Is this the only thing the meeting decided?" Xiyuan crossed his hands and murmured in a low voice. "The question is whether to tell the patient. If it is not a prank and something happens, they will be questioned why they concealed it in the first place. But on the other hand, it is really difficult to judge whether the patient should be told."

"Telling patients is tantamount to making public." "That's right. Not only hospitalized patients, but also people who come to the hospital must tell it, otherwise it will be considered dishonest. But you also understand that this kind of thing is very impractical." "Because we found a threatening letter with this kind of content, please be mentally prepared before coming to our hospital?! This is really unrealistic." Yuan Gong shook his head. "As for the hospitalized patients, even if I explain the situation to them, they probably don't know what to do. However, there may be some people who want to be discharged from the hospital."

"Those who can be discharged immediately, don't have to wait until this kind of thing happens, they will be discharged early." "Exactly. Sometimes making a fuss will make the patient uneasy and aggravate the condition, which is terrible. The dean and the director of affairs think that the patient should not be notified." Yuan Gong smiled wryly and scratched the back of his head. "Mr. Kasagi is likely to say 'What publicity! Don't consider it!'. He is sensitive about maintaining the image of the hospital." "Mr. Kasagi should be afraid of the media who hear the news. He said that if the content of the threatening letter is made public, the general public will start to speculate whether the hospital really concealed medical negligence. I think this is too neurotic. , but not entirely impossible."

"So, is it time to decide whether to tell the patient?" Xi Ji confirmed.This is important because she doesn't know much about how to approach patients without concealment. "At this stage, yes." Xiyuan slowly faced her. "If it is a prank, there is no problem. If it is not a prank, the prisoner will not take action immediately, and the same threatening letter should be sent again." "What if it doesn't come?" "It will definitely be delivered." Yuan Gong interjected. "According to the literal meaning of the threatening letter, the purpose of the prisoner is not to destroy the hospital, but to ask the hospital to disclose some information. If the hospital does not respond, they will definitely warn again. At that time, the method used cannot be dismissed as a prank. " "In terms of the patient's response, it must also be adjusted according to the content of the second threat. The most important thing is not to implicate the patient." "I don't think there will be a second threat. This must be a prank." Yuan Gong shook his head lightly. "By the way, you want us not to mention this matter. What level of people still know?" "Of course all the professors know about it. People in each department will only inform when the professor judges it is necessary. However, people outside the hospital needless to say, and even people inside the hospital must try their best to keep it secret. This is what everyone agrees on. Yes. Because these kinds of rumors spread quickly and are fueled, it is difficult to deal with." "What are we going to do?" "As I mentioned just now, I want to tell Yamauchi that he is also the doctor in charge of the ice room. The follow-up of the incident is related to the ice room. If he doesn't know, it may be inconvenient." "It's true, the police may come to question again." Saying that, Yuan Gong looked at Xi Ji. "Residency doctors are already busy enough, you have to work hard." Xi Ji didn't speak, but smiled slightly.It's true that she didn't have the idea of ​​troublesome upper body, but she also thought that if she hadn't discovered the threatening letter, she probably wouldn't have known about it from the beginning to the end.Because on a certain level, the hospital does not treat the resident physicians as their own. When encountering such a situation, it is inevitable that there will be an inexplicable sense of alienation.Thinking of this, she was glad that the person who found out was herself. Xiyuan stood up. "I can rest assured you two, but I would like to remind you, never leak it out. Also, the secretariat said that if you find any suspicious person, you should report to them." After finishing speaking, Xiyuan showed a wry smile. "It's just that what kind of person is called a suspicious person is also a difficult problem." Xi Yuan walked towards the door, but seemed to remember something, stopped and looked back at Xi Ji. "Ice room, can you come here?" "What's up?" "A small matter, let's talk while walking." Xi Yuan walked towards the corridor. Xi Ji left the office, followed behind him, then quickly caught up and walked beside him. "Mr. Shimabara's operation will be delayed a little bit." "yes?" "The blood sugar is too high. The old man is suspected of stealing too much food." "Because there are a lot of people visiting the doctor." "Tell me about him too, although he may not necessarily listen to the resident doctor." "The only problem with the preoperative test is blood sugar?" "That's the only data. But to be honest, the bureau also wants the operation to be postponed." "Affairs?" Xiyuan quickly glanced around. "It seems to be worried about the threatening letter. Even if it was a prank, Mr. Shimabara would ask why he used the knife when he received the threatening letter. The Bureau hopes that the operation should be postponed until the whole thing is determined to be a prank. " Xi Ji nodded.This is indeed a concern that the people in the Bureau will have. "When is the surgery scheduled?" "Currently thinking of next Friday, that would add a full week, and just hope it's clear before then that it's all a hoax." "Okay, I see, is that all you want to explain?" "That's all about work." Xiyuan stood still, and looked around again, his expression softened a little. "Later, did you talk to your mother on the phone?" "Later" refers to after that dinner. Xi Ji shook his head. "No." "Really? I didn't have much time that day. I thought you guys talked about it in detail afterward." "I don't have time because the hospital is very busy." Xiyuan sighed. "Maybe. In fact, I also want to have a good chat with you. However, I obviously can't find time in the short term. Let's talk about it after your training period is over. I think you also have a lot to say to me." Xi Ji was silent, she didn't know how to answer. "That's it, you can go back." "May I ask a question? It's about that threatening letter." "what is the problem?" "That passage... about medical negligence, did any professor know about it?" "No, no one mentioned it in the meeting just now. What's the matter?" "No, nothing. Excuse me." Xi Ji saluted, turned and left.As I walked, I asked myself: Are you too?When you are asked about medical error, can you really say no with a clear conscience?When you go back to the distant past, don't you find that some things make you feel guilty? Or is that not an oversight?Not negligent, but deliberate? Negative imaginations appeared in her heart again.