Chapter 6 — The Truth in the Emergency Room

This was the first time he reprimanded Director Khau in front of everyone. Headmaster Khau's lips moved but in the end he didn't say more. The surgery lasted three hours. I sat outside the operating room. Chu Tue squatted in the corner, crying until he could no longer make a sound. Her husband stood next to her, continuously smoking one cigarette after another, and was warned three times by the nurse. Finally, Director Tran stepped out. "The child is temporarily stable." Chu Tue rushed forward. "Director Tran, how is my son?" Director Tran took off his mask. "There are two holes in the intestines, the abdomen is seriously contaminated." "Three magnets have been removed." Chu Tue's eyes darkened and he almost fell down. Her husband caught her, his voice trembling. "Three seeds?" Director Tran nodded. "Fortunately, he was still brought in relatively in time." "If it had been too late, the septic shock had gotten worse, the consequences would have been difficult to say." Chu Tue suddenly looked at me, her lips trembling for a long time. "Doctor Tham..." I didn't say anything. She suddenly knelt down. "Sorry, I really didn't know it swallowed the magnet." "I thought you accidentally pressed its stomach." "I scolded you online, I went to the Medical Department to cause trouble, I..." She cried so much that she couldn't continue. I looked at her, not feeling happy in my heart, just tired. "About the apology, wait until the child wakes up and then talk." "Now what you should do is coordinate treatment." She nodded repeatedly. But at this moment, Director Khau spoke again. "If it is determined that it was due to magnet particles, then yesterday's dispute can be clearly explained." "Miss Chu, don't blame yourself too much." "No one wants a child to accidentally swallow something." I slowly turned my head. He is still looking for a way out, still wants to turn everything into a "misunderstanding". I asked: "Director Khau, have you forgotten something?" He frowned. "What?" "You forced me to admit that I abused children, you cut my performance bonus." "You forced me to write a fifty-thousand-word review, you let my family record a video of me apologizing." "You posted on a public account to frame me." His face turned white. The surrounding doctors and nurses were all looking at him. Director Khau tried to defend. "That's also to resolve conflicts." I took a step forward. "Resolve conflicts?" "Pushing the doctor who saved people as a sacrifice is called resolving conflicts?" "For the sake of the title of civilized department, trampling medical truth to the ground is called serving the patient?" He was so embarrassed that he became angry. "Tham Tri Ha, don't let the situation get to you!" "The child is okay now thanks to everyone's efforts." try." "It's not your credit alone!" I laughed. "I never said it was my credit alone." "But holding me down and forcing me to apologize was your idea alone." His face turned pale. Deputy Director Luong couldn't look at it anymore. "Khau Chan Hai, go back to the office first." Director Khau was not willing. "Director Luong, you can't let her lead this matter." Deputy Director Luong said coldly: "Now you have dragged the hospital into a hole." Khau Chan Hai was completely stiff. I picked up my bag. "Director Luong, I will truthfully add to today's emergency record." "Regarding the subsequent investigation, I will wait for the results." Deputy Director Luong said in a low voice: "Doctor Tham, you should go back and rest first." I said: "I have not been reinstated to work yet. Just a temporary restoration of medical examination and treatment rights." His expression was complicated. "The hospital will quickly study it." I nodded. "Then I continue to be suspended. "The next day, there was chaos inside the hospital. Chu Tue deleted the post on her personal page. She also posted an apology video. In the video, she has a bare face, her eyes are swollen like walnuts. "My son accidentally swallowed a magnet, which led to a perforated intestine. Your emergency care."

Dr. Tham yesterday was correct." "Because I did not understand medical knowledge, I posted untrue information online, causing hurt to Dr. Tham." "I apologize to Dr. Tham." The video was posted less than half an hour, the comments immediately reversed. "So doctors who save people are still scolded?" "Even the Heimlich procedure can be considered child abuse?" "Where is the hospital's post yesterday? Please explain!” “Civilization department? There is a civilized sacrificial department!" The article from the hospital's public account was dug up. Screenshots spread everywhere, the phone of the Medical Department was on fire. I sat at home surfing the phone. The phone rang. It was Deputy Director Luong. "Doctor Tham, is it convenient for you to come to the hospital this afternoon?" "What's the matter?" "About handling you, the hospital wants to talk to you." I asked: "Is it to talk about handling or to talk about apologies?" The other end of the line was silent. silence. "Both." At three o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived at the administrative building. There were quite a few people in the meeting room. Director Tuong Duc Nhan was sitting in the outermost position, looking at me, his eyes were filled with resentment. "Doctor Tham, sit down." He went straight to the point.