Chapter 2340: Frightened
Finally, after a while, the call went through, and Doctor Cheng’s anxious voice emerged: "Teacher Cao, they said there’s a tricky emergency pediatric case. I told Sanbao to wait for the general surgery doctor to come down to the ER. Now I hear they’ve taken the kid somewhere else."
Cao Zhao, with one hand in his lab coat pocket, walked with his head down, holding the phone to his ear. Hearing the questioning tone of his subordinate, a slight smirk flickered across his brow.
Maybe this subordinate of his wanted to trap him into saying something, but ended up being incoherent himself.
The superior remained silent. Doctor Cheng realized he had misspoken and respectfully adjusted his tone: "Teacher Cao, have you returned from the meeting?"
In the afternoon, Cao Zhao had gone to a meeting. When Student Duan sought him out, he could only text Teacher Cheng for inquiries.
"I guess later Sanbao consulted you for your opinion," Doctor Cheng Yuchen pondered. Student Duan Sanbao had dared to change his mind and attempt something because he must have gotten the approval of other teachers. Besides Cao Zhao, there was likely no one else. Doctor Cheng Yuchen’s concern was: "It’s their first time on an independent emergency shift. Sanbao has experience helping teachers on duty, but not in the ER, it was in the ward."
Is there a difference between the ward and the ER? In reality, as long as they don’t go out for on-site emergency rescue, there’s not much difference. In the ward, you can encounter family disputes, sudden patient deterioration requiring emergency intervention, and challenges that are difficult to decipher or resolve, requiring frontline young doctors to hold the fort until the senior doctors come to the rescue.
"Do you want me to go help you check things out?" Seeing his subordinate so worried, Cao Zhao asked considerately.
Doctor Cheng was almost dumbfounded by his boss.
Boss, please don’t joke like that suddenly, I’m very scared. Doctor Cheng Yuchen shouted in his heart. His boss, like a lead character in a romance drama, was really not as warm-hearted as those drama leads.
Suddenly realizing he couldn’t let his boss run errands, Doctor Cheng Yuchen immediately changed his approach to hands-on: "Teacher Cao, I’ll go down to the ER. Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye on things and report if there’s an issue."
The abrupt 180-degree change in his subordinate’s words made Cao Zhao blink.
The people around him burst into hearty laughter, pointing at him: Look how scared you’ve made him!
Cao Zhao put down the phone and looked at his old friend with exaggerated expressions, his face appearing slightly angry, he solemnly asked, "Aren’t you going back to your department?"
Wu Manzhong was returning with him from the hospital meeting they attended. Logic dictates he should return to his own department. Ahead was the three-way intersection separating ER and inpatient units, but instead of heading towards the inpatient unit, Wu Manzhong turned around after being questioned and suddenly asked the other two, "Are you going to watch?"
Hey, you—Cao Zhao almost rolled his eyes.
This group was just as playful as he was, but that didn’t mean he allowed others to play with him and his team.
"You agreed to their treatment plan, shouldn’t you also take a look?" Wu Manzhong said to him.
Yes, he was planning to go to the radiology department. He timed his meeting to finish perfectly to go over there and cover any issues. It’s just that these young ones are not very self-reliant, which causes concern for a teacher. The problem was this issue was related to his team, not anyone else.
"Seriously. I promised your brother at noon to check on his partner’s case." Wu Manzhong said matter-of-factly.