Chapter 2521: Unpredictable Impact
If the healed area grows incorrectly into a deformity, handling it later would be more troublesome and cause the child greater pain.
On the other hand, doctors certainly do not wish to go against the child’s will and forcibly send the child into the operating room. Especially since Shan Shan is an older child, it’s even more impossible to tie her up. All subsequent treatments require the child’s cooperation.
Alright, now that this matter has been revealed, undoubtedly the child is even more unwilling to undergo surgery.
Cao Zhao, when talking to his brother that day, truly did not foresee such a development of events. This was because he didn’t know another child named Shan Shan was present in the scene.
He and Liu Huaiyu, as pediatricians, are well aware that when people say adults are stubborn, they haven’t seen how truly stubborn children can be. Convincing those four elderly people is possible. Convincing Shan Shan would be akin to climbing a steep mountain.
"Today’s matter—" Liu Huaiyu could imagine the subsequent impact of today’s affair.
In the short term, the reduction in child donors is almost certain. All families intending to donate must consider being swayed by public opinion. Pediatric organ transplant child donors were already scarce, and this blow makes them even rarer. In the long term, if there is no turnaround in the whole matter and public opinion can’t be changed, it’s unclear how many years this impact will last.
The two friends hung up the phone, and Cao Zhao received a call from a subordinate.
Doctor Cheng Yuchen informed his supervisor that he arrived at the scene to comfort Mother Zhuxing, saying: "Xie Wanying and the others are there too. Did she return to work today?"
Student Xie’s speed is remarkably fast, showing the wound has healed to one hundred and twenty percent, exceeding all the seniors’ expectations.
𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
A minor injury was originally not a problem; the main concern was from teachers and seniors who wanted her to fully recover before returning to study and work.
When Xie Wanying and Student Wei walked out of the PICU, they saw teachers rushing to the scene.
Actually, this incident absolutely affected more than just the pediatric cardiovascular surgery department; it impacted the entire pediatric organ transplant patients. Those comforting the families included not only pediatric heart surgeons but colleagues from pediatric urology, pediatric general surgery, etc. The former does heart transplants, while the latter perform kidney transplants, liver transplants, and small intestine transplants.
Fortunately, the group of reporters is temporarily uninformed and unaware that most children waiting for organ transplants are in this area, thus avoiding stirring trouble at the PICU entrance.
The hospital temporarily increased its security level by setting up thresholds at the inpatient department’s entrance and exit to prevent idle people from entering and disturbing patients and their families. These measures might not be very effective. Medical staff have little hope. Once public opinion spreads, it’s not easy to dispel the public’s concerns as mentioned above.
Soon, a group of teachers was called by hospital leadership to the administrative building for a meeting, hastening to discuss future work arrangements: how to deal with the media, how to comfort families, and how to continue normal medical work without external influence.
The entire social public opinion revolved around this public incident, causing a ruckus.
As young doctors, their words are already weak. In circumstances where teachers can’t do much, they are even less able to help. Focusing on core duties is essential. Xie Wanying and the others returned to the emergency department for night shift duty.
In the family waiting area, where a television hangs to entertain the families, the local TV channel is continuously broadcasting follow-up reports on this public incident.
It’s imaginable that when a child steps forward to accuse their parents of "inaction," the explosive social power is comparable to a nuclear bomb.