University Doctor and His Fragile Patients

While the comments section was filled with heated arguments.

In the live broadcast footage.

Chen Mu also let out a gentle sigh, then said helplessly, "The patient was brought to the hospital from a certain drinking party."

"After the patient was brought to the hospital, his friends left him at the reception desk without even helping to register, and ran away."

"It was our hospital’s nurse who noticed the seriousness of the patient’s condition and called a doctor first, then notified the police, and contacted the patient’s family member, Ms. Fu Xiaocui here."

Listening to Chen Mu’s words.

Fu Xiaocui felt particularly uncomfortable.

She frowned: "Dr. Chen, there’s no need to harp on this point. My husband is a man, and how many men don’t drink? It’s normal to have a drink with friends over dinner."

Chen Mu’s expression was calm: "I’m not blaming the patient for drinking. I’m just explaining to the public the cause of your husband’s illness."

"The patient’s condition is very serious, acute gastric bleeding and perforation, surgery is necessary."

"It’s safe to say that without surgery, there would be a risk to his life."

"But when the hospital asked the patient’s family to pay, the family said they had no money."

"Said her husband drinks heavily outside every day, and they can’t even scrape together a hundred yuan for the surgery."

"The patient’s condition, although serious, was not so critical that he would die immediately. In other words, at that time, the hospital wouldn’t open a green channel for this patient."

"We admitted the patient to the emergency department, provided conservative treatment first, and asked the family to go home and try to gather money."

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"???"

"What do you mean, if he’s not going to die immediately, you won’t care?"

"Is it right to not treat if there’s no money? Isn’t the hospital disregarding human life?"

"But if the hospital provides free care in such situations, families with critically ill patients would just drop them off at the hospital door without paying for ICU care."

"Hospitals have their own order, society has its own order, Dr. Chen has made it very clear, they provided conservative treatment and asked the family to gather money!"

"Sounds nice, but a family that can’t come up with a hundred yuan, what money can they gather?"

"But gastric ulcer surgery isn’t extremely expensive, right? After insurance, it’s just about thirty thousand? My family has had this surgery, it’s not as expensive as you think."

"Giving time to gather money isn’t too unreasonable, right?"

"..."

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"Actually, not only facing Fu Xiaocui, but also for other families in such situations, this is how we arrange things."

"At that time, our medical department staff even suggested, if the patient really had difficulty gathering money, they could help contact some crowdfunding software and try online crowdfunding."

"So it’s not ignoring the patient, rather, my hospital paid close attention to every patient in need of help."

The investigation team members nodded.

They looked at Chen Mu, asking: "Dr. Chen, do you remember how much money the patient’s surgery would cost back then? We just need an approximate number."

Chen Mu nodded and said, "I remember, with health insurance coverage, the out-of-pocket cost was about thirty thousand; without it, about fifty thousand."

"But when the patient’s family once again said they couldn’t gather the money, our hospital proactively offered to help inquire about crowdfunding, and the family refused."

This time.

Not to mention the investigation team, even Su Bingbing couldn’t help but cast a questioning gaze at Fu Xiaocui.

She asked incomprehensibly, "Why refuse the crowdfunding help? Perhaps now raising tens of thousands for a serious illness would be difficult, but for thirty to fifty thousand, there’s still hope."

She had studied crowdfunding software before.

Even though much crowdfunding has changed now.

But at the time Chen Mu suggested crowdfunding to Fu Xiaocui, crowdfunding was relatively easy.

Because the software was newly launched.

People hadn’t been duped much yet and were willing to offer some goodwill.

Fu Xiaocui’s expression was evasive: "This, it doesn’t necessarily relate to my husband’s surgery, does it?"

"Dr. Chen has said too much."

Some topics.

Even though Fu Xiaocui tried hard.

To avoid them.

But...

Not everyone is willing to avoid them.

Chen Mu didn’t want to end this topic at all.

Earlier when Fu Xiaocui tried to change the subject, Chen Mu quickly interjected.

"Back then, our hospital also asked about this."

"Fu Xiaocui answered that their family has a house and a car. It’s not that they don’t want to apply, but with a house and car, crowdfunding audits wouldn’t pass, they couldn’t apply."

"Oh, both the car and house were fully paid."

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"???!?"

"I was just speaking up for them, and now thinking about going back to my rented apartment tonight, I nearly cried."

"What is this, always feeling sorry for everyone on the internet, and suddenly realizing, the most pitiful person is myself?!?"

"I’m suddenly starting to understand why Dr. Chen wanted to finish speaking, at least this woman is definitely not as hard up as she claims."