Chapter 4 Who Did The Operation

Zachary sneered. He took off his white coat, threw it in front of Dr. Tse, and said, "A doctor must have the medical ethics to save lives. The honour of medical ethics has been tarnished by all of you, who would give up on a patient because of the fear of bearing responsibility. It would be a shame for me to stay in this hospital with all of you!"

After saying that, Zachary turned around and walked away without hesitation.

"You..." Dr. Tse was so furious that he was trembling all over.

Suddenly, the sound of car brakes was heard. An old man with grey hair got out of the car and walked over quickly. He was Vanessa's grandfather, Maxwell Sue.

Dr. Tse and the others were shocked when they saw the old man. They exclaimed in unison, "Master Sue! Why would you come to our hospital?"

Fabian walked over to him quickly. He lowered his head, "Master Sue, it's my fault. I wanted to take Vanessa out on a drive. But, the road was slippery, and it was dark at that hour. I didn't think..."

"Let's talk about it later. Where is Vanessa?" Maxwell replied calmly. However, his walking pace had increased. It showed that he was actually very worried about Vanessa.

Dr. Tse rushed over and explained the situation to Maxwell.

"Internal bleeding in the brain is a troublesome situation!" At the news of his granddaughter's condition, Maxwell frowned. He quickened his pace immediately, almost breaking into a run.

He had many years of medical experience. Therefore, he knew that it was theoretically feasible to use Chinese medicine to dissolve the blood clot in the brain. However, it is too time-consuming to achieve this pharmacological effect, and the dose of medicine must be accurate as well. The location and degree of internal bleeding would have a great impact on the dose of the medicine required.

Craniotomy would be a quicker way to resolve the issue. However, the risks involved in surgery would be much higher. Moreover, there could be complications arising as a result from the surgery.

At that thought, Maxwell's face revealed a trace of anxiousness.

He hurried over to the operating room. Tears welled up within his eyes when he saw his granddaughter lying on the bed.

He calmed himself down as he approached his granddaughter and grabbed her wrist to check on her pulse. He had a strange look on his face as he was feeling her pulse.

After examining Vanessa's eyes and head carefully, Master Sue stood up and looked around, asking, "Has Vanessa received an operation? Who did it?"

Dr. Tse seemed to have thought of something. He quickly stood up before the others could react, "Master Sue, is Miss Sue all right?"

Master Sue sighed and said, "Vanessa had internal bleeding in her brain. Generally speaking, she would need craniotomy to drain the blood away. Otherwise, she would need some medication to dissolve the blood clot. Vanessa obviously did not go through a craniotomy. But, the blood resulting from the internal bleeding has been drained away. I don't know what method the doctor used, but I have to thank the doctor for saving her life."

Upon hearing that, Dr. Tse immediately replied, "Master Sue, you don't have to thank us. It's our duty as a doctor to save lives. I'm the one on-call tonight, it was me who did the operation."

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that Dr. Tse would take the credit so shamelessly. However, all people present were his subordinates. Therefore, they didn't dare to say anything even though they knew Dr. Tse was lying.

The doctor, who had always been trying to gain favor from the seniors, chimed in as well. "Dr. Tse didn't even have time to enjoy his supper. He performed the operation immediately as soon as Miss Sue was sent here."

As for Fabian, he didn't like Zachary at all. Anyway, he hadn't gotten himself out of trouble yet. He didn't have any mood to get involved in the matter at hand.

Master Sue was so focused on the condition of his granddaughter that he did not notice the weird looks on the other people's faces.

"It would be difficult for me to treat her even if I were her doctor. I didn't expect that Dr. Tse would be able to resolve this situation easily. It seems that my medical skills are out of date!" Master Sue sighed, "Can you please tell me, what kind of method did you use to remove the blood from the internal bleeding? I'm a little curious about this."

Dr. Tse was stunned at the question. He had already taken the credit, so now he would have to continue lying. Although he didn't know how Zachary had resolved Vanessa's internal bleeding, he had some prior experience with similar cases as a chief doctor. He could simply tell Master Sue an arbitrary way to resolve internal bleeding, since Master Sue didn't know much about Western medicine after all.

After a short pause, Dr. Tse said, "Master Sue, you are an experienced Chinese physician. I believe that you have great achievements in the Chinese medicine field. However, Western medicine is developing rapidly now. So, you may not know much about it. It's not necessary for us to do a craniotomy in order to resolve internal bleeding. For example, I used..."

Dr. Tse made up many professional terms and high-tech instruments because he knew that Master Sue did not know much about Western medicine. In the end, he successfully bluffed his way through and took all the credit.

After listening to Dr. Tse, Master Sue sighed, "Well, it seems that I am really old now. Chinese medicine is out of date. I can't keep up with the times!"

"Dr. Tse, the extravasated blood in Vanessa's brain hasn't been cleared completely yet. Although it's not a big deal, I'm still a little worried. Could you please clean it up now? I would also like to see how you performed the procedure."

Dr. Tse's facial muscles trembled, and his heart skipped a beat. He didn't know any special method to clear the extravasated blood completely. However, since he had already lied so much about it, he could only continue to do so now. He worked his brain hard in order to get himself out of trouble. Then, his eyes lit up, and he explained,

"Master Sue, although the method is useful in draining most of the extravasated blood, it is not helpful in draining the rest of it. So, we can only dissolve the blood clots slowly with traditional methods. All we need to do is to remove the fluid out of her body to reduce the intracranial pressure and adjust the target of the blood pressure level. The patient will then be cured after resting for a certain period of time."

"Oh, I see. Thank you, Dr. Tse," Master Sue believed Dr. Tse as he didn't think too much about it.

Dr. Tse let out a long sigh of relief, without any change in the expression on his face. He was overjoyed now that he had finally fooled Maxwell. He would definitely gain a great reputation from this because Master Sue was an influential person. It would be great for his promotion.

Dr. Tse suppressed his excitement. He walked over to the bedside and said, "Master Sue, please don't be worried. I'll transfer Miss Sue to the VIP ward now, and I'll make sure that she receives the best treatment."

Dr. Tse wanted to show his enthusiasm by personally sending Vanessa to the VIP ward.

However, one of the staff muttered, "Zachary said that we should keep the patient in her current position. We should not move her."

Veins bulged out of Dr. Tse's forehead when he heard the mention of Zachary's name. He glared at the staff and warned them, "What nonsense are you talking about? Is he the chief or am I the chief? Am I not as good as him?"

After that, he looked up and saw that Master Sue was talking to Fabian on the side. It seemed that he had not noticed the incident. Dr. Tse could not help but let out a sigh of relief. Then, he began to move Vanessa's body.