"Systolic blood pressure 89 mmHg, diastolic blood pressure 53 mmHg, heart rate 71 beats per minute," Lin Yuanyuan reported the latest vital signs.

Slowly, Ruan's mother opened her eyes slightly, her expression dazed.

Ruan Lingyue was stunned for a moment, then quickly wiped away her tears, tightly grasped her mother's cold fingers and rubbed them hard to warm them, choking out, "Mom, Mom, Mom..."

Ruan's mother looked around blankly, and Ruan Lingyue quickly asked, "Mom, are you feeling any better? Is there anything else that hurts?"

Seeing her daughter sobbing, Ruan's mother struggled to keep her tired, lifeless eyes open, and frowned as she comforted her, "Little Yue'er, don't cry, I'm not sad anymore..."

"Thank you, Dr. Shi..." Ruan Lingyue looked at Shi Wan, her eyes filled with gratitude. She really thought her mother was beyond saving, and even now, thinking about it again, Ruan Lingyue still felt extremely sad.

Shi Wan wiped her slightly damp forehead, shook her head with a smile, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The aunt's initial vital signs are stable, but she needs to be sent back to the hospital as soon as possible for further life support."

After she finished speaking, Ruan's mother was lifted back into the ambulance, and Lin Yuanyuan tidied up the scene and prepared to return to the hospital.

The female relative of the elderly man with asthma, seeing that it was getting late and he was about to leave, raised her phone and started snapping photos, stopping him again: "You haven't lent me the defibrillator yet, are you trying to run away?"

As she spoke, the female relative grabbed Shi Wan, who was about to get into the car.

Shi Wan had already performed several rounds of chest compressions, and her arms were already in excruciating pain. Now, she was suddenly grabbed by the female family member of the elderly man with asthma, and Shi Wan felt an intense pain in her arms.

Shi Wan frowned slightly: "Please let me go first."

The female relative, however, bit back and forth like a mad dog, and her hand hurt even more as the night wore on.

Shi Wan winced in pain: "Let's talk this out, please let go first."

"If I let go, you'll run away." The woman clung tightly to Shi Wan, crying and cursing, "It's all your fault for not lending me the defibrillator! You'll be responsible if something happens to my elderly relative!"

Shi Wan took a deep breath and said patiently, "As you just saw, the patient in my ambulance also needs a defibrillator, and their condition is not stable right now. If there's any delay..."

"If you cause a delay, that's your responsibility, what does it have to do with me? It's also your responsibility that you won't lend me the defibrillator!"

The woman's family member refused to budge, and even yelled at the onlookers, "They call themselves angels in white, but they are heartless and refused to help those in need, harming my elderly relative!"

"This kind of person is too wicked, let's call the police." Lin Yuanyuan couldn't stand it anymore and took out her phone to dial 110.

“Calling the police will damage the hospital’s reputation, and it will take the police some time to arrive at the scene. If we delay any longer, it may worsen Auntie’s condition.” Shi Wan stopped Lin Yuanyuan, looking troubled.

Without hesitation, Ruan Lingyue followed suit, taking out her phone and recording the elderly woman's family member with asthma. While crying, she said, "Everyone, please judge this! Her elderly relative's life is precious, but my mother's life isn't! Just now, because of her interference, my mother had to undergo emergency resuscitation on the spot. She was on the verge of death, as everyone witnessed. My mother's condition was critical, and she couldn't wait any longer. Now, this woman is still unrepentant, being unreasonable and clinging to the doctor. She wants my mother dead! If anything happens to my mother, you must take full responsibility!"

Ruan Lingyue's eyes were red and swollen, but she spoke with great emotion, using magic to defeat magic. Soon, more people gathered at the scene, and some people's tone changed. They began to criticize the female family member of the elderly woman with asthma for what she had done wrong and started pointing fingers at her.

Faced with the condemnation from neighbors, the woman reluctantly let go of Shi Wan's hand, but still glared at her and threatened, "You just wait!"

Looking at the female family member's fierce expression, Shi Wan had a feeling that something bad was about to happen.

Shi Wan sighed softly, turned around and got into the car.

The ambulance finally drove out smoothly, and Ruan's mother's condition stabilized temporarily. Shi Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to rub her stiff and sore arms.

When she took off her white coat late at night after get off work, I noticed that the arm that the elderly woman's family member had been holding was covered in bruises.

I didn't pay much attention to it that night, and just applied some liniment when I got home.

At night, Shi Wan did not sleep well, dreaming of fleeing all night.

I was woken up by Lin Yuanyuan's phone call this morning. When I answered, Lin Yuanyuan's urgent voice came through: "Dr. Shi, the elderly man with asthma passed away after we returned to the hospital yesterday. The video of him borrowing the defibrillator was uploaded to various apps by that woman's family member. In the video, she said that the elderly man's unfortunate death was all because you didn't lend him the defibrillator. Now the online opinion is polarized, and many people are on her side and criticizing you."

Lin Yuanyuan paused, her expression grave, and continued, "Dr. Shi, why don't you take a break these few days and come back to work after the public outcry has died down?"

"I will seriously consider what you said, Yuanyuan, thank you."

After hanging up the phone, Shi Wan casually opened a video app and came across the video of the woman's family member borrowing a defibrillator yesterday. She scrolled through several videos, all of which were related to the incident. The videos were edited out, focusing on exposing Shi Wan's refusal to lend the defibrillator. The videos have already received over a million likes and hundreds of thousands of comments. Some people are stirring up trouble, saying that Shi Wan should be kicked out of the medical field and permanently banned!

Watching the video, Shi Wan felt very conflicted.

I anticipated that this matter would cause some trouble, but I didn't expect it to develop like this. The other party was clearly prepared. The video is still spreading and disseminating. There must be someone manipulating this matter behind the scenes, otherwise it would not have escalated to this point overnight.

If this cannot be properly resolved, his future career may be ruined.

During the morning shift handover, the atmosphere in the emergency department office was very serious, with all colleagues looking solemn and heads down.

The position where the director usually stands is occupied by the Party Secretary, the Dean, the Vice Dean, and the Director of the Medical Affairs Department, while the director himself unusually stands in the line of doctors.

When Lin Yuanyuan saw Shi Wan, she looked worried. Why did Dr. Shi still come?

Shi Wan received Lin Yuanyuan's gaze and nodded slightly in response.

Shi Wan could indeed take annual leave to rest for a while, but she didn't want to run away.

Hiding away won't help; it's better to face the predicament head-on.

The Party Secretary spoke first, glancing at everyone present with a somber expression: "I am heartbroken by what happened in the video. I never imagined such a thing would happen in our hospital. We have promptly reviewed the surveillance footage from the ambulance and have a general understanding of the situation. Our doctors did not make any mistakes in their handling of the situation, but unfortunately, the elderly man passed away. The Health Commission has also begun its investigation, and now the pressure from public opinion is on our hospital. For the sake of the hospital's development, after discussion and careful consideration by the hospital leadership, it has been decided that it is no longer appropriate for him to remain in the emergency department. He will be temporarily suspended from his emergency department post and transferred to a rural support position for a period of time. His return to the hospital will be discussed later."