leukemia?!

We've heard of this disease countless times, but seeing it in people we know is a first for all three of us. Moreover, the doctor said it was acute.

"Then what should we do?"

Huang Yingying immediately lost control of her emotions and was about to cry.

There's nothing I can do. I just watched "Dying to Survive" a while ago. It's about leukemia, which is an incredibly expensive disease.

Although it was later explained that the "medicine" was also covered by medical insurance, the key issue was that Gu Xiaoman was still a student, and the insurance she paid was the accident insurance that the school paid every year. As for illness, she had to pay every penny herself.

The doctor was also helpless: "That's why the patient's family has to come. You are all her classmates, so there's nothing you can do to help."

"But the problem is that her grandmother won't be able to help much, and then it won't just be one person being hospitalized," Luo Li said frankly.

"Unless the family agrees to give up treatment, the hospital has no other choice."

The doctor's words clearly conveyed his helplessness.

Before studying medicine, I had such lofty ideals: saving lives and becoming a white-clad angel. But studying medicine was so painful. While others spent four years in university eating, drinking, sleeping, and chasing girls until their legs were sore, I studied for seven years, my eyes blurred from reading, and my hands ached from doing so many practice problems. And the result…

Sigh, it's all tears when I think about it. This doctor really wishes he could be transferred to the pharmacy so he could sell medicine every day.

Hematology is a department that's really not for humans.

The doctor was frustrated, and the patient's family and friends didn't understand either.

"What if she doesn't have the money for treatment? Will your hospital just abandon her? Will you just dump her on the street?!" Luo Li asked angrily.

What else can we do? If they don't pay, of course there's no law, and if there's no law, of course they'll die.

However, the doctor didn't say that, because he was used to emotionally agitated family members and treated them indifferently.

The two sides were locked in a stalemate, and the air seemed to freeze.

How much money is needed now?

After a long while, Li Lecheng finally spoke up and asked.

"The patient is still in critical condition and needs to be observed and treated in the ICU. If the condition stabilizes, a detailed follow-up treatment plan will be developed. Currently, the daily cost is approximately 8,000 yuan."

"Eight thousand?! Are you robbing me?" Luo Li became excited again.

"This is the most basic fee," the doctor explained calmly.

Compared to Huang Yingying and Li Lecheng, who had just left, Luo Li felt the medical expenses more deeply. Coupled with his habitual tendency to feel sorry for weak girls, he truly couldn't accept it.

"Eight thousand a day, how many people can afford that?! If someone dies from treatment costing eight thousand a day, will you give a refund?"

"Luo Li..."

"Don't stop me!" Luo Li said, increasingly indignant. "I'm asking you, if you got this acute leukemia, would you also pay 8,000 yuan a day to the hospital?! I know your hospital's routine. When someone comes in, they go through every department, the money's all gone, and the person's pretty much done for. Then they just say it's spread, infected, and there's nothing more they can do, and that's it, right?! At least other people lose their lives but still have money. But when you go to the hospital, you're not only dead but also in debt!"

"Luo Li..."

Li Lechen tugged at Luo Li again, saying, "Why are you speaking such blunt truths in front of a doctor? This isn't something a doctor like him can change."

really.

"Complaining to me won't help," the doctor said calmly. "The doctor-patient relationship is equal and also a contractual one. Whether or not treatment is needed, the doctor will discuss it with the patient. If the patient is unwilling to receive treatment, the hospital will not force them to."

After some explanation, Luo Li was speechless.

It seems, perhaps, maybe, that's the idea.

But in reality, this relationship is not equal because of information asymmetry and because patients are not professionals, so they just say whatever the doctor says.

I believe no patient, no matter how wealthy, would resolutely choose a five-dollar "drug" over a five-hundred-dollar "drug" knowing the latter has the same effect. Or, knowing that surgery, besides increasing suffering, cannot prolong life at all, would they still agree to undergo surgery?

However, no one will say these things, because of the inequality.

“I think we should think about how to raise this money for Gu Xiaoman now,” Li Lechen suggested.

Luo Li and Huang Yingying both agreed.

The hospital left Li Lechen's phone number.

However, Li Lechen actually wrote down the mobile phone number of Jia Chenggong, the vice principal in charge of logistics, security, and sanitation.

It's clear that Jia Chenggong's number is more useful than his own.

The three of them didn't speak on their way back to school. After all, this was a very serious matter. They weren't facing medical expenses of a few hundred or a few thousand yuan, but rather tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"Why don't we leak this to the media?" Luo Li suddenly suggested.

“That’s a good idea. I’ll post it on my WeChat Moments right now,” Huang Yingying agreed.

“Maybe we can start a fundraising campaign in the class. Lin Tiantian’s uncle is so rich. One of her outfits costs eight thousand yuan. She might donate eight thousand yuan.”

“Yes!” Huang Yingying nodded repeatedly. “Or everyone could donate 100 yuan each. With more than 3,000 students in our school, that would be more than 300,000 yuan.”

Li Lechen did not express his opinion because he did not agree with this naive idea.

Lin Tiantian is indeed wealthy; she can spend hundreds of yuan on a single meal and thousands on an outfit. But that doesn't necessarily mean she's willing to do much for Gu Xiaoman, who is just a classmate.

Let alone the idea of ​​everyone donating money. If everyone truly gave a little love, the world would have become a better place long ago.

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