In the end, this matter continued until the end of the month, and the final punishment for the director of general surgery was as Xu Zhi had expected: a three-month salary fine and criticism throughout the hospital.
The day after Xu Zhiyi and his colleagues performed surgery on the woman, the director of general surgery learned of the incident upon arriving at work. He knew he had gotten into trouble. However, while the political commissar and the dean were still recovering from the shock, the director of general surgery contacted his family, explaining that they had called him the previous afternoon and that something had happened at home, so he had asked Yufeng to cover the night shift.
But just as the director of general surgery was speaking with tears in his eyes, the political commissar directly put what he had investigated in advance in front of the dean.
The political commissar visited three or four neighbors near the home of the director of general surgery and even retrieved the phone records in the director's office. The result was that the director of general surgery was completely finished.
When the director of general surgery saw the evidence, he stopped talking and panicked. His face turned ugly and he begged the political commissar and the dean not to fire him.
Finally, after repeated consideration, the hospital leaders felt that the director of general surgery was a veteran in the hospital after all, and his surgical skills were quite good. If he was fired directly, it might hurt the old comrade's feelings. Therefore, they finally fined him three months' salary and criticized him in the entire hospital. They hoped that the director of general surgery could remember this lesson and not make the same mistake again in the future.
Even if the director of general surgery was dissatisfied with the punishment, he couldn't say it out loud, and he had to pretend to be repentant on his face.
The director of general surgery was angry and thought: Fining him three months' salary is not a big deal, but criticizing him in the entire hospital is really embarrassing for him.
The director of general surgery sighed and finally accepted the punishment. After all, the punishment of firing him this time was much better.
It was a pity for the other doctors in the general surgery department, who were living a life worse than death every day. Especially Yufeng, since this incident, her life in the general surgery department has become even more difficult.
Although the director of general surgery did not do anything to Yufeng on the surface, he was very shameless behind her back.
All the dirty and tiring work in the department was assigned to Yufeng. Even if the director of general surgery was too excessive, it was just her job. Yufeng did not report to her superiors that the director of general surgery was suppressing her behind her back, so she could only endure it again and again.
At noon, while eating, Dr. Zhao was eating the food in front of him in a depressed mood, and Xu Zhiyi naturally saw it, but she adhered to the idea that as long as others didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask, so she didn't say anything more.
It wasn't until the afternoon that Dr. Zhao suddenly spoke up and said to Xu Zhiyi, "Director, am I not suited to be a doctor?"
Xu Zhiyi looked up at Dr. Zhao, "Why do you ask that?"
"Director, since you came, our department has been completely transformed. Doctors Li, Zhang, and Xiao Zhao have all changed their ways and are working harder. Even Doctor Qian is slowly getting better. They're making progress every day, while I'm the only one standing still."
Director, I'm with them every day, so why am I not as good as them? So, I want to ask, am I not qualified to be a doctor?
Xu Zhiyi put down the book in his hand and looked at Dr. Zhao, "You are not worse than them. When I first came to the hospital, you and Xiao Zhao were at the same level." After saying that, Xu Zhiyi looked at Dr. Zhao.
Xu Zhiyi continued, "Forgive me for being blunt, but you're asking why I didn't take you to the surgery."
Doctor Zhao's face turned ugly when he saw that Xu Zhiyi had seen through his thoughts, but he nodded and mustered up the courage to ask, "Director, I want to know why?"
Xu Zhiyi spoke slowly, "Do you remember what you did when I first brought you to the clinic?
That was the first time I brought you to the outpatient clinic. A trauma patient suddenly showed up, and I couldn't leave. The nurse was busy, so I asked you to get me some medicine. Before you left, I repeatedly told you to come back quickly, but what did you do? What did you do?
You disappeared for half an hour after you walked out of the emergency room. I want to know what medicine allowed you to stay up for half an hour. You even didn't listen to me, the director, and didn't care about the comfort of the patients.
I asked you about this last matter. You said someone called you over and you explained it, but you also said at the time that you knew the patient's condition was very serious. So why did you finally refuse them with more determination?
Our primary duty as doctors is to treat illnesses and save lives, but if a doctor like you abandons his patients in the middle of treating them, are you worthy of being a doctor?"
Doctor Zhao sat opposite Xu Zhiyi, his face pale as he listened to her words. At this moment, Doctor Zhao seemed to have lost his vocal cords, unable to say anything, and just stared at Xu Zhiyi.
"With your attitude, do you still think I dare to let you go on the operating table? Don't tell me you can't.
As a college student, you know how difficult it is to break a habit once it's formed. Do you think you'll be distracted while you're on the operating table? Can you focus solely on your patient?
In this day and age, when medicine has not yet truly developed, if a patient dies or has their second half of life ruined because of your momentary negligence, can you compensate them for their life?
So I can't gamble. I can't gamble with you on the patient's health. I can't gamble with you on the patient's second half of life."
Xu Zhiyi continued to ignore Dr. Zhao's emotions. "Dr. Zhao, can I ask you why you chose to study medicine?"
Doctor Zhao spoke slowly, "Because studying medicine can help people, I want to help others."
Xu Zhiyi smiled and said, "The last time I asked you why you studied medicine, you answered the same way. Doctor Zhao, it seems that you really haven't changed at all in these past few months!"
"Dr. Zhao, I'm speaking to you one last time. Do you want to use your ability as a doctor to help others by treating patients and performing surgeries, or do you want to help them by doing odd jobs for them? How do you want to help? What kind of help do you want? Do you want short-term help or long-term help? Do you want to give them short-term happiness or long-term peace of mind?"
"If you want the second one, you don't have to be a doctor. You can realize your wish on the street now. If it's the second one..." After saying that, Xu Zhiyi looked at Dr. Zhao, only to see that Dr. Zhao was also looking up at Xu Zhiyi.
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