Chapter 404: Hospital Evidence Collection
At the Third Municipal Hospital, Zhou Yi and Chen Yan went straight to the director's office.
Of course, it is not a direct trip to the dean's office, but a department that specifically serves the dean and vice dean, referred to as the Hospital Office, which is the "command center" of the hospital's administrative work.
After showing their ID and explaining their purpose, they told the hospital staff that they wanted to check someone's medical records.
When his grandfather was hospitalized and he was checking out after being discharged, Zhou Yi saw through the window that a computer was being used in the cashier's office, so he asked the staff if they could check it quickly.
The staff said that their hospital's cashier's office does have three computers using the DOS system, which store all registration and payment records.
But there are two problems.
First, these computers are new and have only been used for eight months so far, so the records from eight months ago are not in the computers and we have to check the paper documents.
But the workload is huge because as one of the only two Grade A hospitals in the city, there are a lot of patients every day.
Therefore, if we want to check paper documents, it will require a lot of manpower, and they will have to go through formal procedures to apply to the hospital leaders.
Second, the main purpose of computer recording of payments is to facilitate financial verification and statistics, so their system does not have a search function and can only be turned manually page by page.
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan looked at each other. There was no other way. They had to investigate even if it was troublesome.
However, Zhou Yi asked the other party if it was possible to select based on the date, that is, to check all records of the specified date.
The staff said this is OK.
So Zhou Yi reported Xiao Bing's name and the date when he met him to get the prescription, and then the staff took them to the cashier's office.
There was a long queue in front of the original three windows.
However, because Zhou Yi and his team wanted to investigate, the staff could only close one of the windows and block it with a sign.
This caused the people who were originally queuing at this window to complain and curse.
As luck would have it, the staff at this window was the same aunt with ramen hair who had a mediocre attitude when Zhou Yi paid the bill.
But of course my aunt doesn't remember him.
Moreover, the aunt was obviously not very proficient in using computers, and she became a little flustered after knowing that they were police officers.
Zhou Yi couldn't wait any longer, so he took over the mouse and started operating it himself.
The aunt was very tactful and gave up her seat.
Zhou Yi began to look through the payment records for that day, but found that many records had no name information behind them.
Then he asked, "What's going on? Why is there no name?"
The hospital office staff immediately replied, "Oh, these are all self-funded medical treatments, and they don't have medical certificates."
When Zhou Yi heard this, his head was filled with black lines.
Only then did he remember that it was 1997 and there was no social security card.
Those who have a formal job use a public medical insurance certificate, a small red book with their ID photo and work unit information on it.
For patients who pay for their own appointments, they just need to pay and register directly, and they don’t even need an ID card.
So it was really difficult to investigate cases and check things in the early years.
Zhou Yi had no choice but to continue turning the pages.
The big-butt display at that time would flash every time the page was turned, and there were thousands of paid information items on that day alone. After Zhou Yi finished flipping through them, he felt like he was seeing stars.
But Xiao Bing's name was not found.
This means that either Xiao Bing did register and get prescription medicine for someone else that day, or Xiao Bing chose to pay for it himself in order not to leave any records.
No matter what the situation is, there is no point in continuing to investigate. He did this on that day, and he would have done the same even if he had prescribed medicine before.
Zhou Yi stood up helplessly and rubbed his eyebrows.
A person from the court office nearby asked, "Comrade police officer, do you want to continue investigating?"
Zhou Yi shook his head, said thank you, and took Chen Yan away.
The people from the hospital office and the aunt with instant noodle hair looked at each other, removed the sign blocking the window, and the crowd rushed up again.
After leaving the cashier's office, Zhou Yi told Chen Yan his idea, and then said that they might have to use the most primitive method, which was that the two of them would take Xiao Bing's photo and go to each department one by one to ask the doctors and nurses if they had seen this person.
If he really needs to prescribe medicine for himself or others on a long-term basis, doctors and nurses will definitely be more likely to remember this person.
Chen Yan agreed, and the two of them went around the outpatient building, asking each department one by one.
Chen Yan asked from top to bottom, and Zhou Yi asked from bottom to top. Whoever got a clue would immediately inform the other.
So, the two began the time-consuming and laborious investigation.
By the time the two of them had asked about all the departments in the outpatient building, it was almost half past four.
But the two found nothing, and they also discovered a problem, that is, the doctors in the outpatient clinic have schedules, and the doctor they asked today may not be the same one who was on duty that day.
It is also unrealistic to ask each department to check the consultation records of that day, as two people cannot remember so much information in a short period of time.
So the two of them returned to the office.
When the hospital staff saw the two of them, they smiled and said, "You two are back again? How can I help you?"
Zhou Yi said, "On the day we mentioned earlier, please help us compile a list of all the doctors who will be seeing patients that day from all departments. I'll leave you a photo and phone number. Please ask all the doctors to identify the person in the photo. If anyone remembers the person in the photo, please notify us immediately."
The staff nodded: "Okay, no problem."
"As soon as possible." Chen Yan added.
"That...I'm afraid it's hard to say."
"Why?"
The staff member chuckled, "Ever since one of our hospital's chief doctors was convicted of a crime two months ago, the province has been conducting medical ethics training. Every doctor is required to attend the provincial training and take exams. So, starting last month, each department has been taking turns sending someone to the provincial training each week. Oh, what a hassle! One bad apple spoils the whole bunch."
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan looked at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that this cause and effect would be waiting for them here.
After leaving the hospital, Zhou Yi looked at the time and said that he could hurry to the neighborhood committee of Daguan Street to ask, and then it was almost time to "visit" Teacher Xiao.
The two drove to the vicinity of Daguan Street. After getting off the car, Zhou Yi took special notice and found that all the manhole covers nearby were closed.
"Brother Yan, haven't the deceased's bones and clothes been found yet?" Zhou Yi asked as the two walked.
Because at the meeting in the morning, the search team led by Jiang Biao and the forensic doctor both talked about the condition of the deceased's body.
The remains of the deceased that have been found so far include a complete human head and a large amount of meat slices, including slices of internal organs.
The forensic doctor said that based on the current autopsy and the degree of restoration of the body, it is basically almost complete, but the bones of the deceased have not been found.
Jiang Biao also confirmed this, saying that no bones or clothes worn by the deceased have been found yet, and that the search will continue.
Chen Yan nodded. "I heard from Brother Biao that he has already brought people to salvage the nearby river, just like he did in the Zhang Hui case."
This was a similar change to the previous life. Were the bones hidden by the deceased, or was the changed location more secretive, leading to their undiscovery?
"There's another question, I don't think anyone mentioned it this morning."
"What?" Chen Yan asked.
"The investigation in Xinbei Town has revealed that since the victim's head and murder weapon were found in the mine, and Lu Xiaoshuang has been identified as the suspect based on the physical evidence, we should at least thoroughly investigate any witnesses near the mine to see if anyone has seen any suspicious individuals or vehicles."
The logic is simple. Lu Xiaoshuang is suspected, regardless of how a female student knew about the abandoned mine, which even Zhou Yi didn't know about. Since she was suspected of going to the mine to dispose of the murder weapon, how did she get to the northernmost town of Xinbei? Did she take a taxi? Or the bus?
A young and beautiful girl ran so far with an old travel bag to dispose of the body.
Whether you took a bus or a taxi, there would definitely be witnesses.
If there are no witnesses of the driver or conductor, then it means it was a private car.
It is impossible for Lu Xiaoshuang to own a private car. Either she has an accomplice as previously assumed, or she was kidnapped and framed as Zhou Yi suspected.
At least you need this means of transportation to accomplish such a thing.
For the deserted town of Xinbei, the arrival of a strange vehicle should not have gone unnoticed.
Chen Yan said, "Master was watching this matter before, but he probably hadn't discovered it yet. Master has been...taking leave, so I don't know who is following this line later."
Was it Captain Wu who was watching? It seemed like what Captain Wu said was true. He also didn't believe Lu Xiaoshuang was a suspect, so the purpose of the investigation was to eliminate the suspicion.
But he didn't mention anything, which means he hasn't discovered anything yet.
"I also remembered one thing. Among Xu Liu and Lu Xiaoshuang's teachers, which one of them owns a car? Have you checked this?"
Chen Yan nodded. "We've checked. This teacher brought it up at the first meeting of the task force. I remember there were fourteen teachers, including their counselor, and four of them had private cars in their names. Director Xie also told them to focus on these four people during the investigation. You can ask them later."
"good."
Only four out of fourteen people have cars in their names?
Zhou Yi remembers that ordinary university teachers in the 1990s could not be said to be poor, but they were definitely not rich.
Most of them are those who have iron rice bowls, which are not as good as those in the upper class but better than those in the lower class. However, there are also many people who cannot bear the loneliness and go into business.
As for those famous experts and professors, they are not included in this scope. After all, the small group of people who have reached the top of the pyramid in a professional field have considerable influence and naturally do not worry about money.
Zhou Yi remembered that in his previous life, when he was handling a case, he came into contact with a university professor, a cutting-edge talent in a certain scientific research field.
He looks like an ordinary university teacher, but in fact he is connected with several large companies in the industry and has a net worth of over 100 million.
The two found the neighborhood committee near Daguan Street, but discovered that it was closed.
Zhou Yi looked at the sign at the door, which said that the working hours were from 8 am to 5 pm.
The time on Zhou Yi's watch was exactly five o'clock and one minute.
"Hey, these people live such a carefree life, they don't waste even a minute." Zhou Yi complained.
Since I can't ask the neighborhood committee, I'll just go and wander around Xiao Bing's house and observe the surrounding situation first.
According to the address on the document, Zhou Yi and Chen Yan once again walked into the old city area behind Daguan Street.
The alleys here are narrow and messy, most of the houses don't have house numbers, and it's getting dark.
Suddenly, Zhou Yi vaguely saw a familiar figure in front of him.
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