Chapter 261: Patient’s Family Complaint Wrong

Hearing Xie Wanying’s explanation, the patient’s family members seemed to realize something. “Oh, so Dr. Tan believed my husband’s chances of survival could be higher, didn’t he?”

Xie Wanying smiled and nodded.

Feeling reassured, the family member held Xie Wanying’s hand warmly. “Dr. Xie, we know Dr. Tan and the others are very busy. They told us to look for Dr. Luo, but when we can’t find her, can we come to you instead?”

Before Xie Wanying could answer, knowing such arrangements required the teacher’s approval, she heard the call for the morning handover and quickly left for the office.

The handover meeting was brief and efficient, just like the previous two days when Director Shen wasn’t present. Afterward, each group proceeded with their rounds. That morning’s surgery schedule was light, with cases arranged sequentially in the operating room so rounds could proceed slower.

Tan Kelin led his small group through the ward for rounds.

During doctor rounds, family members weren’t usually allowed in the patient area, but since it was the patient’s first post-operative day in bed 3, the family had been granted special permission to stay.

As the group approached bed 3, the family member immediately addressed Tan Kelin, “Dr. Tan, can we look for Dr. Xie in the future? She’s much easier to find.”

The comment made Luo Yanfen’s face turn pale, a deep shade of greenish embarrassment.

Hearing this, Tan Kelin slipped his hands into the pockets of his white coat and asked, “Who was responsible for bed 3 before?”

While group members often helped each other, accountability was crucial in situations like this. In busy departments, patient management tasks were usually delegated to interns or rotating medical students, as managing patients was part of their learning.

Sun Yubo recalled, “It was Luo Yanfen. She was assigned beds 1 to 3.”

Defending herself, Luo Yanfen said, “Teacher, I was here this morning. The family didn’t say anything to me or ask to see me.”

She was seething with frustration, feeling wronged by the family’s complaint.

How could they blatantly lie? She had been in the ward that morning checking on the patient. Where did they get the idea that she was nowhere to be found?

“Did she come this morning?” Tan Kelin turned back to confirm the situation with the family. As a teacher, his duty was to investigate thoroughly to ensure fairness.

“She was here,” admitted the family member.

“But she didn’t talk to us.”

“I’m here to answer your questions as a doctor, not to chat with you,” Luo Yanfen shot back angrily, glaring at the family member. Did they think every doctor had as much free time as the newbie, Xie Wanying, to sit and chat with them?

“I don’t even know how to ask doctors questions,” the family member retorted. “Shouldn’t you doctors first try to understand the patient’s condition? Then I’d know how to communicate with you. Dr. Xie does that, so I know how to talk to her.”

“You mean I need to chat with you first?” Luo Yanfen stomped her foot in frustration.

The others observed her outburst with mixed reactions.

Tan Kelin’s expression turned cold. “Leave,” he said curtly.

Luo Yanfen’s face turned ashen, devoid of any color.

Knowing better than to argue with her teacher, she stormed out of the ward, fuming.

Tan Kelin calmly retrieved his stethoscope and placed it on the patient’s chest to check the heart, lungs, and bowel sounds. His face revealed no emotion as he performed the examination.

After finishing, he looked up at the family member. “Do you have anything else to tell me?”

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