Hospital 444
Chapter 175 - 2 Fang Zhou

Chapter 175: Chapter 2 Fang Zhou

The next day.

At Hospital 444, in the Spirit Radiology Department’s office.

Han Ming and Yin Wuque were carefully examining the imaging report before them.

Although this was the Spirit Radiology Department, the head of the department couldn’t really speak up against the two deputy deans.

Yin Wuque looked at the imaging report and shook his head, "I don’t approve of the current surgical plan."

"Deputy Dean Yin," Han Ming reminded, "I am the Executive Deputy Dean, so I am in charge of the hospital’s surgical matters."

"The surgical plan from the Ghost Surgery Department is too conservative." Yin Wuque pointed to the ghostly shadow in the imaging report that was starting to take shape: "This is no longer just a simple curse, it could even be said to be parasitic. Moreover, I suspect that this is no longer a malevolent ghost, but a malevolent ghost instead."

The difference in diagnosis has a very significant impact on the surgical plan. For every doctor, the preoperative diagnosis is the most troublesome issue. The responsibility is immense!

Of course, the good thing about Hospital 444 is that they don’t fear medical disputes. If a patient, in a fit of rage at the doctor, came with a large cleaver, it would be a death wish. However, should there truly be an accident due to a preoperative misdiagnosis, there would definitely be internal disciplinary actions within the department.

At this time, Yin Wuque, the administrative deputy dean who had a great say in personnel matters, held considerable sway. Factional struggles aside, under the directives of the dean, such matters still had to be handled officially and properly.

"I disagree with Director Chen’s current surgical plan." Yin Wuque simply laid it all out there, "If Deputy Dean Han wants to forcibly proceed with the surgery, then be prepared to take responsibility."

Take responsibility?

Clearly, Yin Wuque couldn’t possibly punish Han Ming, his peer, so the burden of responsibility would definitely fall on the surgeon. Chen Jun was already on Han Ming’s side, and with Yin Wuque finding reason to oppress, deduction of Spiritual Therapy Points would be the least of concerns; being assigned to watch over the morgue for a couple of weeks was a very real possibility.

Han Ming then simply spread his hands and said directly, "Then according to Deputy Dean Yin, do you have a better surgical plan? To remove curses from two malevolent ghosts at once, can the patient’s survival be guaranteed? Even if it can, what about the long-term prognosis?"

The patient’s prognosis is always the Sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the primary surgeon—no one knows how long a patient will live post-operation. Once a death occurs, it gets counted in the annual patient mortality quota; exceeding this limit would likewise mean being dismissed by the dean, a terrifying conclusion akin to death itself. Therefore, doctors are very keen on the long-term follow-up of their surgical patients.

Being cursed by two malevolent ghosts while also ensuring a long-term prognosis is a very difficult problem.

Yin Wuque gazed at the imaging report before him and said, "How about letting Doctor Fang take the lead in surgery?"

"Fang Zhou?"

"Although Doctor Fang is currently the deputy director of the Department of Fierce Spirits, he was transferred from the Ghost Surgery Department, and most importantly, he’s one of the few doctors who have successfully operated on a malevolent ghost’s curse and allowed the patient to survive for a long time."

In clinical practice, malevolent ghost curses being misdiagnosed as malevolent ghost curses is quite common, and often the curse is only properly diagnosed after being submitted to the Department of Time-Series Cursed Objects following the surgery. Misdiagnosis before surgery leads to incorrect grading of the surgery, and lower-grade surgical blades are used. In such cases, the mortality rate of the surgeons is not low either.

Fang Zhou had been confronted with a misdiagnosed curse of a malevolent ghost which was actually a malevolent ghost’s curse, and not only did he survive but also completely removed the curse, with follow-ups to this day showing the curse has not recurred!

Han Ming was unsure what game Yin Wuque was playing. Wasn’t his goal to take ownership of the dual malevolent ghost’s cursed objects? Or did he have some other motive?

After Lu Yuan’s death, Han Ming finally found liberation from his long-standing fear of death. He had thought the successor Yin Wuque was just a young novice, but as time went by, he gradually realized that Yin Wuque was no less terrifying than Lu Yuan!

"I will discuss it with him."

...

The outpatient department of the Department of Fierce Spirits.

This department is relatively more tranquil; after all, fierce spirit curses are not common.

But each patient’s arrival brings with it new curses to the hospital.

Hence, entry of doctors from other departments into the Department of Fierce Spirits is generally forbidden, and nurses seldom stay there as well.

The Department of Fierce Spirits has a total of only three senior medical doctors, below which are four intermediate-level doctors. However, since department head Han Ming no longer practices outpatient services, the de facto heads of the department are deputy directors Li Bolin and Fang Zhou.

At this moment...

A patient was rushed into the outpatient hall by ambulance.

The outpatient hall was very dark, and the patient at this time was so thin he seemed to be nothing but skin and bones.

Then, he proceeded with difficulty.

His eyes and cheeks were deeply sunken, his body so emaciated it seemed like a sheet of paper that could be blown away by the wind at any moment.

And then...

He suddenly fell to his knees, vomiting toward the ground.

However, nothing came out; he was just retching dryly.

And then...

He revealed a sinister smile, lifting his head.

Just as he was about to continue forward, his body was fiercely sucked onto the floor, and he lay sprawled on top of it!

Soon after, countless hands emerged from the floor, dragging him down bit by bit.

Not long after, two doctors walked onto this corridor.

"May the Lord lead the lost lambs back to the path of Heaven..." a middle-aged man with a receding hairline, holding a Bible, made the sign of the cross over his chest and said to the floor, "Amen!"

At his side was a young male doctor, who looked both refined and mature: "It’s a pity that the patient died here and can only be sent to the morgue, then step into hell..."

Fang Zhou patted the Bible and said, "Whoever believes in the Lord shall be saved. Those who don’t will sink into hell."

"That’s your own interpretation..." The young doctor squatted down, looked at the spot where the man had just been retching, and suddenly reached out and grabbed something.

But there was clearly nothing in his hand.

"Give it to me, I’ll take it to the Department of Cursed Objects after work," said the receding-hairline middle-aged man holding the Bible, "They will handle it."

Fang Zhou looked at his empty hand, then pulled out a scalpel and fiercely stabbed it into the nothingness, following which... a large amount of blood gushed out of the void!

"Hmm." Fang Zhou nodded at the sight, "We will have to leave it to them to handle."

Returning to the outpatient clinic, Fang Zhou sat at the desk.

He thought about the favor Lu Yuqing had asked of him.

Back in the Ghost Surgery Department, Lu Yuqing was one of the talents he appreciated. Not only did she show exceptional ability during her internship, but her power with the time-series cursed objects was also growing stronger. With years of accumulation, she should soon be able to sit for a higher professional title. Therefore, he had always treated her as his student.

"Premonitory dreams..." Fang Zhou muttered to himself, "A rare case indeed."

Accumulating clinical cases was fundamental for a doctor to improve one’s medical skills, so without much thought he agreed. Hence, he had already booked a flight to W city.

He did not ponder why Lu Yuqing didn’t let the patient come to the hospital for treatment, perhaps due to the high cost of hanging the Spiritual Therapy Points in the Department of Fierce Spirits. But this also meant that his trip was essentially charity work, as the dean strictly forbade the doctors from privately charging fees for consultation outside the hospital.

Just then, he suddenly saw the door of the outpatient clinic being pushed open.

To his surprise, the person who entered was a young foreign woman with golden hair and blue eyes!

"Doctor..."

The woman spoke in English, and fortunately, Fang Zhou’s English was good enough to understand her subsequent words.

"This is 666 Hospital, correct...? But why does it look so different from when I first came for a consultation? And, why is everything... in Chinese?"

Before Fang Zhou could say a word, a nurse wearing a red mask suddenly emerged from behind the woman, grabbed her by the neck, and then pulled her outside!

Immediately after, the door of the outpatient clinic slammed shut!

From outside, there came a heart-wrenching scream!

And then...

All was once again enveloped in silence.

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