Surgery Godfather
Chapter 1248 - 957: Only Plucking Others’ Feathers

Chapter 1248: Chapter 957: Only Plucking Others’ Feathers

"This little boy is quite honest, huh."

Song Zimo didn’t expect that he would come to tell the doctor some truths on his own.

"Is it possible to go straight to surgery without a period of preoperative treatment to suppress bone resorption?"

Little Five asked.

"No, normal bone resorption and bone formation is a dynamic balance. Right now bone resorption is greater than bone formation, which is why there is such a significant loss of bone mass. If preoperative suppression of bone resorption isn’t carried out to restore balance, or to overcorrect in the short-term, then even if a femoral prosthesis is implanted, it will be useless. Soon, due to bone resorption and osteoporosis, the prosthesis will become loose and dislocate," Yang Ping explained.

Scientific laws are objective and do not change according to human will.

"But this patient doesn’t want to be discharged and hopes to have surgery as soon as possible," Zhao Wenbo just learned the details of the conversation between Zhang Lin and the patient’s family.

Yang Ping shook his head, "We must make medical plans independently, without being influenced by external factors. We shouldn’t be led by the nose by the patient’s relatives. We can explain, but we must not compromise, nor should we violate medical principles due to any subjective interference."

Zhang Lin was confident about this matter. "Don’t worry, I will communicate with them again. We’ll let the patient be discharged first. Once bone resorption is suppressed and bone density meets the surgical standards, then we will operate. I know why Dong Guanghan is in a hurry for his son’s surgery; he’s trying to make money from it again since a fundraiser from a platform has already contacted him."

"Right! I’ve seen a salesperson in constant contact with him," a standardized training student provided the information.

Zhang Lin said with disdain, "Yesterday, he came to me for a diagnostic certificate, urging me to state clearly that immediate surgery was needed. I didn’t want to write it; he probably used the diagnosis certificate to raise funds. He owns a house and a car. I really can’t understand how he could do such things—like not wanting to pay for his child’s medical insurance, calling it a scam. How can such a person afford a house and a car? It’s incomprehensible."

Song Zimo sighed. "According to the news from City People’s Hospital, this family member is not only stingy but also shameless. It’s said that when his in-laws came over to stay for a few days, he asked to split the water, electricity, and living expenses. His wife couldn’t bear it and divorced him. The child is now with him, and the wife still gives him a monthly allowance for the child. You have to be careful when dealing with him. He loves to pick on people. His son once fractured his bone, clearly falling while playing in the community by himself. A child nearby was at least more than ten meters away, and he even admitted that he fell on his own. But when checking the surveillance footage, he insisted it was that other child’s fault. Calling the police didn’t help; he harassed them continuously until they decided to just give him the money to get rid of him. That’s not all; he also made a fuss with the property management, even threatening suicide, claiming they were responsible. In the end, he got some money out of that too. He’s a professional troublemaker."

"With the last fracture surgery for his son, excluding medical expenses, he made tens of thousands," Song Zimo added.

"Damn, why did Dean Chen refer such a patient to us? Isn’t this asking for trouble?" Zhang Lin cursed.

Yang Ping was not angry, though. "Dean Chen meant well. We can’t just not treat a sick child. And you’ve seen, the child himself is quite honest."

As a doctor, Yang Ping had seen all sorts of things; he held to a basic principle—do your own job well. That’s what his father always told him—to be responsible in life.

Being responsible has two meanings: first, do what one ought to do well, and second, don’t overstep and do what one shouldn’t do.

For example, as a doctor, it’s your responsibility to try to cure a patient’s illness as much as possible. As for economic issues of the patient, Yang Ping could only rely on the established relief fund. If the conditions for aid are met, provide assistance; if not, there’s nothing he could do.

There used to be many model stories propagated in the medical industry. For instance, there was a doctor who often secretly paid for hospitalization fees for patients without money, which led his family into financial difficulty. He even used tens of thousands of yuan allocated for his own child’s treatment to pay for a patient’s hospitalization, resulting in his child not getting timely treatment due to a lack of funds.

Another doctor was on outpatient duty while his father was being resuscitated in a nearby emergency room, life hanging by a thread. Despite being notified several times by nurses and doctors to attend to his father, he insisted that his patients were the priority and continued to see all of them before attending to his father in critical condition.

Yang Ping felt that he was just an ordinary person who couldn’t be so noble. He wouldn’t use money he urgently needed for others, and if his relatives were in danger, he would definitely prioritize emergency care over ordinary outpatient work.

Similarly, as Dong Guanghan owned a house, a car, and had money, Yang Ping wouldn’t donate to or treat him gratuitously. Of course, the child was innocent and without fault, so even if Dong Guanghan refused to pay, Yang Ping would still treat the child. However, he was determined to reclaim the medical fees through legal means afterward. That money should be paid by Dong Guanghan, not the hospital nor the sympathizing netizens. Why should his misconduct be condoned?

At this time, Dong Guanghan was in the ward planning the details of raising funds with a fundraiser from the platform. This was their second cooperation, so they worked together very harmoniously.

They would exaggerate the severity of the illness and depict the patient’s family as pitiful, essentially selling sympathy.

"You cannot use just the photo of the diagnostic report. You need to take a new one, and remove the watch from your wrist. Your expression isn’t sad enough. It would be best to stay up tonight and take the photo tomorrow, so you look more haggard. Your current photo is full of vitality; it won’t evoke sympathy in others."