A news report was playing on the TV in the hospital ward. Lin Yao was struck by the news; the disaster had worsened. He realized he needed to end his caregiver career as soon as possible and dedicate himself to helping the disaster victims.
Since the drought began in the west, there has been a lot of news about it on television, in newspapers, and online. Spurred by this news, Lin Yao worked through several sleepless nights, using the power of the grass to find a formula to treat diseases caused by severe dehydration or drinking unclean water. After intensive research, Lin Yao finally found a complex formula that could produce a highly effective anti-dehydration drug.
This medication can protect the health of bodily tissues even in cases of extreme dehydration, and effectively eliminate metabolic toxins from the body, preventing electrolyte imbalances and health problems caused by excessive toxins. Simultaneously, this medication strongly enhances the body's immune system, allowing disaster victims who have consumed contaminated drinking water to prevent contracting various diseases through their own resistance.
The drug has been developed, and Lin Yao has also figured out the mass production process. A few days ago, Lin Yao conducted a clinical trial by caring for a severely burned patient suffering from dehydration, and the results were very satisfactory. Now, all that's left is to produce the product as soon as possible and deliver it to the people in the disaster area. However, the thought of the complicated and extremely rigorous approval process required for the drug's production makes Lin Yao feel disheartened; he can't wait to obtain the approval.
"Xiao Lin, there's something I'd like to ask you. How many more days do you have here? There's a patient in the neurology department who urgently needs a caregiver. Do you think you could go over today?" Just as Lin Yao was thinking about how to produce the drug he had researched, Head Nurse Sister Wang interrupted him.
"Sister Wang, I'm done here for today. The caregiver over there will take over the nursing work soon. I'm waiting for the patient's family to come to the hospital to complete the handover. I have other things to do, so I won't be working as a caregiver for the time being. Please tell them back." Lin Yao refused.
"Sigh... Actually, Director Zhang asked me to come to you; it was the vice president's idea. Xiao Lin, I know your rules. I wouldn't have brought this up with you if it weren't for the leader's request. Do you think we should transfer him immediately? I heard the patient is a high-ranking official from Beijing who fell ill while traveling. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and is currently in a deep coma, so he can't be transferred to another hospital for the time being. The hospital director is personally arranging the hospital's treatment work."
Sister Wang looked troubled. She hadn't expected Lin Yao, who was usually easy to talk to, to refuse, which caught her off guard. She was also worried about not being able to complete the task assigned by the director. These days, you need someone to protect you. If she offended the director, her position as head nurse might be in jeopardy.
Head Nurse Wang was only responsible for the management of nurses in the nephrology ward. Normally, she wouldn't be qualified to get involved in such matters of currying favor with superiors. However, the patient's family somehow heard the news and actually wanted to hire this nurse Wang, who was said to be able to create miracles, for care.
Lin Yao's rule is that the next patient to be cared for must be recommended by the current head nurse, and introductions from others are completely ignored. That's why the task fell to Sister Wang.
Head Nurse Wang never expected that the once highly sought-after referral rights, which could earn her money, would alarm the hospital director. She had just been called in for a talk by the vice director and her direct supervisor, Director Zhang, who asked her to immediately arrange for Lin Yao to come to the neurology ward for nursing care.
Now that Lin Yao has rejected her, she feels very awkward. Although the young man in front of her doesn't talk much, through their interactions over this period of time, Head Nurse Wang knows that Lin Yao is a person of character, a man of his word, not greedy for money, and very opinionated.
"Xiao Lin, the vice president has given me a strict order: I must persuade you to go to the neurology department immediately. If you don't go, Sister Wang will be in big trouble. Can you help Sister Wang this time?"
Head Nurse Wang was still making efforts. She couldn't imagine the consequences of not handling things properly. She didn't know who this patient, who had alarmed the entire hospital, was, but if she didn't persuade Lin Yao to help with the care, she would be in big trouble.
At this moment, she felt a growing resentment towards the rules Lin Yao had set. These rules had previously earned her a lot of money; patients' families and head nurses from other departments would beg her for favors, and even head nurses and their families from other hospitals would come to her home to offer money and plead with her, with referral fees increasing each time. Now, however, these rules were putting her in a difficult position, all because Lin Yao had suddenly stopped cooperating.
Lin Yao remained unmoved. Although he was usually polite to head nurses like Sister Wang, he did not accept them as his friends.
He knew that he could get in touch with more special patients through their introductions, which would facilitate his research. However, he knew what these head nurses thought of him in private. They could get more than 1,000 yuan for each referral, and that was the rate just a week ago. Behind his back, these head nurses all called him a fool.
The referral fee was increasing daily, while Lin Yao himself only charged 100 yuan per day for nursing care. He didn't care about that; his relationship with the head nurses was a mutually beneficial partnership, with no one owing anyone anything. Now he had other things to take care of; his parents wanted to come to Chengdu today to celebrate his grandfather's birthday, so of course he wouldn't give the head nurses any face.
Lin Yao decided to end his career as a caregiver, and his practical work should also come to an end.
Head Nurse Wang left dejectedly; she had to report to the hospital leadership immediately. Lin Yao didn't care about any of that. He figured that Director Zhang wouldn't bother him anyway. Last summer, when he was looking for an internship, he had begged Director Zhang to take him on, but Director Zhang had refused him outright without giving him a friendly look. He figured he wouldn't come looking for trouble himself.
"You're that caregiver Wang?" Just as Lin Yao was sitting by the hospital bed pondering the question, a clear but arrogant voice rang in his ears.
Lin Yao looked up and saw a tall girl with dark eyebrows standing in front of him, looking down at him with distrust on her face. Her slightly raised eyebrows showed that she looked down on him.
Standing next to the girl was a well-dressed middle-aged woman, who was also carefully examining Lin Yao, her expression showing some surprise. Lin Yao didn't speak, turning his head to look at the sleeping patient on the bed. He couldn't be bothered with such rude people, even if they were beautiful women.
"I'm talking to you, why are you behaving like this?" The girl was annoyed. She hadn't expected a mere caregiver to dare to be so disrespectful to her. No one in the medical system had ever dared to ignore her like this. At that moment, the girl forgot that individual caregivers weren't considered part of the medical system, and this caregiver clearly didn't look like someone who did such lowly work.
"Hello, you must be Lin Yao? I'm Gan Mei. Do you have some time now? I'd like to have a chat with you." The middle-aged woman nodded politely to Lin Yao, speaking in an equal tone.
Lin Yao looked up at the middle-aged woman named Gan Mei, nodded slightly and said, "Hello, I'm Lin Yao. I have something to attend to and can't chat with you right now, I'm sorry." After saying that, Lin Yao greeted the patient's family members who were walking in.
"Hmph! I've never seen such an arrogant caregiver before. Mom, do we really have to hire him to take care of Dad? Why don't we just talk to the hospital director?" The girl was furious when Lin Yao ignored her and rejected her mother's request. She was puzzled as to why everyone was making such a fuss about this little caregiver. Her father was in critical condition in the hospital bed, so why waste time on this?
The girl's mother, Gan Mei, thought differently. When her husband suddenly suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage and was admitted to the best local hospital, she, being well-versed in medicine, had no objections to the rescue efforts. Apart from the poor environment and equipment, the hospital's rescue and medication were very effective. The doctors' abilities were unknown at the moment, but the treatment plan so far was not problematic. Because her husband had a history of stroke, they could only temporarily adopt conservative treatment, otherwise it might trigger a new round of cerebral hemorrhage, at which point it would be too late to save him.
While Gan Mei was anxiously worried about her husband's life and health, she overheard a nurse suggesting to the head nurse that they hire a caregiver. She also heard the nurse use polite language. Although the head nurse warned the nurse not to meddle, Gan Mei immediately took note of the conversation. At that moment, like any patient's family member, she was determined to seize any opportunity. She figured that with her professional knowledge, she wouldn't make the wrong choice.
When she suggested to the hospital director that they hire a special caregiver, the strange looks from the vice director and head nurse only fueled her curiosity. She then inquired about and learned more about this legendary caregiver, becoming increasingly astonished. She personally reviewed the medical records of some patients previously cared for by Lin Yao, feeling both awe and hope. She knew this amazing caregiver must possess extraordinary skills, despite the hospital's assurances that the caregiver appeared perfectly normal on the surveillance cameras.
At this moment, Gan Mei once again personally experienced Lin Yao's status in the hearts of patients' families. The family member who had just entered the room pleaded with Lin Yao to stay and continue caring for the patient, even for just one more day, but Lin Yao kept refusing. Seeing that the family member was about to kneel down before Lin Yao and even took out a thick wad of money to stuff into his arms, Lin Yao stopped him from kneeling and whispered something in the family member's ear. Only then did the family member's emotions stabilize, and they stopped pleading, but their face still showed worry.
When Gan Mei’s daughter saw that the matter between the patient’s family and Lin Yao had come to an end, she immediately rushed over and said, “Come upstairs with me and take care of my dad.”
"I'm sorry, I have to go home now. Goodbye." Lin Yao didn't want to deal with this unreasonable girl anymore, and he didn't say anything to provoke her. No matter what, she was a family member of an anxious patient. He wouldn't argue with them about such trivial matters, but he wouldn't treat her kindly either.
"How could you do this? We came all this way to invite you in person with such sincerity. You need to watch your attitude, or you might end up not even being allowed into the hospital."
The girl was furious. She had already humbled herself and asked for his help, but this guy was so disrespectful. If it weren't for the fact that her mother and the hospital director valued him highly, she would have ignored him long ago. The other person was just a caregiver, yet he treated her this way. She habitually threatened him and waited for him to apologize.
"Oh, then I won't come in. Bye." Lin Yao glanced at the girl indifferently, nodded slightly to the patient's family, and left the ward without looking back.
Gan Mei, who was looking through patient records at the nurse's desk, realized that her daughter had a conflict with Lin Yao. Seeing Lin Yao leave decisively, she immediately put down the records and chased after him to the door, asking, "Xiao Lin, what did you say to him?"
"I didn't say anything. This guy is too arrogant. I told him not to even think about working as a caregiver at the hospital anymore." Xiaolin's anger hadn't subsided, and she was still indignant.
"What nonsense are you spouting? You're so ignorant!" Gan Mei said as she chased after him out the door, calling out loudly as she went, "Lin Yao, wait a minute."
When Gan Mei caught up with Lin Yao in the next elevator and got downstairs, Lin Yao was already gone. She vented her anger on the slow elevator in the hospital building, kicking it twice. Her husband's condition made her even more anxious.
As Lin Yao sat in the taxi on his way home, he recalled the conversation between several doctors and nurses in the elevator. They were discussing a very important patient who had been admitted to the hospital. He said the patient was from the National Medical Products Administration, which was exactly the person Lin Yao wanted to contact. He just didn't know the patient's position within the administration.
Lin Yao dismissed the thought, realizing it was pointless. The approval process was too time-consuming, and by the time it was approved, the drought would likely be over, leaving him with no real help.
Getting home to see his parents was more important; it had been a month since he'd last seen them, and he wondered if they looked younger now that they had some worries. He also looked forward to getting to his grandfather's house soon, as he had important things to do.
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Two guests came to our house. They were a couple who were classmates of my parents at the Second Military Medical University. The man Lin Yao called Uncle Yang is now the vice president of Chengdu 452 Hospital, also known as the Chengdu Air Force Hospital. His wife is the chairman of a medical equipment company.
The couple, full of confidence and high spirits, were quite ostentatious at Lin Yao's home. They claimed to be visiting an old classmate in Ya'an while passing through on a research trip to Tibet, but Lin Yao saw it as nothing more than showing off.
My mom told me that my dad had the best grades at the military academy and was the most popular among the professors. They even helped him get a spot to stay at the academy, but my dad, who wanted to be a doctor, refused. This is exactly the same idea as Lin Yao. I wonder if it's hereditary.
Seeing his mother's furrowed brows after seeing off his classmate and his wife, Lin Yao had many thoughts on his mind. It was clearly inappropriate to let his parents become doctors at the hospital now. There, one had to accumulate seniority and deal with annoying interpersonal struggles. His parents had been working independently for decades, and they would definitely not be used to these things.