The worst case scenario is that the families of the six patients who died of drug-resistant strains jointly brought the Queen Mary Hospital to court.
Not only that, one of the patient's family members worked in Heung Kong Daily, and she wrote a long article eloquently—the lives and blood and tears behind 84.8% of the miracles.
Weeping blood, every word is shocking.
The article pointed out that Queen Mary Hospital refused to inject new antibiotics for her father, which caused her father's death from a drug-resistant infection.
The article asked the hospital three times.
What is the hospital's criteria for judging whether a patient is suitable for injection of new antibiotics? Why does it insist that her father cannot be injected with new antibiotics
The author has seen the waiver agreement signed by the family members of other patients. The agreement clearly states that the survival rate of new antibiotics is about 26.7%, but the survival rate of international Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection is only 12%, and the actual effect of antibiotics is far greater than the agreement. It is obvious that injecting antibiotics is more beneficial to the patient. Why does the hospital insist on refusing to inject new antibiotics for the patient when the patient's family is willing to sign a waiver agreement
The leaders of the hospital, under the same conditions, if your relatives were lying in the ward, would you still insist on not injecting them with new antibiotics
Ask three questions in a row, with every word pointing directly to the core of the question. The masses always sympathize with the disadvantaged. In addition, the family members of this patient have strong writing skills. After reading the whole article, people have a feeling of sadness. The ordinary people in Xiangjiang suddenly share the same hatred, and the contradiction between doctors and patients in Xiangjiang suddenly becomes tense.
Li Zheng put down the newspaper and rubbed his temples. It had been two days since Xu Mingsheng was discharged from the hospital. In the past two days, the events at the Mary Hospital continued to ferment. After the excited family members of the patients were persuaded by the police that day, they changed from shouting to sit-ins. White wreaths filled the hospital gate. Men and women in mourning clothes seemed to make an appointment. Every morning when the doctor went to work, they began to line up. Standing in two columns at the door of the hospital.
If you don't talk or do anything, you just stare at you closely. Many doctors in Mary's Hospital have been overwhelmed and asked for leave, and the entire hospital has fallen into a state of semi-paralysis.
The contradiction between doctors and patients has been a difficult problem since ancient times. This kind of contradiction is insoluble and can only be eased. The slogan of mutual understanding is loudly shouted, but it is about life, and when it really falls on the body, who can guarantee that they will understand it
Li Zheng understands that the patient's family is unwilling to give up any hope that his family can survive.
The hospital took a great risk by using drugs that did not pass the biological test to save people. Knowing that the chances of these patients surviving the toxicity of the drugs were very small, they gave up their injections in order to avoid the risks. Li Zheng also understand.
But the two are precisely contradictory. He shook his head and smiled bitterly, trust is easier said than done.
The fingers of his right hand were bent, and he tapped the table with his knuckles. After all, Chen Sufen and Mary Hospital took all the responsibility on themselves to protect him, and he couldn't just watch.
"Li Zheng! The BBC's figure of the century! The BBC's figure of the century has sent an invitation letter!" Zheng Lingling suddenly ran in, her face was full of excitement, and she looked at Li Zheng as if she was looking at something glittering. figure.
BBC's Person of the Century, the largest interview program of the BBC in the UK, each guest it invites is carefully selected and has a certain influence in the world.
In the 1980s, the United Kingdom still had a little afterglow of the empire on which the sun never sets. Its characters of the century were rated as the most influential media in the world together with the American Time magazine.
Even many leaders of the third world are proud to be featured on the BBC of the century, but such a media sent an invitation letter to Li Zheng, which made Zheng Lingling's heart almost stop beating with excitement.
BBC man of the century? Li Zheng frowned slightly. He took the invitation letter from Zheng Lingling and opened it.
Dear Mr. Li Zheng, the Century People Program Group sincerely invites you to be interviewed at Room 1307, 13th Floor, BBC Building, London at 5:00 pm on the 28th of this month.
Signed: BBC Person of the Century, 24 February 1983
"Character of the century! It's the person of the century! I remember that Mr. Edward became the person of the century when he was the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong Governor! At that time, the headline of the Hong Kong Daily was this for a whole week!" OH, God, Li Zheng, you Take me there, okay? I'll buy the air ticket myself, and I'll pack your air ticket. I can help you carry the bag and book the hotel. "Zheng Lingling finished speaking in one breath without panting.
Li Zheng couldn't help laughing, "When I contacted them, they said I agreed, but the location of the interview needs to be changed, just in the reception room of Qingyuan. I still have some finishing work to complete." He said as a matter of course.
When Li Zheng became famous in his last life, the influence of the people of the century was much less than that of Time magazine. Thirty years later, if the characters of the century wanted to interview Li Zheng at that time, they had to send the invitation letter to him in person and make an appointment for the interview.
The impression was deeply ingrained, and he couldn't turn it around for a while, so he didn't take such a "small media" to heart at all. Li Zheng agreed so neatly. It was also because of the Mary Hospital incident that he needed to express his voice through a media. Come on, the characters of the century who stay out of the picture are a better choice than the local media that participates in public opinion.
"Ah?" Zheng Lingling froze in place.
"Let the characters of the century come to Qingyuan?" She repeated blankly.
Li Zheng heard the doubts in Zheng Lingling's words, and raised his head in surprise, "Is there any problem?"
"No!" Zheng Lingling replied subconsciously, and then she instantly turned into a bitter face. Is there any problem? Of course there is a problem! This is the man of the century, ah man of the century! !
Seeing Li Zheng lowered her head again to do things, Zheng Lingling opened her mouth and was speechless. She glanced at the contact information behind the invitation letter, and felt a strange sense of pride in her heart.
In the future, when others smell it, she can say that she is the one who rejected the characters of the century! Yes, in Zheng Lingling's view, Li Zheng's answer was no different from a direct rejection. You must know that the then Hong Kong Governor, Mr. Edward, made a special trip from Hong Kong to London for the interview.
"A press conference will be held on Wednesday. At the press conference, I will take the blame and resign," Chen Xuhua said.
The conference room of Queen Mary Hospital suddenly exploded, "How can this be possible? President Chen's decision at that time was the result of all our votes. You still abstained from voting. How can you take full responsibility!"
"Yeah, everyone knows that with the current state of those few people, the chance of surviving drug toxicity is only a few percentage points, and we can't bet on the future of the hospital and our entire career just because of these few percentage points. It is a crime to arbitrarily inject drugs that have not passed biological tests to a patient. If death is caused, the patient's family members can even sue the hospital and the attending physician for murder.
"That's right! President Chen, it's not your fault! We're all right!" The doctors were a little excited.
Chen Xuhua raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"I've thought about it a lot these days. If we continue to stand still with the patient's family, the conflict between the doctor and the patient will become more and more tense, and the work environment for us and our peers will become more and more depressing. Yes, from our point of view, We are right. We have done very well, we have traded the smallest loss for the biggest victory! In this fake aeruginosa infection incident, the patient survival rate in our hospital reached 84.8%, a new high in the world. In the new antibiotic injection No one has died from drugs. Legally, we are beyond reproach."
"But... what about morals?" Chen Xuhua stood up straight, his face a bit bitter, "We have a thousand and ten thousand reasons to convince ourselves that our decision is the right one, and it is the best choice after weighing all aspects. . But as the last question in this newspaper said, if under the same conditions, our relatives were lying inside, how would we choose?"
There was silence in the conference room, Chen Xuhua put the newspaper back on the table.
"It's a fact that patients lose the last few percent of their chances of surviving because of our decisions. As doctors, we will face this choice countless times in the future, and reason and emotion sometimes cannot coexist. I am here finally As your dean, you have done your best in this incident, please don't doubt yourself because of my departure, you are not wrong!"
"Clap"
"clap clap"
I don't know which person clapped their hands first, and then there was a warm applause in the office. The eyes of the doctors were flushed, and they endured their grief. Chen Xuhua's remarks made their grievances and grievances for the past few days dissipate all at once.
There is no such thing as the best of both worlds, they are human beings not gods. They can only do things the best they can.
"Okay, now it's time for us to go out and apologize to the patient's family." Chen Xuhua let out a long mouthful of turbid air, pretending to be relaxed.
This time, the doctors did not show any violent resistance. They stood up silently, followed Chen Xuhua out of the conference room, and walked towards the hospital gate.
When Chen Xuhua and his party appeared, the media at the entrance of the hospital suddenly became excited.
They pushed and shoved forward.
"President Chen, how does Queen Mary Hospital answer the three questions in the Hong Kong Daily?"
"President Chen, what does Queen Mary Hospital have to say about the patina fake incident?"
"President Chen, as the defendant, do you have the confidence to win the case against the patient's family against the hospital?"
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The reporters scrambled to come forward, but were stopped outside the gate by the security guards who rushed over from the hospital.
Amid the commotion, the doctor of Queen Mary Hospital headed by Chen Xuhua suddenly bowed down solemnly.
Two dozen doctors in white coats lined up, bowing 90 degrees at the same time. This scene made the scene quiet for a second.
Immediately afterwards, countless flashes were fired, and all the media present recorded the shocking scene with cameras.
"President Chen, are you admitting the hospital's fault?"
"President Chen, is Queen Mary Hospital officially apologizing to the patient's family?"
"President Chen..."
After the silence, the reporters pressed forward excitedly as if they had been beaten with blood. Seven or eight security guards were almost unable to stop them holding hands.
Chen Xuhua took two steps forward and took the microphone in his hand in the surprised eyes of a reporter.
"We are sorry to the patient's family, but we at Queen Mary Hospital and myself agree that we are doing the right thing."
I'm sorry, but I'm not wrong.
The statement from Queen Mary Hospital surprised everyone.
"Wednesday, at eight o'clock in the morning, in the conference hall on the second floor of the hospital, we will hold a press conference. At that time, I will answer your questions and give an explanation to the patient's family." Chen Xuhua said with a smile.
"Before that, I hope that the family members of the patients will also go back to rest. The weather has been getting colder these days, and the flu has not yet passed. I hope you can take care of your health. Thank you."
Chen Xuhua nodded to everyone again, then turned and left.
The other doctors followed suit immediately.
The media looked at each other in dismay, how could everyone just disappear in the blink of an eye? However, since the Queen Mary Hospital said that they will answer questions at the press conference the day after tomorrow, they don't have to stand guard at the door. In February, when it is cold, who would like to squat at the door of the hospital in the cold.
There was also a rustling voice among the patient's family members. Everyone is a person with a job. If it is not for the difficulty in their hearts, who is free to stand at the door of the hospital every day.
Listening to what the Queen Mary Hospital said, they were willing to answer their questions head-on, and some of the patient's family members had the intention of withdrawing. Humans are creatures of conformity, and if one has one, there will be two. After a few hours, the patient's family members leave in twos and threes, and soon only one wreath is left.
Chen Xuhua's remarks quickly made headlines in major newspapers in Hong Kong.
I'm sorry, but I'm not wrong! This sentence instantly resounded through the streets and alleys of Xiangjiang.
Li Zheng had a vague guess in his heart, his lips pursed into a straight line, "Zheng Lingling, hasn't the character of the century answered yet?"
When Zheng Lingling heard the words, she laughed dryly, "Oh, my great genius, you still expect that the people of the century will really come to Xiangjiang to interview you."
In the morning, Zheng Lingling bit the bullet and called Century People's phone, and after relaying Li Zheng's answer, there was silence on the other end of the phone. The staff of Century People didn't expect that someone would actually ask their column team to fly to Xiangjiang. interview him.
So, the staff politely said that he needed to ask his superiors.
Zheng Lingling could only smile awkwardly. In her opinion, this was a disguised rejection.
"Maybe... they are still busy."
Before she could finish her sentence, the phone on the table rang.
"Hello, we are the century character program group..."