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"Is there a neurosurgery department at Mercy Hospital?" asked Luca. If she was going to a
hospital, she did not have to be afraid of encountering fraudsters.
Since something really happened to Sarah, she could not turn a blind eye to it. After all,
she had already received the call.
"Yes. Can you come now?" the woman from the other end of the line asked again.
"I'll head there now." Luca hung up the call and informed Warren.
When Warren said he was standing by at the parking lot and ready to drive her anywhere,
Luca quickly changed her clothes and prepared to leave.
Mo Stone saw Luca enter the office. Luca was wearing a coat and carrying a briefcase. She
pulled out a leave application form and asked, "Dr. Craw, are you taking a leave of
absence?"
"Yes. There's something I need to attend to," Luca took the form and filled it out. She was
asking for personal leave.
She had taken quite a few days off recently. Fortunately, the project had not officially
started yet. Her absence would not delay it.
Mo Stone did not say anything. She took the form from Luca and glanced at it. After she
saw that Luca was asking for personal leave, she smiled and said, "Dr. Craw, go ahead and
take care of your business."
"Okay." Luca nodded, too preoccupied to worry about anything else. She immediately
headed downstairs.
The person on the phone said that Sarah was admitted to the hospital with a brain
disease.
If it was a brain disease, it would be perilous. Therefore, Luca tried to arrive at the hospital
as soon as possible to understand the situation.
Luca arrived at the parking lot and got into the car. Warren asked, "Ms. Craw, where would
you like to go?"
"Mercy Hospital," replied Luca.
When he heard her say that, he momentarily froze, his fingers pausing on the navigation
screen.
Luca had been going to hospitals in the city center for the past few days. Why was she
going to Mercy Hospital all of a sudden?
After Warren entered the destination, he started the car engine and drove out of the
parking lot. Then, he asked, "Dr. Craw, why are you going to Mercy Hospital?"
"A friend of mine fell sick. She's receiving treatment there," explained Luca. She did not
really see Sarah as a friend.
However, since the hospital contacted her, she did not know what would happen to Sarah
if she did not go there.
Luca believed that fate played a role in this world. Since the hospital contacted her, she
decided to make the trip.
"Mercy Hospital isn't known for its expertise. How could your friend be treated there?"
Warren could not help but ask.
Luca's friends should have a higher status. How could they receive treatment at a small
hospital like Mercy Hospital?
If it were a minor illness, Warren did not think Luca would bother to visit...
"I'm not sure either, but let's go and see," said Luca, remembering what the person on the
phone said. She was worried that they might be deliberately deceiving her to go there.
After all, she only had a brief encounter with Sarah. Even though she did not seem like a
bad person, Luca thought it was better to be cautious. "Warren, come up with me later."
"Sure." Warren vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Luca's expression was not too
good.
Mercy Hospital was quite far from the city center, but Watson's location was already on
the outskirts. Warren realized the urgency of the situation and drove quickly, taking less
than 20 minutes to arrive there and park in the Mercy Hospital parking lot.
Warren followed Luca's instructions. He parked the car and then got out of it. Then, he
followed Luca to the hospital.
It was Luca's first time coming to Mercy Hospital. She was completely unfamiliar with the
layout.
However, she did not waste any time and went straight to the hospital lobby to inquire
about the floor where the neurosurgery department was located. After that, she hurriedly
headed upstairs.
Mercy Hospital was not a large hospital to begin with, consisting of only ten floors with the
neurosurgery department located on the sixth floor.
Luca took the elevator and arrived on the sixth floor. She followed the hospital's signs to
the neurosurgery department.
Meanwhile, Warren noticed where Luca was heading to. He reported to Luke about it while
following her.
Luca approached the nurse's station and asked, "Hello, I received a phone call saying that
Ms. Poplar is hospitalized here. Is that correct?"
The nurse did not even check the computer and replied to Luca when she saw her.
"Finally, someone came. Are you a friend of Sarah's? Come with me."
Luca did not find the nurse's behavior strange. After all, departments like the neurosurgery
department at Mercy Hospital were usually not crowded.
If someone was really suffering from any brain-related diseases, they would not choose
this hospital to receive treatment just to save costs. The complexity of brain diseases
required highly skilled doctors to cure. Patients would usually go to general hospitals.
Therefore, there were not many patients in the ward. It was normal for the nurse to
remember Sarah.
Sarah's ward was next to the nurse's station.
Luca frowned as it was an unwritten rule in every hospital that wards located near the
nurse's station and doctor's office were reserved for patients with more severe conditions.
The nurse asked again, "Are you a friend of Sarah's?"
Sarah had foreign facial features, and she claimed not to have any relatives. That was why
the nurse did not consider Luca as a close relative.
"Sort of..." Luca replied and walked into the ward, where she saw the patient lying on the
bed.
There was a white bandage wrapped around her head. She remained still with monitoring
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmdevices beeping while recording her vital signs. She was also attached to an IV drip.
Despite all this, Luca could not shake off the uneasy feeling. Sarah's condition was not
looking good.
"What happened to her?" asked Luca.
"She was diagnosed with cerebral vascular malformation a few years ago. She was
undergoing conservative treatment due to insufficient funds and took medication from our
hospital. But the malformation ruptured. Fortunately, her part-time job employer brought
her here, and the doctors performed surgery on her. However, the hemostasis wasn't very
effective. That's just how our neurosurgery department is. Now, the doctors are
recommending transferring the patient to another hospital. But her employer refuses to
make that decision and hasn't taken any further action after bringing her here. Also, we
couldn't contact any of her family members. The doctors said that if she doesn't undergo a
second surgery soon, the chances of her waking up will be slim. But our hospital's doctors
don't recommend her having a second surgery here in Mercy. We had no choice but to
search her wallet. That's how we found your business card. The assistant to the hospital
director called you to see if you could make a decision for her..." explained the nurse.
The nurse had to admit that the doctors' skills at Mercy were average, so she confided in
Luca about their helplessness.
They wanted to save the patient, but the hospital could not do much.
The problem was that the patient had not left any contact information for them to reach
her family. She was still in a coma, and she was unable to make decisions for herself.
Luca furrowed her brows and asked, "Why didn't you transfer the patient to a higher-level
hospital when she was brought here?"
"Her employer said that the patient specifically mentioned our hospital before losing
consciousness. After bringing her here, the employer didn't care about the surgery's result
and just left," answered the nurse with a helpless look on her face.
The hospital was powerless when it came to treating a comatose patient. The doctors
prioritized the patient's well-being, and they reluctantly performed surgery on Sarah.
However, the postoperative results turned out to be less than satisfactory.
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