The young doctor asked, "Is it Dr. Park from General Hospital?"
"Yes," replied Luca. She was aware that despite working in different hospitals, the doctors
had someone they admired who were in the same field.
Johann was someone whom most doctors looked up to.
It was an admiration for his medical skills and nothing beyond that.
"Do you know Dr. Park?" the accompanying doctor asked again.
Luca could not be bothered to pay attention to such matters at the moment. The nurse's
absentmindedness earlier crossed her mind, and she said, "Does your hospital have a
naturopathy department? Can you arrange for a new set of dry-needling supplies for me?
Please put it on Ms. Poplar's account."
"Why do you need needles?" the department chair could not help but ask.
"Ms. Poplar's condition isn't good right now. Transferring her to another hospital carries
risks. If I have the needles, they might come in handy at a critical moment. I'll bear the
risks. You don't have to worry about it," Luca immediately explained as the young doctor
made a phone call.
After a while, a person in a white coat walked toward them and asked, "Why does your
department need this for?"
Luca took it from him and walked out of the accompanying doctor's office.
The accompanying doctor did not even have time to ask about Johann. He had no choice
but to turn to the department chair and ask, "Sir, do you know that woman? She seems
like a doctor as well."
"There are so many doctors. How could I possibly know them all?" The department chair
shook his head. He could not help but wonder.
He had been following Sarah's case for several years.
However, he had never heard of Sarah knowing such a prominent figure in the medical
field.
If she knew other doctors, why would she come to their hospital for treatment? Even if she
did not have money, if she knew a doctor who could vouch for her, she could have
undergone surgery at that hospital.
Cerebral aneurysm was like a ticking time bomb. He had recommended several times for
Sarah to undergo surgery at a better hospital.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtYet, Sarah always used the excuse of not having that much money...
Now, she was halfway into the jaws of death. It all depended on this woman's actions if
Sarah could be pulled out.
The hospital quickly made arrangements for other matters. Soon, Sarah was escorted out
of the ward by medical staff and onto an ambulance.
Luca decided to follow the ambulance to the hospital where Johann was.
Warren had no choice but to follow along. In the meantime, he notified Luke about it.
Luca was getting herself into trouble. Warren dared not to hide it from Luke either.
While they were on the way to the hospital, Johann called.
"I've gone through the medical records. I can clearly see the issues from the imaging and
tests conducted by Mercy Hospital. Once you arrive at the hospital, we'll immediately
arrange for the surgery. Dr, Craw, how much longer until you reach the hospital?"
"Probably around ten minutes." Luca estimated the time they would be arriving. The
ambulance was barreling toward its destination with incredible speed. It would likely arrive
in about ten minutes.
"Good. The resident doctor will be waiting for you at the hospital's entrance," Johann
responded without hesitation. He immediately prepared an operating room.
Initially, there were no available operating rooms. He had arranged for a non-urgent
surgery to be postponed, freeing up the current operating room.
Now that everything was in place, they only had to wait for the patient to be transported
here.
When there were a few kilometers left until they reached the hospital, the monitoring
device suddenly blared out an urgent alarm.
Luca turned to the accompanying doctor and said, "Let me handle this."
The accompanying doctor hesitated for a moment. He saw Luca take out a new packet of
needles.
"What are you doing?"
“Ms. Poplar is too weak now. Let me try something," answered Luca as she inserted two
needles into Sarah's forehead.
The accompanying doctor was startled by what he saw.
He knew that naturopathy could save lives. This method sometimes proved to be more
effective than modern medicine in critical situations.
However, Luca's choice of vital points seemed unusual...
The accompanying doctor's jaw dropped as he watched Luca's actions. He was torn
between speaking up and staying silent. Could a mistake in inserting the needles worsen
the patient's condition?
He held the rescue tools in his hands, ready to take over if necessary.
With utmost caution, Luca continued to insert the needles. After the third needle, the
alarm on the monitoring device ceased, and Sarah's vital signs began to stabilize.
The accompanying doctor blinked his eyes, glanced at the monitoring device, and
confirmed that it was functioning correctly. The alarms had indeed stopped, and all the
indicators had stabilized.
Luca's needle placements seemed different from what he had learned about vital points,
but it undeniably worked.
The emergency doctor asked, "Are you a doctor too?"
"No, I'm not," Luca firmly denied it. "These needles should not be removed until we reach
the operating room. This way, we can buy some time for Dr. Park."
While Luca said that, she took a photo of the needles for Johann.
She could have inserted a few more needles to further stabilize Sarah's condition.
However, the points she needed to target were covered by bandages, making it difficult
for her to proceed. Hence, she settled for three needles.
"But why would you dare..." The accompanying doctor grew anxious as he was worried
that something might happen to the patient.
Luca remained calm and replied, "I've signed the necessary documents. I'll take
responsibility for whatever happens."
As soon as she said that, she felt the vehicle come to a halt.
Both of them heard the driver say, "We've arrived at the hospital."
Then, the doors of the ambulance swung open.
Luca stepped out of the vehicle. Johann was nowhere to be seen, but she noticed the
resident doctor who was with him. She nodded at him and said, "Take her straight to the
operating room. Tell Dr. Park that the anesthesia was successful. He may remove the
needles later."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Alright, Dr. Craw." The resident doctor immediately caught up with the footsteps of the
other nurses and hurried toward the operating room.
The accompanying doctor, who had been riding with the patient, had completed his task
after bringing Sarah here.
However, he could not help but notice that the young doctor from earlier had addressed
the woman next to him as Dr. Craw.
The accompanying doctor curiously assessed the situation. If she was not a doctor, could
she be a professor at a medical school?
Still, she seemed too young to carry the title of professor.
Luca ignored his scrutiny and walked straight into the hospital. She had brought Sarah
here, so she could not simply abandon her after they arrived.
She sat outside the operating room and waited.
Luca felt much calmer than before when she sat here again.
Sarah's situation was completely different from Wanda's.
Wanda was her aunt. Naturally, she would be more worried.
However, Sarah...
Luca believed that it would be enough as long as she did her best. She was no god, and
she could not save everyone.
This happened only because Luca gave her business card to Sarah. Luca did not find it
troublesome, but rather, she felt that as long as she acted according to her conscience,
she could accept it no matter what the outcome was.
If Johann could not improve Sarah's condition, then there was nothing she could do as
well.
If the hospital had called her a day earlier, Sarah might have had more opportunities to
survive.
Now, all she could do was wait.
Warren hurried over. "Dr. Craw, has the patient been taken into the operating room?"
"Yes. Warren, please help me to handle the necessary procedures," replied Luca. She took
Sarah's documents out of her briefcase. Then, she took her bank card out. "Please pay the
deposit as well."
A deposit was required for hospitalization, let alone for a surgical procedure. It was only
because Johann knew Luca that he granted Sarah an expedited convenience.
Otherwise, they would have had to wait until Luca finished the procedures before they
could perform the surgery on Sarah.