After about ten minutes, a flushing sound could be heard as an old man slowly walked out of the bathroom.
“Old man, where’s the patient? Who called the first-aid ambulance emergency number?” Zheng Ren asked immediately.
“I did.” The old man put his hands behind his back, like an old cadre inspecting a unit. “Everything’s fine here. You can go back now.”
Zheng Ren was stunned for a moment, then he asked, “Old man, why did you call the emergency number?”
“I have high blood pressure,” the old man said slowly. “I’ve been constipated for the past few days. I just had to take a dump. Is it because I have constipation? I’m afraid that my blood pressure will increase when I take a dump, resulting in cerebral hemorrhage. That’s why I called you first. With the doctor around, I can rest assured when I go to the toilet.”
Zheng Ren really did not know what to say.
That was it?
Zheng Ren was speechless. He really did not know what to say.
The nurse did not mind. Nothing was better than something.
“Sir, please pay the fee,” the nurse said.
“What?” The old man’s eyes immediately widened. He looked at the nurse in surprise and frowned. His expression immediately became serious. “Why do I need to pay?”
“Sir, first-aid ambulances are charged. The transport is cheaper because there’s no need for medical personnel. However, ours is slightly more expensive than usual. Let me calculate it for you… It should be one hundred and fifteen yuan,” said the nurse.
“Why!” The old man said angrily. “You didn’t do anything and are asking me for one hundred and fifteen yuan? This is daylight robbery!”
Zheng Ren sighed in his heart.
This kind of situation happened too often. Many people did not know that first-aid ambulances cost money so when it came to asking for payment, it was especially difficult.
The nurse said a few more words to the old man. When Zheng Ren saw that the old man was getting more and more agitated, he immediately grabbed the nurse and apologized to the old man. He then left the patient’s house in a hurry.
“Chief Zheng! ” The nurse was very agitated. “One hundred and fifteen yuan for a trip is split between us. We still need at least sixty yuan. I can’t afford to pay it off for him!”
“Forget it, forget it.” Zheng Ren was also helpless. He tried to persuade her, “If we really make the old man’s blood pressure rise and cause a brain hemorrhage, there’s no way this will end. I’ll report this to Chief Physician Pan tomorrow. If it can be reduced, try and reduce it. If it can’t be reduced, I’ll pay the money.”
The first-aid ambulance had charged the bill but what if it could not be collected?
The Sea City General Hospital threw this responsibility onto the doctors and nurses who made house calls.
A month’s salary and bonuses were a few thousand yuan. However, they could not help but have to pay for the work.
Therefore, the number of emergency doctors and nurses was decreasing. This kind of situation was bound to happen.
Zheng Ren was also very helpless. He could not argue with the old man and risk raising his blood pressure. He could really have a brain hemorrhage.
Sigh…
Zheng Ren sighed and took the nurse and stretcher back to the elevator.
When they got on the elevator, they could still hear the old man cursing.
Although they were already used to this kind of thing, they still felt a little upset about it.
They took the first-aid ambulance and slowly drove back to Sea City General Hospital.
The road was very slippery. If they did not receive any patients during the house call, they would lose more than a hundred yuan. If there was a scratch, it would be even more depressing.
Back at Sea City General Hospital, Zheng Ren did not care. He tallied a sum of money before returning to the duty room.
Now, Zheng Ren would not worry about the 180 yuan anymore.
It made sense to say that money inspired courage.
Going to the Secondary Hospital for surgery and getting 100,000 yuan back was Zheng Ren’s ‘courage’.
Zheng Ren treated this as an interesting matter and reported it to Xie Yiren. Life was so dull. These things were like seasoning, making life more enjoyable.
Although he was a little depressed, Zheng Ren did not vent out these negative emotions and merely passed this information to Xie Yiren.
After chatting for a while, it was already past eleven o’clock. Xie Yiren was ready to go to bed.
After saying goodnight to each other, Zheng Ren turned off his phone and lay on the hard bed. He began to recall the house call for the first-aid ambulance today. His physical fitness seemed better than before.
He carried the first-aid kit that weighed more than ten kilograms and climbed up to the fifth floor as fast as he could. It did not seem like much, but he could do so without being out of breath. Even if Zheng Ren was in his twenties, he probably would not be able to do it when his body was at its best.
What was the reason? It was probably because of the System.
When he entered the System, Zheng Ren carefully observed it. There were no special changes in the space, but it was becoming more and more realistic.
Zheng Ren still remembered that at the beginning, the entire System’s space was unstable, as if it were about to collapse at any moment. The System had once threatened to wipe him out.
As more and more surgeries were performed, the system seemed to become more and more stable. At the very least, he could not smell blood anymore.
This was good.
Zheng Ren sat by the small pond and stared at the lifelike little fox in a daze.
After an unknown amount of time, a sharp and ear-piercing bell rang in his ear.
Zheng Ren had almost forgotten that he was in the midst of an emergency first-aid ambulance shift. It was really comfortable in the System space. It seemed that he had to come here often in the future.
After leaving the System, Zheng Ren looked at the time. It was already past one o’clock in the morning.
The bell rang twice. It was the surgery department.
Zheng Ren grabbed his coat and rushed out quickly.
After getting into the ambulance, Zheng Ren asked, “Where are we heading? What illness?”
“It’s a car accident…” The nurse looked at the list and hesitated for a moment.
“Is it far?”
“It’s at the hospital’s entrance.”
Through the car window, Zheng Ren saw a commercial car crashed into a pile of snow that had just been piled up on the side of the road and not cleaned up for some time.
It was so close. Zheng Ren sighed in his heart.
However, he still had to take the ambulance. There were many things in the ambulance that he could not carry.
In about a minute, the first-aid ambulance arrived at the snow pile. Zheng Ren pulled the door open and jumped out of the ambulance.
The door of the driver’s seat was dented, the glass broken as the cold wind blew in. The passenger seat and car door were buried deep into the snow pile.
Zheng Ren took a glance. It turned out that the car had crashed into the streetlight pole in the center of the road on the left. After that, the driver turned right and plunged into the snow pile.
There was some blood on the glass of the driver’s seat but no one inside. Zheng Ren took a look at the car. He could vaguely see a person lying inside.
“Doctor, I made the call.” A sanitation worker stood out and said, “I saw that something was wrong, so I rushed over. Two men climbed out of the window and ran away.”
Zheng Ren was in a dilemma.
The main driver’s door was dented and could not be opened. The passenger seat and the rest of the doors could not be opened.
“Help me!” Zheng Ren said. He looked around and found a stone to clear out the rest of the broken glass on the driver’s side as he knocked it off as fast as he could.
After clearing out the driver’s seat window, Zheng Ren hid his hands in his coat and crawled into the driver’s seat.
