Chapter 30: Report Li Jiao Jiao

The old lady’s cry brought Deng Jia rushing over. “What’s going on? Li Jiaojiao, what exactly happened?”

“Nurse Supervisor, this old lady won’t let go of my hand!”

“Auntie, please release her hand first. If there’s a problem, we’ll help handle it.”

The old lady had no choice but to let go of Li Jiaojiao’s hand, sobbing, “Comrade, you must save my grandson! My grandson has a fever and should get an antipyretic injection. This wicked woman just gave him some unknown injection—what should we do now?”

Deng Jia’s eyes twitched. Damn it, that fool Li Jiaojiao had caused a huge disaster.

“Li Jiaojiao, I told you to follow the Three Checks and Seven Verifications. Did you do it? Tell me, what wrong injection did you give this patient?”

Li Jiaojiao hung her head low and whispered, “An anti-diarrheal injection, but I hadn’t finished administering it yet. I checked the drug name, dosage… everything. When I called for Liu Yang, this old woman came over carrying her grandson and said her grandson’s name was Liu Yang.”

“My grandson’s name uses the ‘sun’ Yang. It’s your fault for not asking clearly.”

“Li Jiaojiao, we’ll deal with your matter later. I’ll settle accounts with you afterward. Wang Xia, come here quickly! Go find Doctor Xu immediately and ask him what to do if a high fever patient is mistakenly given an anti-diarrheal injection.”

“Little one, are you feeling unwell anywhere right now? If you’re uncomfortable, you must tell us.”

The old lady asked anxiously, “Comrade, what should we do now? Will my grandson die from getting the wrong medicine?”

Upon hearing he might die, Liu Yang burst into loud wails. “I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die! If I die, I won’t get to eat the candies Grandmother buys for me.”

“Auntie, don’t panic for now. Take your grandson to the observation room first and stay there for a while. Don’t worry, we’ll come over right away to handle it for you.”

“Heavens! My family only has this one grandson to carry on the line, and now this wicked woman gave him the wrong injection. Wuwuwu… What are we going to do! Comrade, comrade, you must save my grandson!”

The old lady was frantic with worry, almost kneeling on the ground to beg Deng Jia to save her grandson.

“Auntie, please carry your child and come with us now! We’ll deal with Li Jiaojiao. Right now, your grandson is the priority…”

Only then did the old lady release Li Jiaojiao’s hand, fuming, “Comrade, you must lock up this wicked woman. If my grandson turns out fine, that’s one thing, but if anything happens to him, she must pay with her life!”

Upon hearing she might have to pay with her life, Li Jiaojiao trembled all over and muttered softly, “This isn’t my fault. I called for Liu Yang with the ‘water’ radical. How can you blame me when you made the mistake yourselves?”

Deng Jia glared fiercely at Li Jiaojiao. Was Li Jiaojiao an idiot? Making a mistake and still talking back—instead of comforting the patient’s family at a time like this, she stubbornly insisted on arguing. Wasn’t she just making things worse?

Ah, never mind for now. Saving the patient is the priority.

“Li Jiaojiao, shut up! Put down your work right now and wait quietly for the higher-ups to investigate! Auntie, quickly carry your grandson and follow us.”

As soon as Deng Jia took the patient away, Li Jiaojiao turned and ran. No, she couldn’t be investigated!

But what should she do now?

That’s right—go find her dad. Her father was the Vice Hospital Director, clever and resourceful. He would definitely find a way to save her.

Li Jiaojiao hurried to Li Jianye’s office, barging in without even knocking on the door.

“Dad, Dad! Something terrible has happened!”

“Jiaojiao…? Why are you here during work hours? What happened to you?”

Li Jiaojiao said with tears in her eyes, “Dad, I just gave the wrong injection to a feverish patient. The head nurse said she’s going to take me in for investigation… Dad, you have to find a way to save me!”

“What? Oh dear… How could you make such a mistake?”

“I don’t know why I’m so unlucky today. Those two brats are about the same age, one is five, the other is six, and their names are similar too…”

“What do you mean their names are similar?”

“They’re both surnamed Liu, and both are named Liu Yang—one is ‘Yang’ as in ocean with the three-dots water radical, and the other is ‘Yang’ as in sun. When I called for the one with the three-dots water radical, Liu Yang, that old hag came over carrying her grandson. How was I supposed to know her grandson’s name was ‘Yang’ as in sun?”

“Jiaojiao, what am I going to do with you? Three Checks and Seven Verifications—how could you mix up the patient’s name and age? Tell me, how is the patient now?”

“I don’t know. He was just taken to the observation room. I actually only pushed in a small portion of the medicine…”

“Which nurses were on duty with you today?”

“Wang Xia, Yang Mei, and Zheng Juan.”

“Let’s go. Dad will see if he can think of something. You’d better pray that patient is lucky and has no issues!”

…

Near the end of her shift, Wang Lihua came over to chat with Lan Mo. “Doctor Lan, let me tell you something. Today, that Li Jiaojiao mixed up a patient’s name and gave the wrong injection.”

Gave the wrong injection? Isn’t that life-threatening? How could Li Jiaojiao mess that up?

Lan Mo asked, “How is the patient now?”

“I heard they took emergency measures, and he’s still in the observation room. He should be fine, right?”

“What about Li Jiaojiao? How is she? How will the hospital handle such an incident?”

“I heard Li Jiaojiao brought her dad over. I don’t know what they did, but they actually reached a settlement with the patient. Not only did the patient not press charges against Li Jiaojiao, but they also pinned the whole thing on my friend Yang Mei.”

Wang Lihua recounted the incident to Lan Mo. Originally, Yang Mei was supposed to give the fever-reducing injection to that Liu Yang, but Li Jiaojiao intercepted and gave the wrong patient—the one with a high fever, Liu Yang—half a syringe of anti-diarrheal medication instead.

Lan Mo felt Yang Mei was somewhat wronged. Clearly, it was Li Jiaojiao who mixed up the patients and gave the wrong injection, so why was the blame shifted entirely onto Yang Mei?

It seemed Deputy Director Li must have pulled some strings behind the scenes. Who knows what role the head nurse played in all this?

“Comrade Wang Lihua, don’t worry. Your friend will be fine. The patient hasn’t been discharged yet, so there’s still room for investigation.”

Lan Mo decided to secretly slip a letter of accusation into the Hospital Director’s office, written with her left hand.

It would be best to swat a fly like Li Jiaojiao before she kept buzzing around.

This was her way of serving the people. If Li Jiaojiao wasn’t dealt with this time, who knows if she might cause a fatal accident next time?

In her past life, she had seen countless medical accidents and disputes. Whether as a doctor or a nurse, professional ethics must be upheld.

Li Jiaojiao was so careless in her work. Keeping someone like her in the hospital was nothing but trouble.

Just as Li Jiaojiao was celebrating her father’s influence, a letter of accusation was already in the hands of Hospital Director Liang Guozheng.

Reading the contents of the letter, Liang Guozheng inwardly sneered. That old fox Li Jianye finally had his day—congratulations on raising such a useless daughter!

This time, he had finally caught his weakness. If he didn’t bring him down this time, he wouldn’t be surnamed Liang. That would stop the old fox from constantly eyeing his position as the Hospital Director.

“Xiao Deng, go notify the Inspection Department and have them investigate Li Jiaojiao, the nurse from the Emergency Department. It would be best if Deputy Director Li is investigated along with her.”

“Director Liang, what happened?”

“Take a look at this letter of accusation…”

“How could that Li Jiaojiao make such a basic mistake, even mixing up a patient’s name? How did she pass the assessment? Good heavens, they actually asked the patient to change their testimony—isn’t that harming another nurse?”

“That’s not your concern. First, go complete the task I assigned, and while you’re at it, find out who wrote this letter…”

“Yes, Director. I know what to do.”

Lan Mo thought: Trying to investigate her? That letter of accusation was something she secretly wrote in her space while in the restroom. And she wrote it with her left hand—the handwriting was so messy that even her mom probably wouldn’t recognize it.

What could they possibly uncover with an investigation like that? Most importantly, when she slipped the letter in, there wasn’t a single person around.

By the time Li Jiaojiao was taken away, Lan Mo had already finished her shift. She had just ridden her bicycle out of the hospital gate when Gu Yan’an stopped her.

What was he trying to do? Was he planning to pester her relentlessly?

Gu Yan’an greeted Lan Mo with a smile. “Doctor Lan, did you just get off work?”

“Yes. Comrade Gu Yan’an, didn’t you already leave the hospital? Why are you back?”

“I came to see Director Qin…”

“Oh, then go ahead. I’ll be on my way!”

As soon as Lan Mo left, Gu Yan’an slapped himself hard across the face. He had clearly come to see her, so why did he just lie?

Sigh, with his approach, when would he ever manage to win her over?

Forget it. Better to go see Director Qin first and ask him to help think of a solution!