"Now, Zhao, based on your professional judgment, what is the probability of this patient entering a permanent vegetative state?"

Liu Xuedong asked again.

"For a patient in deep coma, discussing probability is practically meaningless. If the patient wakes up, it's one hundred percent; if they don't, it's zero."

Zhao Heng shook his head slightly and said bluntly.

The words he had spoken earlier to the sister of the comatose girl contained elements of consolation, even though the primary affected area due to the poisoning was indeed not the brain.

However, the brain is the most mysterious organ in the human body. In this field, current medical research and understanding are still at a very primitive stage, so no one can be one hundred percent certain whether a patient in deep coma will definitely wake up.

"Yes, that's the crux of the problem. If the patient remains in a deep coma, it can serve as a standard for assessing medical malpractice. Although the patient could wake up at any time, the medical error assessment committee won't wait indefinitely for this patient to wake up."

Liu Xuedong said a rather convoluted statement.

His words sounded convoluted, but Zhao Heng easily understood them.

The situation is indeed very delicate. Based on the patient's current condition, the medical error assessment committee can use deep coma as an assessment standard. However, if they do not consider deep coma as a permanent state and exclude it from the assessment standard, focusing solely on the condition of organ damage, it's also feasible.

In other words, the assessment of this medical error is currently in a very delicate, fluctuating state.

And this fluctuation decides whether the doctor involved, Wei Xiang, has his license revoked and compensates, or faces even more severe consequences.

"Does the patient have a strong background?"

Zhao Heng began to understand a bit; the patient's strong background must be exerting pressure on the assessment committee.

However, this is also normal. After all, this was a very basic operational mistake. As the doctor involved, there's no need for any explanation because the facts are already very clear.

"Yes, the patient's parents are well-known professors, and they've exerted pressure on the medical error assessment committee through their connections. Dean Liu is one of the committee members."

Liu Xuedong nodded and said.

The reason why he explained things so clearly was also out of respect for Zhao Heng.

Last night, he suddenly received a call from the dean of Tong City Fifth Hospital, an old classmate. During the call, the old classmate earnestly implored him, explaining that Wei Xiang had never committed any mistakes before. This time, because he was simply too busy and didn't pay attention to the nurse's operation, it resulted in such a severe medical error.

"Director Liu, in regards to these matters, I'm afraid I can't do anything, can I?"

Zhao Heng was somewhat puzzled as to why Liu Xuedong was telling him all this.

"No, Zhao, the key now lies with you. You could say, in the entire nation, you are the most professional when it comes to awakening patients from a deep coma. Only you can manage to wake the patient up in the shortest time. The sooner the patient wakes up, the better the chance the involved doctor can avoid the worst outcome. The patient's parents have strong background and connections, and the medical error committee might not withstand the pressure for too long."

Liu Xuedong explained the reason he called Zhao Heng over, which was for Zhao Heng to wake the comatose girl up in the shortest possible time, thereby securing the involved doctor a relatively less severe handling.

"This matter doesn't require special explanation from you, Director Liu. The sooner the patient wakes up, the lesser the brain damage, and providing the best treatment is something I ought to do."

Zhao Heng said with some doubt.

If it's for this reason, there shouldn't have been any need to call him over; even if Liu Xuedong hadn't mentioned it, he would still do everything possible to treat the girl.

It's his primary duty.

"Zhao, my intention is to spare no expense and use the most cutting-edge treatment methods for this patient. Didn't you previously use neural stem cell transplantation to awaken Sun Xinxin?"

Liu Xuedong shook his head slightly and said.

Time is now of the essence; once the medical error handling committee can't withstand the pressure and determines it as a critical medical error, then everything is over.

Therefore, awakening should be as quick as possible.

"It can be done, but this will result in medical expenses rising sharply."

Zhao Heng contemplated for a moment and said, providing the best treatment to patients has always been his principle.

But sometimes, due to a patient's financial conditions, some expensive, cutting-edge medical means aren't accessible to every patient.

So many times, Zhao Heng can only make a compromise, minimizing medical expenses while still being able to cure patients.

This time, however, Liu Xuedong means not to worry about costs, but to use the best treatment methods to the fullest extent possible.

This kind of request is rarely encountered by Zhao Heng.

After all, patients who aren't concerned about money are scarce.

"You don't need to worry about the cost; Tong City Fifth Hospital will cover it."

Liu Xuedong said.

"Understood, Director Liu. If there's nothing else, I'll get to work."

Zhao Heng nodded and said.

Providing the best treatment for patients has always been his goal, and he's always wanted to promote neural stem cell transplantation, but regrettably, the treatment cost is extremely high. Aside from wealthy patients like Sun Xinxin, ordinary patients cannot afford such exorbitant medical expenses.

"Zhao, I'm counting on you for this matter."

Liu Xuedong said.

"Director Liu, after this, Wei Xiang probably won't be a doctor anymore, right?"

Zhao Heng couldn't help but ask.

Even if he can promptly awaken the patient using the best methods without worrying about costs, at least a fourth-level medical error, or even a third-level assessment, is inevitable.

After all, those who can exert pressure on the medical error handling committee must have formidable connections not to be underestimated.

At best, Wei Xiang won't be able to be a doctor anymore.

"Indeed, at best, it's a license revocation, followed by compensating a large sum of money. Just due to a moment of negligence, a career is destroyed like that, serving as a warning. You must know how hard it is to study medicine, Zhao."

Liu Xuedong said with remorse.

If this doctor, Wei Xiang, weren't inherently excellent, his old classmate, the dean at Tong City Fifth Hospital, wouldn't have implored him in this manner.

"Last night, Wei Xiang came to see me. He doesn't seem like someone who would make such a basic mistake."

Zhao Heng couldn't help but say.

"He took full responsibility, but my old classmate said the real operational mistake was made by the emergency nurse at that time."

Liu Xuedong said.

"So, Wei Xiang is actually quite responsible."

Zhao Heng added.

"Who wouldn't agree..."

Liu Xuedong said with a sigh.

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