The next morning, early in the morning, Lu Ming followed Su Wanran to the Fog City North District Hospital, where the victims of food poisoning were being treated. Upon entering, they saw numerous family members sleeping on the floor in the hospital corridors.
With so many victims, the hospital was nearly at capacity, let alone accommodating so many relatives.
If the victims couldn't be cured, it could lead to a severe medical accident.
As soon as the victims' families saw Su Wanran, they were furious.
Although Su Wanran had made promises yesterday, the patients had not yet been cured, and all promises were still just words. Thus, the families were filled with resentment upon seeing Su Wanran.
They immediately surrounded Su Wanran, demanding an explanation.
Su Wanran was also intimidated by the aggressive families.
At this moment, Lu Ming stepped forward to shield the families, extending his hands to push them back. He spoke gently, "Everyone, everyone, I understand how you feel right now. Chairman Su is here today precisely to resolve your issues. Please rest assured, the promises made by the Su family will be kept! We are about to consult with the hospital to implement a detailed treatment management plan for all patients. If you wish for your family members to recover quickly, please clear a path."
Upon hearing this, the families, though reluctant, suppressed their anger and opened a path for them.
Before Lu Ming and Su Wanran could proceed, they suddenly heard someone wailing loudly and shouting, "Dad, Dad, you can't die!"
Someone who knew the situation immediately said, "Didn't your Su family guarantee that no one would die? Someone has already died. What do you say now?"
Someone had died?
Lu Ming immediately tensed up.
He walked over and asked the doctor, "What's going on? Is death confirmed?"
The doctor nodded, "Yes, the elderly person was already quite old, suffered from anemia, and coupled with food poisoning, under multiple factors, the elder could not hold on and has passed away."
"I'll go take a look." Lu Ming headed towards the intensive care unit without looking back.
"Hey, this is a restricted area in the hospital, you can't just barge in!"
By the time the doctor tried to stop Lu Ming, it was too late. Lu Ming moved with incredible speed, like a gust of wind, and entered the intensive care unit before anyone could react.
Arriving at the bedside, Lu Ming stared intently at the deceased elder, his expression grave.
If the elder truly died, the Su family's promise would be utterly void. It would be a premature defeat, being immediately discredited right after making a promise.
Although there were mitigating circumstances, the victims' families would not care about that.
No.
He cannot die!
Lu Ming stood by the bedside, took the elder's pulse, and then conducted a thorough examination.
"There is still hope."
"There is a sliver of life, not yet time for death."
Lu Ming immediately took out the acupuncture needles he carried and began to treat the elder. The doctor who arrived later was startled, wondering why someone would tamper with a deceased person.
"Who are you? You cannot tamper with the deceased!"
The doctor tried to stop Lu Ming, but Lu Ming pinned his shoulder and simply pushed him out the door. The force was so immense, it felt like being hit by a car.
Lu Ming then closed the door and focused wholeheartedly on administering acupuncture to the elder.
The doctor was like an ant on a hot pan, pacing frantically. He shouted, "What kind of behavior is this? How did such a lunatic get into the hospital? Outrageous, utterly outrageous!"
Su Wanran tried to pacify the doctor, "Doctor, please rest assured, his name is Lu Ming, and his medical skills are very good. He just said there's a chance the elder is still alive. Shouldn't we let him try? What if he really saves him?"
"Nonsense!" the doctor cursed. "Are you questioning our hospital's competence? Are you implying that our hospital is so incompetent that we mistake the living for the dead? Do you think I, a doctor, am a mere figurehead? You laypeople are simply making a fool of yourselves! No, I'm calling the police, I'm calling the police!"
Su Wanran continued to try and reason with the doctor, but he wouldn't listen to a single word.
The patient's family felt awkward.
On one hand, they trusted the doctor, as his medical skills were excellent and he had a great reputation in Fog City. On the other hand, they hoped that what Lu Ming said was true.
The family truly wished for their father to be saved!
Just as the three parties were at an impasse, and the doctor was about to make a call, the intensive care unit door opened.
Lu Ming stood at the doorway, looking at them.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at Lu Ming.
"How is it?" Su Wanran asked.
Lu Ming stepped aside, allowing everyone to see the situation inside the intensive care unit and the elder on the bed.
The doctor looked at the elder while dialing 110.
But just as he was about to press the last digit, his finger froze. To his astonishment, the elder, who had been pronounced dead, had miraculously awakened!
The elder was alive!
"How is this possible?" The doctor was utterly dumbfounded. In his decades of practice, he had never encountered such an absurd situation.
For a moment, he seriously doubted his own medical skills.
The hospital was wrong.
The doctor was wrong.
They were all wrong.
The person was not dead, yet they had mistakenly believed them to be dead, and even prevented others from trying to save the elder.
Heh, what a ridiculously absurd act!
The doctor's face burned with embarrassment. He looked at Lu Ming, speechless.
He thought Lu Ming would surely humiliate him, but instead... Lu Ming said something very unexpected.
Lu Ming said, "All these people who came for treatment due to food poisoning are victims of Su Wu. I am a member of the Su family and should bear the responsibility for the Su family's mistakes. Doctor, please give me a white coat and arrange a vacant room for me. Today, I will work at the hospital for free and cure all the victims."
The medical expenses were paid by the Wu family, and Lu Ming was offering to treat them for free.
This meant the hospital would not incur any costs and would even profit. Why not?
The doctor stared for a few seconds and said, "Wait a moment, I'll arrange it."
Soon, the doctor reported the matter to his superiors.
The superiors reacted quickly and immediately approved Lu Ming's request. A separate treatment room was set up for Lu Ming at the hospital, specifically for treating patients with Su Wu food poisoning.
Lu Ming put on a white coat and sat in the room. Outside, a long queue had formed.
Not only the victims and their families, but also many doctors and nurses came to witness Lu Ming's miraculous healing abilities!
Everything was ready.
Lu Ming pressed a bell and called out, "Patient number one, please come in."