After hanging up with Elder Feng, Secretary Chen took a deep breath, suppressed his fluctuating emotions, and said to the Secretary-General with a grave expression, "Call Comrade Zhang Zhaosheng, I need to speak with him."
Zhang Zhaosheng was the mayor of Linzhou City.
When the Secretary-General got through to the mayor's phone, Mayor Zhang had just finished another call with Zheng Zijie and was now looking both confused and depressed.
It was easy enough to send them to the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital; it would just take his order. But who would be responsible if sothing went wrong after they were admitted?
"Mayor Zhang, Secretary Chen wants to talk to you," the Secretary-General said before passing the phone to Secretary Chen.
Seeing that it was Secretary Chen wanting to speak with him, Mayor Zhang imdiately straightened up and said, "Hello, Secretary Chen."
"What's the situation?" Secretary Chen asked.
"The situation is very grim. Most people in the car are severely injured, and the follow-up rescue efforts are going to be very challenging," replied Mayor Zhang with a heavy heart.
He was on the scene, witnessing the bloody scene firsthand. Even as a layman, he could tell that the prospects were bleak for those being carried into ambulances.
People in Huaxia Country tend to share good news and not the bad. When Mayor Zhang shared such somber news, Secretary Chen's heart sank involuntarily. Rembering his recent conversation with Elder Feng, he gritted his teeth and commanded, "Now I order you to send all the injured to the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital."
Mayor Zhang almost thought he had heard wrong and blurted out, "The Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital?"
"Yes, the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital, that's the decision from the province. The best doctors have already been arranged to wait there. I and Governor Sang will take responsibility if anything happens!" Secretary Chen said with a heavy voice.
"Yes!" Hearing that the top two officials of the Provincial Party Committee had made such a decision, and rembering Zheng Zijie's shouting, Mayor Zhang, no matter how many doubts he had, had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept the order at that mont.
So the injured were loaded onto ambulances and sent to the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital.
As it happened, the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital was actually the closest hospital to the scene of the accident— at least half as close as Jiangnan University's First Affiliated Hospital and the Provincial People's Hospital.
"Let's put the Standing Committee eting on hold for today. I'm going to the Provincial Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital myself," Secretary Chen said in a heavy tone after hanging up the phone with Mayor Zhang.
Even with the guarantees from Sang Yunlong and even Elder Feng, Secretary Chen still felt uneasy about the situation without seeing it for himself.
With Secretary Chen going, Governor Sang Yunlong, as the governor, naturally had to go as well. Other mbers of the Standing Committee had specifically made ti for the eting; since there was no eting now, they were free and followed along.
As for Zheng Zijie, there was no need to ntion him. He directly greeted Secretary Chen and Governor Sang before hurrying off ahead of them.
On the way, Zheng Zijie called Ge Dongxu.
When Zheng Zijie called Ge Dongxu, Ge Dongxu had already stopped his session of accompanying the clinic and had contacted Feng Yaping. Then, with so doctors from the internal dicine departnt, including Tang Yiyuan and He Duanrui, he rushed to the ergency room.
"Director Ge, Director Ge, you must save my dad at all costs," Zheng Zijie pleaded with a sobbing voice as soon as the call connected.
"Minister Zheng, don't panic, take it slow, what's the matter?" Ge Dongxu was startled to hear such an important figure pleading with him in a crying voice.
"The car accident on Qianjiang Avenue. My dad was involved and his injuries are very severe. He has a head injury and his spine is also seriously damaged; he has completely lost sensation in his lower limbs now," said Zheng Zijie, taking a deep breath and speaking rapidly.
"Rest assured, as long as your father is still breathing, I will definitely save him. I'm already waiting in the ergency room," Ge Dongxu said upon realizing that Zheng Zijie's father was also involved in the accident. He quickly reassured him, and his expression grew even more serious.
Injuries to the head and spine—if it were another practitioner of traditional Chinese dicine, they wouldn't even think about referring to Western surgical thods. Even Ge Dongxu, although he had great confidence in his own dical skills, felt heavy-hearted at this mont.
Especially since there were dozens of people injured this ti, Ge Dongxu felt increasingly weighed down.
He walked swiftly towards the ergency room.
The ergency room had already received prior notification from President Feng, and by the ti Ge Dongxu arrived, they had prepared everything necessary.
The person in charge of the ergency room was also extrely anxious and tense.
This was a major traffic accident! He couldn't understand why the Provincial Party Committee had decided to send the injured to the Traditional Chinese dicine Hospital. What perplexed him even more was the call from President Feng earlier, instructing him to follow all orders from the director of internal dicine in traditional Chinese dicine, Ge, when he arrived, even if he didn't understand why.
Internal dicine in traditional Chinese dicine—that's purely traditional. And their ergency room practiced Western dicine.
Could soone practicing pure traditional Chinese dicine even work in an ergency room? And to think they were letting a director from internal dicine, soone he had never even heard of nad Ge, take charge... If it had not been President Feng calling, the person in charge of the ergency room would have already been cursing out loud.
This was a matter of life and death!
It wasn't long before the ergency room in charge saw a group of doctors from the departnt of internal dicine escorting a young man striding towards them, among whom was the renowned Professor Tang from internal dicine.
"Professor Tang!" The ergency room in charge hurriedly went up to greet him.
"Hello, Dr. He. This is Dr. Ge from our departnt of internal dicine. I believe President Feng has already briefed you on the phone, hasn't he?" Professor Tang introduced.
"He's Dr. Ge?" The ergency room in charge was flabbergasted the mont he set eyes on Ge Dongxu.
He could never have dreamt that the person coming to lead such a crucial rescue effort would be such a young doctor!
Knowing that the situation was urgent, and seeing Dr. He's astonished expression, Ge Dongxu knew it would take too long to explain things, so he didn't bother. Instead, he spoke with a stern expression, "You will be responsible for following , taking commands. As for the staff, we don't need that many. Keep eight people who are quick with their hands and feet and who can keep their mouths shut."
"Ah!" Dr. He's mouth hung open.
For this ergency, he had urgently called in quite a few people.
"Didn't you hear what Director Ge said? Carry it out imdiately." As Dr. He opened his mouth to speak, the director, Dr. Cai, arrived in a sweat, not bothering with niceties as he barked orders at Dr. He.
After the incident in the last eting, Director Cai had co to greatly admire Ge Dongxu's dical skills.
Other practitioners of traditional Chinese dicine might be helpless in this kind of ergency, but Ge Dongxu was different—Director Cai knew that he needed to be considered separately.
When Director Cai stepped in, Dr. He had no choice but to arrange the personnel as Ge Dongxu had instructed.
While Dr. He was arranging the team, President Feng also arrived in a hurry.
"Director Ge, we're relying heavily on you this ti!" President Feng ca over and firmly shook Ge Dongxu's hand.
"Saving lives is a doctor's duty; there's nothing troubleso about that. However, you must rember to explain the tail situation to Governor Sang later. I don't want to beco Linzhou City's most talked-about person after the rescue is over," Ge Dongxu said.
"Rest assured, both Old Sang and I are aware of the situation," President Feng nodded, silently impressed. Most people were afraid they weren't famous enough, yet here was a young man who was afraid of becoming too well-known.
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