"Is there a neurosurgery department at Mercy Hospital?" asked Luca. If she was going to a hospital,
she did not have to be afraid of encountering fraudsters.
Since something really happened to Sarah, she could not turn a blind eye to it. After all, she had
already received the call.
"Yes. Can youe now?" the woman from the other end of the line asked again.
"I''ll head there now." Luca hung up the call and informed Warren.
When Warren said he was standing by at the parking lot and ready to drive her anywhere, Luca quickly
changed her clothes and prepared to leave.
Mo Stone saw Luca enter the office. Luca was wearing a coat and carrying a briefcase. She pulled out
a leave application form and asked, "Dr. Craw, are you taking a leave of absence?"
"Yes. There''s something I need to attend to," Luca took the form and filled it out. She was asking for
personal leave.
She had taken quite a few days off recently. Fortunately, the project had not officially started yet. Her
absence would not dy it.
Mo Stone did not say anything. She took the form from Luca and nced at it. After she saw that Luca
was asking for personal leave, she smiled and said, "Dr. Craw, go ahead and take care of your
business."
"Okay." Luca nodded, too preupied to worry about anything else. She immediately headed
downstairs.
The person on the phone said that Sarah was admitted to the hospital with a brain disease.From N?velDrama.Org.
If it was a brain disease, it would be perilous. Therefore, Luca tried to arrive at the hospital as soon as
possible to understand the situation.
Luca arrived at the parking lot and got into the car. Warren asked, "Ms. Craw, where would you like to
go?"
"Mercy Hospital," replied Luca.
When he heard her say that, he momentarily froze, his fingers pausing on the navigation screen.
Luca had been going to hospitals in the city center for the past few days. Why was she going to Mercy
Hospital all of a sudden?
After Warren entered the destination, he started the car engine and drove out of the parking lot. Then,
he asked, "Dr. Craw, why are you going to Mercy Hospital?"
"A friend of mine fell sick. She''s receiving treatment there," exined Luca. She did not really see
Sarah as a friend.
However, since the hospital contacted her, she did not know what would happen to Sarah if she did not
go there.
Luca believed that fate yed a role in this world. Since the hospital contacted her, she decided to
make the trip.
"Mercy Hospital isn''t known for its expertise. How could your friend be treated there?" Warren could not
help but ask.
Luca''s friends should have a higher status. How could they receive treatment at a small hospital like
Mercy Hospital?
If it were a minor illness, Warren did not think Luca would bother to visit...
"I''m not sure either, but let''s go and see," said Luca, remembering what the person on the phone said.
She was worried that they might be deliberately deceiving her to go there.
After all, she only had a brief encounter with Sarah. Even though she did not seem like a bad person,
Luca thought it was better to be cautious. "Warren,e up with meter."
"Sure." Warren vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Luca''s expression was not too good.
Mercy Hospital was quite far from the city center, but Watson''s location was already on the outskirts.
Warren realized the urgency of the situation and drove quickly, taking less than 20 minutes to arrive
there and park in the Mercy Hospital parking lot.
Warren followed Luca''s instructions. He parked the car and then got out of it. Then, he followed Luca to
the hospital.
It was Luca''s first timeing to Mercy Hospital. She waspletely unfamiliar with theyout.
However, she did not waste any time and went straight to the hospital lobby to inquire about the floor
where the neurosurgery department was located. After that, she hurriedly headed upstairs.
Mercy Hospital was not arge hospital to begin with, consisting of only ten floors with the
neurosurgery department located on the sixth floor.
Luca took the elevator and arrived on the sixth floor. She followed the hospital''s signs to the
neurosurgery department.
Meanwhile, Warren noticed where Luca was heading to. He reported to Luke about it while following
her.
Luca approached the nurse''s station and asked, "Hello, I received a phone call saying that Ms. Por
is hospitalized here. Is that correct?"
The nurse did not even check theputer and replied to Luca when she saw her. "Finally, someone
came. Are you a friend of Sarah''s? Come with me."
Luca did not find the nurse''s behavior strange. After all, departments like the neurosurgery department
at Mercy Hospital were usually not crowded.
If someone was really suffering from any brain-rted diseases, they would not choose this hospital to
receive treatment just to save costs. Theplexity of brain diseases required highly skilled doctors to
cure. Patients would usually go to general hospitals.
Therefore, there were not many patients in the ward. It was normal for the nurse to remember Sarah.
Sarah''s ward was next to the nurse''s station.
Luca frowned as it was an unwritten rule in every hospital that wards located near the nurse''s station
and doctor''s office were reserved for patients with more severe conditions.
The nurse asked again, "Are you a friend of Sarah''s?"
Sarah had foreign facial features, and she imed not to have any rtives. That was why the nurse
did not consider Luca as a close rtive.
"Sort of..." Luca replied and walked into the ward, where she saw the patient lying on the bed.
There was a white bandage wrapped around her head. She remained still with monitoring devices
beeping while recording her vital signs. She was also attached to an IV drip.
Despite all this, Luca could not shake off the uneasy feeling. Sarah''s condition was not looking good.
"What happened to her?" asked Luca.
"She was diagnosed with cerebral vascr malformation a few years ago. She was undergoing
conservative treatment due to insufficient funds and took medication from our hospital. But the
malformation ruptured. Fortunately, her part-time job employer brought her here, and the doctors
performed surgery on her. However, the hemostasis wasn''t very effective. That''s just how our
neurosurgery department is. Now, the doctors are rmending transferring the patient to another
hospital. But her employer refuses to make that decision and hasn''t taken any further action after
bringing her here. Also, we couldn''t contact any of her family members. The doctors said that if she
doesn''t undergo a second surgery soon, the chances of her waking up will be slim. But our hospital''s
doctors don''t rmend her having a second surgery here in Mercy. We had no choice but to search
her wallet. That''s how we found your business card. The assistant to the hospital director called you to
see if you could make a decision for her..." exined the nurse.
The nurse had to admit that the doctors'' skills at Mercy were average, so she confided in Luca about
their helplessness.
They wanted to save the patient, but the hospital could not do much.
The problem was that the patient had not left any contact information for them to reach her family. She
was still in aa, and she was unable to make decisions for herself.
Luca furrowed her brows and asked, "Why didn''t you transfer the patient to a higher-level hospital
when she was brought here?"
"Her employer said that the patient specifically mentioned our hospital before losing consciousness.
After bringing her here, the employer didn''t care about the surgery''s result and just left," answered the
nurse with a helpless look on her face.
The hospital was powerless when it came to treating aatose patient. The doctors prioritized the
patient''s well-being, and they reluctantly performed surgery on Sarah.
However, the postoperative results turned out to be less than satisfactory.