Chapter 20 Surgery Fee

Cao Bo found a lot of fine sweat on the old man's forehead. Although there was nothing unusual everywhere in his body, he could see that his expression was still very painful.

Cao Bo's mobile phone was broken in the hospital, so he took out a phone from the old man's pocket. Cao Bo found that the phone model was very old, and the spray paint on it was almost worn out, and even the number keys could not be seen so clearly. From this, it can be seen that the old man's life is not rich.

However, Cao Bo didn't have time to think so much. He immediately dialed the emergency number of the central hospital.

Although the hospital has just been attacked, it is just a building in the inpatient department. Cao Bo guessed that the outpatient clinic and emergency center should still be working normally. When Cao Bo finished the call, although the operator's tone was a little strange, he still said that he could send a car quickly.

After the phone call, Cao Bo gave the old man a simple examination. The old man did not look like a heart attack, cerebral hemorrhage and other symptoms, but his face was full of wrinkled skin and flesh gathered together, and the sweat on his forehead came out again. Obviously, his body was still very painful.

Cao Bo did not dare to move the old man's body easily. He could only open the window to ensure that the air in the bar could be smoother.

When Cao Bo opened the window facing the street, he found that a middle-aged woman holding a pack of cigarettes was looking inside.

"Is Lao Li all right?" The aunt was obviously stunned after seeing Cao Bo, and then she seemed to find the old man lying on the ground, and her expression suddenly became nervous.

"Is there another attack?" The woman seemed to have expected this for a long time, which explained why she had to look out the window when she passed by.

"It's all about drinking!" The aunt was very enthusiastic. She not only ran into the bar quickly, but also asked Cao Bo if he had called the emergency number.

Finally, when she squatted beside the old man to check it, the aunt finally sighed and turned around and told Cao Bo, "Liver cancer has been detected more than half a year ago. I have been persuading him to leave the store and then have an operation, but the stubborn old man did not agree."

The woman told Cao Bo that the bar had been open for five or six years, and the old man only kept it here three years ago. Although the business situation here is not good, the old man is very cheerful and often sends some small things to his neighbors. That's how the aunt occasionally chats with the old man.

More than a year ago, when the aunt happened to pass by, she saw the old man sitting in the bar in a daze. She walked in out of curiosity and saw the physical examination report in front of the old man.

"Although he is no longer young, there is hope for him to recover as long as he is cured as soon as possible." The aunt said that no matter how she persuaded herself, the old man insisted on never going to the hospital.

"He always says that his body can stand it, but I know that his situation is getting worse and worse, because it happens more and more often today. It seems that if he doesn't have surgery, he won't be able to stand it for a few days..." The aunt's tone was full of worry. Cao Bo originally thought that this old man was living. I'm very lonely, but I didn't expect that there were still people around me who care about him so much.

The aunt must know that the old man is not in good health, so every time she passes by the bar, she will subconsciously look at him, for fear that no one will know what happened to him, and Cao Bo happened to come today, otherwise she would not be able to call in such a timely manner.

"Don't he have children? Why did his children turn a deaf ear to such a big thing? Cao Bo was a little angry. If it were his parents, Cao Bo would have to persuade him to go to the hospital for help as soon as possible. And it is forbidden to drink alcohol if he suffers from liver cancer, but the old man does not care about his health at all. His children are absolutely incompetent!

The aunt said that the old man has a son, and it is said that he will not be able to come back for a while when he is still abroad. According to the aunt's analysis, the reason why the old man still sticks to this bar with cancer is also to make money for his son abroad.

"He always boasted to me about how filial and capable his son is, but I don't think it's the matter." The aunt squeaked her tongue and was obviously not satisfied with the old man's son: "My father is suffering in China, but he goes abroad to spend money to enjoy it. If I have such a son, I have to break his leg!"

As he was talking, suddenly there was the sound of an ambulance in the distance. Cao Bo said that he would take care of the rest by himself. He asked his aunt to go home quickly. When she came out to buy cigarettes so late, there may be a smoker husband in her family who is not considerate to his wife.

"I have to tell that dead man and ask him to quit smoking quickly, just like he smokes sooner or later!" The aunt went out chattering, but she still seemed to be worried. She stood at the door of the bar until the medical staff carried the old man into the ambulance.

Cao Bo sat in the ambulance and was silent. He looked at the old man's old face and secretly blamed the unscrupulous son in his heart. Although parents are right to think about their own children, as children, they should always know that crows feed back, right?

"Brother, is it you again?" Cao Bo suddenly heard someone talking to him. He looked up and found that the first responder sitting opposite him was the one he met when Cao Bo rescued the old man Jin last time. He didn't know whether the two were predestined or Cao Bo was not very lucky enough to always encounter this kind of thing.

Cao Bo and the other party had a simple greeting, and then he was silent again. He originally wanted to call Wang Yaoxiang, but his phone number was broken. Wang Yaoxiang's number was not remembered by himself. It seemed that he could only talk about it when he got to the hospital.

And Cao Bo can see that both the driver and the first responders in the ambulance have more solemn expressions, which is obviously affected by the attack just now. Cao Bo didn't want to mention this matter again, so he didn't say anything.

And the ambulance drove in through another door of the hospital. It deliberately avoided the door of the inpatient department. Cao Bo looked from afar from the window and saw that the lights were still shining there, and the aftercare work should take a long time.

Because the old man's breathing was a little disordered, he hung up an oxygen bag all the way. When he arrived at the hospital, he changed into an oxygen bottle and immediately sent it to the inspection room to do some necessary tests. When the first responder saw that Cao Bo followed him this time, he might have thought that the old man was Cao Bo's relative.

"In my experience, the patient's condition is more serious. It should cost a lot of money if you go back and prepare with your family." After the first respondent left, the nurse in charge of the supervision office immediately found Cao Bo and said that he needed to pay various examination fees and a deposit of 6,000 yuan immediately.

6,000? Cao Bo suddenly felt helpless after hearing this, because he was just a poor student. In the past, he even lived a tight life. Where did he go to get so much money?

"You are not a family member of the patient?" The nurse seemed to see Cao Bo's embarrassment, so her eyebrows immediately stood up and her attitude became impatient.

"I..." Cao Bo wanted to say that he was not, but when he thought that the old man's son was not here, if he was helpless, maybe the hospital would immediately throw him out.

So Cao Bo hesitated for a moment and admitted it, but he said that he didn't have that much money on hand now.

"But I know Wang Yaoxiang and Director Wang. Can I go through the admission procedures first, and then I will pay the money?" This is the only way Cao Bo can think of now. Although he has no way to get money, Cao Bo neither wants to bother Deng Qi nor ask Xia Menghan and Jin Haoyue, because this is his own business. Cao Bo doesn't want to owe others too much. What's more, Cao Bo's relationship with the two girls is delicate now. Cao Bo doesn't want to affect his choice because of this matter.

"Director Wang?" The nurse was stunned for a moment, and then smiled contemptuously. Obviously, she didn't believe Cao Bo's words.

"Director Wang's name is well-known, and it is estimated that many people know him." The nurse pointed to the wall not far away. There were photos of hospital experts hanging over there. Wang Yaoxiang's position was relatively up, with a row of small words written below: well-known experts in internal medicine.

The reason why the nurse said this was obviously because she regarded Cao Bo as a liar.

"Is that good?" Cao Bo saw that the other party had an expression of disbelief, so he quickly asked the other party if he had Wang Yaoxiang's phone number. Whether he knew him or not, he naturally asked him as soon as he called.

The nurse snorted and did not take out the phone, but urged Cao Bo to pay quickly. Looking at the other party's appearance, Cao Bo suddenly realized that although she and Wang Yaoxiang were in the same hospital, they probably didn't even have a phone call, because they were not at the same level.

Just as Cao Bo was arguing with the nurse, someone suddenly called Cao Bo from behind. Cao Bo looked back and saw that it was Wang Yaoxiang's assistant Liu Nan.

Liu Nan should have rested at this time, but who knew that such a big thing happened to the hospital. Now in order to maintain normal operation, the hospital can only mobilize all the staff, so Liu Nan met Cao Bo on the way back to the office.

After Liu Nan and the nurse asked the whole story, he immediately said that Cao Bo was indeed a friend of Director Wang, and he immediately called Wang Yaoxiang and simply told the matter.

"Director Wang said that he would pay 10,000 yuan in advance for the child first. You can register the admission first." Liu Nan and Cao Bo said that there was a minor accident in the inpatient department, so they could only be hospitalized in the outpatient ward for the time being, but after the inpatient department finished cleaning up in a short time, the old man could be moved.

Obviously, Liu Nan is hiding the truth of the matter, and maybe even Liu Nan doesn't know what the truth is. Because when the colonists forcibly attacked the inpatient department at that time, the patients and medical staff in it suffered heavy casualties. If they could survive, they had already recovered a life, and there would be no one who could leak the news so soon.

What's more, in order not to cause external panic, hospitals and relevant departments will strictly control public opinion and major media. Even if someone really saw it with their own eyes at that time, the laboratory still had a way to 'forget' them.

"It's just that Director Wang asked me to tell you." Liu Nan whispered to Cao Bo, "According to the current physical condition of the old man, if the operation is not done as soon as possible, it will not last for a few days, but the operation fee..."

Liu Nan was a little embarrassed when talking about money. After Cao Bo asked, Liu Nan said that if it is an ordinary operation, it is not too expensive, but if you want to improve the success rate of the operation, you have to prepare at least 60,000 to 70,000 yuan.

Sixty or seventy thousand? Cao Bo was very embarrassed by the hospitalization deposit just now. Now when he heard Liu Nan say such a big fee, Cao Bo felt that his head was big.

"Director Wang said that the operation must start as soon as possible, so you have to prepare early." Before Liu Nan left, she repeatedly told Cao Bo, but how can she raise such a large amount of money?

Forget it, it's time to discuss it with 'them'. Just as Cao Bo scratched his head for money, he suddenly remembered the two people coming...