My Darling, My Dearest

Chapter 122

Rachel's fear turned out to be right. The patient's condition worsened quickly and she was sent into the operating room.

She knew something bad was bound to happen if Kevin didn't change the medicine in his prescription. However, she didn't expect it would happen so quickly.

Even Kevin hadn't guessed the gravity of the situation. Once it sank in, he changed his clothes and entered the operating room hurriedly.

After ten minutes into the operation, beats of sweat formed on Kevin's forehead. In spite of their effort, the patient hadn't had any improvement. She was still in a critical condition.

Her vital organs were slowly failing and the cold sweat on his forehead began to slide down profusely.

After further inspection, it was discovered that the patient's wound hadn't healed well and was slightly infected.

Everyone in the operating room had the same panicky look on their face. No matter how scared everyone was, Kevin seemed determined to finish the operation.

There was a part of him that wanted to flaunt his success in front of Rachel.

After what happened in the morning, Kevin was ■d

really mad at her.

If he failed this operation, he would be sneered by Rachel!

The more he thought about it, the more he felt ashamed.

But his firm determination compelled him to go on with the operation. 'I can do it!' he kept telling himself. But half an hour passed and there was no improvement in the patient's condition. This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

Suddenly, Rachel, who was in her own office, was asked to go to the operation room.

It was said that the situation was very critical. Rachel was extremely surprised. She never thought that the patient's condition would get worse so soon.

Without wasting a second, she wore her operating clothes. Before she could enter the operating room, the door opened from inside.

When a nurse came out, Rachel was taken aback and her heart skipped a beat.

She looked at her, with her lips slightly wriggling under the mask, and said, "Rachel, there's no need to go in. The patient is no longer...."

Rachel stood frozen and didn't know what to

say.

People died in the hospital every day. Sometimes, she had witnessed more than five deaths in a day. In short, death wasn't a novelty in hospitals.

However, what happened today had drawn a lot of attention to the hospital. The female patient was ■d

announced to be dead at 4:28 p.m.

The family of the deceased couldn't come to terms with the truth. They had been hopeful about her survival. Unable to take this news, they sat outside the operating room, wailing their hearts out.

The executive and the directors of the hospital, who got the news, rushed over at once. They were informed that the family of the deceased patient was making trouble.

As soon as they reached the operating room, they were displeased with the spectacle they were making. There was an old, haggard woman clinging tightly onto her daughter who lay limply on the operating table.

The executive stepped back and whispered something to the people behind him and left.

That patient's death had caused a disturbance. Her family blamed the doctor and nurses for not treating her properly and didn't accept the fact that they had done their best.

While they were quarreling fiercely, it was quite calm in Rachel's office. She returned to the office and there was nothing else for her to do.

The thought of that girl's death was burdening her mind. Every now and then, she thought about Kevin and his mistake. She wasn't a hundred percent sure this wouldn't have happened if he had changed the medicine. But...

She thought for a long time, but she could not think of a result. In the end, she concluded that the doctor had delayed the patient's treatment. And it wouldn't matter whether it was ignorance or done ■d

on purpose. This was enough to destroy any doctor's career.

Rachel was not a fool. Everything was as clear as the day light. Some investigation was bound to take place.

This morning, she had quarreled with Kevin and the patient was announced dead in the afternoon. All this pointed to the fact that delay in changing medicine had a hand in it.

Nearly everyone had seen Rachel quarrel with Kevin this morning. It was not difficult to know the reason behind their argument. While it happened, several heads had craned their neck to hear what was happening.

Rachel and Kevin were arguing about the medicine issue. She thought that he prescribed the wrong medicine, so she asked him to change it. Kevin, however, insisted he was right and thought she didn't know about the patient's situation.

Those who sneered at Rachel in secret then began to look at her in awe now.

The situation turned out to be a little beyond their expectations. This time, nobody dared to gossip or discuss. They were waiting to see what would happen.

One thing they knew for sure was that Kevin was in trouble this time.

Rachel thought that she would have nothing to do with it, but before she got off work, she was called to the executive's office.

She was not the only one being called. The room was filled with the executive, nurses, Kevin and two families of the diseased.

In order to avoid any trouble, the executive specifically gathered all the people concerned here.

They would like to solve the dispute in private.

When Rachel came in, she immediately felt the depressing atmosphere consume here. The mother lost all her strength after hours of crying and was now leaning against her daughter's shoulder.

Kevin sat in the corner with a straight face, and several nurses who were responsible for taking care of the patient were called over. With restlessness in their eyes, they looked around, not knowing why they were called in.

Rachel stood before them. The executive looked at her and said, "Rachel, have a seat."

Sheila looked up at her with her tear-streaked eyes. And soon, it fell back on her mother who was still sobbing. Carefully, she held her mother with one hand and leaned against her mother to soothe her in a low voice.

The executive had called them here, promising he would give them an explanation.

Sheila wanted to know what had happened and wouldn't get peace until she knew it. That was the only reason she had agreed to come here. After suppressing her grief, she persuaded her mother as well to come here.

Everyone was here. The executive cleared his throat and comforted the families of the deceased, but was interrupted by Sheila. "You don't have to waste any time with these formalities. My sister ■d

died and nothing you say can make us feel better. The reason why my mother and I are here is that we want to know why the doctor has done nothing to make her better. After all, my sister has been in the hospital for so many days."

The executive said, "As far as I know, the doctor and nurses kept their focus on the patient.

You have been staying here these days, so you should know more than me how careful they have been with her. They did their best to revive her."

Sheila sneered and said, "Are you trying to clear yourself of the responsibility by saying that?

I didn't say the doctor paid her no attention. My point is, he wasn't given her proper treatment. He is a murderer!"

Kevin raised his head suddenly and his face turned pale. In fact, he was still in a panic and didn't know what to do. From the moment the patient died on the operating table, his whole world had

collapsed.

He had hoped things would become better.

And the fact Rachel had warned him prior to the operation intensified his fear.

His life was on the verge of collapse. He didn't know what to do!

The executive didn't dare to speak. He wanted to ask the doctor if he had anything to say that would defend him. But from the look of it, the doctor was in no position to speak.

Sitting on the sofa, Rachel didn't say a word, but her heart was thudding against her chest. ■d

The truth was, somewhere deep down she felt guilty too. In the past two days, she hadn't found anything wrong with the prescription. Her discovery came a little too late.

The dose of the imported medicine was totally different from that of the domestic one.

If it had been changed several days earlier, the patient might have improved in health.

'If I had been a bit more careful...' she thought to herself. When Kevin refused to listen to her advice, she let it go, instead of taking a step to rectify it.

When Sheila uttered the word murderer, she wasn't thinking about Kevin. She was thinking about herself!

Rachel felt awful. Now the nurses were speaking about the case. One by one, they were giving their observation.

The reason why the executive asked them to come here and sit in front of the mother and daughter was to prove that there was no negligence from their part.

It was now Rachel's time to speak. Kevin's fear-stricken gaze immediately looked up at her.

He couldn't hide his nervousness. His career was in Rachel's hand. One word from her regarding the medicine and his career would be over. She had warned him yet he paid no attention to her words. All this made him believe she would come clean and speak the truth.

If she did, then nothing could help him. In simpler words, Rachel had the gun pointing towards him. And if she pulled the trigger, it would be his end.

If the mother and daughter called the police, he would have to take all the blame.

Kevin recalled the conversation they had in the morning. He wished he had listened to Rachel's advice.

The face of the dead woman seemed to flash through his eyes, again and again. It felt like the corpse was looking at him and pointing her accusatory fingers at him.

The mother was not in the mood to listen to this conversation. If it wasn't for Sheila, she wouldn't have come here. Sheila was the one who forced her and said that something related to her sister's death would be discovered soon.

When Rachel's turn came, Sheila's eyes once again looked at her. A couple of times she had seen her and something told her Rachel was more reliable than the male doctor.

The male doctor kept on lying that her sister was doing fine. However, the truth was her condition had gotten worse as the days passed. All this made her very suspicious of him.

On the contrary, from the first day onwards, this female doctor had told them not to keep their hopes high.

She was very honest about things and did nothing to sugarcoat the sad truth.

Sheila hoped that Rachel could tell her something different. ■d

A few seconds had passed since they asked Rachel to speak, but she remained silent. Some were terrified whereas the others were excited to hear her report.

The executive sat in front of her with a serious face, waiting for her to speak up.

Even though the executive seemed like he wanted to hear the truth, Rachel was very clear what kind of answer he expected.

Rachel curled up her finger on her knees and her long eyelashes covered the dark emotions in her eyes. She spoke in a plain voice, explaining clearly about how the patient's condition had been in the past few days.

The information Rachel reported was in sync with what the nurses had reported.

Her report also proved that there was no fault from the doctor's side.