My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1306: 515: Evidence of Crime? ICU Unspoken Rules_3

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Zhou Can navigated the vast Provincial People’s Hospital after hours to reach the ICU, where he met Lu Fen, the exhausted daughter of critically ill Deputy Director Lu. She updated him on her father's dire condition from an uncontrolled intracranial hemorrhage, which could lead to death or severe impairment. After verifying identities, Lu Fen delivered a sealed, weighty letter from her father—likely evidence against the Third Hospital—and implored Zhou Can to seek justice if her father perished.

While Zhou Can spoke with Lu Fen, none of the other relatives approached them.

This caught him a little off guard.

“My family now consists only of me and my dad. The rest are either my dad’s brothers, uncles, or aunts.”

She gestured toward a cluster of people waiting not far from the ICU entrance.

Several such groups hovered outside, most wearing faces full of worry, as their loved ones received critical care inside the intensive care unit.

“Is there a method to enter and check on Director Lu’s status? I’d like to go inside and assess his condition.”

Zhou Can had rushed here not just to pick up the letter from Director Lu, but also hoping to offer some help in aiding Deputy Director Lu’s recovery.

There was no question about the Provincial People’s Hospital’s top-notch skills and treatment standards.

He simply wished to contribute what he could.

“Let’s see if we can beg the medical team; it might work. I’ll speak with them.”

Lu Fen turned her head aside, swiftly brushing away her tears.

She then hurried to the small window beside the intensive care unit.

The primary door stays closed to visitors, and buzzing the bell yields nothing. This holds true for ICUs across nearly every hospital.

Handing over meals or belongings happens via that adjacent small window.

They call it the visitation window.

For actual entry to see the patient, one must first request permission from the window staff.

A specific nurse oversees it.

Usually veteran nurses, shifted to lighter duties after retirement from frontline work.

At their age, the grueling demands of the ICU interior prove too much. Yet their vast experience, plus some connections, lands them this visitation post.

It ranks among the less demanding roles in the intensive care unit.

“Hello, may we visit my father?”

“Patient’s name?”

The veteran nurse replied in a cool tone, casting a detached look at Lu Fen and Zhou Can.

“Lu Xiangbei!”

“Your relationship to the patient?”

“Daughter!”

“Who’s entering to visit?”

“Him!”

Lu Fen indicated Zhou Can standing next to her.

“His relation to the patient? Son or son-in-law?”

“I’m the patient’s colleague.”

Zhou Can responded promptly from the side.

Lu Fen, with her shy demeanor, flushed slightly at the son-in-law question.

“Colleagues aren’t immediate family, so regulations bar them from visits. But if family agrees, a signed authorization letter works. Note our ICU runs sterile protocols, limiting visits to once daily max. With Lu Xiangbei comatose, no talking’s possible, so better wait till he regains consciousness.”

Veteran nurses live up to their reputation for strictness, treating kin, physicians, or sufferers all with iron resolve.

This skill sharpens over decades on the clinical frontlines.

“How should I draft the authorization? I can do it immediately.”

Lu Fen understood Zhou Can’s packed schedule; his visit already demanded huge effort.

She hated to hold him up any longer.

“Search online for a template or get help drafting it. Since he’s comatose and merely a colleague, I recommend delaying the visit.”

The veteran nurse seemed intent on curbing family access as much as possible.

Under sterile ward rules, superiors had likely given her directives on this.