Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 4-2

They had no choice but to wait for his family members to arrive. After all, the patient’s grandson was too formidable-if anything happened to him at their hospital, they couldn’t bear the responsibility. The entire hospital might not survive the fallout.

With one eyebrow arched, Danielle asked, "Is valvular heart disease really that complicated?"

"You know the condition?" Christopher asked, surprise coloring his tone.

"Do you know medicine?" Savannah Watson chimed in. "Since you know this is valvular heart disease, you must also know that valve replacement surgery is necessary!"

Danielle lifted her cool gaze, her eyes sparkling like stars. "If you’re considering valve replacement, it only shows you haven’t used enough antibiotics, which led to the infection and perivalvular leakage."

The doctors froze at the young girl’s words-she’d pinpointed their oversight with surgical precision.

holdup?" Ethan Wood, director of St. Katherine Hospital and head of cardiac surgery, asked, his

The patient’s family’s still an hour out

had previously undergone three valve replacement surgeries,

sought treatment abroad, but complications like postoperative recurrence and infection appeared shortly after

and there wasn’t time to go

cardiac surgery department was nationally renowned,

Logan’s condition-essentially pulling him back from death’s door. However,

pneumonia, and just as

operated again, Logan might not survive the surgery. They could only wait for his

signed, the surgery would shield them from liability even if the patient didn’t survive-the family couldn’t fault them