One Night Surprise

Chapter 466 It Reeked of Blood

“In today’s morning news, multiple accounts of car accidents have been recorded happening in and out of the city caused by obstructed vision due to heavy rain. A multiple-vehicle collision had occurred on Stoughton Overpass at 8:05AM. A truck driver who was driving under the influence of alcohol had caused the accident that left 12 victims injured. A few ambulances from the nearest hospital, Melrose City Hospital, have already arrived at the scene.”

“…”

Courtney had just finished cleaning the dirty dishes when she heard the voice coming from the television. Feeling her heart skip a beat, she quickly took off her apron and wiped her hands dry. That was when her phone rang.

“Hello? Chief Kenell?” she greeted after picking up the call.

“…”

“Yes, I know. I saw it on the news. I am going to the hospital now.”

“…”

“Understood. I will head straight to the emergency room.”

“…”

After hanging up the phone, Courtney reminded Angie to take care of her sister before heading to the hospital hastily.

Accidents caused by bad weather like this often left the hospital so overloaded that all the hospital personnel who were in Melrose City had to be there to lend a hand. That was why she had to hurry to the hospital even though she still had a half-day break.

The first batches of ambulances were already at the hospital’s entrance when Courtney arrived. Without even changing into the proper attire, she immediately stepped forward and pushed a patient into the emergency room.

“A steel bar punctured the left chest. Prepare an x-ray to check the extent of the damage. And inform Chief Lawson from the thoracic department to come here.”

“…”

“Please take a look at this patient, Dr. Hunter. He is in shock, but he doesn’t have any physical wounds,” one of the interns urged.

a professional at this. Chief Cheryl from neurology should arrive by now. Just take the patient for a CT scan in

the time she volunteered. She might only be a pediatrician, but she was always the first person the surgical interns in the emergency

these patients when she already knew that she wasn’t qualified enough to diagnose

of that affected how handsome his features were. His hand abruptly jolted right as he was beside Courtney, but all he managed to do was grabbing the hem of her white coat before his hand fell back

of the influenza and the aftermath of the accident that seemed to continue spreading. Ambulances were still continuously bringing in victims

won’t do,” Linda concluded with a frown on her face. Her white robe had been stained by blood. “There are too many people here. It is easy for the patients to cross-infect if we keep so many of them

as she

else can we do? Close the door and don’t let

doors on patients and someone were to start a rumor about it. There was no doubt the Health Bureau and Central Commission for Discipline Inspection would immediately come and pay their

was dim. “Nothing is impossible. I will go to the

the patients’ information sheet she was holding to Courtney before

the last ambulance to arrive, they locked the wailing

the second floor when she watched all of this happen. Her emotions were getting more conflicted

her started discussing in hushed

get bad if this

their doors too when SARS hit? Even so, some patients and family members

I wonder

how stern Linda was to begin with. Now that they knew that it was her who insisted on closing the doors, their doubt about her only went up another notch. The tension between patients and doctors had

patients and hospital, Courtney thought. She isn’t

to continue listening to those words, she reproached

was from years ago. The security measures of the hospital have already been heightened after that. Let us all do what each of us are responsible for. Don’t go out if you don’t have to. Even if something really were to happen, it will all be because of you, who keep spewing nonsense

for the interns. As soon as she spoke up, everyone instantly

the hospital door, and eventually sucked in a deep breath before letting it out. She then turned and headed toward

was a call from an unknown number, but

hesitantly spoke into her phone

It

heard the

Sunhill Enterprise had