No matter where we go or when we are, the doctor-patient relationship and its related public opinions are a troublesome thing that can never be ignored or escaped. As long as humans cherish their lives, they cannot disappear.
Kawei originally thought that the newspaper would only talk about the dangers of childbirth, and would include his choice of mid-delivery as a dangerous technique, using the same method of finding fault and throwing dirt.
But he still underestimated the other party's ability to dig up information. The Paris Review directly hit the crux of the matter and revealed the most shameful thing.
If we go forward twenty years, when Kawi was still young, he would probably have panicked when he first heard the news. Of course, age is only one factor. If he hadn't had decades of experience in fighting, even if he stayed calm at first, he might have been exposed in the subsequent response.
Destruction of a fetus is not a trivial matter. Whenever something goes wrong, someone will make excuses and be flooded with saliva.
For the first time, Kawei thanked the little people who had made things difficult for him and disgusted him. They gave him the appropriate expressions, tone, and words to deal with these accusations, instead of standing there stupidly and letting others point their fingers.
With a smile on his face, he read the Paris Review, which was the only one to report the incident, and replied helplessly but gracefully: "It's a groundless slander. It's slander."
"But this reporter seems to have evidence."
"What evidence?"
"He heard an obstetrician's account on the street, saying that the fetus was destroyed because of difficult labor."
"Oh, God!!!" Kawei looked very surprised. He took a half step back, raised his head and looked into the air. He crossed himself on his chest frantically with his fingers and muttered something in his mouth, "How could someone take such a charge to retaliate against others?" , this is the most vicious accusation!”
"You don't admit it?"
The reporters did not regard Kawei as a human being, but just another victim after the fuse was lit. It was their general style to eat him up and wipe him clean: "But the report clearly stated that it was you who proposed to destroy the fetus. Everyone seemed hesitant at first, and some even tried their best to refute, but none of them could get your approval."
"Oh, I did whatever he wrote?" Kawei asked with a smile, "I wrote that you robbed the Bank of Paris, but you really robbed the Bank of Paris?"
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"But the source of the information is the obstetrician at the Main Palace Hospital. This cannot be false."
Kawei couldn't help it anymore, looked at the strangers laughing around him, and asked: "Would you like to think about the logical relationship again, and then reorganize the language before asking the question?"
Now Kawei is like being besieged by wild dogs.
If you act timid and fearful at this time, they will definitely pounce on you and bite you without any mercy. Only by accepting all problems with a nonchalant face can we avoid disaster.
The entrance to the hotel turned into a small press conference. Kawei only answered some insignificant questions, and was vague about "destroying the fetus".
"I came to Paris, France to demonstrate cesarean section. Yesterday was purely accidental. In that case, I believe that I have obtained similar opinions from many colleagues and teachers, and everyone will choose yd delivery. I really don't know, so What did you do wrong?"
"How do you explain the destruction of a fetus?"
"More than halfway through the delivery, there is no heartbeat and no fetal movement. It is just a stillbirth." Kawei only spoke half of the words, only talking about judgment and not operation, "Is there anything wrong with this?"
"So you chose to destroy the fetus?"
"My cesarean section presentation has just begun, and I also hope to have a good relationship with you. But meaningless speculation is shameful, and the impact it has on me may be secondary. What is really damaged is your credibility and my relationship with you. Paris’ favor.”
"Dr. Kawei, please tell me whether you destroyed the fetus?"
"This is not an issue that you should discuss. Please leave your questions to the Medical Association and they will make a fair judgment."
The three principles of "not admitting", "not answering", and "not responding positively", coupled with the rambling speaking style, Kawei did not give any chance, which also made it difficult for the reporters to say anything.
But when things got to this level, Kawei's rest was in vain.
After the reporters dispersed, he called a carriage and the first person he wanted to go was Hujir, who was working in the hospital. If it was understandable that Kawei chose to hide the miscarriage during the delivery process in order to avoid any misunderstandings, then Hugier, who still insisted on keeping it secret after the delivery was over, was a little too cautious.
Sometimes caution will lead to this situation, and seemingly well-designed links can be easily broken.
Ultimately, Carvey doesn't care where the whole thing goes. What he is concerned about is whether the obstetrics department of the Palais-Dieu Hospital is still capable of supporting the operations he will undergo, and whether there is even room for the whole of Paris to perform cesarean section operations.
If not, then he would return to Vienna without hesitation. The trip to Paris was originally a half-political mission.
When he saw Hujir again, his wrinkled face looked like someone had painted it with a gray color, and fear had already taken a firm foothold in his heart. Yesterday, the two obstetricians took leave one after another and were nowhere to be seen.
"It seems that Professor Hugill's intimidation did not have the desired effect." Kawei sat in the office, rummaging through the bookcase, "I said you can't be so sneaky, those wild dogs came over after smelling the smell, now do it It has to be like we’re doing something bad.”
Hugier is different from Carvey. The only thing that has restrained him for so many years is the "Ordinance of the French Medical Association".
Theoretically, as long as the doctor himself is not stupid or the operation is too outrageous, there will be basically no problems. Even if there are some minor flaws, they can be settled with money in the end. But today's situation, such pressure, Hujir has never encountered.
"How did I know that those two guys really revealed the matter?"
"How nice to admit it generously."
When Hujir was told this, he became even more anxious: "What should we do if things are like this?"
"When fighting the media, you have to take the initiative." Kawei listed several possible ways. "Don't wait for the other party to ask, we have to prove our innocence ourselves. We can let the medical association first conduct an investigation according to the standardization of stillbirths. When the outside world comes to really question it, we will have something to say."
"Then what?"
"Then we need to find other newspapers, possible backers, and other foreign aid to smoothen the relationship." Kawei thought for a while and said, "Let's fix the previous loopholes first."
"As for the newspaper office, I know a few people from Le Figaro."
"Figaro? The one who was targeting me the most fiercely just now was Le Figaro. Is it because you have been doing this for so long to kill your relatives?"
"Perhaps it's a misunderstanding." Hujir's head twitched at the thought of the newspaper, "What did you mean by the backstage just now?"
Kawei had been looking at the magazine in his hand, and was suddenly struck by this question. Then he closed the page and turned around and asked, "Doesn't Professor Hugill have a backstage?"
"I don't quite understand the concept."
"He is someone who can help you at critical moments."
"It doesn't seem to be the case."
Kawei didn't expect that this bad old man was doing so poorly. He was the director of the obstetrics department, and he must have been in and out of wealthy people's mansions, but he didn't develop his own personal connections. I don’t know whether to call him stupid or pure enough.
If it were him, his first reaction would be to find Laszlo and win over the people in the newspaper office, just like after the open-air surgery.
Now in Paris, Laszlo has limited power.
Since it's hard for a strong dragon to defeat a local snake, let's find a stronger strong dragon and come over: "Let me take care of this matter. Don't rush to contact the Medical Association first. As for the specifics, you have to wait for the news from me. That’s all.”
Although the act of destroying a fetus violates doctrine, there is actually quite a lot of evidence to prove that the child has already died, but there is still a small gap from the true conclusion.
So there was a disagreement between Carvey and Hugill in the final stages.
Naturally, Kawei would not take the lead. He presided over the destruction of the fetus. If he took the initiative at this juncture, if something went wrong in the end, he would definitely be blamed for everything. So he gave up his advice, and Hugill decided to continue hiding everything.
Hujir actually didn't want to make suggestions, but he was coerced to this point and it was impossible to get away. In the end, he had to continue to hide it.
In fact, the root of the whole thing is to save the mother and preserve her uterus. There are quite a few decisions made by the mother and insisted on executing them. Only when it came to the decision to destroy the fetus, she remained silent and allowed the doctor to make his choice.
Since she was the one who made the decision, she should bear a considerable part of the criticism, but now it all falls on the doctor. Although this has limitations of the times, including research on supervision and medical ethics and feedback to society, Kawei still feels uncomfortable.
He is not an angel, he is just an ordinary surgeon.
Of course, some people will say that doctors can choose to refuse.
Refusal is indeed a good way to preserve a doctor's reputation. It is as "rogue" as the pre-operative signature sheet. It is widely used in the field of modern medicine. As long as it is not done, it is good. This is the product of a bloody battle between doctors, patients, and regulators, because sometimes the official signatures will be denied.
But there is really no modern and detailed responsibility implementation mechanism here. Direct refusal may cause a stronger rebound from the mother. Killing two people is definitely not what Kawei wants to see.
"Dr. Kawei, you're here~" The mother-in-law was lying on her side on the bed with a smile, her face no longer tired from yesterday, "Sit down, sit down."
"It seems to be recovering well." Kawei asked Kallen for a record sheet, which contained detailed records made by his own nurse. "The body temperature is a little higher, but it doesn't matter. This is a normal phenomenon. There is no redness or swelling in the side incision, and the fit is good. , the amount of lochia is also normal.”
The mother who escaped the accident quickly came out of the haze of stillbirth: "I didn't expect that I would get a knife in the end."
"There's nothing you can do. You had tears during your previous two deliveries. Although the repair is useful, there is a problem with contraction this time. The expansion of the vagina is limited. If it tears again, there will be problems with the birth canal, including the vagina."
"Well, I still remember the anatomy sketch you drew for me yesterday."
Kawei patted her shoulder, picked up the Paris Review he was about to leave and tucked it under his arm, got up and left the ward in a hurry.
He considered himself an ordinary surgeon, but in the eyes of the ordinary mother in front of him, he was actually anything but ordinary. When risk hedging wasn't even on the same level, Carvey was willing to help.
He called the carriage again and said his destination calmly: "To the palace."
"Royal Palace?"
Seeing that the other party didn't know what was going on, Carvey explained it carefully again, fearing that he would go the wrong way if there were too many palaces in Paris. After all, Hugiar still had to wait for his news: "It's where His Majesty the Three Emperors and Queen Eugenie live."
The coachman realized that someone special was coming, and with a rein in one hand and a whip in the other, he led the horse onto the road, heading straight to the Tuileries Palace.
If Kawei looked back at the hospital door twice after getting in the car, he would definitely have found Gustav who came to see Kawei, the Swiss who wanted to have a relationship with the youngest surgeon. Yesterday's note failed to enter Kawei's pocket. He had already noticed the doorway, but this time it was empty.
It's a pity that Kawei doesn't have the leisure now. Maybe even if he really sees him, he won't get out of the car.
The Tuileries Palace is not far from the Louvre. It was originally where Nathan worked in Paris and also entertained foreign guests. Eugenie has been living in Fontainebleau in the south of Paris, and sometimes goes to the Compiègne Palace in the north. This time it was because of Elizabeth that she moved here specifically to stay longer.
The life of the royal family is more enjoyable than that of the nobles.
The two queens, whose emotions have been suppressed for too long after marriage, can be said to have met late, and are now in a state of complete relaxation. Even after seeing the report in the Paris Review, he didn't show too much surprise.
This did not surprise Kawei. Who makes The Paris Review a tabloid? It cannot catch their eyes at all.
But something beyond his expectation was that the two queens were on his side from the beginning. Especially after hearing the whole process, Eugenie was the first to attack: "What's wrong with destroying the fetus? Can't we destroy the child if it's dead? Let the mother die in childbirth?"
"I really can't understand one thing." Elizabeth drank the freshly brewed milk tea and looked at Kawei. "I also want to ask Dr. Kawei for his opinion on this."
"Your Majesty, please speak."
"The belly belongs to a woman, and the child in the belly also belongs to a woman, so why is the final ownership not in the hands of the woman?"
Kawei immediately understood what she meant and chuckled awkwardly: "This seems to be a little beyond my ability. I am just an ordinary surgeon."
"I can choose not to sleep in the same bed with Joseph, and Eugenie can also choose not to sleep in the same bed with His Majesty Napoleon, but why can't we choose not to have children?" Elizabeth really didn't understand the internal logic. "Does it mean that we have to have children?" If you want to, it’s against the law if you don’t want to? This is so weird!!!”
Yes, Kawei also found it strange.
But it is not surprising that a storm is coming.
(End of chapter)
