Chapter 78: Breathing Crisis

“The surgery went very smoothly. The ventilator was working normally, too. Other than rejection, there’s basically no way for respiratory failure to occur. Unless… the nurse messed up the dosage, causing passive respiratory arrest.”

Wendy didn’t know medicine, but she was quick-witted. When the patient was rushed to the emergency room, Waylon immediately went in to catch the suspect. That meant the problem must have come from the last nurse who entered.

Forty minutes ago, Chase had just checked the data for the last time, confirming that Avery would definitely wake up tomorrow, and finally felt relieved. He hadn’t expected…

“I already suspected there were people planted inside the Cloud Hospital nursing team, but I didn’t think Avery would run into it this time,” Wendy said, looking at the road ahead. Even in the darkness, her eyes seemed to shine.

“Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”

Wendy said, “I wasn’t sure who it was. After all, I don’t spend much time in the hospital. If I told you without being certain, you might’ve paid extra attention to the nurses, exposing it.” That would have…

“The lead surgeon is Lilian, the director of the emergency department. Her operating skills are reliable.”

“We’ll see once we get there.”

The two of them sped all the way to the hospital. Chase went up first. Wendy waited ten minutes before following, taking the chance to call Waylon.

Sure enough, Waylon had caught a nurse. Waylon had been watching everything from the van. He hadn’t initially suspected this nurse, but after she went into the ward and administered medication to Avery, Avery’s breathing had started to fail not long after, and all the equipment began blaring alarms. Waylon immediately rushed in to arrest her.

The nurse hadn’t even realized she had been caught. She was still at the nurses’ station scrolling on her phone when she was suddenly surrounded.

Chase changed clothes as soon as he arrived at the hospital and headed straight for the operating room. From the observation room, he could see every detail of the surgery. Another colleague was already there and moved aside when he saw Chase coming.

Chapter 78: Breathing Crisis

“Chairman.”

Chase gave a small sound of acknowledgment and stared intently at Lilian’s surgical movements, worried there might even be an issue on Lilian’s side. He now felt like no one around him could be trusted.

Fortunately, Blanc was assisting. If anything went wrong during surgery, Blanc would notice it immediately.

“What exactly happened?” Chase asked.

Dr. Wanda shook his head and said he didn’t know. Wanda was also on duty tonight. He mentioned that he had planned to go check on Avery soon since, after all, Avery was a public figure; if something happened to him in their hospital, it would destroy their reputation. But an emergency with a child had come up, so he had to rush over to assist. The child had just started an IV when the commotion broke out. When Wanda came out of the emergency department, all he saw was a group of police officers surrounding Winnie and taking her away.

“It was Winnie?” There was disbelief in Chase’s tone.

Winnie had assisted him in surgeries several times. He had never noticed any problems before. He hadn’t thought that Winnie would be the traitor.

Wanda nodded. The police didn’t say much. They just took Winnie straight away. I could tell Nie looked a little guilty, so I hurried to call you. Chairman… should you go ask them about it?”

Not only should he ask, he needed to go see for himself.

The surgery didn’t last very long. After two hours and fifty minutes, it was completed. Avery was sent back to the ward and even briefly woke up as soon as he arrived, staring blankly at the ceiling before falling back asleep.

Lilian removed her mask and said to Chase, “He was given medication to speed up breathing. But with his current condition, speeding up his breathing would cause respiratory failure. His lungs were injured, so the oxygen couldn’t keep up.”

“Thank you for your hard work,” Chase said.

Lilian waved it off. “It’s nothing. I was scheduled to be on duty tonight anyway. I just didn’t expect… I heard it was Winnie who administered the medication? Are you sure it wasn’t a mistake? Winnie’s been working here for three years without any incidents. She was even being considered for promotion to head nurse. How did she end up getting arrested?”

“Arrests are the police’s business. Our job is to ensure the patient’s safety. You’ve worked hard tonight. Go change clothes and rest. Blanc, come here for a moment.”

0:25 PM

Chapter 78: Breathing Crisis

“What’s wrong?”

Chase led Blanc upstairs, heading straight for the office. When he pushed the door open, he saw that Wendy was also inside. She had come up using the private elevator, so she hadn’t attracted much attention.

“Madam Wendy is here too,” Blanc said. He already knew about their relationship, so he wasn’t surprised.

“How’s the patient?” Wendy asked Chase.

Chase said, “The surgery was very successful. He even woke up for a few seconds. Looks like once the anesthesia fully wears off tomorrow, he should regain full consciousness.”

Wendy finally relaxed. As long as the person was fine, the rest was up to Chase to handle.

Although Wendy was an investor in the hospital, Chase was the honorary chairman. She wouldn’t interfere with his decisions; a man needed to maintain his dignity in his field.

Chase updated Blanc on the situation with the police. Blanc was so shocked that he stood there frozen for a long while.