Chapter 45: Chapter 45 More Than Two Hundred Thousand Needed
“Director Wang… has the hospital been sold?” Lu Wanwan could hardly believe it, as the bill for the medical expenses slipped out of her fingers to the floor.
If it hadn’t been for Director Wang’s care all these years, grandma would have stopped her medications long ago due to the lack of medical funds.
With such high treatment costs, she, a student, could not possibly bear that much, and after her mother’s death, her father and grandmother, who had always been at odds, had stopped interacting completely.
“I’m sorry, but that is the case,” the doctor said helplessly, “I know this is a huge blow to you, but it was only a matter of time. We are a private hospital. Previously, we managed to keep going through Director Wang’s efforts, but as he got older, the business performance has been declining year by year. Incoming funds couldn’t keep up with the expenditures, and his children have wanted to sell it for a long time. Now, Director Wang no longer has any capacity to keep the hospital, and it’s not just people like your grandmother who had a relationship with Director Wang who are affected. There are also patients with special hardships who have been helped by him in the past. If they can’t pay the fees they owe, they have to be discharged according to normal procedures. After all, we are not a charity.”
Lu Wanwan did not listen clearly to what the doctor said afterward as she wandered into the hallway in a daze.
She had originally thought that once she had the 200,000 yuan for the surgery, and they got a kidney source, there was hope for grandma’s uremia.
Now, never mind the surgery, the regular cost of dialysis was such a big sum of money.
Lu Wanwan walked to the outside of her grandmother’s ward but didn’t dare to go in. Through the window, she saw her grandmother was napping.
“Lu Wanwan?” A young nurse approached her and, seeing the unpaid bill in her hand, read her name with an official tone, “If the overdue bill isn’t paid, just like the patient in the next bed, you’ll need to proceed with the discharge process and stop the medication immediately.”
Seeing that she didn’t respond, the nurse urged her, “To pay or to be discharged? If you don’t have money to pay, then arrange for discharge. We can’t allow overdue payments like we did before!”
Lu Wanwan took the bill and said, “I’ll go pay.”
Fortunately, Gu Annan had given her a hundred thousand in advance; otherwise, she would have been at a dead end at this moment. Not only was she unable to afford future expenses, but she also had to pay off all the past dues unmet during Director Wang’s tenure.
Paying all of the one hundred thousand in one go only covered the ninety thousand owed from the past two or three years, leaving just a few thousand left.
The cashier reminded her that in the future, the policy would be to pay in advance and that overdue payments would not be allowed.
Those few thousand wouldn’t last long.
“Thank you, auntie, I’ll just pay this much for now.”
After paying the bill, she went back to her grandmother’s ward.
“Wanwan? Wanwan, is that you?” The elderly woman on the bed sat up and grasped her hand with a warm smile, “Did you get out of school early today?”
Lu Wanwan smiled sweetly, “Yes, we got out especially early today, so I came to see you.”
“What a good child you are, Wanwan, but you must focus on your studies. Don’t follow those who waste their opportunities, thinking that our family’s financial security means you can live without worries forever. You must get into a good university, you hear? Look at your mother, she was so outstanding; don’t let her down.”
“I know, I’ll go peel an apple for you.”
Lu Wanwan picked up an apple and carefully began peeling it.
Grandma was already somewhat muddled, and her memory had faded after falling ill. She had long forgotten the family’s upheaval, still thinking that Lu Wan was in high school and that her mother, Ye Jing, was still there.
“Miss Lu, I know your situation, but did you cover all the previous expenses at once?” the nurse asked in wonder, “I thought you would arrange for a transfer to another hospital. Even if you had a little money left, it didn’t make sense to clear all the past dues. The new owners of this hospital are really heartless, just driving people out.”