Stuck in you

Chapter 121 An Argument

Rachel got the prescription from the nurse. As she read the instructions, her face contorted into a frown. She stormed out of the office to confront Kevin about this matter, but was stopped by someone.

As she lifted her head to see who it was, her eyes widened. It was the patient's mother. Her eyes were dark and it looked like she hadn't gotten any sleep at all since her daughter's operation.

The mother frowned. Neither of the nurses or doctors were updating her about her daughter's condition.

They had told her she that after twenty-four hours of observation, she would be fine. But it had already been more than several days and her daughter had yet to wake up.

When she saw Rachel speeding down the hallway, she stopped her to ask about her daughter's condition.

As the mother asked questions, Rachel held the prescription tightly in her hand. Yesterday, she thought Kevin would listen to her advice, but he didn't.

Rachel's heart sank as she tried to soothe the weeping woman.

Once she had helped the woman calm down, Rachel sped to Kevin's office. To her disappointment, it was empty. Instead of turning back, she sat down in silence and waited for him to arrive.

As soon as he came in, Rachel stood up. "Kevin, I have something to ask you."

"What is it?" He strode into the bathroom and made an apologetic gesture to Rachel. "Can you wait for a moment? I have to wash my hands first."

Rachel nodded and patiently waited for him to finish.

When he exited the bathroom, she held the prescription in front of him. "This belongs to the patient with heart disease."

He wiped his hands clean with a paper towel. "Yes, what's wrong with it?"

Rachel frowned. "I had suggested that you should change this medicine. Why are you still administering the original one?"

Kevin lowered his head again and examined the prescription carefully. His expression changed slightly. He nodded, remembering that she had indeed told him about this before.

But the patient's condition had changed, and he decided to overlook Rachel's suggestion.

He was the attending doctor, so he decided to stick with the original prescription.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to explain, Rachel interrupted him.

"How long have you used this? She hasn't gotten any better. You should be changing it!"

Rachel's voice got louder and louder, accusing him of misconduct. Kevin frowned, he didn't like her tone and became impatient at her inquiries. "Rachel! I am the doctor in charge of her situation." Kevin raised his voice again in fury.

"Tell me, what's wrong with this prescription? Tell me!" His voice was full of anger. He heaved heavily in frustration.

Rachel knew that it was her attitude that annoyed him, but this wasn't the reason why she was here.

She took a deep breath and slowly explained, "I'm sorry, Kevin. But I don't think we should continue prescribing this medicine. Her condition has gotten worse. I fear that if we don't change it, then she'll be in great danger."

Kevin's face turned sour. He was a few years older than Rachel and had worked far longer in the hospital. He knew what he was doing.

Though he was a little inferior to her in terms of educational background,

he thought he was still much more experienced than she was.

Education and awards were not enough in the hospital. Clinical experience was so much more valuable in their field.

She didn't know much about the patient's situation,

so what gave her the idea that she could start dictating him on what to do?

Kevin became more and more annoyed. Impatiently, he waved his hand to dismiss her. "Alright stop talking! There's nothing wrong with the prescription. What are you trying to tell me, huh? I am far more experienced than you! I know what I'm doing! I know you are highly educated, but it doesn't mean that you are always right!"

Rachel was taken aback. She wasn't here to argue with him.

She lowered her head and apologized. "I'm sorry. I know that my words may have offended you, but I didn't mean to doubt the prescription.

I just wanted a clear explanation as to why you didn't follow my advice."

He asked coldly, "How can you even prove that your prescription is effective? If there is something wrong with the patient after the change, are you willing to take responsibility?"

Rachel kept silent for a while and then replied decisively, "Yes, I will."

Kevin didn't expect that she would say so.

It felt insulting when a colleague would challenge his decisions.

He sighed, there was nothing wrong with the prescription. The patient's condition was special, there would have been no difference whether he had changed the medicine or not.

That was why he despised Rachel's remarks. He thought that she might have gotten too confident after she got promoted.

He thought that she came here just to insult him.

The more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.

He breathed in to restrain his anger and softly turned to Rachel. "I'm sorry that I may sound harsh. I'd prefer that you don't interfere with my patient. If there is a problem at this time, I'll be the one to take responsibility."

Rachel frowned and insisted, "I think something might happen if you don't change your prescription."

The words slapped Kevin in the face. How insulting!

He became furious again, his chest heaving up and down. "Since you are so capable, I'll inform the director about this. You'll be the one in charge of the patient instead! Okay?"

His yelling could be heard from outside his office.

Rachel squinted narrowly. She was here to argue with him. Why was he being so defensive about it?

She was getting angry as well.

She held the prescription tightly and said coldly, "I'm sorry that I said too much."

A long silence entered the room.

Without another word,

she politely turned around and left his office.

A few people outside were craning their heads, trying to looking inside Kevin's office. When they saw Rachel coming out, they quickly went back to their stations, pretending that nothing had happened.

News spread quickly that afternoon. Soon enough, everyone heard that Kevin and Rachel had had a heated argument with one another.

"No way!" "Why'd they fight?" "This is so interesting!"

"I heard Rachel wanted to change a medicine in Kevin's prescription. And he put his foot down about the changes."

"Oh my God! So Rachel wanted to change the prescription. But Kevin is very good with his job. I don't think there would be something wrong with his prescription."

"I agree. It's not like the emergency department. This is a different case altogether!"

"Yes, you are right. Well, I think Rachel has become arrogant."

"I think so too. Ever since she was transferred to another department... Shush! She's back."

Rachel walked towards them, looking beautiful and solemn. The two nurses lowered their heads, pretending to do their jobs.

Rachel stared at them with a cold face and left with documents in her hands.

She always looked like that.

But people had different opinions.

Rumors that were spreading were about her. It was said that she had a fight with Kevin in his office and stormed out with a gloomy face.

She didn't know who started it.

But she was somehow affected by it.

She had expected that Kevin would listen to her.

However, he insisted that his prescription was right.

Rachel laughed cynically in her head. Was he being serious?

He was being unprofessional.

She tried to calm down and thought for a while. Maybe Kevin was right. She didn't know the situation of the patient, and it might not be so good to change the prescription.

But Rachel was sure that the current medicine wasn't working. Something could go wrong if they kept using it.

Kevin was a proud man, and Rachel was cold and seldom had conflict with others. The news had attracted a lot of attention.

They were all curious about the reason why Rachel and Kevin argued. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

What caused their conflict? Soon enough, their curiosity was answered.