Medical Center.
Adam only learned about the Teaching Hospital rankings after coming out of surgery.
He was somewhat surprised as well.
They were only fourth!
"Adam, did you hear? We're only fourth."
The moment Cristina saw him, she started complaining.
"Fourth is already very good. Not only are we in the top ten, we almost made the top three..."
Meredith said casually.
But as she spoke, she trailed off.
Because Adam and Cristina were looking at her strangely.
"What?"
Meredith snapped.
"Nothing."
As her best friend, Cristina looked away, not wanting to say too much.
"Meredith, be careful for a while."
Adam kindly reminded her, "The Chief is definitely in a terrible mood. Don't run into his line of fire."
"..."
Meredith's face immediately darkened. "What do you mean by that?!"
Adam merely smiled without answering.
The Medical Center had renowned doctors, prestige, and had enjoyed tremendous success this year. What made it worse than the top three?
It could only be the interns' overall standard.
After all, this was a ranking of Teaching Hospitals.
The interns' overall level affected the overall teaching results ranking.
And while Meredith was fairly capable...
Compared with the outstanding interns at the top three hospitals, she was probably still lacking.
Not to mention transfer students like Devil Sadie, whose "quality" came from her connections.
Devil Sadie was clearly not an isolated case.
Of course, the top three hospitals certainly had similar "high-quality" doctors too.
But they surely handled them better than the Medical Center did.
Those who got in through "quality" naturally had somewhat higher "quality."
The Chief of Surgery, who had previously jinxed things in front of Adam, had taken a blow this severe and would definitely reflect on it.
Thinking it over carefully...
The Chief of Surgery really did have to take