The doctors and nurses were all waiting outside.
When they heard the specialist call out, they all froze for a moment.
The attending physician was the first to react, telling the head nurse to draw a venous blood sample from the patient immediately.
Only then did he say worriedly, "Complement proteins-we can't test for those here! In all of Capital City... I'm afraid only Xiehe Hospital can perform that test at present! But we can have our hospital coordinate with them..."
"No need!" Jiang Chengshi waved a hand and walked straight out of the conference room.
"Gu Zheng! Gu Zheng!"
Gu Zheng had been waiting in agonizing anxiety. He sprang to his feet.
"Cheng Shi! I'm here!"
"Song Ning's blood sample needs to be sent to Union Hospital for testing. The sooner, the better!"
"I'll take it myself! There won't be any delays!"
"Good!"
The head nurse had already brought over the venous blood sample. Jiang Chengshi quickly scribbled out a requisition and handed both to Gu Zheng.
"Call me as soon as the results come out! Song Ning needs those results to save her life!"
Without asking any more questions, Gu Zheng took the sample and hurried away.
Only after the sample had been sent off did the hospital's other doctors gather around again.
One of them asked cautiously, "May I ask, doctor, why does the patient need her complement proteins checked? Do you suspect kidney disease or an immune disorder?"
Jiang Chengshi wore an inscrutable expression.
He shook his head. "Let's wait for the results!"
Then he returned to the resuscitation room.
By then, all of Song Ning's readings had returned to their previous levels.
She was teetering on the brink of collapse, in a state that would terrify anyone who saw it.
But there were no signs