After arranging for Meng Yu's hospitalization, Song Ning wrote out two prescriptions and had them delivered to Song Lan, who was in charge of the Medicine Room.
The hospital had a traditional Chinese medicine department, as well as a dispensary dedicated to preparing herbal medicines.
Since the current medication caused Grandma such severe side effects, they would try switching to traditional Chinese medicine.
But the days that followed... proved very "fulfilling" for Song Ning.
In a single afternoon, she performed three cesarean sections and saw nearly ten pregnant women who had reached their due dates but had yet to give birth because of abnormal fetal positions or other complications.
The obstetrics department currently had only two attending physicians recalled from the former Fuwai Hospital's obstetrics department.
They could handle routine deliveries, but lacked experience dealing with complicated cases.
They were also genuinely short-staffed, so Song Ning had no choice but to step in for the time being.
Fortunately, the nurses recruited for obstetrics were all older, seasoned nurses. Several had worked in the former Fuwai Hospital's obstetrics department and had extensive experience. Even though the department was suddenly packed, they managed to keep everyone calm.
By evening, the first associate chief physician summoned for an urgent exchange placement arrived.
She was from Xiehe Hospital.
The notice she received had instructed her to report for duty immediately, regardless of the hour!
And she certainly moved quickly. That morning, she had still been delivering babies at Xiehe Hospital. At noon, the hospital director called her in for a talk and asked whether she would be willing to take an exchange placement at Jinghe Hospital.
Exchange placements at Jinghe Hospital were currently a hot topic in Capital City's medical community.
But Director Song herself was a master surgeon, and the hospital primarily needed