The Sanhe Hospital that Su Yongnian encountered clearly fell into this category.
There was collusion between the pharmacist and the hospital’s internal doctors. The doctors wrote prescriptions and directed patients to purchase dications from the pharmacy. When patients purchased dication, the prescription stubs were all collected by the pharmacy owner.
For patients, there was no way to confirm that the prescriptions were actually written by the doctors. Even if they complained to the Health and Health Commission, they couldn’t provide direct and valid evidence.
"Looks like I can only try to visit this hospital again tomorrow," Qin Mu thought for a while and said to Su Yongnian.
His first visit to the hospital had been rely due to a blocked nose. Han Dongting hadn’t prescribed him any expensive dicine then.
Suddenly, a thought struck Qin Mu: Right, Wang Dachui has caught a cold these past few days.
In recent days, the nursing ho’s legal advisor, Wang Dachui, had taken several days off sick, complaining of a cold and dizziness—a perfect patient.
He couldn’t fake an illness when he wasn’t sick, as using a false condition wouldn’t yield genuine results. Therefore, a real patient was crucial. And Wang Dachui was just the person for the job.
「...」
In the evening, after Qin Mu knocked off work, returned ho, and finished dinner, he gave Wang Dachui a call.
"What? A cold cost you twelve hundred yuan?" Wang Dachui was startled upon hearing about Su Yongnian’s plight and responded with surprise. "My cold cost just under one hundred yuan, and I’m already getting better. That hospital he went to is kind of a scam."
Qin Mu chuckled. He repeated his suspicions about the doctors colluding with the pharmacy owner.
Actually, with the advancent of modern dicine, most hospitals strictly adhered to regulations and upheld the ethos of treating and saving patients. But there were inevitably so who would stop at nothing for profit.
"You want to pretend to be a patient and go get another diagnosis?" Wang Dachui paused when he heard this, feeling that sothing was off.
Qin Mu’s behavior clearly aid to see whether Han Dongting would persist in his illegal practice of prescribing expensive drugs.
Conveniently, although Wang Dachui had seen a doctor, his cold had not completely disappeared.
"Fine, I don’t have anything planned for tomorrow anyway." In the end, Wang Dachui agreed.
The two n set a ti and then hung up the phone.
Qin Mu put down his cellphone and lay on the couch. In his mind, he reviewed the legal provisions recorded in his ’Photographic mory’ skill, trying to find a way to punish these people.
The problem was, whether it was Han Dongting or the pharmacy owner, their thods were extrely covert. Their operations appeared seamless. After many patients got ripped off, they could only accept their bad luck. Most people lacked the awareness to stand up for their rights. Even if they were aware, very few would cause a major fuss over just several hundred yuan. It would an creating trouble for themselves with no guarantee of reward.
"Seems like this system mission... is really not that simple," Qin Mu mused for a while before he couldn’t help but express his feelings.
This case seed simple but was actually complex. Unraveling it layer by layer, the other party had reduced their risk to a minimum. Whether he reported it to the police or filed a lawsuit, it would be difficult for him to assert his rights. If he reported it to the police, since the pharmacy’s actions involved clearly marked prices, the police would likely try to diate the conflict. And if he sued, he couldn’t find any criminal charges to file. Even if he went to court, it would be a civil action, a dical dispute. Such disputes required both parties to gather and submit their own evidence to prove their claims. Although he had faced cases where evidence was difficult to gather before, those had involved criminal offenses. In such critical situations, he could request the prosecutor’s office to intervene, investigate, and collect evidence. Han Dongting and the pharmacy owner clearly understood this system, which was why they dared to exploit patients so brazenly.
「...」
「The following day.」
At Sanhe Hospital, at the agreed ti, Qin Mu and Wang Dachui t at the entrance and walked into the hospital.
"Is this doctor you ntioned... really that much of a scamr?" Wang Dachui couldn’t help asking as they walked, his face showing a hint of surprise.
He too had caught a cold and had registered at a hospital, where he was prescribed dicine costing just a few tens of yuan. After taking it for two days, he was already half better and didn’t feel as bad as before.
"I ca here yesterday, too, for my stuffy nose, and he ordered a CT scan of my nasal area," Qin Mu shrugged and said.
Wang Dachui couldn’t help but gasp upon hearing this. He wasn’t a dical professional, but he knew CT scans shouldn’t be done carelessly. This doctor’s diagnosis was certainly sothing else. Just for a stuffy nose, it cost several hundred yuan.
As they talked, they arrived at the respiratory departnt’s outpatient clinic and lined up, waiting for their number to be called.
Half an hour later, it was finally Wang Dachui’s turn, and they both entered the consultation room.
"How co... it’s you again? Did you get better after taking the dicine I gave you last ti?" Han Dongting was busy preparing a new dical record and looked up to notice Qin Mu, showing great concern.
Qin Mu nodded and replied, "Much better now. Today I’m accompanying a friend to see the doctor."
Overall, besides the two test packages, the dication Han Dongting had prescribed had a remarkable effect. After Qin Mu took it, his nose was clearly no longer blocked.
"That’s good to hear," Han Dongting nodded, turning his gaze back to Wang Dachui. He gently asked, "Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
"I... I’m feeling a bit dizzy, and for the last few days, my throat has been sore and I’ve had a poor appetite," Wang Dachui glanced at Qin Mu before continuing to describe his symptoms.
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