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Lin Yi came down the corridor from the other side, holding a stack of informed-consent forms for interventional surgery. His booming voice carried clearly through the quiet waiting area. “Director Zhou, we’ve got three emergency PCI cases this afternoon. One is an elderly patient with heart failure and ventricular tachycardia. The family is still downstairs debating whether to put them on ECMO. Find a moment to go down and talk to them.” Zhou Xiaofeng stopped and gave a slight nod, his voice as calm and restrained as ever. “I’ll take the medical records to the office first, then I’ll be in the emergency department in ten minutes.”
“Another nonstop shift. You came back from your assignment in Guizhou and got promoted to director, but you’re working even harder than you did as deputy director.” Lin Yi patted him on the shoulder,