chapter 2 Sky-high drug costs

Alexander was taken aback by Maximilian's actions. Recognizing him, he said, "Boy, the person is dead, what are you still messing around for?
Are you pretending to be filial? If you had that filial piety, you would have brought 50,000 dollars for the surgery earlier, and your mother wouldn't have died. You have no money but still like to pretend. I despise people like you the most..."
He rambled on, but Maximilian ignored him, focusing on giving Pia acupuncture.
"Boy, I'm talking to you, can you hear me?"
Seeing that the young man in front of him was ignoring him, Alexander became angry and yelled again, "Are you a doctor? You're here poking around with a broken needle, do you want your mother to rest in peace even after death?
Let me tell you, this is an ICU ward, charged by the hour. The previous medical expenses haven't been paid yet, what are you doing here?
Stop it right now!"
Maximilian finally inserted the last needle, then he took a deep breath.
His mother had suffered from a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, which was nothing for the Ancient Medical Sect. Fortunately, he came back in time, otherwise it would have been too late.
Alexander yelled, "Boy, have you had enough fun? The time just now is also chargeable."
Then he said to Quinn, "Call the funeral home immediately and have them take the body away."
Maximilian said coldly, "You quack, what nonsense are you talking about? My mother is still alive!"
Alexander said with a look of disdain, "Alive? Are you mentally ill? If your mother could come back to life, I would give you my position as the chief physician..."
Just as he was saying this, the monitoring equipment at the head of the bed suddenly beeped, and then resumed working. Pia actually had a heartbeat.
One... two... at first it was a bit slow, but it quickly returned to normal.
"What... what's going on?"
Alexander and Quinn were both dumbfounded. This person had indeed shown no signs of life just now, how could she suddenly come back to life? If this wasn't an ICU ward, they would really think it was a corpse coming back to life.
Seeing that the timing was almost right, Maximilian took back all the silver needles from his mother's body and removed the monitoring equipment one by one.
After he finished all this, Pia suddenly sat up on the bed, looked around and said, "Son, where am I?"
"Mom, you're finally awake."
Maximilian, excited, took Pia's hand. If it hadn't been for the fortuitous inheritance of the Ancient Medical Sect, they would have been separated by life and death.
Alexander's eyes widened in disbelief. He knew Pia's condition better than anyone else, and even if she hadn't died, she couldn't have recovered so quickly.
Pia said, "Son, what happened? I remember suddenly fainting, did I get sick? Is it going to cost a lot of money?"
"It's okay, Mom, you're already better, let's go home now."
Maximilian had not only cured his mother's cerebral hemorrhage just now, but also sorted out other hidden diseases in her body.
Pia was now healthier than anyone else, so there was no need to stay here any longer.
"Alright, let's go. I've been saying that a minor illness doesn't need to go to the hospital, a rest will do."
Pia had raised Maximilian and his sister on her own, and life was hard. What she feared most was spending money in the hospital.
With that, she got out of bed and was about to leave with Maximilian.
"Stop! You can't leave yet."
Alexander stood in their way.
Maximilian frowned, "What do you want?"
Alexander said, "You can leave if you want, but first you have to settle the medical bills."
Pia said, "Oh, of course, how much does it cost, doctor?"
Alexander said, "39,800."
"What, that much money?"
Pia was startled. If it weren't for Maximilian improving her body just now, she might have collapsed on the hospital bed again.
Maximilian said angrily, "I saved my mother myself, why do I have to pay so much money?"
"We are in an ICU ward here, which charges by the hour, and the cost of the rescue medication is this much."
Alexander threw a stack of medication details at Pia, "Take a look, we spent a lot of manpower and medication to rescue you. Otherwise, you would have died long ago, how could you be standing here talking?"
Pia looked at the bill. She didn't understand medicine at all. The only thing she could understand was the shocking astronomical figures on it.
Maximilian glanced at it, and his face immediately darkened, "Are you sure all these are the medicines used for my mother?"
He was a third-year student at River South Medical University. Although he hadn't graduated, he understood some routine medications.
Alexander said, "Of course, hurry up and pay!"
Maximilian was furious, grabbed him by the neck, and slammed him against the wall.
"You, not only are you incompetent, but you are also so black-hearted, how can you deserve to be a doctor?"
Alexander was choked, feeling difficulty in breathing, but no matter how he struggled, Maximilian's hand was like a pair of iron tongs, not moving at all.
Pia and Quinn were both startled, not understanding where Maximilian's anger came from, and hurried over to dissuade him.
Quinn tried to pull Maximilian's arm, but found that the arm that didn't look thick was like a mountain, immovable.
"Son, let go quickly, it's illegal to hit people."
Seeing Pia coming over to persuade him, Maximilian finally let go.
"Cough... cough... cough..." Alexander finally breathed in fresh air, gasping for breath.
Pia said, "Son, what's the matter? Why are you so angry?"
Maximilian said angrily, "This black-hearted doctor, he wanted me to pay 50,000 dollars for the surgery before, and if I couldn't pay, he wouldn't save you.
Just now, he misdiagnosed you as dead, this is treating human life as grass!
Now he's making a false claim, prescribing random medications, most of these medications are not for you, but he's coming to us for money, how can such a person be a doctor!"
At this time, Alexander had recovered, and shouted, "Nonsense, these are the rescue medications for your mother. Today, you must pay, or I will send you all to the police station!"
Maximilian, holding the charge details, said, "You think we don't understand, right? My mother had a severe cerebral hemorrhage, so why is there Thromboton on this prescription? What's the deal with Ginseng Deer Antler Injection?
Also, these injections add up to more than 25 kilograms, are you saying that all these things were used on my mother?
Infusing 25 kilograms of fluid in less than 24 hours, even an elephant couldn't stand it, right?"
"I..."
Alexander was completely dumbfounded and speechless for a moment.
He thought this mother and son didn't understand anything, so he prescribed a bunch of random medications.
Firstly, he could get a commission from the hospital, and secondly, he could make a profit by selling these medications. He often did this in the past, but he didn't expect to be seen through by Maximilian today.
Just as he didn't know what to do, suddenly the door of the emergency room opened, and a middle-aged man carrying a boy about ten years old ran in.
The middle-aged man shouted, "Doctor, quick, take a look at my son!"
The nurse next to him said to Alexander, "Director Beasley, this is a patient arranged by Mr. Tranter from the Health Bureau, who instructed us to do our best to treat him."