Chapter 420 - Exceptions (2)

They were distracted when they heard the elevator 'ding'. When their lips parted, they looked at the direction of the elevator and saw the surprised and awkward look on Dr. Aaron Choi's face. J immediately blushed being caught by their department head kissing the CEO of the hospital.

Thou their kiss was not disturbing it was still a public display of affection. And J was not used to it. She lowered her head feeling embarrassed and said to Jacob. "I'll see you later." Then she rushed towards the restricted area of the Department of Surgery.

Jacob walks towards the elevator where Dr. Aaron is still standing. He patted Dr. Aaron Choi's shoulder as he passed by him and said, "Good morning Dr. Aaron Choi."

Dr. Aaron was startled. "Damn Jacob! I don't allow the public display of affection in my department and I thought that you don't allow it too in your hospital?" He said cursing at his friend.

Jacob laughed. "I am the CEO, so I am an exception." He said with a smile that reaches his ears before the door of the elevator closes.

Dr. Aaron was left dumbfounded. Jacob is not the type of person who would just kiss anyone in the public. He never thought that one day, he would see his friend so deeply in love with his wife that he would disregard his own rule.

When Dr. Aaron enters the Department of Surgery, he saw Head Nurse Jing rushed towards him. "Dr. Aaron the relatives of a patient in the ICU that is proclaimed brain dead have already consented for organ procurement." Organ procurement is also known as organ harvesting is a surgical procedure that removes multiple organs from a legally brain or cardiac dead person for organ donation.

Upon hearing that, he immediately had a sense of urgency. "Good, do we have a vacant theatre?"

"Yes, Dr. Aaron. Theater three is vacant." Head nurse Jing said as she followed the hurried footsteps of Dr. Aaron.

"Okay. Call the hospitals with patients on the top list for an organ transplant and tell them that we have organs ready for transport within two hours." Dr. Aaron said to Head Nurse Jing.

The CLP Hospital and other hospitals under the CLP Group of Hospitals have a long list of patients waiting for the organ donor and it is very rare for them to have a living donor unless it is the patient's relatives. So, whenever they have a patient proclaimed as brain or cardiac dead the hospital will encourage the families or relatives of the deceased patients to consider organ donation to help those in the need of organ transplantation.

Although organ procurement has been widely accepted, there were some who are still against it.

"Nurse Diana, go prepare OR Theater Three." Dr. Aaron Choir ordered Diana and the latter immediately obliged.

"Nurse J, call the transplant team. I want them here as soon as possible." J nodded her head but asked. "What organs are we harvesting?"

"Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and cornea." It was Head Nurse Jing who answers.

"Got it!" Nurse J said with a nod.

"Can someone please call the ICU and ask when are they going to deliver the patient?" Dr. Aaron said. His voice is slightly higher than usual.

Everyone in the Department of Surgery became busy in an instant. Once the patient is proclaimed brain dead and has consented for an organ donation, the organ recovery should be performed as soon as possible after the patient is withdrawn from life support and the heart does not start beating again spontaneously. That is to make sure that there was still blood flowing to the organs during the organ recovery.