All Chapters of A Doctor’s Oath: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

“Dr. Lane! The preoperative note for Mr. Nichols hasn’t been signed yet. Your assistant, Jonah, has been waiting for ten minutes!”The head nurse’s shout jolted me awake. When I opened my eyes, I realized I was sitting in a chair inside the cardiothoracic surgery office. The clock on the wall pointed to 11:00 a.m. The surgery for the wealthy businessman, Henrik Nichols, was scheduled for 2:00 p.m., which was only three hours away. In my hands was Henrik’s medical file. A coffee stain from this morning still marked the cover.Cold sweat instantly soaked through the back of my white coat. My fingers trembled as I gripped the file. I had been reborn back to the very day of the surgery.Before I could fully process it, the office door suddenly swung open. Shannon walked in holding a cup of tea. Her collar hung slightly crooked, and her cheeks were flushed.Jonah followed right behind her. On his wrist, hidden under his sleeve, was a silver bracelet. It was the one Shannon had bought

At 1:10 p.m., a staff member brought in a questionnaire.“Dr. Lane,” she said, “in ten minutes, Mr. Reid from the hospital administration will come speak with you about the investigation. Please get ready.”“Alright. I’ll prepare,” I replied.I took the questionnaire and deliberately took my time filling it out. However, in my mind, I was calculating the timing. The meeting scheduled for 2:00 p.m. would take at least an hour. By then, the surgery would be over.At 1:20 p.m., Mr. Reid arrived right on time, holding a folder with my records.“Dr. Lane, we just want to understand the situation regarding the incorrect medication you wrote in Mr. Nichols’s preoperative note. Please explain your thoughts at the time.”I followed the explanation I had prepared, speaking in a sincere tone, “At the time, there were some issues at home, and I wasn’t in the best emotional state. My mind was a mess, and I wrote the wrong drug by mistake. Later, when I realized the error, I immediately accept

“Make way! I have proof that Dr. Lane couldn’t have done it!”The familiar voice cut through the noisy crowd. I jerked my head up and saw Harry, the security guard who had been watching me earlier that noon. He was leaning against the wall, panting heavily. One hand gripped the duty logbook tightly, while sweat ran down his forehead and along his jaw.The crowd that had been shouting a moment ago suddenly quieted.Someone asked impatiently, “Security officer, you say he couldn’t have done it. What proof do you have?”Harry hurried to my side. His gaze swept across the gathered doctors and nurses before finally landing on several department heads.“Did you all forget what happened at the pre-surgery briefing at 12:20 p.m. today? What did Dr. Lane do during that meeting?”A nurse suddenly slapped her forehead.“Oh! I remember now! He wrote penicillin in the medication administration record, and the hospital director immediately pointed out that Mr. Nichols was allergic to it. Dr.

Dr. Hamilton’s body jerked, and his hands tightened around his cane. Then, tears suddenly rolled down his face. "I ..."As Dr. Hamilton’s words were still hanging in the air, the security guard quickly returned, holding a white lab coat stained with ink. With his other hand, he was dragging Nurse Lisa, who had been on duty that morning.Carrying a medical kit, Lisa stood in front of the hospital director, looking confused.“Sir, you wanted to see me?”“Treat Dr. Lane and his parents first,” the hospital director said, pointing at the red handprint on my face and the scrape on my father’s arm.I quickly waved my hand. “Please treat my parents first. Their injuries are worse.”Lisa nodded. Then, she crouched down and opened the kit. When the iodine-soaked cotton swab touched the wound on my mother’s forehead, she hissed from the pain.At that moment, Harry suddenly walked over to Lisa and asked, “Lisa, when Dr. Lane lost it at noon today, didn’t you almost give him a sedative?”

The next morning, news spread through the hospital like wildfire that Jonah and Shannon had confessed overnight.They had knowingly administered penicillin despite his documented allergy, and on top of that, they had deliberately hidden the epinephrine needed for emergency resuscitation, causing fatal delays. The police had even uncovered the full truth regarding Dr. Hamilton’s cover-up of their activities, his taking of bribes, and his involvement in the illegal resale of medicines.In an old storage warehouse, officers found a ledger wrapped in oilcloth hidden inside a ventilation duct. Inside were three years of meticulously recorded transactions, from rare antibiotics to expired vaccines, domestic buyers, and overseas contacts listed only as coded names. Every entry was there.Following the ledger, the police didn’t just dismantle the hospital’s internal drug trafficking ring; they also arrested a network of criminals involved in illegal medical trade overseas.When the final v