Episode 13 recap: Chen Hui is suspected of plagiarism in his thesis and has been expelled. Liu Zhen Wei single-handedly defends Chen Hui.
Bai Chun informed Liu Zhen Wei about the alleged plagiarism in Chen Hui's thesis. Liu Zhen Wei thought it was not a big deal, as everyone copies some parts of their thesis. He planned to go and ask Director Meng to keep quiet about it. Bai Chun mentioned that the incident has already spread in the orthopedics department, so how can they keep it under wraps? Liu Zhen Wei asked Bai Chun what to do, and Bai Chun suggested having a meeting. At that moment, the administrative staff from the hospital's administrative department came and took Chen Hui away. People in the department didn't know what had happened. Liu Zhen Wei said he would go up and find Director Pan.
Director Pan was also worried about the situation. Liu Zhen Wei advised him that if Chen Hui is found guilty of plagiarism, Director Pan shouldn't defend him too strongly to avoid giving others a reason to criticize him. Director Pan expressed his anguish, asking what to do with Chen Hui. Liu Zhen Wei sympathized with Director Pan and suggested that due to his age, he should step down and not constantly fight for others.
Chen Hui was detained by the hospital's management staff and asked to write down what had happened, but he didn't write a word and insisted that he didn't plagiarize. By this time, news of Chen Hui's thesis plagiarism had spread throughout the hospital, and Yuan Ye and He Tong were shocked when they heard about it. They seemed to know the reason why Chen Hui didn't want to perform surgery with Ding Ming Zhang.
Both Director Pan and Director Jiang came to talk to Chen Hui. Director Jiang and Chief Zhang repeatedly questioned Chen Hui, but he insisted that he wrote the thesis by himself. Chen Hui wrote the paper while interning in Professor Ding Ming Zhang's laboratory, where Ding Ming Zhang was also researching the same topic.
The data in Chen Hui's thesis also came from Professor Ding Ming Zhang's laboratory, but neither Ding Ming Zhang nor his team mentioned it. Director Jiang believed that it was not just a moral issue and wondered how they would explain it when Professor Ding came to the hospital to perform surgery in a few days. Director Pan asked Chen Hui to leave for the moment, and he and Director Jiang stayed behind to discuss. Director Pan said that an investigation could now begin, and Zhang, the department head, suggested suspending Chen Hui's work. However, Director Pan disagreed and said that retracting Chen Hui's punishment would be sufficient.
When Director Pan came out, he asked Chen Hui repeatedly if he had plagiarized or not. Chen Hui simply repeated that he wrote the thesis himself. Director Pan patted his shoulder and said that was what he wanted to hear. Chen Hui's proposal received Bai Chun's approval, but he didn't want to deliver it to Director Meng. Bai Chun persuaded him to face it bravely and take responsibility for the patients.
Chen Hui went to see Director Meng with the surgical proposal, but Director Meng told him that he would hand over Yu Yang's surgery to Professor Ding Ming Zhang's team. The proposal could be discussed after Professor Ding arrived. However, Chen Hui insisted on leaving the proposal behind. The surgeons from the surgical department were preparing for the surgery, and Chen Hui followed behind. Liu Zhen Wei couldn't bear to stop him, but Bai Chun had to stay behind and tell him that he couldn't go to the operating table until the investigation of the thesis plagiarism was cleared.
Chen Hui turned around and went to the ward, but was blocked by a nurse at the door. The hospital held a management meeting to discuss and report on the investigation of Chen Hui's thesis. Director Zhang reported on the investigation and also mentioned the communication with Professor Ding. Professor Ding vaguely stated that Chen Hui had only interned in his own laboratory and didn't provide much further information. During the discussion, opinions were divided, with some believing that there was insufficient evidence.
However, when it came to the final vote, most people raised their hands in agreement to expel Chen Hui, except for Liu Zhen Wei, who expressed that such a punishment was too severe and opposed the expulsion. Director Jiang pressed Director Pan for his opinion, and with difficulty, Director Pan said that he respected everyone's opinions and abstained.
After everyone left, Liu Zhen Wei looked deeply at Director Pan and left without saying a word. Liu Zhen Wei returned to his office with a heavy heart, and upon hearing the outcome, Bai Chun burst into tears, feeling that such a large hospital couldn't even accommodate a young individual.
Liu Zhen Wei asked Bai Chun to find Chen Hui, and Wang Kai sighed, realizing that these young people were facing even greater challenges than they did in the past. Yuan Ye and He Tong learned about the decision to expel Chen Hui from the hospital and hurriedly found him. They expressed their willingness to believe in Chen Hui and asked him to tell them what really happened at that time. However, Chen Hui stated that he would never speak about it and couldn't speak about it.
Seeing Chen Hui's lonely figure as he walked away, He Tong and Yuan Ye felt deeply worried for him.
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