Chapter 168
Jiujiang Third Psychological Convalescence Centre was opened 23 years ago . It was the earliest private mental hospital in Jiujiang . From the name, it was clear that they were not a government body but a private convalescence center .
The center had three sick halls, and the admission fee at the first sick hall was much cheaper than government hospital, but the conditions were extremely bad . The second sick hall's fees were twenty percent higher than normal, but there were specialized nurses and doctors . The third sick hall was only open to a small number of patients . The fee was extremely high, several times the price of a normal room .
From the notes left behind by the director, the situation when the center was first built was completely different from how it was later . At the beginning, the third sick hall was not a sealed up area . In fact, it was the place with the best environment and highest price .
The center operated for three months before they received a special patient . The director recorded the scenario in detail . That day was probably a turning point for him .
A car with foreign plates arrived at the center, and two men helped an incredibly pregnant woman out from the backseat . The director came to welcome them personally . After some questions, he realized that the woman had a serious mental illness . Due to safety concerns for the mother and the baby, the director rejected their admission .
The man seemed to have predicted this, and he offered a fee that was ten times higher than the already high asking price of the third sick hall . He told the director that he would pay for half a year of treatment at once .
Looking at the mountain of cash on the table, the director and the doctors were swayed . After the center went into operation, the first and second sick halls were filled to the brim, but most of the rooms in the third sick hall were left empty . After all, most rich patients would select official government mental hospitals to seek treatment .
With some coaxing from the doctors, the director finally admitted the pregnant woman and assigned her the third room of the third sick hall . After making sure that the woman had settled in, the man left the director with his phone number and claimed that he was the woman's husband . However, when the director asked to see their marriage certificate, the man could not produce it .
Nevertheless, since he had accepted the money, the director could not do anything about it . It was too late for regret . All he could do was take good care of the woman . After the initial diagnosis, it was found that the pregnant woman did suffer from a mental illness, bipolar disorder . She refused to communicate and would cry one moment and be consumed by rage the next . She slammed things that she could see and would sometimes injure herself . To keep her safe, the doctors baby-proofed everything inside Room 3 .
The woman's illness was unstable, but due to her pregnancy, most medication could not be used . The only thing the doctors could do was psychological counselling . Three months passed just like that, and it was close to her due date . The hospital hired several nurses to watch over her twenty-four hours a day .
It was unknown whether it was the coming baby that had elicited the woman's motherly nature or the effects of the counselling sessions, but the woman stopped acting up . She did not like human contact and spent most of her time touching her stomach, talking to herself .
Four months later, the child was born, and the woman's condition improved tremendously . The director and doctors sighed in the relief, and that day, they called the husband, but there was no answer .
A bad feeling appeared in their heart, and they hired a special PI to investigate the man's identity . It turned out that all of his documentation was fake . After a discussion between the director and the doctors, they decided that if the man failed to show up after his money had run out, they would call the police . Considering the woman's condition, they did not tell her about this .
The woman recollected her hope in life after the baby was born and started to provide her full cooperation . She wanted to get better for her child . She would also ask about her husband because in her mind, after she was cured, her husband would return .
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