After Graham finished speaking, he saw Jalen's expression change. "When?"

"I just got word this morning."

Jalen ordered, "Get someone to look into it immediately. I don't care what you do. Find her!"

Graham hurriedly nodded. "Sure, Mr. Halton."

It was early in the morning.

Everyone in Northwestern Memorial Hospital was discussing.

"Who do you think the new deputy director will be? A man or a woman? Someone easy to get along with?"

"Who knows? Anyone who gets to be our hospital's deputy director out of the blue is a heavyweight. It'll be either because of their medical skills, or..." The woman who said this grinned. Her implication was quite clear.

"I heard the one is quite young. Maybe it's because of nepotism."

"Agreed." The others nodded.

After all, experience was the key to being a doctor. Many people couldn't make it to deputy director for decades. However, the one who came out of nowhere got to be the hospital's deputy director directly, which was bound to cause some discussion.

As they were talking, a young nurse ran over quickly. "She is here!

"And she is so pretty!" the young nurse said.

Everyone was very surprised. They all walked to the Neurosurgery Department to see who the new deputy director was.

Elaina walked out of the dean's office. Then she walked into the deputy director's office under others' strange gazes along the way.

After closing the door, she sat down and began to busy herself without stopping for a moment.

She did not want to stay in New York at first. After all, she had been abroad all the time. In terms of reputation and habit, going abroad was her best choice.

Yet somehow, the dean of Northwestern Memorial Hospital found her number and called her, wanting her to stay.

The dean persuaded Elaina for a long time with a lot of excuses, telling her that the neurosurgery field in New York needed to develop urgently and that she could be of help to more people if she stayed.

For a moment, Elaina hesitated.

Besides, both Andrew and Theodore expressed that they wanted her to stay as well. The result was self-evident.

"How can she be this young? She's not even thirty, is she?" Someone was stunned.

"What do you think? I heard that she is only twenty-six."

"How is that even possible?" Everyone was in disbelief.

"Why is that not possible?" someone asked rhetorically. "She is young, and she has already graduated with a Ph.D.

"Besides, how come you never heard of Dr. Gainsford?" Joyce Wallace couldn't believe it. How could those people be so outdated?

The others were dumbfounded and thought, Dr. Gainsford? Who is that? Someone excellent?

Joyce rolled her eyes helplessly. She said, "Go search online yourself. You are so ignorant."

After saying that, she trotted towards Elaina's office and knocked on the door. She walked in after getting Elaina's permission.

"Dr. Gainsford, hello. I am Joyce Wallace, an intern here. The dean has arranged for me to work as your assistant for the time being. Let me know if you need anything," Joyce smiled with adoration in her eyes.

Joyce thought, Dr. Gainsford has always been my idol. I've heard that Dr. Gainsford has been a straight-A student all along. She skipped grades and was only twenty-two years old when she graduated with her Ph.D. She is indeed a genius.

I'm so lucky to be by her side. Even though I'm just working as her assistant, it's still a dream for many!

Elaina did not know what Joyce was thinking, nor did she have the mood to guess. "Hi. Thank you."

"Don't mention it." Joyce shook her head. She was thrilled.

"Well, please pull up the hospital's neurosurgery records for the last ten years," Elaina instructed. Without waiting for Joyce to react, she continued, "And neurosurgery patients here who are in line waiting for surgery."

Elaina was new here, and everything was unfamiliar to her. She needed to know every detail as soon as possible.

"What is it? Is there a problem?" Joyce didn't respond to her, so Elaina stopped being busy, raised her head, and looked at Joyce.

In a split second, Joyce tensed up. Though Elaina looked gentle, Joyce was under a lot of pressure.

"Sure. You got it!" Joyce immediately nodded.

Elaina nodded and did not say anything else. She continued to work. Joyce turned around and left to gather the information that Elaina requested.

Elaina spent the entire morning reading the medical records in the office. Joyce packed some lunch for Elaina out of concern for her well-being.

Elaina flipped through the medical records with one hand and ate with the other. She was so immersed in the files that she ignored Joyce, who was still standing in the office.

"Dr. Gainsford, you... Are you always like this?" Joyce couldn't help but ask.

Hearing Joyce's voice, Elaina made some time and looked at her. "Like what?"

"Uh..." Joyce was stunned for a second. "You know... Forget to eat, since you're so occupied."

"It's fine." Elaina shrugged indifferently. She did not take this seriously.

"It's not! Your health is..."

The siren sound of an ambulance came, interrupting Joyce.

Elaina frowned and looked at Joyce. "Go check on the patient. See if they need help."

"On my way!"

In less than five minutes, Joyce trotted into Elaina's office. "Dr. Gainsford, I think you need to take a look. The patient is not doing well."

As soon as Joyce finished speaking, Elaina had already walked out of the office and headed for the Emergency Department.

Elaina and Joyce soon arrived at the entrance of the Emergency Department.

Many people were in the Emergency Department, and there were faint sounds of crying.

"Doctor, please save my husband. He is only forty-five years old! If he dies like this, I won't be able to live!"

"Calm down. We're already doing a checkup for your husband, and we won't know until we get the results."

Seeing that, Joyce pulled Elaina and walked towards the crowd. "Move! The doctor is here."

Hearing this, the patient's family all made way for Elaina, and she entered the Emergency Department.

"What's going on?" Elaina asked directly.

"The patient was in a car accident and had a brain hemorrhage. We're still checking the exact amount of bleeding. I don't think the situation is optimistic." The doctor of the Emergency Department didn't know Elaina. Yet he didn't ask further and briefed her quickly after seeing her badge, stating that she was the Neurosurgery Department's deputy director.

"The head CT report is out!" a nurse shouted and handed the report over.

The doctor of the Emergency Department took the report and quickly frowned. "The patient is in a very serious situation. He has bled a lot, and his intracranial pressure is very high, leading to a cerebral hernia. We need to operate immediately."

Elaina took the report over and looked at it. She nodded. "Go get ready now."

"But..." The doctor of the Emergency Department looked awkward. "Our hospital isn't up to such a type of surgery."

Not anyone could perform a craniotomy.

"Maybe we should send him to an advanced hospital," he said.

"The cerebral hernia has formed. It's suppressing the respiratory center. Without surgery, he'll be dead in half an hour. Are you sure you have enough time to do that?" Elaina frowned and said solemnly.

"What else can we do? No one here can perform this operation. What else can we do besides send him to an advanced hospital?" The doctor was very helpless.

Elaina said, "I'll do it!"

"You?" He looked at her with a face full of doubt.

The doctor thought, I've heard that we've got a new Neurosurgery Department deputy director here. No one knows about her background. I think it's the woman standing in front of me.

Can she do it?

"Surgery? What surgery?" The patient's wife only reacted then. She looked panicking.

Elaina looked at her and patiently explained, "Ma'am, your husband's condition is very serious. He is hemorrhaging, and his intracranial pressure is very high, leading to a cerebral hernia. He needs a craniotomy right now."

"What?" The woman glared. "No way! It sounds dangerous. What if he doesn't wake up?"

She thought, besides, although the doctor in front of me is wearing a mask, she sounds very young. I don't trust her in doing the surgery!

"Please calm down," Elaina suddenly raised her voice and said, quieting everyone down instantly.

"I understand how you feel, but your husband isn't doing well. You can't afford to waste any more time. He must be operated on immediately.

"I am Dr. Gainsford, the deputy director of the Neurosurgery Department of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. I will be responsible for your husband's surgery. I can promise you that I will do my best."

No doctor could ever guarantee the result of the surgery, not even her.

"Who? Dr. Gainsford? We have never heard of this name."

"Me neither. You must be bluffing. His condition is not that serious."

"That's right. Doctors always exaggerate. You just want to do more surgeries to make more money."

The patient's wife was already about to sign to give her consent for the operation, but when she heard her relatives' words, she hesitated.

"Sister-in-law, let's transfer to a bigger hospital," someone said.

"You can't!"

Elaina grabbed the one who suggested so and said sternly, "It will take at least two hours to get to the nearest advanced hospital. Your husband can't wait that long!"

"Sister-in-law, ignore her. She is trying to scare you."

"Who does she think she is? Why does she get to call the shots?"

"We won't believe her unless the dean vouches for her. Otherwise, we ask for a transfer now!"

The patient's wife was obviously persuaded and thought, if she can get the dean to vouch for her, doesn't that prove that she's capable of doing the surgery?

Elaina was angry. She thought, how can these people still dwell on this when the chips are down? Time is life!

She felt helpless. However, she couldn't let them transfer the patient whatsoever. It would be no different from killing the patient.

She took out her phone and was ready to call the dean. After all, the patient's life beat everything.

"I'll vouch for her."

A low voice was heard. Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and saw a man about 6 feet tall. He wore a well-cut black suit, looking domineering.

"I am Jalen Halton, the CEO of the Halton Group. I will vouch for her if that's good enough for you," he looked at the patient's wife in front of him and said in a low voice.

He was Jalen Halton, the CEO of the Halton Group!