The forty-eight-hour time limit for classifying an injury as work-related was a regulation set by the relevant authorities and experts, so it surely had its reasons and justifications.
Yan Feifan wasn't in a position to comment on the matter.
It was just that, in his years working at the Affiliated Hospital, he had seen or heard of such cases more than once.
He had seen employers demand that doctors use expensive drugs and life support equipment at all costs, simply to keep a patient's vital signs stable past the forty-eight-hour mark, only for them to take their last breath moments later.
He had also seen patients' families, with the forty-eight-hour deadline looming, demand that doctors give up on resuscitating patients who still had a chance of survival.
The saying "life is priceless" was such a pale and feeble platitude in the face of stark reality…
