This way of speaking really makes it easy for people to misunderstand. However, everyone has different personalities, different styles, and different views, and Doctor Hu has her own principles and is not afraid of people's wild guesses.
People think she is covering for Doctor Zhou.
What she emphasized at the meeting was that the hospital cannot resort to private punishment. If Doctor Zhou has issues, it is necessary to report them and let the law handle it accordingly. It's as if the hospital thinks that firing Doctor Zhou would resolve the issue, but Doctor Hu doesn't think it's that simple. As a result, somehow the rumor spread that she was protecting Doctor Zhou.
