Radical

6 strokes

old man (261a) + choke 丂 (424a) = test 考

The first stroke of “choke” has got truncated so that “choke” fits under “old man”.

考试 (603) kǎoshì to examine; a test

[考场 (530) kǎochǎng exam hall/room]

The old man arrives at the hospital choking— but it is just a pretense, to test out the hospital’s response time. / Teddy, on reception, rings a cowbell to summon the doctors who come running.