(EPISODE 2)
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(EMERGENCY CENTER)
Are you alright?
You fractured your right ankle.
I gave you a soft cast.
You'll be fully recovered in 2 or 3 months.
The problem is with your wrist.
Your right palm has been severely fractured.
We did what we could,
but even after you're fully recovered,
you'll only be able to utilize it at 70 percent capacity.
Is the angulation that severe?
Are you a medical student?
I'm at my fourth year and my major is Emergency Medicine.
It'll depend on the rehab,
but in the worst case scenario,
you might not be able to move your arm again.
(DONG JOO MANDU)
It's three dollars.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Two plates of mandu, please.
You should eat properly at home.
I wanted to have some mandu.
Don't they feed you at the hospital?
You should take a look at your face.
I'm eating fine.
It's just really busy at the emergency room.
Being a doctor isn't what you're meant to do.
It's not like it'll bring your dead father back.
Among all the hospitals,
you picked the one where your father died in.
I know you're my son and all, but still, I find you very odd.
Just live your life.
Hang out with your friends and make a girlfriend, too.
Do you hear me?
(OCTOBER, 2016)
They'll be joining the Surgery Department of Geodae Hospital.
Doctor Kang Dong Joo and Doctor Do In Beom.
As for Doctor Kang,
his score was top of the whole country on the qualifying exam.
We're expecting a lot from you two.
Let's do well, okay?
Thank you, Sir. I'll try my best.
- I'll work hard, Sir. - We're counting on you.
- I'll work hard, Sir. - Right.
I'll work hard, Sir.
That's my boy.
He's a handsome man.
Nice to meet you.
I guess we have to ask you for the favors.
He must be talented.
You know what to do, right?
- Yes, Sir. - Yes, Sir.
Times of discrimination.
This is my son I was talking about.
Let's talk on our way there.
Your background and connections are what matters more.
Even in hospitals where everything's a matter of life and death,
things aren't any different.
There is discrimination everywhere.
I think there are only two ways to solve this situation.
Whether you reincarnate as the son of the president...
or you get yourself a VIP patient who's powerful and well-connected.
There's no way they'll let me take care of the VIP patients.
You're right. They won't.
Which is why this vicious cycle of discrimination will never end.
I'm leaving.
I have an operation in 30 minutes.
Again?
You're getting enslaved.
Doctor Kang? The president is looking for you.
(PRESIDENT DO YUN WAN)
There's an emergency operation of a VIP patient.
Senator Go Man Suk used to be the Chairman of the Congress.
I'm sorry, but my operation schedule is full for today.
Don't be stubborn.
That's for you to sort out.
Don't you know why we're letting you operate a VIP patient?
It must be a very difficult operation.
You need someone to blame when it doesn't go well.
And I'm the best candidate, right?
Am I wrong?
Doctor Kang.
I'll operate my patients as scheduled.
It's a sepsis patient.
I can't delay the operation without risking the patient's life.
I'll get going.
Why did you become a doctor?
I heard you're from a poor family.
You must have studied harder than any other to become a doctor.
Isn't success the reason why you became so determined?
This is your opportunity.
Back then,
you're the little boy who made a scene in the emergency room.
That was you, right?
You're right.
This is a very difficult case.
HCC rupture.
The expected rate of a successful operation is 30 percent at best.
It's a necessary risk for someone who is willing to be successful.
Don't tell me that you dare to challenge me...
without having the guts to handle something like this.
If you really want revenge,
become a better man.
What do you mean the operation has been postponed?
Is there something wrong with my dad?
I have to prove myself.
We'll have to wait and see for a few more days...
and decide on the date of the operation again.
I'm sorry.
Doctor.
My dad is all right, isn't he?
Yes, he is.
I'll prove them that I'm a better man...
than they are.
Doctor Oh, I'm going to cut the abdomen open now.
The blood pressure will start to drop right away. Scalpel.
Bovie.
Scalpel.
Suction.
Retractor.
Get yourself together. Suction.
Hold it there. Now.
Hold this. We'll start the left hemi-hepatectomy now.
Pull yourself together.
Doctor Oh, how's the patient doing?
The pulse is getting faster, but it's fine at the moment.
Suction.
I can't see where the bleeding is coming from.
- Pass me. - The vital sings are unstable.
It's dropping from 70 to 40.
Suture.
Cut.
Bovie.
Spread it open. I can't see where the bleeding is coming from.
It's even progressed to disseminated intravascular coagulation.
There's too much bleeding.
Really? 30 percent success rate?
I doubt it.
It was five percent at best when I opened him up.
I tried my best,
but the result was unsuccessful.
Get the defibrillator!
- Increase to 200 joules. - Ready, Doctor.
Move aside.
Shock.
Give me 200 joules again.
Move over. Shock.
Doctor.
The time of death is 5:25pm.
The patient died from excessive bleeding during an operation.
Former Chairman of Congress, Senator Go Man Suk passed away.
Lay low for a while.
Many are paying their respects to the deceased.
Reporter Kim Joo Young will be bringing the news.
(PERSONNEL ORDER FOR KANG DONG JOO TO DOLDAM HOSPITAL, JEONGSEON)
Doldam Hospital.
Where is this?
It's a small hospital in Jeongseon.
We'll call you back when the things are settled.
So be on your best behavior.
Think of this as a break.
Okay?
In a word,
I'm done.
(DOLDAM HOSPITAL, JEONGSEON, GANGWON PROVINCE)
What is this place?
(DOLDAM HOSPITAL)
(MOM)
What are you staring at?
I thought we had a guest, but he's leaving.
He must have taken a wrong turn.
Darn it.
Dong Joo.
I hope you got to Jeongseon safely.
It must be difficult for you to adapt to a new place.
But give me a call when you are all settled in.
I wonder how you're doing.
Don't skip your meals.
Okay?
(PERSONNEL ORDER FOR KANG DONG JOO TO DOLDAM HOSPITAL, JEONGSEON)
(LETTER OF RESIGNATION)
Excuse me.
- May I have more pickles? - Sure.
(I, KANG DONG JOO, )
(RESIGN AS OF TODAY.)
I'd like to resign...
as of today.
Hey, wake up. Hey.
- Call 911 right now. Hurry! - Okay.
Hey.
- Do you work here? - Yes.
- Do you have a defibrillator? - We do. I'll bring it.
Don't come in.
Do you know how to use it?
No, I was taught once, but I don't remember.
Keep pressing that place.
- Press hard with two hands. - Okay.
What are you doing?
I'm trying to save this man from a heart attack.
Are you insane? Get your foot off.
This man is dying!
Are you trying to kill him?
- Hey. - Yes?
Stop doing that and help him stand up.
Don't stop. Keep going.
I said stop it and help him up.
I'm a doctor at Geodae Hospital.
Don't stop. He will die once you stop pumping.
If you want to play doctor, you probably shouldn't be drunk...
and if you're drunk, you shouldn't step up.
This is why you were sent to a small local branch.
Hey.
Get him up if you don't want to see a dead body.
Are you insane?
This is so annoying.
Go away.
Will you take the responsibility if he dies?
What if I save him?
You can't save him. I bet my life.
Okay.
Deal.
Darn you.
Move.
- I said, move! - Okay.
- Grab him. - Yes.
- Make him stand up. - Yes.
- Get him up. - Okay.
Press right under...
the xiphoid process...
as if you are gently pushing the place up.
And get it out at once.
- Look. - He did it.
All right. Hey, man.
You should...
chew well.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Goodness.
He's alive.
Let go.
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What are you doing?
What are you doing in my kitchen?
Let me use some of your tools. Guys.
Hold this.
Darn you. Let go of me.
Tools? Why?
He bet his life and lost.
Excuse me.
If this is a joke, it's not funny.
No one said it's a joke.
You lost. Your life is mine.
You said you were going to bet your life.
Why didn't you sharpen this?
I use my strength to cut things.
That's why the blade is all ruined.
If the blade is dull,
you can't cut anything clean.
Don't splatter blood all over.
They had to work hard to clean up all the blood.
- Blood? - It looks much better now.
Are you really cutting my wrist off?
Are you serious?
You're a man. Stick to your words.
That's what a man is.
No objections, right?
Who are you?
Are you a gangster?
I'm more used to using a knife.
Hey, don't worry about it.
It'll hurt, but it'll end at once.
All right. I'll cut off your tendons and bones.
- I'll cut them off at once. - No!
Darn it!
What are you doing? Go and send him off.
Please call the security guard.
- Pardon? - Where is it?
Call the police now!
There he is.
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Gosh. Where is it?
Seriously. Taxi!
Taxi! Over here!
Go, go, go!
Where should I take you, sir?
Sir, where are you going?
(DOLDAM HOSPITAL)
Excuse me.
Sorry. We're closed.
I'm not here for a consultation.
Are you here for the discharge procedure?
Then, please go to window number two.
I'm Kang Dong Joo. I'm a doctor.
I'm a surgeon from Geodae Hospital.
I've been transferred to this hospital as of today.
Could I see the letter of appointment?
In fact,
something happened on way here, and I lost it.
- If you call the hospital... - It's 8pm.
No one would be working now.
I think you have to wait until tomorrow to confirm it.
Please wait.
I couldn't find a place to stay as I came here in such a hurry.
Is there any way you could help me with that?
I'm sorry,
but this hospital provides only our employees...
with benefits like that.
I can't help you unless I confirm your identity.
(DOLDAM HOSPITAL)
What's going on?
Where am I?
Don't worry. The surgery was successful.
Surgery?
Your right hand.
I'll treasure it.
No!
I just contacted Geodae Hospital.
- Sorry? - Please follow me.
Doctor Kang Dong Joo.
(EMERGENCY CENTER)
This is the president of Doldam Hospital.
It's nice to meet you. I'm Yeo Woon Young.
I'm Kang Dong Joo from General Surgery.
I wish they had sent a physician.
Pardon?
I'm not saying that I have a problem with you.
We already have a competent head of General Surgery.
We also have a resident.
That's why I said that.
Our hospital is a general hospital with all sorts of department.
Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Family Medicine, and Emergency.
We have a lot of patients.
You will be very surprised.
"Rembrandt, the painter of light."
"He left a few self-portraits."
"His self-portrait painted in his early years looks like his son..."
Anyway, welcome to Doldam Hospital.
I'm Jang Gi Tae, the head of Administrative Office.
That's okay. You don't need to worry about me.
I'm not planning to work here for a long time.
I'll be working here for between 1 and 2 months.
If I don't find my way back to Geodae Hospital within the period,
I'll find a job at another large hospital in Seoul.
I thought I should tell you before I start working here.
I see. I fully understand what you're trying to say.
Does he not like this hospital?
He won't even last a week. I'll bet 50 dollars.
He gave me a good first impression. I liked him.
Three days.
Then I'll bet 100 dollars. He'll leave in 3 days for sure.
Good morning.
Or not.
Doctor Yoon is leaving soon, right?
Mind your own business.
What about the handsome doctor?
Where is he now?
He said he wanted to change his clothes,
so I took him to the staff room.
He wanted to get changed?
- My goodness. - Oh, gosh.
Seo Jung.
(CHAPTER 2, THE RESULT OF THE HYPERSECRETION OF ADRENALINE)
Why...
are you here?
What are you doing here?
I was going to ask you the same thing.
How did you...
Since when did you work here?
I asked you first. What are you doing here?
I've been transferred to this hospital as of yesterday.
- You've been transferred? - Yes.
I'll be working here for a while.
It just happened.
How long will you be working here?
It's your turn to answer.
- How long have you worked here? - How long will you be working here?
Have you been working here since then?
Since that day five years ago,
have you been working here until now?
Forget it. You don't have to answer me.
Why didn't you call me?
For a month since you disappeared,
I left you text and voice messages every single day.
Did you even check them?
No.
(DOLDAM HOSPITAL)
(PRESIDENT OF DOLDAM HOSPITAL, YEO WOON YOUNG)
We have a patient. Get ready.
Yes, ma'am.
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Give me.
Move him to the emergency room.
Unfasten the seatbelt.
Sir, do you hear me?
Sir.
What? This is my car.
Gosh.
Be careful.
He is conscious.
- What are his vital signs? - It is between 40 and 70.
Lung sounds diminished on the left side.
- Doctor. - It's tension.
Administer 10L of oxygen through a reserve mask...
and prepare saline for hydration.
Also, I need a dressing set with 24 gauge needles.
If he's bleeding because of a car crash, it might be hemopneumothorax.
- Please prepare 16 gauge needles. - Okay.
What's wrong with your right hand?
Did you hurt?
- Prepare a chest tube. - Okay.
- What are his vital signs? - It is between 40 and 80.
It has increased a little bit after some fluid was infected.
What are you doing? He is complaining of abdominal pain.
Why are you being polite? That doesn't sound like you.
Is a resident allowed to talk down to a specialist?
If so, I will.
I have no idea what you mean.
You were a senior resident five years ago.
What are you saying?
I'm studying Cardiovascular Surgery, too.
Could you focus on the patient's condition, Doctor Kang Dong Joo?
He has muscle guarding. It means he has an internal hemorrhage.
We need to put in a chest tube and send him to a bigger hospital.
Palpation has limits.
We have an ultrasound device, too.
The hospital may seem small, but we have pretty much everything.
He seems to have hemorrhage in spleen, right?
It looks serious.
- What should we do? - It's simple.
We should send him to a bigger hospital without delay.
How long does it take to the nearest hospital?
It takes about two hours by car.
You will get there in one and a half hour at the earliest.
He might die from excessive bleeding before reaching the hospital.
You'd better treat him here instead.
This is not something we can do here.
- Don't you see that? - Isn't that you are insecure?
Cutting a patient's abdomen open in an inappropriate condition...
is no better than murder.
It's not that I can't do it, but that I won't do it.
Quiet down!
- What are his vital signs? - It is between 60 and 40, and 120.
He has hemorrhage in spleen.
He is unidentified and we don't know the cause of injury.
He drove his car here and hit another car in the parking lot.
The car is a wreck.
What are you doing standing here? Keep doing your job.
Yes, Doctor.
Get him an intubation and a ventilator.
- Prepare for ligation. - Are you...
- going to operate on him here now? - Inject 20mg of etorphine.
He's fast.
Get him propofol continuous infusion and an ample of rocuronium.
Yes, Doctor.
Set the ventilator on ACMV mode.
- Pass me a tube. - We don't have time for that.
- Use trocar. - Pass me trocar.
Trocar? Do they have it here?
- How many cc? - It's been 400cc and still running.
Okay. It's my turn.
Hey.
Step aside. If you don't want to do it, just move out of the way.
Are you cutting a patient's abdomen open right here?
This is neither an operating room nor a hybrid room.
- What if it gets contaminated? - Nurse.
Get this thing out of my way.
What? Did you call me this thing?
What are you...
Let go of me. Let go.
- Scalpel. - Stop right there.
Excuse me. Have you all gone insane?
He will bleed a lot. Get ready.
Are you really a doctor?
Suction.
Okay.
I got it.
Already?
Pass me the hemostat.
Hold this.
Silk three.
Stay focused.
What was that? What is he doing?
What...
am I watching now?
Cover him with film and move him to the operating room.
I will operate on him for ruptured spleen and damaged intestine, okay?
- Yes, Doctor. - Yes, Doctor.
Who on earth...
- is he? - What? Do you have a problem?
That was reckless, irresponsible,
- and dangerous. - Do you think so?
We had no choice.
It means his life was at stake.
Do you think you can explain to the patient...
what he's gone through?
Are you talking about the human rights of patients?
Or code of medical ethics?
Don't bother asking me about such things.
In my premises, there is only one thing that matters.
Save the patients.
No matter what.
I don't give a darn about anything else.
(OPERATING ROOM)
Prepare 10 packs of RBC, too.
I'll get the operating room ready.
(OPERATING ROOM)
What on earth...
is this place?
(OPERATING)
Aren't you going in?
I can't. I'm not allowed.
Why didn't you make an objection?
Cutting the abdomen open in an emergency room is...
It was against common sense.
He didn't take the patient's safety into consideration.
What about you?
You postponed your patient's operation for a VIP patient,
but you've failed it.
You tried to make a name for yourself only to get kicked out.
Is that what's right to you?
Did you hear that...
from In Soo?
I heard it from one of the people here.
Someone from Geodae Hospital told him everything about you.
It was inevitable.
I had to take a risk because...
that was the only way to seize an opportunity.
What opportunity?
An opportunity to prove myself.
To whom?
Are you asking me that because you don't know?
To the higher ups at the hospital.
It's all about the connections there.
People like me who have no background must do everything.
I must look for the right connections...
or prove myself by treating a VIP patient.
What happened to you in the past five years?
You became a coward making excuses.
What changed you?
Was life...
that hard?
Did you say you'll be here for two months at most?
Let's see if you can last that long.
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I like you.
This is your last year as a resident, right?
Let's get married right after you're done.
I'm sorry.
That's not going to make it go away.
What's wrong?
Does seeing him again...
make your heart flutter?
Get it together.
This is a hallucination.
It's just a hallucination.
It's a hallucination.
I have something to say to you.
I'm tired. Let's do it later.
Madonna is the best.
She sounds the best from a record tape.
Oh, gosh.
My goodness.
I said I have something to say.
The human rights of patients and code of medical ethics.
Let's say you're beyond all that, but still...
Hey.
How many patients have you killed?
I'm not talking about the times you read out the time of death.
How many patients died on your hands as a doctor?
Just one.
Right before I got sent here.
Add 10 to that.
Come back when you killed that many patients.
I'll hear what you have to say then.
How's your right wrist? Is that still intact?
Don't lose it.
I'll come looking for it whenever I need it.
I'm sorry,
but I won't stay for so long.
I'll try to leave in a month.
Shorter than that if possible.
I'm going to get out of this stupid hospital as soon as possible.
And when you do,
do you have a place to go?
I'll go back to where I belong.
Who says they want you back?
Let me tell you this.
They didn't send me out here because I'm skill-less.
I was just unlucky.
I didn't spend my entire life studying, practicing,
and dissecting to get stuck here...
in some small hospital in the countryside.
What are you getting at?
No matter what happens,
I'm going back to Geodae Hospital.
Doctor Kang.
You got a call from Seoul. It's your mother.
She tried your phone, but she couldn't get through.
She called the hospital for you.
(IN SOO)
Later.
Tell her I'm busy.
Hello, In Soo. It's me.
Hello?
Doctor Kang is very busy right now.
I understand. Sorry for bothering you.
What are you talking about?
President Yeo and President Do are friends?
That's right.
President Do and President Yeo...
are old friends from college.
I see.
You didn't forget to say hello to President Yeo, did you?
You have to be nice to him.
The only way to change President Do's mind...
is going after President Yeo. Do you hear me?
This is another piece of information I got for you.
President Yeo loves playing Go.
And he loves orchids.
He's crazy about oriental orchids.
In Soo. I don't know the first thing about playing Go.
Also, plants look all the same to me.
Stop being so stubborn.
Do you want to say there for good?
What is it?
The thing is...
It's all right. You can say it.
I was too tied up in the morning...
and forgot to come and say thank you.
If I made any mistakes,
please do understand.
You didn't do anything like that.
Really?
Right.
- I heard you met Doctor Kim Sa Boo. - Pardon?
- Doctor Kim Sa Boo? - The head of General Surgery.
Is that what he's called?
He may seem a bit rough at first, but you can learn a lot from him.
I'm not sure about that.
Make sure you are very polite.
Make him think of you as a very good person. Okay?
Yes. I will do my best.
- Okay. See yourself out. - Yes.
What is it?
Do you have anything else to say?
Well, I.
President.
- Ms Yoon is having an attack. - Again?
- Call Doctor Kim immediately. - Okay.
Seo Jung.
Doctor Yoon.
Let go of that.
Don't step in.
Trust Myung Sim.
We've done so well so far.
You can go back to the operating room in just a few days.
You should die.
The voices won't stop.
It's because you believe you hear them.
You are already well, and you are completely healed.
So please.
Give me that.
Give me...
the scalpel.
Help me.
I'm dead because of you.
Seo Jung.
What's wrong?
What is it?
Why are you holding a scalpel?
I like you, Seo Jung.
Give me.
Come on.
No.
No. Don't do that, Seo Jung!
Bring elastic bandage. Hurry!
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That's enough.
She overdosed sedative.
Her vital signs are unstable.
Doesn't it look like she cut an artery?
Keep her hydrated and let's move her to the operating room.
Okay.
- Is tourniquet ready? - It is.
- Keep the pressure at 200. - Yes, Doctor.
Tourniquet on.
Her wound is small but deep.
An artery, a nerve, and two tendons.
Three tendons. We have to put five together. Have you done this?
Have you?
No, I've only seen a video.
It's my first time.
If you make a single mistake,
I'll cut off your wrist and give it to Seo Jung.
Okay?
Let's begin.
Mosquito.
(WE THANK TAE IN HO FOR HIS GUEST APPEARANCE.)
(DR. ROMANTIC)
Why are you here at such a weird place?
What have you been doing for the past five years?
You're making things more complicated for me. Can't you see?
Get away from my patient!
I can't let someone who cut herself see a patient.
I worked so hard for the past five years.
You are disqualified from working at this hospital.
Why are you here at Doldam Hospital?
Why are you in my life again?
Who on earth are you?
Boo Yong Joo. He's back.
I asked who on earth are you?
- Kim... - You'll never return.
- Sa... - You will never...
- Boo. - Set a foot anywhere in Korea.
- That's me. - Kang Dong Joo is here.
Make a use of him.
I'm Doctor Kim Sa Boo.
All right?