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First, you need to fully understand the surgical procedure & also give your consent for the surgery.
There’s no need for that.
I will not accept the surgery.
Your cancer will get worse if you don’t do the surgery.
Isn't it my right to choose whether to do the surgery?
Mr. Jo Hyung Kyu...
Mr. Jo Hyung Kyu, you are my patient.
If you want to leave the hospital you need my permission to do so.
Who’s your patient?!
Arrest him!
Let go of me!
Do you know that you go through 5 different stages when you find out that you have cancer?
The 1st stage is denial.
When patients have been informed that they have it, all of them will be in denial and at that moment they will always refuse surgery & treatment.
We have to give the patient time to accept the fact and allow him to face reality.
It’s been said that persuasion is more difficult than doing the surgery itself.
However this is our job to do so.
Surgery is the only method that we can save this patient, so you really need to persuade him well.
Yes.
Stomach cancer can spread really quickly that’s why there’s a greater risk involved.
He already knows that & yet he still refused?
Yes.
Really...
I’ve said this so many times. He doesn’t seem to want to understand what he’s hearing.
He doesn’t look that stupid to comprehend things.
Is there by any chance he’s just buying time?
First, he needs to clear his name.
So is he falsely accused?
That’s what he said.
You really believe the words of a triad boss.
You are really naive.
No, it’s not that.
I think he’s not that bad of a person.
The patient Jo Hyung Kyu, we need to check on his medical records, also we need to insert an IV drip.
Nurse Seo, can you go & do it?
Me?
Let me do it.
The more you get afraid the more likely you’ll commit a mistake.
That's true.
Who said that I’ll commit a mistake?
Give it to me.
Do you think she'll be alright?
She needs the experience.
Don’t worry.
May I ask what your name is?
It's Jo Hyung Kyu.
I’m going to take your blood pressure.
Your stethoscope is reversed.
Your BP is 129 over 79 which is normal.
How’s your technique in administering IV drips?
My blood veins are really weak. You can only insert it once to a vein.
Ouch!
It doesn’t hurt at all.
Why isn’t she out yet?
Nurse Jeon, you shouldn’t have asked her to go.
She said she wanted to do it. Don't worry and just wait.
Are you alright?
Why? Is there something to be worried about?
He cooperated with you?
Yes. From now on, I’ll be responsible for the patient Jo Hyung Kyu.
Responsible?
Compared to what I thought of him, he seems to have charisma & very polite.
He’s not so bad.
No matter what, he’s a triad member and a prime suspect on a murder case.
You need to be careful.
Dr. Oh, you should be the one who should be more careful.
Why doesn’t she have any fear?
It looks like she was successful in administering the IV drip.
Her relationship with the patient is not bad.
I really admire her courage.
Doctor...
Why don’t we stop wasting each other’s time on this?
I won't give my consent to the surgery.
What is the reason behind it?
As long you tell me the reason….
I have more than 100 reasons.
But what’s the use?
Looking at this, my wishes aren’t important?
I’m your Doctor in charge.
When a patient chooses to die, is there a Doctor who will just stand by & watch her patient dies?
Senior Jun Suk, this is Ha Yun.
May I ask a favor from you?
Do you really think that he is wrongly accused?
That is what he said.
I don’t think he was lying.
When I met him and told him about his condition that he has stomach cancer,
he said that once he steps into the hospital, he’ll be arrested to be a scapegoat to a crime.
Senior, can you do a background check and see whether there is a chance to come to his defense.
It never crossed my mind that you’ll be creating work for us.
He said that if you call this number you’ll find the truth about it.
I understand.
If he knows that he can clear his name, maybe he’ll choose to do the surgery.
Why are you so persistent in doing this for him?
I don’t know when it happened.
But as long as I’m a Doctor, I will try to do my best.
Currently, your anti cancer treatment is not progressing well.
Your overall condition is also turning for the worst.
If you continue with the chemotherapy, your condition will deteriorate further.
The result won’t be favorable either.
If you continue with this present treatment, it will bring harm to you.
The main mass is enlarged.
It’s hard to say whether the large intestine has now been damaged.
Will you allow me to have the surgery?
Please help me. I beg you.
First, we need to ask the Surgical Dept for a consultation.
It’s intestinal cancer that has now spread to the liver.
Under his present condition, he still wants to accept surgery?
Yeah. His willingness to survive is really strong.
He wants us to remove the cancerous part of the intestine & liver.
Isn’t his overall condition been deteriorating?
Any surgery he takes will be a great risk.
It was brought out by the patient himself.
It looks like this is his final gamble to live.
I understand.
Is Professor Park willing accept this kind of case?
I can’t say.
The patient has intestinal cancer that has now spread to his liver.
He was admitted to the hospital to receive a stent in his intestine then did a follow up with anti cancer treatment.
But the CT scan revealed an enlarged mass which was the obstruction in his large intestine. So the Medical Dept had referred this to the Surgical Dept for consultation.
Does the patient know & considering his general condition?
Removing a part of his intestine & liver involves a great risk.
We will proceed with colostomy, it should just end there.
The patient is not accepting chemotherapy.
The extent of cancer to the liver is in the position of S3 & S7. (S3 & S7 are liver metastases called STAT (signal transducer and activator of transcription))
We need to do a part removal of the liver.
If don’t handle this well, it could result in table death.
Even after 2 sessions of chemotherapy, the result has not been favorable,
so he had gone through other methods of treatment.
That’s why he’s greatly requesting the surgery.
Please transfer this case to my care.
I will observe & decide on action to be taken.
We must carefully consider the present overall condition of the patient.
I fear that it will be difficult to remove a part of both the intestine & liver simultaneously.
Doctor, please help me.
I don’t want to die just like that.
The surgery is my last hope in staying alive.
I will not let this opportunity slip away.
Do a liver function test. It should be R15>10% to meet the requirements & do the surgery.
Also since the CT scan can’t detect everything, do an MRI on the liver to decide if we can remove the liver.
Yes.
You may leave first.
Yes.
Do you have some time?
Why?
I have something to say to you.
Please say it.
That...
I understand.
I’m slightly busy now.
I’ll give you a call later.
Then, I shall wait for your call.
Chief Nurse...
Did he just ask you for a date?
What do you mean date?
Wasn’t she moved by the request?
What is actually the matter?
The No. 18 patient Kim Sun Mi is complaining, why didn’t you contact me earlier?
Didn’t I contact you?
I’ve been looking for you for half an hour.
I’ve been searching the whole hospital for you.
What contact? Look, there isn’t anything on my pager.
Did you call the wrong number?
Do you think I’m stupid? Stupid enough to call a wrong number?
Look here, there isn’t any?
If you made the call it should be listed.
Wait…who is this Miss?
Is she your wife?
Last year you were still single.
Your wife is really pretty.
She will definitely be able to have children.
It’s father.
My good daughter, did you have fun?
Really? Did you fight with Jung Bin today?
Really? You’re really good.
Father also misses you.
It's been 10 days.
No.
It’s about 20 days.
Of course, I’m going to settle everything here then will take the first flight to see my daughter.
I’ll bring back your favorite toys, so you need to be obedient & listen to your mother.
Promise...
Father loves you.
It’s killing with intent?
In Jo Hyung Kyu’s point of view, he’s wrongfully accused.
However, my understanding of the situation makes it hard for me to come to his defense.
Is there evidence to the killing?
The subordinate who was arrested confessed that it was his boss who gave the instruction.
Because there’s a witness, it’s hard to avoid the crime.
Of course.
Since he’s claiming injustice, wouldn’t there be any other reason to it?
There’s conspiracy among the battles between triads.
We can’t dismiss that there are other possibilities on this case.
So I’ll continue with my investigation although there’s nothing to be seen at this moment.
If it’s going to be this way, it will be harder to get his consent to the surgery.
He's been wrongfully accused?
He’s claiming there’s injustice but there’s no substantial evidence to support his claim.
There’s a possibility that he has been set up or it’s only him who’s feeling that he has been wronged.
Isn’t it possible that he’s just trying to delay time?
I really don’t know.
I want to know what Dr. Jung’s thoughts are about this.
Doesn’t he look like the person who ordered the killing?
I’m trying my best not to interfere on this matter.
If I see him as a criminal who killed with intent, I’ll be easily influenced in letting go of this patient.
What you mean is you see him as a patient?
Hmm.
The results are out.
Contrary to what we thought, it’s a much better perspective.
There isn’t any spreading. The rest are pretty clean.
A while ago, a lawyer came by.
Yes, I heard.
I think having stomach cancer is seen as a good omen.
Do you know how many people out there are now fighting for their lives with cancer?
This hospital has over 100 cancer patients.
Is that attitude of yours right?
It’s an insult to people who wish & strive to survive.
Doctor, I’m really sorry to you.
However, I will not accept the surgery.
I know that whatever I say to you will only fall on deaf ears.
However as time passes, there might be a time when you’ll regret what you’re doing now.
Do you know that...
not all people have fear of dying?
When I was 17 years old, I entered a juvenile correction center for the first time.
Now at 37 years old, I have spent half of the past 20 years in prison.
The life of a normal person will have his salary raised & designation promoted during that time.
People like us only count the number of times we enter a prison compared to a normal person having his salary raised & being promoted.
When I committed an offence by just following the instruction from a superior, I sat in prison for 3 years.
When I was in Kyung Ju prison, there was an inmate friend who had contracted AIDS.
Do you know the order I received?
Using all kinds of methods, I need to come out of prison so that I will not get AIDS. This is what our organization is all about.
Even if we manage to escape from prison, it’s still imprisonment in itself everywhere.
If you wish to spend your life like that, I’m willing to just die.
I don’t know if you knew about it.
During that time, I’ve been married once and gotten divorced.
I heard.
The reason for the failure of my marriage could be because I still can’t let go of you and miss you.
Then what am I suppose to do about that?
Do you want me to compensate you for that?
I need to go.
If you want me to listen to Professor Park saying these nonsense,
I’m sorry I don’t have the time to entertain you.
That…
If you’ll agree, I’d like to start a relationship with you again.
What do you mean?
Did you just propose to me?
Yes.
Is she your daughter?
Yes.
She is pretty.
She can be Miss Korea.
She is so pretty. I’m really very sad.
She thinks that I’m overseas on business.
Each day I dream of her. She is always at my wife’s shoulder crying,
when I open my eyes I have to think whether I’m still alive.
Today…at least for today, I was able to listen to her voice.
This gives me great consolation.
I really hope that I can live to see her at 10 years old.
No, it should be at least to see her on her 1st day at university.
I want to live until then.
How was your date?
What date?
How was it?
It was nothing.
If it was nothing, why are you looking so nervous?
I feel something’s amiss.
Really! It’s nothing. What’s wrong with you people?
There must be something?
There must be.
What is it?
Our Chief Nurse &…..
It’s nothing.
Hello!
Excuse me. Did they already agree to do Patient Oh’s surgery?
Not yet.
Professor Park hasn’t made his decision yet. I really wish for him to do the surgery.
Although my hospital experience isn’t much, I haven’t yet seen a patient who has such great sense of will to live.
To see such a person with such strong will to live, it’s probably because of someone they love dear in their heart.
Love dear in their heart?
Yes. People like them feel responsible to their children, parents, husband or wife.
It’s them that they consider in their decision.
Doctors can say a hundred of statements & yet can’t surpass the strength the patients have to stay alive for their loved ones.
Although it’s us who are anxious, if he still refuses we can’t do anything about it.
Just like the police, we are not in a position of authority to do anything either.
Professor, can you please give me a couple of days.
I want to try to use my last method of persuasion.
Are you crazy?!
This won’t do!
I can understand your feelings towards the patient. But is there a need to do so?
What’s wrong with you?
From the start you always have been weird.
It’s such a great risk insisting of contacting that person. You’ll make things more complicated in the end.
Have you, by any chance, fallen for that Triad boss?
What nonsense are you saying here?
I’m also really frustrated.
You should know that this can’t happen.
I’m sure both of you feel that I’m slightly weird.
I know that I’m a little eccentric.
Since you know it, you should let go of this.
There’s nothing to it.
Do you remember the patient Yi Min Su?
That model who accepted the artificial stoma surgery?
Yes, that patient.
Didn’t he initially refuse surgery? I used my greatest effort in persuading him to consent but couldn’t.
After you merely explained to him, he easily gave his consent.
It may seem nothing to you but to me it was a big blow to my face.
I really felt disappointed & hopeless because as a Doctor I wasn’t able to move my patient’s heart.
This time, I really need to persuade the patient.
Now I can really understand her feelings.
What do you mean?
It’s because the world is not fair.
The heavens have bestowed too much upon you & never give Dr. Jung or me that gift.
So that’s why you can never understand what we feel.
What is it then? What was bestowed upon me? What did I accept?
From now you need to be honest with me in order for me to save Jo Hyung Kyu.
Does he have any family members?
He has none. He was brought up in an orphanage.
Married? Wife & kids?
None.
Then lover? Did he ever love someone before? Didn’t he have a person that he had loved?
The patient is about to undergo surgery.
Isn’t the result of the CT scan out yet?
I will ask again the Radiology Dept immediately.
We need to do our rounds. What’s the use of saying this now?
This is not just some other person but this is Professor Park.
Are you harboring feelings to make me look foolish?
No, I’m not.
There has been backlog in the CT scan room…
Let’s go.
I...
What’s wrong with you now?
The patient who needs to undergo surgery, patient Kang, has not yet taken her CT scan.
What?!...
You’re still a 1st year intern, there’s still room to make mistakes that’s why we can’t blame you for it.
This will able to gauge the ability of the 1st year intern.
You must dismiss this right away & not let it affect your capabilities. I will always guide you. This matter is clearly due to the hiccups of our hospital system.
In order to deal with it, we need to do our best effort to get what we want.
Do you understand what I’m saying?
Yes.
You should personally call the Radiology Dept. and tell them that there can’t be any delays in the surgery.
What?
If the Chief Resident can help out the 1st year interns, things will be settled a lot quicker.
Yes, I understand.
After the CT scan is done, give me a call.
Yes.
What is happening here?
Why did Professor Park suddenly change his attitude?
I don’t know either.
This is probably because he's in love.
What do you mean?
What nonsense are you saying here again?
What are you all standing there?
Quickly go to the Radiology Dept.
Dr. Oh, quickly help out in giving medical consultation to Patient Oh.
Quickly!
Yes.
When I open my eyes I have to think whether I’m still alive.
Today…at least for today, I was able to listen to her voice.
This gives me great consolation.
I really hope that I can live to see her at 10 years old…
No, it should be at least to see her on her 1st day at university.
I want to live until then.
You need to take your meals regularly or else you won’t have the strength to battle your sickness.
There are a lot of patients suffering because they can’t eat.
Why don’t you listen? How can we to treat you properly?
I’m sorry.
Give me your hand.
That…
do you know the patient Oh Gwang Chul?
The patient Oh Gwang Chul…
The patient in room 903…Why?
It looks like his cancer is terminal.
Can’t he undergo a surgery?
That patient insists on accepting the surgery but it is the Professor who hasn’t decided whether or not to perform the surgery.
Why are you asking?
Really! This world is really unfair.
There are people who strive hard to stay alive yet there are also people who can live on after surgery but decline to do so.
You’re still persistent in your decision. We will not force you to do otherwise.
I will inform the police.
What about the test we have scheduled for today?
You will still continue with the test as scheduled, if you have a change of heart, then we will proceed with surgery immediately.
Jung Hye...
You can’t approach & make contact with outsiders.
Just a moment, please.
No, you can’t.
Let me go!...
Let go of me!...
Jung Hye!
Hyung Kyu!
Jung Hye!
Let me go!...
Jung Hye!
Get inside!
Let me go!...
Jung Hye!
I heard your case from the Doctors.
You had refused surgery.
It’s not my right to interfere but please don’t give up.
If you think about it carefully, there’ll be someone who is going to suffer & be sad if you pass away.
Just do it for that sake of that person.
What are you doing?
I will not accept the examination.
Jo Hyung Kyu!
Doctor!
Quickly!...Quickly!
Let me go!...
Calm down!...
That will do.
I need to examine the patient. Kindly leave the room for the moment.
Are you going to be alright with this?
Yes.
Let’s leave.
What’s going on here?
Are you asking because you don’t know?
It’s because of you, isn’t it?
Yes. It was me.
Who gave you the right?
Who are you?!
I didn’t force Jung Hye to do anything that she didn’t want to.
I only conveyed the status of your health, that’s all.
The discharge papers should be finalized by now.
I wish to live…
I wish to carry on living…
I want to carry on living…
Is it going well?
It's going perfectly.
How did it go?
I heard that love is an antidote.
What is the result of that prescription?
Now I just need to let this go.
That’s what you should do.
Even if you are the Doctor, there is no way that you can treat that kind of wound.
Dr. Jung, you’ve changed already that I feel really touched & moved.
Just rest for a while. I’ll replace you with your shift.
Thank you.
Is surgery possible?
Having gone through the R15 test & his liver function test, it indicated that it is possible. We can do a liver resection but it will be difficult.
The spreading to the liver in the S3 is not seen as a problem but S7 is because it’s in front.
There’ll be difficulty in performing the surgery.
The MRI & CT result had shown that because of the S7 pleural drain in the hepatic vein, the surgery will be difficult.
Also, in the middle of the surgery it may lead to fulminant hepatic failure. (Fulminant hepatic failure is acute liver failure)
I wish…want to give this a try.
It’s a very difficult surgery to do.
Are really set in doing this?
It’s the patient’s sense of willingness that is really strong.
Professor Park, you’re making a courageous & charismatic decision.
It is an excellent decision.
Although people will say that we are foolish to perform the surgery.
If the knife is not used properly, it will harm people.
However if we hold that knife properly, we are able to save lives.
There’s a high risk of table death in this surgery, but I really admire Senior’s decision to do this surgery.
Doctors now often pass it to other people to be responsible because of defensive diagnostics.
You can be a great example to them.
Patient Oh’s surgery decision is out.
Really?
It’s really good news.
He is able to live each day for his daughter.
If the surgery is successful, it will be great.
Don’t you worry.
I will definitely save him.
Professor Park is really strict in his operating theatre.
You all need to be focused on this.
Yes.
The way I see it, Professor Park, is a fearless venomous snake, but he is really that skilled.
He must be.
If you want to talk about who has the highest success rate in the hospital that would be Professor Han Gi Tae, he will be the 1st to decline to do this surgery.
If he could be half as kind as Professor Kim Do Hoon that would be perfect.
Will that be that easy?
Is it?
Of course.
Let’s go.
We are about to press charges, this can’t continue.
We can’t prolong the investigation any further.
Now you need to make a decision.
I understand.
Now…you may be discharged.
Prepare yourself.
If I accept the surgery, is there really a possibility?
I heard that a person who underwent the surgery died of it.
With the condition of Jo Hyung Kyu, if you accept the surgery, it’s unlikely that it will lead to death.
I will accept the surgery.
I will inform the Professor and after that immediately schedule your surgery.
You’ve really done well.
Inform the Anesthetic Dept on the schedule.
Yes.
Jung Ha Yun!
What happened?
What’s the reason he had a change of heart suddenly?
Your final method had reaped results.
I’m still not clear about it.
Please don’t worry about anything.
The surgery will go well.
Yes.
I know very well that this surgery has risks.
I also feel burdened with responsibility.
Based to the general condition of the patient, he may not be able to sustain the liver resection.
The anesthesia injected will create problem for the liver.
After surgery it’s possible the liver function may fail.
So, is the Anesthetic Dept wishes to save the patient or they want to see the patient dies?
It will have severe bleeding.
Are the blood bags prepared sufficient?
We will look after the patient during post operation.
The blood bags will be sufficient, please don’t worry.
I will take full responsibility of this.
Everything is prepared.
Yes.
We will start the surgery.
Yes.
Knife...
Suction...
Knife...
Fine...Hold this tightly...Be careful!
In this area when you insert the traction you need to do it gently.
Yes.
If it’s not done properly the left gastric vein might rupture. Once the vein ruptures, it will difficult to suture it back.
I will keep this in mind.
Hold it...
Kocher...
Hold tight!
The BP is rising.
Now the patient is having severe bleeding.
Until now there's no bleeding that has occurred.
Chief resident! You are pressing on the vein that why it is not flowing.
You are already a 4th year intern & you still can’t differentiate clearly the liver blood vessel yet.
Gently pull it away.
I’m sorry.
BP has returned to normal.
Let’s continue.
Bipo (electrical scalpel).
Be careful, this is the most crucial part.
Suction...
Don’t you know how to use suction!
Do it properly!
Are you alright?
Yes.
Ms. Jung Hye told me that she wishes the surgery to be successful and also she will always pray for you.
Are you alright?
The surgery was a success.
We already removed the cancer tumor completely.
Thank you.
Congratulations!
Thank you.
Mr. Jo’s surgery was also successful.
Yes.
Do you know who’s out there?
Father!
What hit you?
Is it a bus? Car?
Isn’t it because when you went overseas and was on your way back home you had a car accident?
It’s a car accident.
It’s just a bump.
It’s only a slight bump.
Those people are nasty. When did they bump into you?
Where was it? I want to scold them.
Father is alright now.
Are you really alright?
The surgery…
how was it?
It went well.
It’s such a relief to hear that.
I...have something to say to you.
I never thought before that you were thinking of me this way.
Do you really want to be the person who will take care of me for the rest of my life?
Of course...definitely.
I will not have a change of heart.
Please give me your hand.
News flash! News headlines!
Chief Nurse & Professor Park are having somewhat of a relationship. It looks like they like each other.
Really?
Why?
You knew?
Of course.
They're a love bird couple you cannot imagine.
Both of them have been in this kind of relationship before.
Chief Nurse said that when Professor Park sees her, it’s like a mouse seeing a cat.
I don’t think we’ll believe what you are saying here?
It’s Chief Nurse.
Congratulations!
Congratulations! Congratulations!
Professor Park had proposed?
Really! Now the Surgical Dept has exploded with news.
If I knew earlier, I would have played a hand in the game.
This kind of happy occasion is befitting to our Professor Song.
Have you heard?
What?
Senior Park Ji Won & Senior Ma Sang Mi.
Hmm...
Looking at him, he looks like a naive guy.
Yes, I was also surprised.
After seeing Senior Park, did you predict this?
The battle of whose love is difficult, who will end up grieving in the end.
Don’t pretend that you know. This is love.
Don’t talk about it.
What if we’re seen by other people?
Who cares? Don’t you wish for this?
It has been a very long time since I slept so soundly.
Thank you.
Doctor, if you didn’t bother about me, it will be hard for me to endure my coming days in prison.
The patients are said to be the teachers for Doctors.
This has given me the opportunity to learn a lot from Jo Hyung Kyu’s fortune & laurels.
Thank you.