- Episode 2 -
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[Emergency Room]
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Are you back to your senses now?
You have a fracture on your right ankle, so I put a splint on it.
You'll be healed in about 2 to 3 months.
The problem is your wrist.
Your fracture on the right palm is serious.
I did an operation and put a pin in,
but you won't get more than 70% of it's full function.
Is the angulation severe?
Are you in this field?
I'm a 4th year emergency medicine resident.
It will depend on the rehabilitation, but in the worst case, you won't get it back.
- It's 3000 Won. - Thank you.
Yes... Thank you!
Two servings of dumplings, please.
Why don't you eat at home?
I came because I wanted to eat dumplings.
Doesn't that hospital give you any food? Why do you look like that?
I'm eating well. I work in the ER so don't have much of an appetite.
So why did you become a doctor?
It's not like your dead Father will come back to life. And of all the hospitals...
It has to be the hospital where your dad died.
You're my son, but you're really weird. So weird.
Just live your own life.
Meet up with friends and get a girlfriend.
[October 2016]
These are the doctors who have joined our surgery department,
Doctors Kang Dong Joo and Do In Bum.
Especially Doctor Kang Dong Joo is a prospect who scored top in the nation for his certification exam.
We have high expectations for the both of you. Let's do well!
Thank you very much. I will work hard.
I will work hard.
Let's work well together.
- I will work hard. - Good, let's work hard together.
I will work hard. I will work hard.
I will work hard.
- This is my son. - Oh!!
You are the one who should be asking him a favor.
His skills are...
Take care of it yourselves.- Yes, sir!
[Era of discrimination]
This is my son, the doctor I was telling you about.
Let's talk while we go.
It's an era where connections and background are more important than skill.
Even at a hospital where challenge of life and virtue of conquest should be present,
the status system existed.
From what I can see, there's only two ways that you can change this situation.
You'll either have to reborn as the son of the hospital director, or get a VIP patient.
There's no way they'd give me a VIP patient.
You're right. They won't give one to you. That's why this vicious circle won't end.
I'll be out now. I have an operation in 30 minutes.
Again?! Aren't they working you too hard?
Doctor Kang Dong Joo, a call from the director. Go see him.
[Head Director Do Yoon Hwan] [Geosan University Hospital]
I got you a VIP ER surgery.
He is Congressman Ko Mak Sik who was the former chairman of the congress.
I'm sorry but my operation schedule for today is all set.
Oh, this person! So frustrating! You should rearrange that accordingly!
Are you acting like this because you don't know what it means for you to be entrusted with a VIP?
His case must be really crappy.
They probably needed someone to push the blame on someone in case the surgery failed,
and I was the easiest one among the others. Isn't that it?
Look here, Dr. Kang Dong Joo!
I'll operate on my patient as was already planned.
Because the patient has sepsis, their condition could become critical if I postpone the surgery.
Then...
Why did you become a doctor?
Son of a dumpling restaurant,
studied like crazy and got in this position means that you want to succeed.
Then you should grab this opportunity.
That guy who barged in ER and bashed everything that time...
was you, wasn't it?
That's right. As you said, it's a difficult case.
HCC (hepato cellular carcinoma) Rupture. Even if you do well, the chances of success are less than 30%.
But if you're going to grab an opportunity, you should take at least that much risk.
Is it possible that you didn't have that much courage to confront me,
and yet are standing here, right?
Right?
If you want real revenge, become a better human than them.
What do you mean, postpone the surgery?
Is there something wrong with my father?
No matter what, you have to prove yourself through your skill.
We'll observe him for a few more days, and then reschedule his surgery.
I'm sorry.
Doctor! My father's okay, right?
Yes. He will be.
No matter what, I'm going to prove that I'm better than them.
Dr. Oh, I'll open his stomach now.
His blood pressure will drop as soon as I do. Scalpel.
Bovie (cautery).
Scalpel.
Suction!
Retractor.
Won't you suction properly?!
The pads! Faster!
Press down here. We're doing the left hemihepatectomy now.
Keep your head on straight.
Dr. Oh, is the patient okay?
His pulse is getting faster, but he's still okay.
Suction! Suction!
I can't see where the blood is coming from.
- Scalpel!- Doctor, the vitals are not good.
70/40 dropping drastically.
Suction.
Cut.
Bovie.
Perform it properly, I can't see it!
DIC (Disseminated intravascular coagulation) is happening.
Every time he touches, there's bleeding.
Chance of success is 30%? Bullshit.
After opening, it has less that 5% chance of success.
I tried my best but the result was a failure.
Bring the defibrillator, quickly!
200 joules!
It's ready.
Move!
200 joules, again!
Move! Shock!
Doctor.
Time of death 17:25. Died of excessive bleeding during operation.
Former Chairman of Congress died yesterday.
Go down to the countryside for right now.
Political and financial figures are in queue to offer condolences.
Reporting first, Reporter Kim Ju Young.
[Notice of Transfer][Specialist Kim Dong Joo to General Surgery of Doldam Hospital in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do.]
Doldam Hospital... Where is this?
It's a small branch hospital in Jeongseon. I'll call you back here after seeing how the atmosphere is.
Don't think too much and be on probation for a bit. Think of it as time to cool your head.
Huh?
So to sum it up, I've become shit.
[Appointed department: Gangwon Province, Jeongseon Doldam Hospital, General Surgeon]
What is this?
[Doldam Hospital]
[Mother]
What are you looking at?
I thought it was a guest, but he just left.
Did they take the wrong road?
Dong Joo, did you make it to Jeongseon alright?
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You're probably busy trying to get adjusted to an unfamiliar place,
but give me at least one call after you've got everything taken care of.
I'm curious.
Don't forget to eat all meals without skipping any and eat three times per day, okay?
[Notice of Transfer]
[Resignation Letter]
Excuse me! Could I have some more chicken, please?
[Resignation Letter]
[I, Kang Dong Joo,]
would like to...
resign as of today.
Excuse me! Get a hold of yourself! Look here!
- Call 911! Hurry! - 911!
- Are you an employee here?- Yes.
- Do you have automated external defibrillator? - We do. I'll go get it.
- Here! - Do you know how to use it?- No.
I had the training, but I don't really remember.
Keep applying pressure to this area. Strongly, with both of your hands.
What are you doing? Do you not see me giving emergency treatment to this man having an arrest?!
This man must be insane. Won't you hurry and move your foot? Someone is dying, so what are you doing?!
Then, to put it in your words, are you trying to kill this man?
- Hey!- Yes?
Stop doing useless things and stand him up, right now.
- Don't stop. Keep going!- Stop and stand him up! Did you not hear me?!
I am a doctor from Geodae Hospital. Don't stop. The moment you do, he dies!
If you want to act like a doctor then don't drink. If you drank then stay out of it.
That's why you got demoted to a rural hospital.
Hey! Get your hands off of him and stand him up, right now if you don't want to move a corpse.
- This person, seriously! - Ah, this is seriously annoying to death.
Move out of the way.
If this person dies, will you take responsibility for it?
If I save him, then what'll you do?
You'll never be able to do that. I'll put my neck on the line.
Okay. Deal.
- Move out of the way. I said move!- Yes, sir.
- Grab him.- Yes, sir.
- Lift him up.- Yes, sir.
- Stand him up straight.- Yes, sir.
The xiphoid process.
If you gently apply upward pressure on the area right below it, then all at once...
Ah, this person, seriously. When you eat,
- make sure you chew it thoroughly!- Thank you!
He's alive.
- What are you doing?- What are you two doing in my kitchen?
Let me borrow some tools. Guys!
Hold onto this.
Won't you let me go?
Tools for what?
He bet his neck and he lost.
Excuse me. I think you're overdoing it with your joke right now.
Who's joking? You should give since you lost.
I guess a wrist (sonmok in Korean) is a neck (mok in Korean) in a way.
Geez, a knife should be sharp. What is this?
Because I'm usually the kind to cut using my strength.
That's why the blade gets dull so easily.
If the blade is dull, I can't make a clean cut.
Do it well so blood won't get everywhere.
Those kids shit themselves working to clean that up from last time.
Blood?
It's gotten a bit better now.
Are you seriously... You're seriously going to cut my wrist off? Seriously?
If a man said something, then he should keep his word.
That's the dignity of a man's word.
You got no objections, right?
Wh-Who the heck are you?
Are you a gangster?!
I'm more of a knife wielder.
Hey, hey, hey. Don't worry...
It'll hurt a little, but it'll be all over in a second.
I'll get all the tendons and the bones.
In one swipe, I'll just—
What are you doing? Go see him out.
Can you call security?
What?
I'm asking you to call the police!
He's here.
Aish! Where is it?
Aish, seriously!
Taxi! Taxi, taxi! Taxi!
Oh!
Go, go! Go!
Where do you want to go, Customer?
Customer? Where are we going?
[Doldam Hospital]
Um... Excuse me.
Today's treatment hours are over.
I didn't come to get treated.
Are you here for a discharge procedure?
Then please go to the second window.
I'm Kang Do Joo. I'm a doctor, a surgeon from Geodae Hospital.
I came down because I was assigned here to Doldam Hospital as of today.
If you've got your letter of appointment, then could you show it to me?
Ah, that's...
Some things happened on the way,
so I lost it. But if you contact the main hospital—
It's 8 o'clock right now. It's a time where there's no one there because they've all gotten off work.
If I'm going to confirm it, then you'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Excuse me. Then...
I came down in a rush, so I haven't been able to find a place to live yet.
Would you be able to help me?
I'm sorry but the benefits are only provided to our employees.
I can't help someone who hasn't been identified.
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What is this?
Where is this place?
Don't worry. The surgery went very well.
Surgery?
I will take care of your right hand.
Yah, no!!
I got in touch with the main hospital a little while ago.
- Excuse me? - Follow me, Dr. Kang Dong Joo.
This is the head director of Doldam Hospital.
Nice to meet you. I'm Yeo Woon Young.
I'm Kang Dong Joo. I'm a GS (General Surgeon).
If they were going to send someone, they should have transferred someone from internal medicine.
Sorry?
Nothing. It's not that I have any complaints about you, Dr. Kang.
We already have a competent chief surgeon in the surgery department.
And we have a resident, so it's like this.
Even though it looks like this, our hospital is a general hospital that has everything including internal medicine, general surgery,
family medicine, and even an emergency room.
We've got so many patients that you'd be shocked if you saw them.
Painter of light, Rembrandt, who left a few pieces of a self portrait,
his young self who looked exactly like his son's portrait...
Anyway, we welcome you to Doldam Hospital.
- I'm the Chief Administrator, Jang Gi Tae.- Forget that.
You don't really have to worry about me.
I don't have any intentions of being here for long.
A month if short, maybe two month at the most.
If I can't go back to the main hospital by then,
I'm thinking of looking into another big hospital in Seoul.
I thought that it would be better to tell you this in advance.
Oh, I see. I understand what you're saying very well.
Does he not like our hospital?
He won't be able to make it a week. I bet you $50.
His first impression was nice, so I really liked him.
Three days! He won't make it past three days!
I'll bet you $100!
Good morning.
If not, then never mind.
Dr. Yoon doesn't have many days left, does she?
Stop worrying about other people's business.
So, what about that handsome doctor?
Where is he?
He said that he wanted to change clothes.
I took him to the break room for now.
Clothes?
Omo!
Aigoo.
Sunbae...
- Chapter 2 - [End of Adrenaline Hypersecretion]
You...
Why are you here?
How did you end up here?
That's what I want to ask you.
Sunbae, how did you...?
How long have you been here?
I asked you first! How did you get here?
I've been assigned here as of yesterday.
- Assigned?- Yes.
I'll be working here for a short while. Things just turned out that way.
How long? Until when are you going to be here?
It's your turn to answer, Sunbae.
How long have you been here?
I asked how long you're going to be here?!
Was it possibly ever since that time?
Ever since that time five years ago...
Have you been here the entire time?
Forget it. If you don't want to answer, then leave it.
Why didn't you call me even once?
For over a month after you disappeared,
I sent you text messages and left you voicemails every single day.
Did you look at and listen to all of them?
No.
[Doldam Hospital]
Dr. Park, we've got a guest. Get ready!
Okay.
Give it.
We'll move him to the ER.
Nurse, unbuckle his seat belt.
Patient! Do you hear me? Patient!
Patient!
Hey! This is my car!
Alright. Move him!
It seems like he's still conscious.
- His vitals?- BP of 70/40 with a pulse of 140.
The lung sound on his left side is dropping.
- Doctor...- It's tension pneumothorax.
Apply ten liters of oxygen with the use of a mask, and let's make him hydrate through an IV.
Also, get a dressing set and a 24 guage needle—
If he crashed his car, there might be some hemorrhaging.
Give me a 16 guage.
Okay.
What's wrong with your hand? Did you get injured?
Please prepare things to insert the chest tube.
Yes, ma'am.
- His vitals?- BP of 80/40 with a pulse of 120.
It went up a bit since receiving the fluids.
What are you doing? The patient has abdominal pain!
Why are you suddenly talking formally? It doesn't suit you.
Then should the resident speak informally to the specialist?
If so, then I'll drop the formalities.
Speak so I can understand what you're saying.
Someone who spent four years in the ER calling themselves a resident after over five years. What are you saying?
I am currently trying to double board in CS (Cadiovascular Surgery).
Would you please concentrate on the patient's condition right now, Dr. Kang Dong Joo?
He already has severe muscle guarding.
At this rate it means he has severe internal hemorrhaging.
It would be better to move him to a bigger hospital after putting in the chest tube.
There's a limit to what I can do by just touching and feeling.
If you're needing an ultrasound machine, we have one in this hospital, too.
Even though it looks like this, our hospital has everything there is to have.
As expected, there's a lot of hemorrhaging in the spleen, right?
There's more hemorrhaging than I thought.
What should we do?
What do you think? You should stop procrastinating and send him to a big hospital.
How long does it take to get to the closest big hospital from here?
The closest place is two hours away by car.
No matter how fast you go, it takes an hour and a half.
There is also a high possibility of death due to excessive bleeding before we even arrive at a big hospital.
Just treat him here.
This isn't an injury that can be treated in a secondary hospital. Can't you tell just by looking?
It's not that you don't have the confidence to do it?
It's murder for a doctor to just open up a patient without consent.
It's not that I can't do it, it's that I won't do it!
Hey, hey! It's so noisy!
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Vitals?
A BP of 60/40, with a rate of 120.
FAST result shows a hemorrhaging spleen.
We do not know his identity. Neither do we know the reason for his injuries.
He drove himself here and crashed into a car in the parking lot.
The car is in a total state of disrepair.
What are you standing there for? Aren't you going to keep doing what you were doing?
Ah, yes.
First, let's get intubation and the ventilator ready,
and get ready to do ligation.
No way... Are you saying that you're going to do surgery for a spleen hemorrhoid right now?
20 milligrams of Ventolin.
He's fast.
Keep going with the Propofol continuous infusion and give 1 ampule of Rocuronium.
Yes, sir!
Oh and put the ventilator on CMV mode.
Please give me the tube.
Hey, hey. Don't drag it out. Do it with the trocar (surgical instrument for withdrawing fluid).
Give me the trocar.
Trocar? They have something like that here?
How many cubic centimeters of blood has come out?
Right now, 400 cubic centimeters have come out, and it's still coming.
Okay. It's my turn now.
Hey. Hey!
Move. If you're not going to do it, then move.
You're saying that you're going to cut open the patient's stomach right here?
Even when this isn't a surgery room or a hybrid room?
If he gets contaminated from this, then—.
Hey, Nurse Park. Hurry up and get rid of this thing.
Wh-What... What do you mean, get rid of?
Why, this—
Let go of me! Let go!
- Knife.- Stop right now.
Excuse me! Have you all gone insane?!
There's going to be a lot of blood. Prepare yourselves.
Are you really a doctor?!
Suction.
Alright, suction.
Okay.
I found it.
He already found it?
All right now the hemostat.
Alright, hold onto it.
The No. 3 sutures.
Alright, concentrate.
What is this? That hand skill...
Right now...
What am I looking at?
Cover him with film and move him to the surgery room.
Finish treating his spleen, hemothorax, and intestinal injury, okay?
- Yes.- Yes.
This man... What is he?
What? Do you have a problem with my treatment?
That was an reckless, irresponsible, and dangerous treatment.
I know. That means that the patient's life was in so much danger,
that there was no choice but to do it that way.
Are you sure you'll be alright
when you tell the patient the way he was treated?
Is this about the patient's rights and doctor's general principles of ethics?
Don't argue about those kinds of things in front of me.
In my quarter, there's only one command.
To save them! To save them, no matter what happens.
You can tell everything else to just go to hell.
Please prepare 10 packs of RBC and 8 packs of fresh frozen plasma.
I'm going to get the surgical room ready.
Just what... is this place?
[In Surgery]
You're not going in?
I can't go. I was prohibited.
Why aren't you making any objections?
Opening someone's abdomen in the ER is seriously
something that can't be understood with common sense.
The surgery was done without any concern for the patient's safety.
Then, what about you?
You postponed one of your patient's treatment and went to operate on a VIP patient, who died in the end.
You are here because you wanted success but instead you failed and got chased out.
Is that what you'd call a good surgery?
Are you keeping in touch with Sunbae In Soo?
I heard it from the Chief Administrator.
Sounded like he got all your story from an acquaintance in the main hospital.
It was a situation where I had no other choice.
If I don't take on the risk like I did, I can't grab hold of an opportunity.
What opportunity?
The opportunity to try and prove my skills!
To whom?
Are you asking because you don't know?
To the higher-ups in the hospital!
Don't you know that everything boils down to connections there?
For guys like me, who are starting from scratch, have to do anything to succeed.
To just ride on the line or get acknowledged with a VIP patient.
What happened to you during the last five years?
Your fear has increased, as has your excuses.
Why did you change so much?
Is living... that difficult for you?
You said you'd only be here for a month, two at the most?
Hang in there well. Though I'm not sure if you can even make it.
I like you, Sunbae.
This is your last year as a resident, right? Let's get married as soon as your residency is over.
I'm sorry.
Would your heart be hidden if you act this way?
Why? After meeting that guy again,
does it make your heart pound?
This is a hallucination. It's a hallucination.
It's a hallucination.
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I have something to tell you.
Hey, I'm tired. Later.
As expected,
sounds the best on a cassette.
♬ I just walk away ♬
I said I have something to tell you.
A patient's rights, a doctor's general principles of ethics:
No matter how much you tell them to go to hell-
How many people have you killed so far?
Not counting the death sentences you made as a resident.
I'm asking how many you've killed with your knife after you became a specialist.
Just one person. Right before I came here.
Add 10 more to that.
Come see me again after you've killed about that many.
Then I'll listen to what you have to say.
♬ They can beg ♬
Ah, right. My right wrist is holding out well, right?
Take care of it because I will bring it out whenever I need it.
♬ ...is always Mister Right ♬
I'm sorry, but I won't be here that long.
Within a month,
or even faster than that if possible, I'm going to leave this crappy hospital.
Well, after you leave this crappy hospital, then you have somewhere to go?
I'm going to go back to the place where I was.
So did they say they'd accept you back?
I didn't get kicked to this place because I have no skills. It was because I had bad luck.
I didn't come all this way and spend my time
studying my ass off, training, doing dissections, and running around all night
to come to waste my life trapped in some countryside hospital!
So, that's why I'm saying... What's your point?
No matter what happens,
I'm going to go back to the main hospital.
♬ 'Cuz we are living in a material world ♬
♬ And I am a material girl ♬
♬ You know that we are living in a material world ♬
♬ And I— ♬
Dr. Kang Dong Joo!
You've got a call from Seoul. She says she's your mother.
She said that she's been calling your cellphone but you won't answer,
so she called the hospital directly.
Sunbae In Soo.
Later.
Please tell her that I'll call her later because I'm busy right now.
Yes, Sunbae? It's me.
Mother? Ah, yes, Mother. Dr. Kang Do Joo is busy right now.
Ah, yes. I understand. Sorry for disturbing you.
What does that mean?
You're saying that Head Director Do and Head Director Yeo are friends?
That's right.
I heard that Head Director Do here and Head Director Yeo there
have been very close friends ever since they were in college.
Ah, really?
You went and gave him your best greetings as soon as you got there, right?
You have to make yourself look good to Director Yeo no matter what.
If you're going to change Head Director Do's mind,
you've got no choice but to make yourself likeable to Head Director Yeo. You get what I'm saying, right?
And I managed to get this information from someone I know.
Director Yeo really loves to play go.
And he really loves oriental orchids.
Sunbae, I don't really know anything about Go,
and about plants... Besides flowers everything else looks like grass to me.
Hey, you frustrating person! Do you want to turn into a fossil at Doldam Hospital like that?
What is it?
Excuse me. Actually...
It's okay. If you have something to say, then go ahead and say it.
Earlier this morning, I had way too much on my mind, so I wasn't able to say hello to you properly.
If I offended you earlier, please be understanding of that, Head Director.
No, there's nothing like that.
Is that so?
Ah, right!
I heard about you from Master Kim.
Who? Master Kim?
I'm talking about the Chief Surgeon.
Ah. You call him that?
Even though he seems particular from his first impression, you'll learn a lot from him.
Well, I don't really know about that...
No matter what, be polite. Create a good image for yourself.
Yes, sir. I'll work hard.
- Alright then. You can leave now.- Yes, sir.
What?
Did you have something else to say?
Um, actually-
Head Director! Dr. Yoon Seo Joon is having another seizure!
Again?
Let Master Kim know, quickly! Let's go.
Sunbae!
Dr. Yoon.
Put that down, right now.
It's better to not interfere. Trust Nurse Oh.
You did well up until now.
In just a few days, your prohibition from the operation room will also be lifted.
You killed me.
The sounds won't stop.
It's because you keep thinking you hear it.
You have already fully recovered and are better now.
Alright. Give that to me.
The scalpel... Give it here.
Help me.
Please help me.
I died because of you.
Sunbae...
Why are you like this?
What's wrong?
Why are you holding that scalpel so dangerously?
I like you, Sunbae.
Give it here.
Come on.
No.
No, Sunbae!
Bring me the EB (emergency box). Hurry!
That's good.
It seems like she took too many sedatives. Her vitals are unstable, too.
Anyway it seems like the blade cut through her artery, right?
Let's do hydration and quickly move her to the operating room.
Okay.
-All right. Tourniquet. - It has all been prepared.
- Put the pressure at 200.- Yes, Doctor.
Turn the tourniquet on.
The size of the wound is small, but it's deep.
Artery, nerve, tendon, two of them.
No, three. So we have to reconnect five things in total. Have you done this before?
I asked if you've ever done it.
No. I've only seen it in videos. This is my first time actually doing it.
From this moment on,
if you make even one mistake, I'll cut off your hand and connect it to Yoon Seo Jung.
Know that.
Let's get started.
Mosquit (Forceps)
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Why is Sunbae here in this strange place?
What in the world was she doing here for the past five years?
You're the one who complicated my situation. Do you not realize that?!
Take your hands off this patient right now!
I cannot entrust a patient to someone who has self-harmed.
I tried so hard for the past five years!
As of today, you are disqualified in this hospital.
Why in the world did you come to Doldam Hospital?
Why did you show up in front of me again?
Doctor, what is your real identity?
Boo Yong Joo. That guy has returned.
I asked you what your true identity is, Doctor.
- Mas...-- You're outed from Geodae hospital forever!
- ter...- And from anywhere in all of Korea!
- Kim.- Because I'll bury you forever!
What is your true identity?
Try using that punk Kang Dong Joo well.
I'm called Dr. Master Kim.
That good enough?