(All characters, places, companies,)
(and incidents in this drama are fictitious.)
Yes.
- Okay. - What did he say?
Dr. Kang is still unconscious.
What should we do, Chief Min?
Give me a hazmat suit.
Give me a hazmat suit. I'll go in.
You can't.
No one can enter the center right now.
The suspected patient was admitted...
for headaches that have been going on for a year.
If the symptoms appeared recently, it might not be the Nipah virus.
In any case, no one can enter until he gets cleared of the infection.
Also, there are already doctors inside.
Why do you have to go in?
The suspected patient is showing new symptoms,
and they're getting worse.
In addition, one resident is unconscious.
- Give me a hazmat suit. - No.
The director has ordered us to follow the protocol by all means.
You can't solve anything by going in there now.
No one can enter the center under any circumstances.
Ever.
Chief Min.
We'll follow the protocol.
Dr. Kwon is right.
You can't solve anything by going in there.
Call Dr. Lee.
Right now.
Get off me!
What happened?
What's going on?
My kid is in there.
A patient is suspected to be infected with the Nipah virus.
What about my kid? Is she okay?
We'll find out.
My kid has juvenile diabetes.
She skipped lunch.
If she doesn't eat something soon, she'll go into hypoglycemic shock.
I have to go in there.
Please let me in. Right now!
So Jin! So Jin!
It seems like we have a situation in there.
Give me glucagon and a hazmat suit.
Someone must go in. No matter what.
Coming through. Sorry, please step back.
Can we go out now?
- Can we go out? - Can we go out?
Step back. No one can go out yet.
Then why are you opening the doors?
We're not going out.
Someone is coming in.
Dr. Kang.
Dr. Kang. Dr. Kang.
How's the patient?
The seizures stopped.
- Check his condition. - Okay.
Kang Si Young.
Are you awake?
Dr. Cha.
(Doctor John)
(Episode 8: Understanding Someone)
It's okay.
Good girl.
- I'll come back in ten minutes. - Okay.
You'll be fine.
How are things in there?
I'm not sure.
But why are you here?
You want to go inside?
I have to go inside.
If I don't, I'll regret it forever.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Why did you come in here?
What are you doing here?
How's your vision?
Can you see properly?
I asked you why you're here.
You seem a little swollen.
Do you feel dizzy or nauseous?
How about your sensory nerves? Can you feel this?
- Dr. Cha. - Answer me.
I'm okay.
Okay, then. I want you to slowly get up.
Why did you come in here?
I'm not here because of you.
Get up.
- Are you okay? - Yes, I'm okay.
How's the patient? He fainted earlier.
His pulse is faster than normal, but it's becoming stable again.
Palpitation.
(Palpitation: An increase in pulse rate...)
(or awareness of cardiac muscle contractions)
His entire body is showing symptoms.
His nerves in his respiratory and circulatory system are dying.
From now on,
we need to find the name of this disease...
before his condition gets worse.
And of course,
it should be based on the fact that it's not the Nipah virus.
Are you really going to do this?
This virus is highly contagious with a high fatality rate.
Plus, you're part of the high-risk group.
Think of this...
as a hostage situation.
Something in his body is the culprit.
It's holding us and the other patients as hostages.
And I'm the negotiator.
Are you having fun?
Do you think I'm having fun?
Like you said, I should get out of here faster than anyone,
and I desperately want to do that, so I need your help.
Help me catch the culprit as fast as possible...
so that everyone here can leave.
It's the chief.
- Hello? - How are you? How's your head?
I'm okay.
The results will be out in a few hours.
Be careful until then.
Tell Dr. Cha...
to keep the medical team in check until we get the final results...
and to call me immediately if there's an emergency.
Yes, ma'am.
But...
the patient might not have the Nipah virus.
Dr. Cha went inside?
Isn't it common sense to stick to the instructions...
in this kind of situation?
He does not know how to follow the rules.
I know he was always like this, but he's seriously out of control.
If Dr. Cha didn't go inside, the patient would've been in danger.
He keeps saying he might not have the Nipah virus.
But how is he going to prove that?
The fact is that we currently have a suspected patient.
Don't make any rash decisions until we get the results.
And regardless of what happens, Dr. Cha will be punished...
for having gone inside.
I've been thinking this for a while. You're really bad at drawing.
Don't take off any of your protection equipment...
until you get out of here.
You give up very quickly.
It's not like you'll leave if I tell you to.
And you're obviously not going to stay still either.
It'll be a waste of energy.
You shouldn't have fallen down.
- Dr. Lee. - Yes?
I want you guys to concentrate.
As you can see,
the disease could be anywhere in his body.
Dr. Cha, we got a call earlier from the KCDC...
about that friend who came back from India whom he met last week.
How is that person doing?
He had a slight fever right after he came back to Korea.
It lasted for about two days, and he's fine right now.
But they say it could be a slight infection...
or an infection that shows no symptoms.
We can't eliminate the possibility that it could be a Nipah virus.
Of course.
But there are also symptoms that are irrelevant...
to the Nipah virus.
We can't take a CT or an MRI here.
- How can we diagnose him? - We should try what we can.
The doctors need to become the examination equipment.
We need to become the examination equipment?
Can you all hear me?
- Yes. - Yes.
A 68-year-old man.
He came to the hospital because he's been having headaches,
a loss of appetite, and fatigue for about a year.
He recently started vomiting and had headaches and chest pains.
And now, he's showing new symptoms such as increased heart rate,
disorientation, seizure, and palpitation.
Dr. Cha thinks...
the patient might not have the Nipah virus.
I want each of you to be in charge of each system...
and find a disease that could turn into systemic disease.
Won Hee, you're in charge of the lungs.
Okay.
Si Young, you're in charge of the heart.
Okay.
Mi Rae, you're in charge of the metabolic system.
Okay.
Jun, you're in charge of the brain.
- Okay. - And...
Dr. Lee, you're in charge of the digestive system.
- Okay. - I'll make the overall diagnosis.
Begin.
- Okay. - Okay.
Dr. Cha, could it be a chronic lung disease?
It's associated with chest pains, fatigue, and palpitation.
What about his heart?
He doesn't have high blood pressure, he's not obese,
he didn't smoke, and he doesn't have diabetes.
There's nothing in particular that could affect his heart.
And he never had myocardial infarction,
angina, or cardiac insufficiency.
How's his X-ray?
I can see a hint of pneumonic infiltration.
Pneumonic infiltration?
Next.
The arteriovenous malformation...
that occurred in his brain and spinal cord...
could affect his entire body.
And it also explains his headaches, seizure, and dysaesthesia.
Is the patient's name "Yu Deok Kyu"?
Yes. Why do you ask?
Does he have white hair?
Are you in the security office?
How do you know that? You didn't even see the patient.
Do you know him?
Yes.
I think so.
It's the best thing I heard so far. Do you know him well?
I only met him a few times during my volunteer medical service,
so I don't know him well.
- But I do know his job. - What is it?
He's a priest.
He's wearing a rosary ring.
A priest?
What was he like?
Tell me what kind of priest or person he was.
He was an honest man both in and outside of the church.
He did a lot of volunteer work and good deeds.
This really gets me thinking sometimes.
I'm an atheist, but I really do wonder sometimes.
If there really is a deity,
why does such a religious and kind person have to suffer?
That's religion.
Does religion make people suffer?
How is his build now? Is he thin?
Yes. Why?
(Body weight: 67kg)
One more symptom.
Rapid weight loss.
He's lost at least 20kg since half a year ago.
At that time, he was pretty well-built.
Does he have any disease that might have caused the weight loss?
No. He doesn't have diabetes or thyroid diseases.
We don't know about cancer or infection yet though.
Before, he didn't even have any common geriatric diseases.
Why did he suddenly start getting all these symptoms a year ago?
Are you okay?
What's wrong?
My arm hurts so much.
Dr. Cha, Ms. Lee Da Hae has pain in her arm.
Please calm her down.
Ms. Lee, are you okay?
Dr. Heo.
Pull yourself together, Dr. Heo.
Dr. Heo.
Yes, Dr. Cha. I'm here.
Solve it.
You promised me you'd solve it.
The longer you wait, the harder it'll get for both you and her.
- Dr. Cha. - I'm listening.
I'll reduce her pain first.
She's suffering too much.
Inject an analgesic.
Ms. Lee, you'll be injected with an analgesic.
[VIU Ver] SBS E15 'Doctor John' "Yo Han Goes Inside the Center" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
What's the reason?
What made you want to tell the truth?
If it's a phantom limb pain, it might not be your fault.
(A phantom limb pain: A pain in a part that has been cut off)
Her pain might not be my fault.
But if I keep hiding the truth,
it might make it harder to diagnose her.
Get ready.
Can I go inside?
I like your answer.
It wasn't to feel less guilty...
or because you felt sorry for the patient.
You just wanted an accurate diagnosis.
Mr. Yu.
Mr. Yu, are you awake?
Mr. Yu.
I'm anesthesiologist Cha Yo Han.
- Do you hear me? - Yes.
Let me ask you a few things.
Have you been losing weight rapidly over the past months?
- Yes. - Why is that?
I haven't had much of an appetite.
Your weight loss has been too rapid...
to be explained by a decreased appetite.
There must be other reasons.
In fact...
I started taking sleeping pills a few months ago.
That's when I also started vomiting...
and losing weight.
But we didn't find any prescription of sleeping pills in your charts.
Were the pills not from a hospital?
Mr. Yu.
(Group call)
(The call has ended.)
Why did the call end?
Try calling again.
(Do not enter.)
Mr. Yu.
Everything you say in here will be kept a secret.
We have an obligation to protect your personal information.
So please tell us.
Why have you been taking sleeping pills?
And why is there no record of the prescription?
I didn't get a prescription.
I collected the pills...
over the decades.
So one thing is solved.
An overdose of sleeping pills would have led to vomiting.
But that still doesn't explain why he lost so much weight.
I will...
probably never get better.
You'll never be able to find the cause either.
Why?
- Aren't you here to get better? - I want to get better.
But...
Mr. Yu.
You have a religion, right?
Why does the deity make people suffer?
You're only human,
so you've probably asked this question.
"Why do you make me suffer when I'm so faithful?"
What is the answer you found?
My...
sins.
I'm paying for my sins.
- Your sins? - Yes.
I...
killed people.
I killed countless people.
No matter how much I repent and try to put things right,
my sins will never be forgiven.
What's that? What did you say?
Mr. Yu, are you okay?
Dr. Kang, try making a sound.
It's a nerve problem.
His oxygen saturation and BP are dropping.
Give him oxygen and 12g of ephedrine.
- Maximize the fluid flow. - Yes.
- What happened? - What's that sound?
- What's going on? - No idea.
(Do not enter.)
Are you okay?
Just a second.
Dr. Heo, Ms. Lee Da Hae woke up.
How are you feeling?
You think I'm crazy, right?
Pardon?
I keep saying I have a pain in my arm that doesn't exist.
Everyone seems to think I'm crazy.
My parents, friends...
You're not crazy. It's not a psychological problem.
Then what is it?
We still need to run a few tests,
but the pain you feel in your arm that has been cut off...
is probably a phantom limb pain.
A phantom limb pain?
It's a condition where you feel pains...
in a body part that has been cut off.
What causes a condition like that?
The first possible cause is...
a problem in the sensory neurotransmission to the brain.
The second is...
What is it? Tell me.
- What's going on? - What is he doing?
What happened?
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
Stop the bleeding.
(Cause of Admission)
(X-ray)
During the amputation surgery...
Due to my mistake, you awoke during surgery.
(BIS: Bispectral index, 40-60 for general anesthesia)
I awoke?
It's when you come around during anesthesia and feel stimuli.
Because you'd been given a muscle relaxant,
you wouldn't have been able to move,
but you'd have felt the pain.
Then the second reason for this...
is that?
We don't know the exact reason for phantom limb pain...
But my mistake...
will have contributed.
I'm very sorry.
Go away.
Go away!
I don't want you near me!
Get lost!
Calm down.
Go!
Did that...
really happen?
Dr. Cha, the patient's chin's swollen under the jaw.
It's lymphadenia.
(Lymphadenia: Enlargement of the lymph nodes)
That indicates an infection or tumor.
There's no way to confirm if there's a tumor in here.
Lymphadenia, disorientation, and loss of hearing.
He could have an infection.
What could it be?
His medical records were clean until a year ago.
Without any signs or key symptoms,
why is he suddenly having all these problems?
The incubation period.
What if an illness with a long incubation period is showing signs?
Aren't most of them from overseas?
He's never been abroad, right?
Right. He said he hadn't been on a plane in more than 40 years.
40 years?
Then he was abroad 40 years ago?
I'm not sure.
He could have been.
War.
What?
He said "war".
Right before he had trouble breathing.
Then when he said he'd killed many people,
did he mean a war?
He took sleeping pills for a long time...
because of those memories.
What if that war happened overseas?
Yu Deok Kyu.
He's 68 years old. Then he was born in 1950.
That means the war had to have happened after 1970.
We have to identify all overseas battles...
our patient could've been in.
If we're right,
he was exposed to a virus that's causing all this.
The war took place after 1970.
An overseas war...
a Korean who was born in 1950 could've participated in.
The Vietnam War.
That's right.
During my volunteer work,
we met with veterans from the Vietnam War.
- Are you doing well? - Yes.
(Vietnam War)
Melioidosis.
(Caused by exposure to contaminated soil or water)
It has a long incubation period.
If it was Vietnam, it'll be melioidosis.
By melioidosis, do you mean...
- Whitmore's disease? - Yes, Whitmore's disease.
That bacteria lay dormant for 44 years?
In one patient, it appeared after 63 years.
That patient had contracted it during the Second World War.
Dr. Cha's right.
It lies dormant for a long time,
but symptoms appear all over, making it hard to diagnose.
Most patients aren't diagnosed until they turn septic.
It's almost non-contagious,
but the fatality rate is high, at 40 percent.
What is it?
We need a definite diagnosis.
If we can identify an infection, then it's definitely melioidosis.
His ears.
That could explain the sudden hearing loss.
It's suppurative otitis media caused by generalized infection.
As the infection has already started,
we need to make a definite diagnosis and start treatment right away.
We can't do a diagnostic test here.
But we need to hurry before it develops into sepsis.
Time is running out. Time...
This afternoon, another suspected Nipah virus patient was reported.
The patient is said to be a 68-year-old man.
The hospital requested a diagnostic test immediately.
According to KCDC, the result will be out by midnight,
which will attract much attention.
Yes. Is the result out?
- Are you okay? - Coming through!
Father.
Yes, it's Kang Mi Rae.
You'll be fine after the tests and the treatment.
- Please take good care of him. - Sure.
Let's go.
Good work, everyone. Thanks for cooperation.
Thank you, Dr. Cha.
Thank you.
Dr. Kang Mi Rae.
You played the biggest role today.
The only role I played today was the priest's acquaintance.
Sometimes, rather than us who see the patient with machines,
a friend who saw the life the patient lived...
is a better doctor.
Do you think...
he'll be okay?
A penalty or lawsuit.
I'll accept anything. And...
most importantly, your phantom limb pain.
I'll do my best to cure it.
Can it be cured?
Ms. Lee.
Do you see the holes?
Put your hands in them.
I'll open the box.
You said your amputated right hand feels paralyzed.
Yes.
It's as if it's clenched.
You'll open up that fist now.
First, clench your left hand into a fist.
Look into the mirror and open the fist.
It's open.
How is this possible?
I opened the hand I don't have.
Now fold your fingers one by one.
Yes. Well done.
- Melioidosis? - Yes.
Any delay and he'd have turned septic...
and would've likely died.
What would've happened...
if Dr. Cha wasn't there?
- Director? - Exactly.
Dr. Cha diagnosed him without any machines,
just by looking over the patient?
Yes.
What?
Right now?
Okay.
Reporters are at the Pain Management Center.
They want to know what the man had...
if it wasn't the Nipah virus.
Prepare for a briefing and call Dr. Cha.
- Pardon? - A doctor who risked his life...
by entering a quarantined area...
identified a virus that had...
been dormant for over 40 years.
How can we not take advantage of this rare situation?
What are you doing?
- The patient... - Keep quiet and come with me.
(Treatment Room)
Sit down.
I said sit down.
No fever.
I'll check your BP.
I'll do it.
I'll do it. Lift your arm.
It's normal.
I'll check your pulse.
I'll do it after seeing the patient.
I'll do it, so stay still.
What's the problem?
I couldn't do anything.
You were next to an infected patient.
I was worried sick, but what made me feel worse...
was that I was afraid but you seemed happy.
I know that you'll never change.
That you'll think...
only about your patient until your finger's bruised.
So I plan to change.
I'll try to understand you.
You said I can't understand you.
No.
I can.
What is it about?
You got it.
You look great. That's good, isn't it?
Keep looking.
- What will you do? - What do you mean?
You can't have brought it just to show me.
If you let it go with its cast...
It will stay at my place until the cast comes off.
- Really? - Yes, really.
Why? Don't you believe me?
You don't seem like the type to foster a stray cat.
My gosh.
Since when did you offer free medical services?
Since I was in medical school.
I followed the chief around.
She volunteers too?
She went to Africa many times.
So she is the person I thought her to be.
What person is that?
The warrior type.
She's capable and charismatic.
And a humanitarian too.
Are you teasing me?
Teasing you?
None of the staff like her much.
Why not? I think she's a rare and admirable type.
- Do you really? - Really.
How?
Like you.
You don't feel pain,
but you understand a patient's suffering.
I'll do the same.
Just like you,
I'll try to understand you.
Why did you laugh?
Sorry. I'm not laughing at you.
I can't understand a patient's suffering.
All I do is analyze and study like crazy.
I imagine as best I can...
and think about it.
You'll do the same. But...
to know and to understand is different.
I monitor myself with security cameras...
and check my body like this.
The pain of having to do that every single day without fail.
You can't understand that.
Why would you do something so hard? Why would you do what's impossible?
You can't do it.
Don't bother.
You'll only exhaust yourself.
See you.
See you tomorrow.
(Treatment Room)
Not long ago, Dr. Cha...
made headlines by diagnosing Joo Hyung Woo's...
myasthenia gravis.
And for the first time in history,
he identified a CIPA patient's central sensitization.
And today, despite everyone's dissuasion,
he entered a quarantined area...
and without any medical devices...
and identified the melioidosis bacteria...
that had been dormant for 44 years.
Can you explain what melioidosis is?
I'd like to know how it's contracted and treated.
We asked Dr. Cha Yo Han to be here,
so he can tell you.
[VIU Ver] SBS E16 'Doctor John' "Si Young's Confession" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
- He can't come? Why not? - He's in the ICU.
- What for? - To see the melioidosis patient.
Right now?
Is he crazy? Where are his priorities?
Get him right now.
Dr. Cha needs a little more time. Please bear with us.
Yes? Go ahead.
Isn't Cha Yo Han the anesthetist who was imprisoned...
for euthanizing a patient three years ago?
I thought he just had the same name,
but he's in the same field.
Is it the same person?
Doctor.
- How do you feel? - It's so quiet.
The pounding sound that came from my head...
has gone now,
and the confusion I felt for over 40 years...
has settled too.
Good.
You'll be fine now.
The deity.
He did give us life.
And He is also the being that punishes us.
But what you said is right.
He doesn't abandon us...
when we're in pain.
Yes. Dr. Cha Yo Han...
is the doctor from three years ago.
Wasn't his license revoked?
Was he penalized?
Was he given any special favors?
How did he end up working here?
There are no irregularities with his appointment.
Seoul Hanse Medical Center...
hired Dr. Cha because of his great skills as a doctor.
There were no biases or prejudices...
I guess Cha Yo Han won't be showing up.
- Say hello. - Hello.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Nice to meet you. - Hello.
Sir. This is the friend I told you about.
- Oh, I see. How are you? - Hello.
- Go ahead. - I'll wait for you.
I won't be long.
- Oh, it's been a while. - Hello.
(Volunteer worker)
Hello. Welcome.
We were waiting for you.
- How was the drive here? - I'm glad you came.
Let's go inside.
(Death Talks. Death ends every life. If you don't have much time left...)
Hello. It's nice to see you all.
Let's introduce ourselves.
Hello. My ID is Oasis74.
I have stage four breast cancer...
and I'm a mom of two.
Cancer spread to my bones...
and it's unlikely I'll recover.
I lost all my hair after 36 cycles of chemo,
so I'm wearing a wig.
Hello.
My ID is Scissorhands. I have stage three colon cancer.
Just today...
I was told it spread to my liver.
I threw my phone in rage.
Look at it now.
Would you like to say hello?
Hello. I...
found out about this gathering today.
- I don't have an ID. - That's okay.
What illness do you have?
I have stage three stomach cancer.
You were at the Seoul Hanse Medical Center.
Weren't you?
I'm glad you're here.
One of our guests made an arduous trip to join us.
Will you say hello?
Hello.
I have...
something called olfactory neuroblastoma.
It's malignant and in my case it's terminal.
In two months...
or maybe...
in a month, I'll be dead.
I heard that people here talk about death...
to get over the fear.
To tell you the truth, dying...
doesn't scare me.
Then is there any other kind of assistance you want from us?
I heard one of your members...
went to Switzerland not long ago.
I heard about the assisted suicide.
I came here today...
- to hear about that... - Just a moment.
That's a touchy subject.
Where and how did you hear about...
Miss?
- Can someone call 911? - Is she okay?
- I'll call for help. - Wake up.
(578, Hydrangea. Lee X Eun)
(Nurse in charge: Chae Eun Jeong)
I gave you more painkillers.
Sleep well tonight.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Sleep well.
Did you see the news?
Yes. Dr. Cha scored again.
We must put a stop to him.
Have you forgotten?
Even the deity wanted to punish Yoon Seong Kyu,
and Dr. Cha, a mere human, saved him from suffering.
Yoon Seong Kyu should've died...
suffering more with the hope of a clinical trial.
You won't know...
how I got him to sign the consent form.
There was something...
I needed to hear from Yoon Seong Kyu.
Why...
he'd done something that dreadful to my Jeong In and Seung Yoo.
What those kids did wrong.
Do you remember how...
you asked me to get Yoon Seong Kyu the death penalty?
"I could ask for the death penalty..."
"or could stab him myself, but I won't because..."
"murder is illegal..."
"and there can be no exceptions."
That still stands.
I do this because I think it's right.
I don't do it for personal reasons.
You're a parent before a prosecutor.
Do principles come before a criminal who killed children...
and you have no personal feelings...
for Dr. Cha who gave him an easy death?
Stabbing Yoon Seong Kyu and revoking Cha To Han's license...
won't change the world.
The law that stops them.
The law that punishes them.
That is what changes the world.
Cha Yo Han...
will stop himself.
We just need to wait.
For him to meet a patient who only has...
pain and death left.
I'll try to understand you.
You don't feel pain, but you understand a patient's suffering.
Just like you,
I'll try to understand you.
You'll do the same.
You'll study and analyze my disease as much as you can.
But...
to know and to understand is different.
Mommy.
Are you okay, honey? Does it hurt?
It hurts too much.
- Gosh. It hurts. - Why?
What's wrong, Mom? Are you not feeling well?
- I'm okay. - Should I call a nurse?
You can't understand that.
Why would you do something so hard? Why would you do what's impossible?
You can't do it.
Parents can't suffer in their children's stead.
Husbands can't suffer in there wives' stead.
Children can't suffer in their parents' stead.
No matter how desperately they pray for that.
It's not just you.
No human being can feel others' pain like their own.
All they can ever do is try to understand.
To understand a person's pain...
is to understand that person.
What I'm trying to understand is not your disease.
The person who has been suffering because of the disease.
Cha Yo Han.
That's what I'm trying to understand.
Dr. Cha.
- Don't worry too much. - Okay.
- See you. - Bye.
We all need that person.
Even though no one can suffer in our stead,
we need a person who can understand and share our suffering.
You have been that person to your patients...
while you have been...
suffering all alone.
So?
Do you feel sorry for me?
- No. - Like you always feel...
excessive empathy with patients,
is this also a sense of responsibility as a doctor?
Now that you found out about my disease?
No.
Then why?
If it's neither pity...
nor a sense of responsibility, why?
I like you.
I...
like you.
Please.
Oh, Dr. Cha.
Everyone, this is Dr. Cha Yo Han at our Pain Management Center.
(Doctor John)
I'll keep an eye on Cha Yo Han and Kang Si Young.
Okay.
Why aren't you saying anything about yesterday?
Is it time now?
We'll discuss life-prolonging treatment for Chairman Kang.
You're working late, Dr. Cha.