(All characters, places, companies,)
(and incidents in this drama are fictitious.)
Yoo Joon.
Why is your professor and everyone else so good-looking?
I thought you were the only one charming.
Thank you for today. You should go home and rest.
Don't mention it.
- Tell them to visit often. - I will.
Are you going home well?
Yes.
You're right. The guardians go through the most.
But people don't know that. Goodness.
(Dumplings and pork trotters)
My father collapsed due to a stroke in his 40s.
He was bedridden for more than a decade before passing away.
Because of that, I don't have much recollection of him.
I only remember the scent of a patient.
I left home because I didn't want to smell that.
But I'm now working at a place that's full of that smell.
Did I become a doctor because of him, you ask?
- Not at all. - Then?
I became a doctor...
because of my mom.
I want to lessen...
the guardians' burdens.
I know how tough it is.
Hang in there, okay?
You can do this.
I'm sorry.
For what?
I didn't...
get to thank your mother for the food.
All right. Food is energy!
I'll thank her for you.
Get home safe.
"Cha Yo Han"?
He can break his bones and rupture his organs.
But he still won't feel any pain.
It's congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis.
He's a CIPA patient.
I have a ticking bomb inside me.
And patients like me rarely live longer than 20 years.
You have no idea what it's like to feel nothing.
That's why you can tell me to go back to that life so easily!
He doesn't have to freeze, but he feels no warmth either.
That's what living without senses is like.
Neither cold nor hot.
Not only ice cream...
but his whole life would be that way.
It's not true, is it?
Tell me it's not true, Dr. Cha.
When I was 12,
my dad suddenly collapsed after vomiting blood.
I called 911.
They asked where the pain was.
I don't know.
I told them I didn't know.
Even if I do ask, he doesn't know.
He doesn't know!
Even my dad doesn't know where it hurts!
My dad could not feel the pain in his body.
I...
have the same condition as his.
Is this...
a record of your body condition?
It's a survival method.
I constantly monitor my body that does not speak.
- You have no fever. - Can you chart it?
I said you have no fever. Why would I chart it?
Can you check my pulse too?
Do you have hypochondria?
Temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure...
Why do you check them every day?
Is that...
also why you were checking your vital signs every day?
You're the first person to find out my condition.
In other words, my condition has been a secret until now,
and you're the first one to discover it.
Can you...
keep the secret?
Why is it a secret?
A ticking bomb.
A doctor who has a ticking bomb inside him.
What kind of hospital would want to hire him?
Once my condition gets revealed, I can't treat patients anymore.
Ever.
Think about if you can handle it and let me know.
There are three kinds of people in this world.
Those who are sick, those who are going to be sick,
and...
the third kind is people like me.
Those who can't feel any pain.
(Doctor John)
(Episode 7: Secrets and Lies)
("Pain Medicine")
(Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis)
Introduce sample now.
Remove sample now.
Closed down.
You shouldn't move.
Come here. No, no, it's okay.
It's okay. Come here.
No, don't move. It's okay.
Are you okay? Were you hurt?
Let me see.
It's not deep, but it must be cleaned and dressed.
Let's go.
No.
- You go ahead. - Why?
- It's hurt. - So let's go.
Not me. The kitten.
Its leg's broken.
If I leave it here,
other cats or people will harm it.
Okay.
It's coming too.
Take this.
Watch out.
A cold? Oh, dear.
Are you allergic to cat fur?
Then why are you looking after a cat?
Why are you yelling at me?
You should know better. I don't get it.
If it gets serious, your airways...
(Malgeun Vet)
Hand it over.
I'll see you at work.
Why? I'll come along.
A lot of hospital staff live around here.
I don't want them to get ideas.
Who would get ideas? What kind of?
Anyway, don't tell anyone about today.
Dr. Cha?
Thank you. For everything.
(Malgeun Vet)
Hello, doctor.
What are you doing?
Your clothes are the same. Did you not go home?
Well...
- Are you waiting for someone? - What?
No. Who would I wait for?
Dr. Cha?
Hello, Dr. Cha.
Ding-dong. You're waiting for him.
Why are you teasing me? Is it fun?
What? If you're waiting for Dr. Cha, I was just going to tell you...
not to bother. He's not coming in.
Why not? Why isn't he coming in?
He called in sick. He'll come in the afternoon.
He called in sick?
Please leave a message after the beep.
(Dr. Cha Yo Han)
The conference is about to start. Where are you?
Doctor.
Hello, ma'am.
I brought some snacks for your team.
Share it among yourselves.
No, ma'am. We can't accept such gifts.
Thanks for the thought.
There's nothing I can do for you but this.
I especially don't know how to thank Dr. Cha.
He'll think he did his duty.
Would you call this part of your duty?
(As soon as you find this patient, call an ambulance.)
(Doctor in charge: Cha Yo Han)
(Ambulance)
Whenever I heard that sound...
my heart starts to pound. I wonder if my son's inside.
Please leave a message after the beep.
(Doctors' Office)
Please leave a message...
(Emergency Contacts)
(Doctor Cha Yo Han)
Doctor!
Kang Si Young.
- What are you doing here? - Doctor.
You're sick. What's the matter?
Are you hurt? Is it an external injury?
Do you have a fever too?
What's this about?
You called in sick. I thought something was wrong.
I'm perfectly fine.
Then why did you call in sick?
I had a regular checkup.
Why didn't you answer your phone?
I called and texted you so many times!
You called?
(33 missed calls from Kang Si Young)
What's this? 33 calls?
Don't put your phone on vibrate!
What's the point of having a phone?
You suddenly called in sick,
didn't answer your phone,
or reply to my texts.
How am I not to worry?
Kang Si Young. You're going overboard.
Overboard? You call this going overboard?
Come inside, unless you want to start a rumor.
Oh, dear.
Put these on.
Wait while I get changed.
Go on inside.
- Do you want tea? - No.
- I'll do it. - But...
Don't touch anything hot. Be careful.
Where's the kettle?
It's not in there.
No, up there.
In here?
Where's the tea?
In the top drawer.
Where's the water?
Down there.
What about the conference?
The conference isn't a problem.
Then what is?
I read about it for the first time in medical school.
Usually, patients like you die from high fever before three.
Those who have survived die before 25.
Due to infections, poisoning, and external injuries,
their everyday lives put them in great danger.
It wouldn't be odd for you to collapse right now.
So am I still overreacting?
How did you live...
up until now?
How are you currently living?
Follow me.
I keep my vitals and oxygen saturation in check...
while I go to bed.
I maintain the room temperature at 18°C.
And this.
This helps me know what I've been doing while sleeping.
I could rub my eyes until I rip my cornea...
or bite too hard on my tongue.
Even if such incidents happen, I wouldn't know.
This is how I've been living all my life.
But for me, this is normal.
Just like how it's normal for you to brush your teeth...
and wash your face before going to bed.
So don't worry too much.
If anyone finds out about this because of your excessive concern,
this will all fall apart.
It will put an end to all that I've done...
in order to save myself and my patients.
(Prosecutor Son Seok Ki)
You were in charge of Dr. Cha's case?
Sorry? Oh, yes.
I should've told you sooner.
Are you here to see him?
You are quite incredible.
Ever since Dr. Cha came to this hospital,
he's been doing excellent.
I bet it's all thanks to you,
who had a keen eye and hired him.
He didn't suddenly acquire such skills after coming here.
He was always that competent.
Someone recommended him to me, so I hired him.
Lee Won Gil, the former Minister of Health and Welfare.
Were you aware of that?
No, I just found out.
You have amazing observation skills.
But does it matter who recommended him?
Of course.
For you, Dr. Cha may just be...
a competent doctor. But for me,
he's someone I had indicted myself.
He's a potential criminal who is more than capable...
of repeating his crime.
I can keep...
your secret for as long as possible.
But don't you know what a hospital is?
It's where the patients gather and where contagious diseases are.
It's the most dangerous place for you.
- So? - Sure, you've been to a place...
that was more dangerous.
The penitentiary.
It's a miracle that you spent the past three years in a place...
where you couldn't receive proper checkups.
So?
But you will never stop.
I can't fathom how far you'll go or do.
You're unpredictable.
So?
I'm afraid.
You're surrounded by danger,
yet you refuse to be selfish.
That's why I'm afraid.
I'm scared...
that you'll be gone forever...
from the hospital,
the patients,
- and... - Why does that matter?
There are many other doctors.
Fine.
I get that you see me as both a doctor and a patient.
That's why you're getting emotionally attached.
- But don't do that. - You said I should.
You said being emotionally attached to my patients wasn't bad.
You told me to hear them out and sense their feelings.
Am I your patient?
(Doctor Shim)
Speak of the devil. It's my doctor in charge.
Hello?
You should leave. I need to receive my checkup.
Dr. Cha.
Don't try to understand me.
You won't be able to.
Not now. Not ever.
Go. I'll see you at the hospital.
("The Messages Sent from Pain")
(Seoul Hanse Medical Center, Dr. Cha Yo Han)
(Anesthesiology and Pain Management Center)
He must be famous to appear on TV.
He is, indeed.
Is that so?
But seeing how you're still seeing him,
I guess you trust him.
For those who are against it, I'm sure he's not trustworthy.
But I'm not against it. If anything, I'm all for it.
By the way, are you ill?
I can see it.
I've been ill for a long time,
so I know one when I see one.
(DT, Lee Sang Hee)
Here.
Visit this place.
It's worth it.
(Death Talks, We Talk about Death and Loss)
Are you ill?
You've been coming here often.
Yes, apparently, I am.
Thanks for your concern.
It's over already.
I'd appreciate it if you stopped visiting his workplace.
And please don't treat him like a potential criminal.
Everyone says it's over.
But what is over, really?
Do you think Yoon Seong Kyu was the only patient of his kind?
If Dr. Cha met another patient like him,
would he make a different choice?
I beg to differ.
"The cat said,"
"'I was born to meow.'"
"'I'm also here to catch mice.'"
"'Dogs were born to bark.'"
"'They're also here to howl at the moon.'"
Boxers came to this world to fight and win.
And soldiers...
came to this world to obey orders.
"While they were all talking about the reasons why..."
"they were born into this world,"
"Death asked,"
"'Why was I born?'"
Why do you think Death was born into this world?
To hurt me.
That's right. To scare me.
To steal my sibling from me.
To take me...
and make my mom sad.
This book told Death this.
"'You were born to love and cherish life.'"
Bye.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
Bye, bye.
- Goodbye. - Goodbye.
(3 years ago on the day of Yoon Seong Kyu's death)
This is the agreement form for the clinical trial I mentioned.
Will you sign it?
Sir?
Mr. Yoon Seong Kyu!
Sign this.
Don't die as you wish.
You have no right...
to die.
(Gyeongseo University Hospital)
You see,
when I look at your scans,
I feel like they're scans of all the patients you've tended to.
It looks like your patients ate up your body one by one.
Is my condition that bad today?
The results aren't out yet.
I'll contact you once they come out, so you can go home.
Go on. My patients are waiting.
Fine, I'll go.
What about a guardian?
Do you still not have one?
Find one. You need someone by your side.
Why would I put someone through that?
Don't try to understand me.
You won't be able to.
Not now. Not ever.
Am I your patient?
No.
You're not my patient.
(Seoul Hanse Medical Center)
We have a newsflash.
Doctors have confirmed...
the first Nipah virus patient in Korea.
The Nipah virus can infect...
both animals and humans.
In India last month, out of the 13 confirmed patients,
10 patients died.
Since the first Nipah virus patient was confirmed, health authorities...
will carry out a large-scale epidemiological investigation.
The Nipah virus causes high fevers of over 38℃,
headaches, and nausea.
It can be spread through secretions or bodily fluids.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
are investigating people who had contact with the confirmed patient.
If you show symptoms within two weeks of visiting India,
visit your nearest health center.
This is next.
(Seoul Hanse Medical Center)
We're at Hanse Medical Center.
My goodness.
(Seoul Hanse Medical Center)
What's this?
"Warning of Nipah virus infection"?
Hello.
- Have some snacks. - My goodness.
Homemade avocado sandwiches?
Avocados aren't fat, right?
Of course not. Avocados aren't fat.
It's you that will get fat.
It's fine. Just eat.
What's that? The Nipah virus?
Oh, did you see this? There's an announcement.
No. Not yet.
What is this?
"The country's first confirmed Nipah virus patient"?
Dr. Lee.
The operation just ended.
It must have gone well.
The cat just woke up from anesthesia.
Can I go take a look?
I'll be back before the outpatient clinic starts.
Fine. But...
this is the last time you'll visit the vet.
- From now on, it'll be my job. - Why?
You're allergic. You can't keep going to the vet.
Forget about it.
Don't get the wrong idea though.
Me?
Why are you blushing?
Don't tell anyone that I let you go.
Wait.
- Let's do this. - Let's do this.
Hello.
Let me check something.
Okay.
(Lee Da Hae, pain in the right arm)
(Lee Da Hae)
(Pain Management, pain in the right arm after surgery)
No way.
Patients keep coming in, and we're short-handed.
Let's do preliminary exams before Dr. Cha arrives.
Dr. Kim and Dr. Kang, you can start.
Dr. Heo, prepare the treatment room...
Dr. Heo.
Let's go prepare the treatment room.
Okay.
Ms. Lee Da Hae and Ms. Lee Ji Yeon.
Please come in.
Hello. You're Ms. Lee Dae Hae, right?
Yes.
How are you feeling?
I had surgery on my right arm at this hospital last year.
The surgery went well.
And the test results seem fine.
This might sound strange, but...
I have a terrible pain in my right arm which doesn't exist.
Could you describe your pain?
It feels as if I'm clenching my right hand all the time.
It's like I'm getting cramps.
The pain would stop if I opened my right hand,
but as you can see, I can't do that.
At that time?
Do you want to eat something?
Let me go get some food. Stay here.
Where's my purse?
So Jin, stay here for a second.
Mr. Yu Deok Kyu, please come in.
Mr. Yu Deok Kyu!
Yes.
Hello.
How are you feeling?
Since about a year ago...
I've had bad headaches.
Can you describe your pain?
It feels like my head is about to split.
Some days,
it almost feels like someone is hammering...
a nail into my head.
Sometimes, it feels like someone is drilling into my head.
You must be getting poor sleep.
Yes, exactly.
(Pulmonary function test, Brain CT, Brain MRI)
These days, even if I get the slightest sign of a headache,
I become terrified.
(No abnormalities in brain parenchyma, ventricle, or calvarium)
(No abnormal enhancement after injection)
The MRI and CT scans of your brain show no abnormalities.
You've visited many hospitals.
Yes.
Eight in total.
But none of them...
were able to find...
the cause of my headaches.
When did the coughing start?
A few days ago.
Whenever I cough,
I feel a pain in my chest.
Let's see if you have a fever.
My breath feels so hot.
It's 39.5°C.
I think I have a fever too.
Let me check.
It's 38.6°C.
I sat next to that man on the shuttle bus here.
After that, I started running a fever.
Are there any other symptoms apart from that?
I've been vomiting for several days.
Have you been abroad recently?
No.
I haven't been on a plane in more than 40 years.
But last week,
I did have a meal with someone who had recently been...
on a business trip abroad.
- Where did he go? - India.
Just a second.
Dr. Kang, just a second.
A high fever, headaches, and vomiting.
Could it be...
- No way. - There has been...
a confirmed Nipah virus patient.
Doctor.
This kid's mother is away for a moment,
and she's running a high fever.
She's burning up.
She was on the same shuttle bus earlier.
Has it already spread?
That's impossible.
It's supposed to be latent for more than five days. This is too fast.
Are you okay?
What happened?
Dr. Kang.
The center has to be shut down.
Shut down?
We'll follow the hospital's own protocol.
First, we'll isolate the suspected patient in the treatment room.
Okay.
And then we'll ask Chief Min to prepare protection gears.
Also, the suspected patient met someone last week...
who had visited India.
We have to check his symptoms as well.
Ask the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for help.
Shouldn't we wait for Dr. Cha before shutting down the center?
Dr. Cha?
We have to get moving right now. Go.
Hurry.
No.
Dr. Cha should never come in here.
(Dr. Kang Si Young)
- No, no, no. - What are you doing?
What are you doing? I have to leave.
- Why did you lock the door? - Just a moment, please.
- Doctor. You can't come in. - What?
- Why? - What's going on?
What are you doing?
As of this moment,
none of you can leave.
- What? - Why not?
I have to go.
Kim Won Hee. What's going on?
What's going on?
(Isolated ward. Do not enter.)
Cure us first.
What do you know?
We must check the facilities. Please cooperate.
What's the matter?
I can't stay here.
Don't worry and come on inside.
Are we okay?
They're being rude.
Excuse us.
Please go over there.
Thank you.
Go over there.
What's wrong?
What's going on?
There are 19 patients in the Pain Management Center.
There's a fellow, 2 residents, and 2 nurses.
A total of five staff.
We sent in hazmat suits and safety equipment.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
will send over an investigator.
How will you confirm the diagnosis?
Through blood tests and throat swabs.
The results take less than six hours.
It takes that long?
That won't do. Dr. Kwon, go in there.
What? Why should I go in there?
There are only a fellow and two residents.
There's a suspect patient.
What if there's an emergency?
Don't tell me that.
If you're that worried, go in there yourself.
No one can go inside.
The Nipah virus has no cure,
and it is highly lethal and contagious.
Until everyone's confirmed negative and isolation's unnecessary,
no one can go into the center...
or come out.
- What's going on? - I was told to leave.
How's the suspect patient?
He's quarantined in the treatment room.
- Dr. Kang, are you all right? - Yes.
Dr. Kang? Which Dr. Kang are you...
Did something happen to Kang Si Young?
The suspect patient coughed up blood onto her face.
What's the matter?
Is something wrong?
A suspected Nipah virus patient's inside.
The center's on lockdown.
(Free from illnesses, KCDC)
Get all the equipment.
(Epidemiological Investigation)
(Isolated ward)
What's all this?
(KCDC)
(Investigation under progress)
- Did you leave Korea? - No.
(High risk)
(Radiation)
(KCDC. Do not enter.)
The Nipah virus?
The symptoms are similar to those of the flu or enteritis.
We have to run tests.
I'll draw some blood and swab your throat.
Okay.
(Dr. Cha Yo Han)
- Dr. Cha. - Are you with the patient?
Yes. Where are you?
You're not inside, are you?
I'm outside the door.
You can't come in.
Don't even stay outside.
Stay as far away as you can.
- How are you? - Pardon?
You got blood on your face.
I'm fine.
The hazmat suit. Are you wearing one?
Yes, I am.
How's the patient?
He's stable now but having trouble with breathing.
And doctor, a few other patients here...
have fevers and nausea.
They were on the same bus as my patient.
Can it spread this quickly?
If so, then the other patients will soon...
Kang Si Young.
Yes?
You're with a suspect patient.
The others are at high risk with struggling immune systems.
The worst-case scenario here is that this patient's confirmed,
and spreads the virus to the other patients.
But we don't know for sure until the results come back.
Until then, don't think about the worst.
Instead, think about the less serious outcomes.
The less serious outcomes?
For example, what if this patient shows the Nipah virus symptoms...
but has an illness that isn't contagious?
Is that possible?
Do you remember the patient with a 0.00001 percent probability?
- Yes. - Let's do what we did then.
You can do it. You and I, together.
Okay. Yes, doctor.
Good, then start over.
Why did the patient come in?
He had chronic headaches, fatigue,
and lack of appetite for over a year.
After meeting a friend who'd been to India,
he started to cough, vomit, and run a fever.
Headaches, coughing, vomiting, and fever...
are Nipah virus symptoms,
but not the loss of appetite.
If he had headaches and fatigue for over a year,
it could be something else.
Let's do some tests.
Okay. I'll ask the KCDC to run a PCR test...
and do basic tests including CBC.
(Dr. Cha Yo Han)
(Epidemiological Investigation)
I'm done taking the samples.
Good. Did you listen to his breathing?
Yes. It didn't sound good.
- Do a chest x-ray. - Okay.
Sir.
Dr. Cha. His pulse went up to 200.
- Inject Brevibloc. - Okay.
(A medicine that blocks sympathetic nerve to reduce heart rate)
How is he?
It's dropping.
Sir, what's wrong?
My chest.
My chest. It feels like something's crushing it.
Dr. Cha, he feels pressure on his chest.
I'll get an x-ray.
Sir. Can you get up slowly?
We'll take a chest x-ray.
- Move over here slowly. - Okay.
- Sir. - What's wrong?
- The patient's acting strange. - How so?
It's like he lost his sense of direction.
Check him quick.
What other symptoms does he have?
Sir, sit over here.
Is he paralyzed?
How are your arms? Do you feel this?
Yes.
Do you feel this?
He hasn't gone numb.
Is it disorientation?
- Then check if... - My gosh. Sir!
Sir.
What's that noise?
Kang Si Young.
What's wrong, doctor?
Kang Si Young? Kang Si Young.
Answer me, Si Young.
Call Dr. Lee now.
I apologize.
I'm Dr. Cha Yo Han from the Pain Management Center.
I'd like to see what's going on in the treatment room...
that's on lockdown.
Dr. Kang!
What's the matter?
What is it?
Dr. Kang's in the treatment room with one of the patients.
We suddenly lost contact.
What?
Dr. Kang. Dr. Kang!
- Dr. Kang Mi Rae? - Yes?
Dr. Kang Si Young's unconscious.
Dr. Kang!
(Dr. Kang Mi Rae)
Sir. Sir!
Sir.
Sir. Sir!
Sir!
(Dr. Cha Yo Han)
Doctor. Sir!
Inject 10cc of thiopental.
What?
I'm in the security office. I have you on the camera. Inject it now.
I'll inject it.
Please.
Well?
He's stabilizing.
Okay. How is Dr. Kang?
Dr. Kang. Dr. Kang.
She's still unconscious.
Okay.
Doctor. Doctor?
Thank you.
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)
Regardless of the result. Dr. Cha entered the center...
and he must be punished for it.
What we must do now is...
Before his condition gets worse, diagnose him.
Is his name Yu Deok Kyu?
Do you know him?
I killed a person.
My arm hurts so much.
You're a parent before a prosecutor.
Do you have no feelings towards Cha Yo Han?
What's the problem?
I couldn't do anything.
You were right next to an infected patient...
and I was worried sick.