(Episode 1)
(Area Under Construction)
(Safety First)
Sorry.
I'm sorry but this section is blocked.
Woo Jin, sorry I'm late! Get going.
Hello,
I'm Park Min Guk from Geodae Hospital.
The live procedure you'll be watching today...
is the laparoscopic pancreatico-duodenectomy.
The patient is a 56-year-old male.
A 5cm sized cancer was spotted in his pancreas head.
Normally in this case,
an anastomosis is conducted with a mini-laparotomy.
However, today, I will be conducting the entire procedure...
within his abdominal cavity...
which is known as the totally-laparoscopic operation.
Let me introduce you to the surgical team.
- Seriously? - Sorry.
I'm sorry. Let me through.
- Bovie. - Sorry.
This is Dr. Jang.
Gosh, I'm sorry.
This is Dr. Lee.
This is anesthesiologist Shim Hye Jin.
Let the procedure begin then.
Scalpel.
Wait, hold on!
Darn.
- Give me back my leg. - Sorry?
I want my leg back.
Give me back my leg. Where is it?
Next, I will dissect the porta hepatis.
When peeling the layers, it's important to keep in mind...
the variation of the hepatic artery.
Delaminating the surrounding lymph nodes...
is also a crucial procedure.
- Suction. - Suction.
I said I want my leg back.
Where did you put it?
- I want my leg! - The stench of ammonia.
Darn it, let go of me. Leave me alone!
Auditory and visual hallucinations.
I'll kill you!
Don't look at me.
I'll kill you.
He suffers from paranoia too.
Once the layers are peeled off the duodenum and peritoneum,
the specimen will have gathered in one place.
Doctor.
There's bleeding from the incision of the pancreas.
Bipolar forceps, please.
Thankfully, it's not massive bleeding.
His BP is dropping.
92 over 60, Doctor. His pulse rate is 98bpm.
- We need blood. - Of course.
What's Dr. Park doing?
Does he know what went wrong?
Dr. Park, is something wrong? Dr. Park?
Dr. Park!
Excuse me.
Doctor?
I'm sorry, but could I borrow your pen and notepad?
Sure, here you go.
Thank you.
Are you a fast runner?
Pardon?
Can you please take this to the OR?
As fast as you can.
You darn jerks. Get away from me.
What are you doing?
Who told you that you could take a photo of me?
Stop taking photos of me, you jerk!
- Let me go, you punk. - Sir.
Sir, please calm down. What's your name?
What are you doing at my house?
Get out, you jerks! Get out!
He has mental confusion.
(Confusion: A state of being unclear in the mind)
An overactive sympathetic nervous system.
Symptoms of acute jaundice.
And an enlarged liver?
Get off me!
Get over here, you jerk!
Darn it!
- Are you okay? - Can you please make a call?
Hurry up and call the police!
No, don't call the police.
Call 911. You need to call 911.
The patient's pulse keeps dropping.
This could lead to cardiac arrest.
Doctor, someone wanted you to see this.
(Surgery in progress)
Ms. Choi.
Check his left lung with your stethoscope.
I hear decreased breath sounds.
His PIP is also rising.
I think there's a blockage.
- Take out the gas. - Yes, sir. I'll take it out.
Ask for a portable x-ray.
We don't have time for that.
Give me a catheter.
What a relief.
Excuse me. Please make way.
Tension pneumothorax was something we did not expect.
But fortunately, we detected it very quickly and dealt with it.
Now, we'll need to do a laparotomy...
to find the cause of the problem.
(Laparotomy: A surgical procedure involving a large incision)
However, we haven't prepared for a laparotomy.
So unfortunately, we will now have to end the demonstration.
Did you bring the memo?
Hello, sir.
I'm Cha Eun Jae, a fellow at Geodae Hospital
How did you know that it was a tension pneumothorax?
Was it really pneumothorax?
Did the patient live?
No.
I asked you how you knew.
Well, it wasn't me who figured it out.
May I ask you...
who you are, sir?
By any chance, have you heard of Doldam Hospital?
I work there.
I'm Master Kim.
(Tension pneumothorax)
Who? Who did you say is looking for me?
He told me that you'll know...
if I tell you that Master Kim is here.
I can't see him. I'm busy.
I already tried telling him that.
Yes, I'm sure he's busy.
It's okay. I'll wait.
Tell him I'm in a meeting.
Tell him I didn't even get to eat...
because I've been attending meetings since this morning.
My goodness, he didn't even get to eat?
I really don't mind waiting, so tell him he can take his time...
and that he should call me after he's done with his meetings.
Tell him I'll be waiting here all day.
Tell him that the meeting will end really late.
It's okay. Don't worry about me at all.
I'll just wait here.
My gosh, he's so annoying.
Who does he think he's trying to fool?
What do you think you're doing, you jerk?
You can't just bring him here like this.
If you got in a fight, you should've gone to the police.
Stop cussing.
Let me go, you jerk!
I'm sorry, but there's not much we can do...
for someone who's drunk.
All we can do is give him an IV injection until he wakes up.
But as you can see, the beds are packed...
with other urgent patients.
He shows severe signs of anxiety, hallucination,
and an overactive sympathetic nervous system.
It looks like he has delirium tremens.
Are you a doctor or what?
Yes, I work in general surgery.
"General surgery"?
(General surgeon, Seo Woo Jin, Geosan University Hospital)
- Oh, I see. - Get off me!
He also has jaundice,
so it looks like he might have epilepsy due to alcohol.
Take him for a liver function test and sonography.
Okay, sir.
How long have you worked here?
I'm a fourth-year resident, sir.
Give him some benzodiazepine before he has a seizure.
(Benzodiazepine: A type of sedative, Seizure: A sudden attack of illness)
Let me go, you punk!
- Hey, give him 4ml of lorazepam. - Let me go!
Hey, who is he?
I've never seen him before.
He's the new pay doctor who came last week.
He's Dr. Seo Woo Jin.
Don't you know what happened recently...
at Samjin Hospital?
Coming through!
He's a 65-year-old male.
- Tell me his vitals. - 200 over 110. 117bpm.
He's been having severe chest pains for about an hour.
And now, he says his back hurts as well.
- His back also hurts? - Yes.
Sir, how do you feel?
Do you have stabbing pains in the back?
Doctor, he's having a seizure!
Please check his vitals.
Over here!
Let me go!
Please get out of the way!
He got into a fight and collapsed.
Now, he has stomach pains and can't even stand up.
Let me check.
Does it hurt even more when I press on your stomach?
- Take him to that bed over there. - Okay.
- My goodness. - Dr. Yun, hurry!
Let me go, you jerk!
Dr. Yun, what should we do with him?
Can you please help us over here?
Get off me!
Can you please call Dr. Lee? Tell him it's urgent.
Let me go!
Why won't you believe me? I'm serious.
He wrote "pneumothorax", I started running,
and the patient lived.
Thanks to that, Dr. Park managed to overcome a crisis.
He's extremely charismatic in real life.
He has an unusual kind of aura.
I can't believe he figured out that it was a pneumothorax...
just by watching the screen.
I'm serious.
The patient's BP was dropping.
Dr. Park didn't know what to do.
He almost lost his patient in front of 100 people.
But thanks to his note that said it's tension pneumothorax...
Hey, what are you doing? That was my money.
Long time no see, Eun Jae. Have you been well?
Mom, I'll call you back.
What are you doing here?
Didn't you hear the news?
No, I didn't.
I started working here ever since last week.
I thought you went to work with Hyun Joon.
You left saying you're going to earn millions.
So why are you here?
You really haven't heard anything?
No, I haven't.
You should listen to what people say.
Didn't you know?
He became an outcast for whistleblowing.
"Whistleblowing"? Woo Jin did that?
Yes.
Hyun Joon must've done some dirty stuff...
while running the hospital.
He received dirty money from a medical equipment company,
did some unnecessary surgeries,
and even asked other doctors to do his surgery for him.
(Traitor, Hypocrite, Rest in peace)
Woo Jin must've reported that to the upper management.
(You psycho)
I think Professor Kim is going to say it was you.
What? It wasn't me.
After that incident, every doctor including his friends...
started to turn their backs on him.
They even signed a petition. It was a complete mess.
They called him a scumbag for betraying his own colleague.
I think no hospital wanted to take him after that.
Then how did he come back here?
The center head brought him...
to work weekends and nights.
General Surgery is so short-staffed.
I see.
Are you two still a bit like that?
Like what?
You two were famous in medical school.
Whenever you made eye contact...
Don't stare.
Shut up!
Who will answer?
You two again?
Anyone else?
Who'll go to the conference?
- Move. - You move.
Will you back down?
I'll kill you!
Let's see my surgery schedule.
(Hemorrhoidectomy, Seo Woo Jin)
All five of them are hemorrhoids?
Yes. That's the schedule we have so far.
What? Are you not interested?
Then back out.
It's not like your absence will halt the whole OR.
No, I'm good with hemorrhoids.
You got here late again?
Yes. Something came up.
There was a rumor that you worked as a gigolo.
You still do it?
But then, pouring a drink is way easier than operating.
If you put your heart into it, you could make more money too.
Do you suddenly want a drink?
What?
Shall I find you a cheap but nice bar?
If you want, I could pour the drink myself.
You're a real nasty one.
Why are you so shameless after what you did?
I might not have done right,
but I don't think I did anything wrong either.
Because of you,
Hyun Joon closed his hospital...
and might become homeless.
His house was seized...
and his wife's demanding a divorce.
You ruined your senior's life...
and what?
You don't think you did anything wrong?
Are you kidding me?
Call me whenever you need a discount.
What is wrong with him?
Are you sure that you gave him 4ml of lorazepam?
Yes, just like you ordered.
Doctor.
Patient three's BP is 210 over 110.
- What? Did you call CS? - Yes, a while ago.
Call again. Say there's an urgent case.
Okay.
Doctor, my friend's in pain.
Won't you look at him?
Just a moment. Sorry.
No Dr. Lee yet?
It's my third time calling and he won't answer.
This is crazy.
If your boss won't answer,
call the guy above him!
Who are you?
(Doldam Hospital)
Fourth-year, give the DT patient...
4ml more lorazepam.
Order an EGK and echocardiogram for the guy with chest pains.
And Patient Five needs sonography.
Who is that guy?
Dr. Ahn, get the FAST, quick.
(FAST: Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma)
Hey, fourth-year.
Don't just stand there. Move.
Lorazepam!
Okay.
Sir, I need you in the ER right away.
Yes. It's an emergency.
Are you going to the ER?
Some lunatic...
is causing trouble in the ER.
- A lunatic? - This guy called Boo Yong Joo.
He showed off,
acting like a genius, then got kicked out.
Where's the patient?
He's getting a CT scan.
Wasn't it a dissection?
He came in with chest pains,
but the EGK showed nothing but a T-wave inversion.
The sonography showed no wall motion,
but there was a free flap in the descending aorta.
No flap in the ascending,
but the aorta was enlarged.
- BP? - Initially was 210 over 110,
Esmolol lowered it to 150 over 80.
Esmolol?
I was going to prescribe labetalol.
But...
I'll be gentle.
It's okay.
That hurt?
I'll be gentle.
What are you doing in my ER?
It's a negative on the FAST.
It may look fine on the sonography,
but the patient's in poor shape.
I think his bowel's perforated.
Call GS immediately.
Step aside right now.
30 minutes?
My gosh.
You got here quickly.
Three emergencies rolled in together...
and no one showed up.
I thought everyone was off taking an urgent poop.
You're breaking Medical Treatment Laws.
How dare a branch doctor treat here without permission?
I didn't treat anyone.
I just helped get things sorted.
What?
What else should I have done?
A fourth-year resident...
and two interns were holding down the fort on their own.
Should a senior doctor have just sat and watched?
Where the heck is Lee Myung Han?
I'm right here.
Lee Myung Han, where were you when you should've been here?
I apologize.
My lunch didn't agree with me.
I was right.
He did go for an urgent poop.
Il Joong.
Stay focused.
There's a DT, a dissection, and a perforated bowel.
Three emergencies came in at once,
but the fellow who's in charge...
was too busy pooping to show his face.
Hey. Then you should've come down to manage things.
Does this situation even make sense?
You're so frustrating.
So frustrating.
(Emergency Ward)
- Fourth-year. - Yes?
You did well today.
Thank you. Goodbye.
Master Kim.
Hello.
I'm second-year CS fellow Cha Eun Jae.
I'm the person...
from the live surgery who took your note and ran.
The runner.
So what?
There's something I want to ask you.
What?
How did you find out that it was the pneumothorax?
The operating surgeon had no idea,
but you noticed it from watching the screen.
What logic helped you reach that conclusion?
I'd really like to know.
Weren't you called to the ER?
I just came from the ER.
- You heard of the dissection? - I did.
Then you must've heard...
the aortic dissection is in the ascending aorta?
Yes.
Then you must know the patient needs urgent surgery.
Should you be here?
I heard the patient's getting a CT scan.
Then you must prepare for what's next.
Call Anaesthesiology, book an OR, and prep for surgery.
Logic, my foot.
You couldn't even do your job properly,
but here you are shooting poop out of your mouth.
What? Shooting poop out of my mouth?
Isn't that oil?
Get up!
The bus might catch fire! Hurry!
The bus might catch fire! Hurry! Get out of there!
- Come on. Get out right now! - Hurry!
(Episode 1: Rainmaker)
It's perfect!
It's been a while.
It's you, right? The one from Doldam Hospital.
Yes, I'm Jang Gi Tae, the manager of Doldam Hospital.
It's been a while, sir.
- Good to see you. - Right.
Is everything well at Doldam?
Of course, sir. Thanks to the support from the foundation,
we have been able to upgrade...
our surgical tools as well as our ICU.
I hear that all your young surgeons left.
It's not like they wanted to.
Certain issues came up for them.
The whole world already knows...
how ill-tempered Boo Yong Joo is.
- Sorry? - He belittles others...
and puts himself on a pedestal.
No young doctors would voluntarily work with him.
Don't you agree?
Goodness, sir. That's not what happened at all.
Dr. Kang Dong Joo was called to serve the country...
at a clinic on an island.
Dr. Yoon Seo Jung went to San Diego on a two-year exchange program.
And as you know, Dr. Do In Beom is back at Geodae Hospital.
Anyway, they have all left.
It's supposed to be a trauma center,
but there are no decent attendings.
How can a hospital even operate properly?
As you know, Master Kim has the skill of 100 men.
Thanks to him, we're still managing.
I see.
Mr. Jang, you're here.
You clean up nicely. Check out that shirt.
I went the extra mile.
Where's Master Kim? Isn't he with you?
He went to Seoul to talk business at Geodae Hospital.
Why? Did something happen?
It sure did.
Do you know...
who I encountered in the restroom?
Who did you run into?
That man over there.
- Congratulations. - Thank you.
Mr. Do, welcome.
Did you have to come here and make me uncomfortable?
I can say the same to you.
Why are you avoiding me like the plague?
When did I avoid you?
Seriously?
Look at the time. We were supposed to meet at 10am.
It's already three in the afternoon.
Uncross your legs.
I'm the center head.
Do you even know how busy the center head at the headquarters is?
How can you cause this mess just because I pushed back our meeting?
Dr. Lee is still fuming.
It's always the incompetent ones that get riled up.
Seriously though.
Keep yourself in check.
You're at Geodae University Medical Center, not Doldam Hospital.
Anyway, what about that favor I called in?
What favor?
I've been telling you from a month ago...
to send me a general surgeon.
We don't have anyone to spare.
Even we don't have enough general surgeons.
- Are you sure there's no one? - There's none.
No doctor wants to work in the countryside...
and none will be able to handle you as a boss.
You know how kids are these days.
Your old-fashioned antics will be plastered online...
and you'll be doxed.
Seriously though. There's no one you can spare?
How about this instead?
Pack everything up and come to Seoul.
I'll open up a position for you here.
Doldam Hospital is hopeless now.
All your young doctors left,
and you-know-who is the new foundation chair.
What are you talking about? A new foundation chair?
Don't you know who's occupying the seat now?
Thank you all for coming.
Three years after...
resigning as the president of Geodae Medical Center,
we meet again.
Due to many misunderstandings,
I had to step away from the medical field.
However, thanks to the loyal support of the board,
I was able to be appointed as the foundation chair.
The foundation chair?
I will follow in my predecessor's footsteps...
and do my best to make the foundation proud.
I look forward to your ongoing support.
Thank you.
Chairman Do, congratulations.
- Congratulations. - Congratulations.
Do Yun Wan. He's back...
as the foundation chair.
He just wrapped up his inauguration speech...
and the board couldn't be more thrilled.
How did it go in Seoul then?
Did you find a decent doctor?
By all means necessary this time,
you must bring home a general surgeon.
You know what I mean, right?
Master Kim?
(Chairman Shin Myung Ho)
President Do won't give up.
His tenacity is not something to take lightly.
I'm afraid...
you can't get rid of me that easily.
That's how the world is.
Justice? Corruption?
People run out on the street lighting up candles...
in order to save the world,
but that never lasts.
If life gets tough,
they'll turn their backs on you and curse your existence.
That's the true nature of people.
You think they're all on your side.
Don't be a fool. This world...
and the people in it...
never change that easily.
Soon, I'll be back.
Just you wait and see.
Doctor, you can't let this slide.
He's defaming our reputation.
This isn't the first time Woo Jin has caused trouble.
What do you mean? I don't think I understand.
Our doctors must be competent,
but they should also have dignity.
Did I do anything to suggest otherwise?
I hear you've been working a salacious part-time job.
You said it yourself, remember?
You pour drinks and get tipped for it.
You even offered to introduce a fine place with beautiful ladies.
I think there's been a misunderstanding.
I'd rather not drag this out.
Find another place to work.
You only hired me...
because you were understaffed.
Operations are backed up but you don't have enough surgeons.
You feigned generosity...
and wanted to put me on duty...
so you could have me do all the dirty work.
Isn't that why you hired me?
Then just make me do the work...
instead of using my lack of dignity as an excuse.
That might've been why the center head hired you.
But not me.
You have no dignity as a doctor.
You don't care at all about hierarchy.
You have no sense of loyalty.
You're just a cheap jerk who only cares about money.
You go against my principles.
Are you doing this...
because of my previous whistleblowing incident?
Pack your stuff and leave today.
I'll report it to the center head.
You'd better leave after you're done taking care of the patient...
that just got taken to the OR.