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(All characters, places, companies,)

(and incidents in this drama are fictitious.)

(New beginning of life! It is up to your mindset.)

Sir.

To a patient, an illness is despair, and a doctor is a hope.

That hope. Will you let it down?

What must I do...

- to save him? - First of all,

tie your shoes.

And then...

follow the patient to the hospital.

That's the first step.

(Ambulance)

(Emergency Room)

Blood pressure 130 over 90, heart rate 50.

In a mental stupor.

Spontaneous but irregular breathing.

I guess we're in the same boat.

Check his vitals.

Hook him up to an IV and give him normal saline.

- Yes. - Come here.

Doctor.

His kidneys.

Check his kidneys first.

Here is your coffee, sir.

What happened? What is wrong with Inmate 5353?

Will he live?

- I don't know. - What?

Whether he lives or dies isn't up to me now.

It's up to Dr. Kang.

Si Young?

You don't know?

If you don't know what the problem is,

why did you tell me to check his kidneys?

- Well... - Hold on.

No way.

- Don't tell me it's him. - Pardon?

He didn't tell you to do this, did he?

Inmate 6238 at Chungil Penitentiary.

Do you know him?

- Are you crazy? - What?

Did you give me an order...

based on the opinion of a disqualified doctor in prison?

Well, the thing is...

Did he say the patient was going to die?

Every single time.

I don't know what he told you,

but you shouldn't trust him.

What is this all about?

Doctor, the result is out.

(Renal function test)

Did he name a disease too?

What was he suspecting?

What's going on?

His BUN and creatinine levels are elevated.

The urinalysis for protein turned out positive.

In any case, it was a good call to check his kidneys.

So what's his diagnosis?

(Uncle Jeong Nam)

Excuse me for a second.

Uncle.

Did they check his kidneys?

Yes, they did.

- What's the result? - Positive for protein in the urine.

All right. Start a kidney biopsy.

A kidney biopsy?

Start right away. There's no time to lose.

Hold on.

Yes?

What's the disease you have in mind?

I don't think you'll believe me.

1 out of 117,000.

There's only a 0.00001 percent probability.

What?

In other words,

because of that 0.00001 percent probability,

the patient might die.

So?

What's the name of the disease?

Angiokeratoma gives him burning pains in his limbs.

Corneal clouding irrespective of his sight.

He's not sweating at all.

Anhidrosis stops his sweating completely.

TIAs, which means...

transient ischemic attacks.

In addition, he's been experiencing diarrhea, vomiting,

and stomachache.

Therefore, the diagnosis is...

- Fabry disease. - Fabry disease.

(Doctor John)

(Episode 1: A 0.00001 percent hope)

(Emergency Room)

Fabry disease?

Which affects only 100 people in the whole country?

Do you want to do a kidney biopsy relying on that slim chance?

Still, all the symptoms are right.

Also, even though the chance is slim,

it also means...

that the patient might die...

because of that 0.00001 percent probability.

Fabry disease is hard to diagnose.

Also, that disease requires enzymatic therapy.

The medication is hard to come by.

So? Are you not even going to check for it?

What if it really is Fabry disease?

Then check his family history first.

Someone else might have it as it's a genetic disorder?

What's your department?

Anesthesiology.

Same here. Which year?

Second...

year.

You can relax.

I'm just a fellow who is on duty all the time.

What's wrong with being a fellow?

Si Young.

Just a second.

- Find out his family history. - Yes.

One more thing.

You don't have to tell me what Inmate 6238 thinks from now on.

I don't trust him.

Si Young, how did it go?

He's still being tested.

My goodness. Why did this happen right before his release?

Will he recover?

We're suspecting a genetic disorder. We need his family history...

to see if anyone else has had the same symptoms.

Did you hear that? Find that out.

Tell his family to come as soon as they can.

- Yes. - Yes.

By the way, are you okay with missing your flight?

You're staying, right?

I didn't say I'd stay.

What? No?

I'll leave as soon as he's diagnosed and stable again.

I can always find another flight.

Inmate 6238 made a good call.

What's with him? He also said...

Si Young was the one to save the patient.

I'll be released next week.

I'll go to a big hospital then like you told me to.

What if you die before your release?

Yo Han, it's today.

D-day.

Are you not done yet? Hurry up.

Okay.

Did you get your certificate?

Of course.

Here it is.

(1st Class Barista Certificate)

Your vocational training here paid off.

You could start working as a barista as soon as you're out.

Yo Han, when I get a job, come taste my coffee.

I'll brew a really good cup of coffee for you.

All right.

Here you go.

Coffee tastes best when it's piping hot.

I can't drink something too hot.

My goodness.

Sometimes, you're just like a little kid.

You can't eat hot and spicy foods.

- It's perfect. - I'm so relieved.

By the way, why are you so nice to me?

You were the first person.

"First"? What do you mean?

You were the first person...

who didn't think I was only pretending to be sick.

My mom was sick all the time too.

She was always...

laughed at by my dad for pretending to be sick...

until she passed away.

No refills. Please leave now, sir.

Can I make another phone call?

By the way, the doctor earlier seemed to know Inmate 6238.

Do you mean Dr. Lee Yoo Joon?

He's the one who usually treats our patients.

He made a couple of misdiagnoses,

and Inmate 6238 corrected them.

It totally hurt his pride.

I knew it. He seemed to despise him.

Inmate 6238 is his biggest enemy even though they haven't even met.

Yes?

Inmate 6238?

Let me talk to him.

Yes. They're doing a kidney biopsy.

They're still finding out about his family history.

All right.

What? Did he just hang up?

Why? Do you have something to tell him?

- Didn't he ask for me? - No.

Uncle, can you call him back?

Inmate 6238.

There's a call for you.

- Hello. - They're doing a kidney biopsy.

- I heard. - Exactly.

- What? - You asked me in the first place.

Why did you only talk to my uncle?

Are the results out yet?

- Of course not. - Let's talk when they're out.

Hang on.

What am I supposed to do?

- What do you mean? - You said,

if I followed the patient to the hospital,

you'd tell me how to save him.

Did you tell the doctor on duty to test him...

for Fabry disease?

You told me to.

That's how you save the patient.

Can you talk so that I can understand?

If prison officers told the doctor...

the patient might have Fabry disease,

would he have believed them?

They would have wasted time...

doing all kinds of tests on him, while the patient becoming worse.

Are you saying...

you just borrowed my mouth?

This time,

can I borrow your hands?

My hands?

Now, you need to find ERT which is the treatment for Fabry disease.

If you try to receive it through a pharmaceutical company officially,

it'll take over a week.

The fastest way to get it is to look for a hospital...

that has a Nephrology Department.

And if they have any patients with Fabry disease,

you can borrow ERT from them.

You don't have any?

Hello, I'd like to talk to the Nephrology Department.

I'm looking for ERT.

Can I talk to the Nephrology Department?

Dr. Lee! Dr. Lee!

I found ERT.

Where?

A university hospital that's 40 minutes away from here.

- We can borrow it if we go now. - Did they approve?

I promised to return it if it isn't Fabry disease...

because I know it's very expensive.

But we don't even have a definite diagnosis yet.

So I mentioned your name.

- What? - You have a great reputation.

I heard you're the most competent fellow here.

Well, I'm not exactly that competent.

This is a small neighborhood, so word spreads fast.

And the elders tend to always ask for me.

Can you chart it and send it here?

Do you really think it's Fabry disease?

You told me earlier that it's a 0.00001 percent probability.

I like that possibility.

I'll be back.

(Thank you, Dr. Lee!)

My gosh.

- I'll be right back. - Okay.

(Emergency Medical Center)

Tae Kyung, what did I tell you?

I told you I had a good feeling about this.

That patient that got taken to the hospital earlier...

Do they know what his illness is?

No, not yet.

But they already have a guess on what it could be,

and Si Young's trying her best to find the cure.

That means he didn't even get diagnosed yet,

and he's in a bad condition.

Well, yes...

- Let Si Young go. - What?

Why?

It's her first patient after the accident.

If something goes wrong,

she won't be able to handle it.

Where can you buy those things?

I'll be released next week.

I'm meeting my sister after years.

I'd love to get a bracelet for her.

- Uncle. - Hey.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

It's been a while since I've seen you so excited.

Let's go.

Si Young.

How about you take your hands off this after you give them that cure?

I'll... I'll take you home.

Why all of a sudden?

You wanted me to stay.

I'm worried you might have a hard time.

And it's such a rare illness.

I heard there's like a 0.00001 percent probability.

Yes.

There's only a 0.00001 percent probability.

- It's 1 out of 117,000. - Exactly.

But you see, that's exactly how it was with me.

When I left the hospital, the probability of my returning...

felt that low.

I thought 0.00001 percent was practically impossible.

So I kind of feel like I might get better...

if this patient gets better.

That's all.

I even got the cure.

The probability has now increased to 0.0001 percent.

I guess you're right.

It doesn't matter how low the probability is.

In the end, it's all just a 50-50 chance.

It either exists or it doesn't. You either live or you die.

It's one or the other.

Let's go.

First of all, tie your shoes.

There's always a time limit to a patient.

If they're not treated then, it'll be too late.

So a doctor always needs to be ready to run.

I'm all done. Let's go, Uncle.

Did you look into the patient's family?

Yes, they found his sister's number and called her.

But the number apparently doesn't exist.

To be honest, no one ever came to visit him.

His dad left when he was young after his parents got divorced,

and he lived with his mom and sister.

It seemed like he's really fond of his sister.

He got locked up in prison because of her.

Someone stole four months' worth of salary from her.

So he went to get that money for her but ended up in a fight.

The other person got hurt during the fight,

but he had no money to pay for the settlement.

- Stop. - Wait.

No, please don't do this.

Don't go inside.

Dad!

Good morning.

Good morning.

My gosh, you should start getting ready.

Is anyone coming today?

No.

No one's coming? Not even your parents or your friends?

Or maybe a girlfriend?

- Did the hospital call? - No, not yet.

Dr. Kang even gave up her plane ticket for that patient,

so I'm sure we'll hear good news.

It's negative?

We couldn't find any signs of zebra bodies.

That means it's not Fabry disease.

(Zebra body: A lamellar corpuscle that appears in Fabry disease)

We're wasting time right now because of Inmate 6238.

I told you not to trust him.

Do you even know why he got imprisoned?

No, but why...

Then don't trust him, respect him, or be loyal to him.

I'm warning you because I almost got fooled myself.

What do you mean?

Why did he get imprisoned?

(Medical Office)

(Inmate Search)

(Chungil Penitentiary, 6238, Cha Yo Han)

(Murder)

(Doctor in Charge Is Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Murder)

No doctor in this world can...

or should be allowed to say...

he did his duty after killing a patient.

Even if it was because of a disease, malpractice,

or euthanasia.

(Myeongwon University Hospital)

(Caused a patient's death)

(Kidnapper and murderer Yoon Seong Kyu, who...)

(Two six-year-old children died last year.)

What happened?

It's not Fabry disease.

- It's not? - Not according to the biopsy.

- So? - They suspect FSGS,

and they will treat for that.

Treat how? With steroids?

Yes.

The steroids will kill his kidneys.

FSGS is often mistaken for Fabry disease.

His current symptoms...

Cha Yo Han.

Right? That's your name.

The anesthesiologist who murdered his patient...

three years ago.

Was that you?

(Prosecutor Son)

Prosecutor Son.

Yoon Seong Kyu's guardian?

Okay.

I'll be ready.

The case that rocked the nation three years ago.

The patient had terminal anal cancer...

and you administered a lethal amount of painkillers.

For that, you were sentenced to three years.

Was that you?

Yes.

What did you say?

I murdered my patient?

Why did you use that word?

People usually call it euthanasia instead of murder.

There's no difference.

You gave up your patient. You abandoned him.

You made him breathe his last. You stopped his heart.

What's the difference?

You laughed?

I'm surprised.

Grab any doctor you see...

and ask what they think of euthanasia.

Their answer will be one of two, they're for or against it.

Most won't even want to discuss it. Why?

Because they think it's the most pointless discussion.

So,

how come a second-year resident...

has such a detailed opinion on the topic?

Was that...

something to rush here for?

Betrayal?

Fury?

It looks more like despair.

You thought I could give you hope,

but now you think I can't and you're in despair.

Aren't you?

Did you try it?

Did you...

do it too?

Did you?

Did you give up on, abandon a patient,

make him breathe his last, or stop his heart?

Could you have saved him?

Could he have been treated?

Could he have been revived and cured?

Answer me. Could you have saved him?

No!

I couldn't have.

I couldn't have.

I couldn't...

save him.