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Do-han!

I told you to stop being arrogant!

What is it?

Let go of me!

I warned you. How dare you take my patient?

-What? -You're mistaken.

I haven't gone back since...

Shut it!

I really didn't know.

Who took your patient?

A male resident from Pediatric Surgery.

The patient's parents told me.

If it was a Pediatric Surgery resident, that means it was one of you.

I did it.

Excuse me. The baby...

We can save him.

Not in HPB. Pediatric Surgery can save him.

And I told them

that Dr. Kim Do-han will operate.

Si-on.

You've trained them well.

A first-year resident made that decision on his own?

I did it.

Dr. Kim didn't--

Do-han.

Do you think I'm as easy as your department chief?

Do you do business using children?

How dare doctors pimp the patients?

I understand you're upset,

but please avoid offensive language.

Keep quiet.

If it offends you, then watch yourself.

Do-han.

Sort this out.

Otherwise, the hospital will hold you accountable.

Seong-ho from last time had clearly visible symptoms.

What made you say we could save this preemie?

Talk! Now!

HPB wouldn't operate,

so Pediatric Surgery must do it.

That's it?

-Yes. -You call that a reason?

Excuse us.

We're looking for Dr. Kim Do-han.

They're the parents of the premature baby.

What do you mean, you can't operate?

Dr. Kim Jae-jun is the top expert in the nation.

My assessment will

probably be the same.

But the other doctor said you can save him.

He's still in training.

I think he felt bad seeing you so sad,

and made a mistake.

It's all my fault.

Please forgive me.

You're so cruel.

How could you take away our last bit of hope?

What have you done since you got here?

If you can't help, fine. At least don't make a mess.

I don't care about you looking stupid,

but don't get Dr. Kim in trouble.

I was so ashamed, I didn't know what to do.

He'll be the end of our whole department.

Why did you do it?

You can't do this to us.

Forget it. Let's go.

What are you doing? Check on your patients!

-Yes, ma'am. -Yes, ma'am.

Our poor baby. It must hurt so much.

Be strong.

Hang in there, our precious baby.

What should we do?

Should we take him somewhere else?

This is the best hospital in the country.

Where could we take him?

Still. We have to do something.

It was so hard to have him.

I never got to nurse him...

even once

or hold him,

or change his diaper.

Just once.

I have to do it at least once.

I can't call myself a mom otherwise.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

We've returned the patient. I apologize for causing trouble.

What if something like this happens again?

It won't happen again.

Let me ask you something.

Why are you staying with Pediatric Surgery?

Is it because of the director?

I don't feel the need to tell you that.

Pediatric Surgery is barely staying alive on a respirator.

It'll be too late if you decide where to go after removing the respirator.

If you come back before it's too late,

I'll make you an assistant professor.

I'll get going now.

Hello.

All he cares about is fixing the patients.

It doesn't come from rational judgment or assertions.

It's a well-trained robotic reflex.

From what I saw over the past two days, he is a robot.

A robot programmed only to fix patients.

What's your problem?

Why are you still watching the baby?

Let's not annoy each other, okay?

You have no basic manners.

Draining isn't helping the baby. He needs surgery--

He really is a moron.

What's your problem?

What are you doing?

Are you mugging him?

Should I give you 500 won each?

That's not it. It's been decided up above.

It has.

But what? He can't even look?

Must you keep your eyes closed in NICU if it's not your patient?

How dare you bully someone?

And one of mine, at that.

You want to die?

Come with me, Dr. Park.

What? Why didn't you tell me sooner?

And if I did, could you do anything about it?

If you don't have the skills,

at least control the kids.

This is for your own good.

Why don't you just go back to a branch?

You can avoid disgracing yourself and your peers.

That would be good.

Si-on.

What does a doctor mean to you?

The Hippocratic Oath.

"The patient's health and life shall be my top priority."

A doctor is someone

whose priority is the patient's health.

Then what is a patient to you?

A patient is a person who needs a doctor's help.

If they need help, you must treat them.

Why do you think that?

It's what Hippocrates and Dr. Choi U-seok said.

Forget what Dr. Choi said.

Do you have your own understanding of what a doctor is?

If someone is sick, you must--

Forget it.

That's enough.

To be honest, I was pleased with the trouble

you caused the past few days.

It was tiring and troublesome, but I was happy.

It reminded me of myself when I used to be passionate.

You seemed like a true doctor, so I was proud.

But I thought about it again,

and you don't seem to have your own thoughts.

A doctor without a soul

is nothing more than a robot in the OR.

You must have your own convictions and thoughts,

before treating or saving patients.

Okay?

How could you not report that to me?

You aren't just disrespecting me, but every superior

and the hospital!

-Then is disregarding ethics acceptable? -What?

Otherwise, you wouldn't have used crappy medicine like Hetavizen.

I have somewhere to be. Please excuse me.

Dr. Kim Do-han.

Fine.

I know you have no respect for me.

But can't you at least pretend while in the hospital?

Like this?

Listen carefully to what I'm about to say.

Let me know if Dr. Kim Do-han or Si-on causes trouble.

-Excuse me? -And

do everything I tell you from now on, got it?

What? You won't do it?

No, that's not it.

WOO IL-GYU PEDIATRICS

Don't forget who got you this far.

Think hard.

I thought you'd be busy, so I came myself.

If it's about marriage, I'm leaving.

I think I'll lose my appetite.

Chae-gyeong.

I won't bring it up.

I want you to eat.

Thank you.

I think both of you should go to the U.S.

Do-han can go as a visiting doctor

at Boston Children's Hospital a year earlier,

and Chae-gyeong, start the foundation's American branch.

But there's no one to take over for me

in Pediatric Surgery

Don't worry. The director and I'll take care of it.

Madam Chairman. Your intentions are too transparent.

You want us to go to the U.S. and end up together.

And to kick out the insubordinate Head of Management to the U.S.

That's not what she meant.

He's right.

I wasn't trying to offend you.

You know that.

You're mistaken about something.

I'm not angry that you're pushing marriage on me.

I'm angry that you're getting involved in my life.

Please, maintain a constant distance from my life.

If you'll excuse me.

Even if you can't treat her like your mother,

at least show respect to your elder.

I'm doing as much as I can.

Chae-gyeong.

Should we just get married?

This isn't a very romantic proposal.

I want your desperation.

If I have that, I don't even need to get married.

Really? Wow.

Dr. Kim Jae-jun chewed him up real good.

Oh no.

We never have a peaceful day since Dr. Park came.

There you go, yapping again!

We're not yapping. It's about Pediatric Surgery.

Not that. About Dr. Park Si-on.

There's no peaceful day since he came?

It's always storming in surgery departments.

Go organize the office.

Should I teach you a lesson?

Why are they dragging him over now?

Stay away from NICU and stay right here.

And check on the patients.

Just become a fixture here, got it?

If Dr. Park becomes a fixture here,

who will take the ER calls?

We've been taking them.

Dr. Kim said not to let Si-on take them.

I was so psyched about getting a new resident.

You're dangerous to my medical career.

Seriously.

I don't want to eat!

Everything's driving me crazy!

He won't listen again?

He refuses to eat. What should I do?

Seo-Jun is such a handful, isn't he?

Please scold him for me.

Dr. Park, why don't you go see him?

Okay.

Seo-Jun!

I don't want rice. I want pizza!

You can't have pizza.

Didn't you hear the doctor yesterday?

You can't digest properly, so you can't have flour yet.

Isn't this a plastic model, FS version?

How do you know that?

This is so cool.

Where did you get it?

My dad got it from Japan.

You're so lucky.

Then do you have FS version 2 too?

Of course. I have the HG limited edition, too.

You're so lucky.

You're the first person who knows the entire series.

May I borrow it for a day?

What? No.

Just for a day.

I'll just look at it and return it tomorrow.

No, don't touch it.

I'll only look at it.

Mommy, this bad man is trying to take my toy.

I'm not taking it. I just want to borrow it.

What should I do?

Dr. Park, that's enough. Just get him to eat.

If you keep crying, I'll pull this out.

Don't!

Stop!

So he caused trouble without Do-han's permission?

But Jae-jun thinks Do-han ordered it.

He should've left it alone.

If things went bad, we could've gotten rid of them.

I know.

The patient has no hope, from what I can see.

We keep getting the opportunities,

but nothing ever works out in our favor.

In baseball terms, it's leaving many runners left on base.

The more you leave on base, the greater the chance of losing.

Then what should we do?

There's no problem right now.

Are you sure

it's difficult to save the premature baby?

Of course. The baby won't be able to live no matter where he gets the surgery.

Do you have a good idea?

We'll make them self-destruct.

And the best way to self-destruct is

a critical error,

to continue on with the baseball analogy.

Dr. Ko. Do you have someone you can trust with a task?

It took me two hours to calm him down.

I thought he'd be okay since he was a resident,

but I guess not.

True, it makes no sense that

someone who is autistic became a doctor.

Why did the hospital hire him?

You know, corporations have special hires for people with handicaps.

To help the disabled.

But a hospital shouldn't do that.

People's lives are at stake.

He's not even from Sungwon University.

He's from some little university somewhere.

Really?

And he gets off work at the regular time.

What kind of a resident is that?

But he saved my Seong-ho's life.

It's not like he operated.

Dr. Kim Do-han did.

Tell his patients' moms to really think about it.

I'll pluck them for you.

Excuse me. We want to change our attending doctor.

Who is it?

We all have Dr. Park Si-on.

Why do you want to switch?

Please do it.

Excuse me. Dr. Park is very skilled.

How skilled can a first-year resident be?

Switch him for us.

Plus, I heard he's not even normal.

Why aren't you working?

Did you get yelled at again?

No.

Then?

I think everyone hates me again.

But I'm not sad.

It was always like that.

But...

A robot in the OR...

"A robot in the OR"?

Nothing.

I'll get back to work.

Si-on!

Weren't you told to guard the station? Where were you?

Stand tall.

Everyone gets in trouble during residency.

Today's was pretty big, but still. Don't do it again.

Doctor! Hurry!

In-hae...

In-hae, what's wrong?

My eyes, I think they're about to pop out!

-Dr. Park, please take a look. -Okay.

Where does it hurt? Let me see.

My eyes.

Put your hands down.

Welcome to the Pediatric Surgery ward!

Doctor?

Was that fun?

You guys teasing me isn't fun at all.

Oops.

That wasn't it.

I think he misunderstood. I'll bring him back.

Hello.

Hello.

It's been a while.

It has.

In-hae! Did you cause trouble again?

I did no such thing.

What do you take me for?

Hello?

Do you have time?

Yes, I do.

I heard about the confrontation with HPB.

Sorry.

And thanks for not kicking Si-on out.

Doctor Choi.

At first I was pressured but now I feel angry

when you say, "Sorry," or "Thanks."

You used to yell at little errors,

and blow up at us if we weren't nice to patients.

I miss that now.

Please be honest with me.

Why are you protecting Si-on?

You're doing everything you despise in order to do so.

I told you last time.

That Si-on is just a little more dear to you?

No!

Every child is equally dear to the Doctor Choi I know!

You're wrong this time.

Si-on is special to me.

You had the best of everything from the start,

but Si-on had the worst of everything.

If he had started out in the same condition as everyone else

he may have become as good a surgeon as you.

I want to help put him where he should be

as much as I can.

What does that mean to you?

Because I'm a doctor.

Healing a person's life...

That's this old doctor's final calling in life.

Something I want to accomplish before I die.

All done. Take a look.

You can see everything in that.

If Dong-gu brags about his binoculars again,

you show him that, got it?

What do you see?

Butterflies.

Flowers.

A frog.

A lizard, azaleas, a cicada.

Wow, you can see that much?

See? My brother is a genius.

Doctor Choi.

Promise me something.

What?

Don't back off easily. You have to fight back.

If you get pushed out,

I'll really resent you.

Okay. I won't.

No!

I won't let you leave.

I, Kim Do-han!

I won't.

Are you okay?

Why did you drink so much?

You were still at the hospital?

Yes, I was working on my thesis.

You were?

Go on home, then.

You don't look much better.

I'll take him home.

Why don't you go home?

I'm fine. Go on.

I'm not fine with that.

And I should look out for my boss.

Okay, then. thanks.

He's like a rag doll.

-Be careful! -I will!

Your life is over as of tomorrow, so drink up tonight.

-To Pediatric Surgery! -Cheers!

Okay, drink up.

Enjoy!

Your glass is empty. Here.

When else would you do this?

You won't be able to come here often.

Let me know if you need anything.

Do-han...

You know... You know I...

I like...

Stop breathing on me. You reek of alcohol.

For a while now...

I've...

liked...

What?

Do you like fish stew?

Or beef stew?

What are you talking about?

Si-deok.

Wake up. Si-deok.

Si-deok.

Si-deok.

Si-deok!

Thanks for last night.

It was nothing.

But you should watch your weight.

You're pretty heavy.

It's from stress. Just don't stress me out.

If that's our fault too, we'll try our best.

Here.

Take it.

What is it?

Perfume?

You don't have any.

It's not for you, but for the sake of the patients.

And stop drinking so much!

Well... Thanks, regardless.

Why are you so stubborn? Are you deaf?

Do you think this is good for the baby or for our team?

Why do always you do as you want?

I told you to think!

I...

am not a robot.

You're not treating the patients with your heart.

It's just your desire to save them.

That's not true.

I can feel it.

That baby

wants to live.

Did you

see his hand?

That means he wants to live.

That he really, really wants to live.

No, it's just a reflex.

It is not.

The baby can't talk.

He's too small and scared and hurting to speak.

But he wants to live.

He wants to see his mommy.

Inguinal hernia is very common in male babies.

Many operate as a precaution

in case he gets an incarcerated hernia.

But he shows no symptoms of it,

and judging from movement in his intestines, he's fine.

You don't need to worry.

And he won't need surgery right at the moment,

-but he will need one someday. -Say exactly what I said to Do-han.

Il-gyu.

-Il-gyu! -Yes?

Put the image up.

I'm sorry.

Dr. Kim!

What?

I don't know if I should tell you...

What is it?

It's nothing much, but I overheard

the HPB residents talking last night.

They're saying you returned the premature baby with

necrotizing enterocolitis because you knew

you couldn't save him.

Dr. Kim Jae-jun must have said that.

And that you didn't want to operate

and get blamed when things went south.

I was so angry when I heard them,

so I wanted to shut them up, but...

I thought I may be overreacting, and...

Okay.

Don't spread any rumors.

Yes, sir.

May I see the NEC premature baby's chart?

CHARGE SLIP

TEST RESULTS REPORT

Dr. Kim.

You're making us look bad. We're doing our best.

Look bad?

I'll take him off your hands so you won't look bad.

Sorry?

All you're doing is draining him. That's your best?

You didn't try to save a baby the size of your hand.

And you call yourselves surgeons?

Just call it quits!

You need to reflect on yourselves!

I was so shocked to hear. Why did he change his mind?

I don't know either.

Thank Dr. Kim later.

You're not the only one who wants to save the baby.

Remember that.

He was born extremely premature at twenty-two weeks

and three days and weighing 547 g.

The x-ray of the abdomen shows free air.

The sonogram shows NEC of the small intestine.

But preemies have many variations that don't show up in a sonogram.

Correct.

We can't know everything just from the sonogram.

No examination can tell you 100% about the patient.

That's why clinical experience is important.

He hasn't improved much even with drainage,

but he's hanging in there, so it's worth a shot.

We'll operate as soon as possible.

At least within 24 hours.

-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.

But keep this in mind.

The likelihood of success...

is less than 20%.

It seems like something is accumulated under the liver.

It's minimal,

but there's something by the gallbladder.

-You can see that? -It may just be an artifact.

It is not. If you consider the baby's anatomy, I'm correct.

How can you tell? Are you a 3D scanner or something?

That's enough.

Many residents get confused by artifacts.

What are you doing?

What are you trying to do?

We're trying to operate.

Why you punk!

You didn't treat him. You neglected him.

I never heard of neglect

being a form of treatment.

I thought I made myself clear.

The hospital will hold you accountable.

-You did. -Then be prepared.

The hospital can hold me accountable, too.

But...

what are we being accountable for?

Why you little...

Is this really a matter for the ethics committee?

It's in the by-laws, so we have no choice.

Dr. Kim Jae-jun is a top doctor in the country,

I think we should respect his authority.

I guess that means the ethics committee must discuss

my position as well.

Dr. Park Si-on is the one who initiated this.

So I must take responsibility for it as well, not just Dr. Park.

I made a promise before everyone.

I don't know.

I don't think you need to worry about that.

An ethics committee meeting for this?

And tomorrow, at that?

They probably want to resolve it immediately.

Because the top HPB scholar's pride is at stake.

Then can we operate or not?

If they say no, we can't.

Then what?

The baby's getting worse.

Si-on, that jerk.

That's enough. This is Dr. Kim's decision.

We just have to follow it.

What is it?

Thank you for operating on the baby.

There's no need to thank me.

I'm not doing it for you.

You wronged the patient and his family.

You gave them unfounded hope.

And that hope turned into a deeper despair.

A doctor is not a religious figure.

You must not give ambiguous hope.

That's why I still think you're the worst doctor.

And that is also why...

I won't kick you out myself.

Go through residency, fellowship, and become a real doctor.

I want you to realize

just how badly you're hurting your patients,

whom you're supposed to help.

Once you do realize that,

quit right then and there.

Don't try to hold on.

You're so good at reading people.

Who knew Dr. Kim would take the bait so easily?

Egomaniacs are easy. Test their pride and they react.

We're inducing an error, so let's see.

I'll target Si-on at the ethics committee meeting.

That he's the one that caused this mess.

Then we make the director take responsibility.

Good.

Please excuse me, but I must get going.

Why? You should drink more.

Sorry, but I have something urgent to take care of.

ACCOUNT TRANSACTION DETAILS

DO-HAN

SU-HAN, EXPUNGED

"Expunged."

Yes.

The manager and clean-up batter are set.

We'll make them stay behind.

Once we switch teams, rebuilding won't be an issue.

One more thing. There's a very interesting rookie.

THE MYSTERY OF THE HUMAN BODY

STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNAL ORGANS FROM THE BACK

First, we have to figure out who's to blame.

Who convinced the parents to transfer the patient?

Was it Dr. Kim Do-han's order?

Or did Dr. Park Si-on act on his own?

Dr. Park.

It... It was me.

-I did it without-- -I ordered it.

Dr. Park told me about the patient's condition,

and then I made the order.

No, I told the parents--

That's enough.

I heard Dr. Park acted solely--

Think logically.

First-year residents cannot make decisions like this.

Then why did you change your mind?

Because of the negligence of the HPB department.

They were neglecting the patient.

Neglect? Cutting him open isn't everything.

Then do you call that treatment?

Pushing surgery on a hopeless patient is a surgeon's arrogance

and self-centered behavior.

The probability of success is 20%. It's not hopeless.

Quiet!

How dare a resident speak?

I opted not to operate for the sake of

the patient and the family.

Because he'll die even if you operate,

it's a waste of time and money. Isn't that it?

-What did you say? -Dr. Kim Do-han.

Please show your senior doctor respect.

And Dr. Kim Jae-jun,

please refrain from emotional outbursts.

Regardless, Dr. Kim Do-han convinced

the patient's parents and transferred the patient

without prior approval.

The by-laws are very harsh on this topic.

Based on customary practices, you have two options.

First, return the patient to HPB,

submit a written apology, and you'll be docked a month's pay.

Second, operate on the patient, but the incident will be recorded

in your performance rating.

There will also be a three-month suspension,

docked pay, and a cut in research funding.

Dr. Kim Do-han, which would you prefer?

I will...

operate.

If something goes wrong during surgery,

your ethics might be questioned as well.

I'll make sure that doesn't happen.

No.

If he fails, the hospital may be sued.

What is it? We're in a meeting.

Please excuse me.

The preemie's vitals are unstable.

His pulse dropped to below 100

and his oxygen need is increasing.

How's his PH?

It's 7.1. His metabolic acidosis worsened.

He hasn't urinated for three hours.

His abdominal inflation has worsened as well.

We must operate right away.

Please excuse me. I'll return after surgery.

Let's take a recess.

Yes, I guess we must.

I'd better get to NICU.

-Prepare for surgery now. -Yes, sir.

I'll find us an anesthesiologist and an OR.

No, prepare to operate here.

Sorry?

-Here? -But why?

Preemies have a large body surface area

and can't regulate their body temperature, so they lose body heat quickly.

Thus, it is difficult to maintain body temperature

while transferring him to the OR.

Also, since the incubation is unstable,

it is extremely dangerous to move him.

Even the slightest impact can be deadly.

We must operate right here without moving him.

Page the anesthesiologist Dr. Jung.

Call the OR staff to turn this into an OR.

-Yes, sir! -Yes, sir!

Where's the surgical equipment? And the anesthesiologist?

Dr. Jung, why aren't you ready yet?

My chief won't allow it.

It's too dangerous to operate out of the OR,

and since it's a preemie with low vitals,

he says it's too dangerous.

Where are the scrub nurse, circulating nurse and equipment?

It's impossible to bring the equipment here.

There's a risk of losing items, and more importantly,

no one has experience with a surgery here.

It's urgent!

Still, you must stick to the rules.

The baby's life is at stake! Who cares about rules?

Who will take responsibility if something goes wrong?

I won't ask you to.

If anything happens, I'll take responsibility.

Dr. Jung, get ready. Bring the surgical equipment

and call the nurses.

Yes, sir.

You may begin.

Scalpel.

The necrosis is more widespread than expected.

Check the entire small intestine.

Suction.

Necrosis is present in almost the entire small intestine

from 30 cm left of the ligament of Treitz.

There are three perforations in the large intestine.

Remove the dead portions.

We'll use the upper intestine to make a small intestine fistula.

Metzenbaum.

Cut.

Gauze.

Clamp.

Hold.

Scalpel.

Tie.

We've successfully removed the dead portions

and salvaged some of the small intestine.

We salvaged more than expected.

We'll form the fistula now.

I'm asking because I'm clueless, but is it going well?

It's beyond just going well.

It'll likely be the successful surgery

of the smallest premature baby ever in history.

Even among the reported cases in Pediatric Surgery,

it'll most likely be unparalleled.

The Enteroenteral fistula is completed. Close up.

No, we can't. We can't.

There was something accumulated under the liver.

Just what did you see?

Are you sure it wasn't an artifact?

I saw it clearly. Clearly.

We must finish quickly.

The baby's been through too much.

Stop.

Suction.

It's a CBD perforation.

CBD PERFORATION: ALSO KNOWN AS COMMON BILE DUCT PERFORATION

Bile is building up

and forming gallstones.

We must remove them

and conduct a jejunostomy right away.

There's a high risk of infection.

Not a jejunostomy!

What do you mean? That's our only option.

Si-on is correct.

The biliary tract is too narrow

and the small intestine is too short.

Then,

are there other options?

No.

I will take full responsibility.

I must go too. I must...

I said to go back.

Do you not even know how to say, "I'm sorry, I was wrong??

Can't you quit Pediatric Surgery?

Doctor! What is wrong with you?

I'm scared! He's so weird.

What's the point in memorizing books?

No one wants you to be a doctor!

If we let him be, he'll end up killing someone.

A hero with a deficiency only exists in comics.

Park Si-on, just who are you?