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Golden Time Episode 5

I know you trust Prof. Choi In Hyeok. I also know you'd like to depend on him.

Don't you know what an operation ban means to a surgeon?

Do you think that's as light as writing a simple incident report on it?

What about that kid? He's only 5 years old. Should we ignore him in the corner of the ER like this?

The administration will fire Professor Choi as soon as he operates on the kid.

Do you want a situation like that for Professor Choi?

My baby. My baby. Are you getting better?

My baby can't breathe.

I'll go up to General Surgery.

My baby. I'm sorry, mommy did something wrong.

What is happening to him?

Why can't my baby breathe?

What are you going to do about that?

My baby...

My baby. Grandma's here.

Grandma's here.

What are you doing?

Please save my boy, Doctor.

My baby...

My baby.

--My baby. --Doctor?

[Emergency Medicine Contact List]

Emergency Department. Na Byeong Gook...Choi In Hyeok...Kim Do Hyeong...

What is happening?

Why can't my baby breathe?

What are you going to do about this?

Professor.

This is the ER Intern, Lee Min Woo.

A 5-year-old TA patient came in.

Didn't you hear about the notice about calling General Surgery for all TA patients?

I did call the General Surgery department.

Then you wait for a while.

I already called them several times.

When you call your supervisors, you need to inform them the basics first.

You are a medical staff, not a layperson.

When you call General Surgery...

Professor,

He's a five-year-old traffic accident patient.

He was hit by a truck around 5 in the afternoon.

His BP is in the 60 range and is very unstable.

The hemoglobin reading is 6.8 according to the blood test.

You can stop now.

Now... Ahh...

His conjunctiva is very pale. He had a cardiac arrest, Dr. Kim Do Hyeong is performing CPR on him.

I could not reach the resident on duty.

I believe the emergency operation is needed immediately.

Doctor, I came from the ER.

Can't you see what I'm doing right now?

Do it right!

Squeeze the Ambu Bag properly. Squeeze the blood quicker as well.

What are you doing?

Oh, that is...

One, two, three, four, five...

Pulse -? - Airway Respiration Rate 0...

Move away.

Doctor...

Arrange an OR before he has another cardiac arrest.

Send him up within 15 minutes.

Professor, we received a notice about...

I am aware of that.

Yes, this is an emergency operation.

It's a five-year-old male patient.

Tell the family that we need an operation.

His condition is getting worse.

He'll come up as soon as his family signs the papers.

Yes.

No, for now, Professor Choi In Hyeok is in charge.

There's a chance that will change when a General Surgery resident comes down.

Yes, I.. I am aware of that.

Yes.

Got it.

Do we need to drop everything if it's a 5-year-old male patient without any explanations?

Since it's a very urgent case, you'd better come down to see him first before contacting the resident on duty.

We'll need to operate on him right away.

Since when do the interns make calls about performing operations?

I'll come down when I'm done here. So, go back and wait there.

Doctor...

Gosh!

What on earth are you two doing?

What are you doing?

You came.

Come on out with me.

Come on out to talk to me.

You're banned from performing operations.

Do I need to remind you again about that notice everyone is aware of?

I'll ask Emergency Medicine Chief Na to call General Surgery, or I'll do so myself. So, keep out.

Act like you didn't know about this case.

I am not telling you that it has to be ME.

If anyone is willing to operate on him, I'll be happy to stay out.

So, please make sure to open the operating room. Please?

Here, Nurse Shin.

What is he going to do?

Please pursuade him. I'll make a call to the General Surgery.

It will be the end of it if you go in to this operation.

You know this is what they are going for.

Do they want it like this?

Yes, they do.

Stay out because I'm afraid? Do nothing like a coward while the patient dies?

Look away from the patient to keep my job...

Do you want me to be a doctor like that?

What the... Why isn't he picking up the phone?

You. Don't you dare!

If a surgeon

doesn't operate on a dying patient.

You can't call him a doctor.

What if the Trauma Center opens?

What made you change this much? You were not like this.

Because I don't want you get fired.

Because I know how much you love your job.

Other hospitals...

don't even run Trauma Centers.

For that child, it's a matter of life and death.

For me, it's a mere job.

This job is not worth keeping for the price of someone's life.

Just one more try.

You. Go away. I can't do my job when you're standing there like that.

A 10-minute job is getting delayed like this.

Please quickly leave.

Look. Yes, sir.

I will...

Transfer to another hospital.

--Remove this needle. --I'll try just one more time. Just once more.

--REMOVE the needle. --I'll try one more time, sir.

Leave! Quick!

Leave! Quick!

Leave, damn it!

According to the CT scan,

It's an epidural hematoma.

There's a huge epidural hematoma. The brain is swollen all over.

Is that so?

It is likely that his brain has been damaged all over.

Does this mean an operation wouldn't help?

It is hard to tell

You already ran the tests. What do you mean by it's hard to tell?

MRI scan will be needed to see the details.

Then why don't you do it already? Are you hesitant because of the cost?

How can we do MRI on him when he's connected to so many machines like that.

If we remove him from the machines, IV and transfusion...

Your boy won't be able to get in to the operation alive.

Your boy will have a chance of survival...

Only if we send him up right away as soon as the OR's ready.

Chance of survival?

Oh my... Honey.

Please save him, Doctor. He's my only grandson.

We can't live without him.

Will he be able to live a normal life...

Once he survives the operation?

I can't make any promises.

One thing for sure is that...

he may live only by going into surgery immediately.

With a chance of retardation,

and with a chance of him getting into a vegetable state,

how can you mention operation that easily, huh?

What are you talking about?

Please save him. Doctor, please just save my baby.

He's my precious grandson I got at the age 70.

Mother, if something goes wrong, he could become retarded. Didn't you hear?

What did I tell you?

What did you tell me when I asked you to have one more kid?

You told me that he's all you need.

Maybe it's a blessing in disguise. Leave it to the family to decide.

No surgeon pleads for an operation.

What happened with General Surgery?

Professor, are you going to leave him like that?

It will be the family who will need to care for the patient.

If he never wakes up from coma or is left severely disabled.

If they think they were forced into the decision by the doctors,

the family will be unable to get through this crisis and will fall apart.

Be patient and wait.

What if the family let go of him? Will you sit back and do nothing?

Wouldn't someone be able to say that he did his best?

Even if I live my life doing my best, for whom was it the best?

Give the family some time.

We don't have time!

They will be ready for the result only when they've made their own decision.

Wait five minutes.

Professor!

What are you doing?

We need to save the patient!

What if we don't?

Who will be responsible if the outcome isn't successful?

You're telling me to do nothing while watching the little boy dying?

He's going to die if we don't operate on him right away!

Professor, his BP is dropping!

Increase the IV and blood transfusion!

You can save him if you operate on him,

Right?

Are you going to give up on him if there's low possiblity?

We'll do our best. One certain thing here is...

It will be maximum of two hours that your boy will still be breathing,

Thanks to all the efforts my staff is making here,

Unless we start to operate on him right away.

Please operate on him. Where is the consent paperwork? I'll sign it.

I'm his father.

I'll sign the consent.

Arrange the OR stat.

I'll scrub in for this operation.

WHAT?

Assistants?

Me too.

I'll scrub in.

Professor, I'll do the same.

Since the patient is small, we can't bring in the big staff.

I will start.

Yes.

Let's do well.

Yes.

Gauze. Forceps.

Anesthetist, I will start.

Yes.

Scalpel.

Bovie.

Forceps.

He bled so much, so his skin even doesn't have blood.

Give me a small Richardson Retractor.

- Hold this. - Yes.

Metzen!

Forceps.

--Suction. --Suction.

Long forceps.

Give me your hand.

Here.

Keep holding here.

Yes.

Bovie.Forceps.

What's going on? Why isn't this bovie working?

Check about it!

It's plugged properly.

It's not working now!!

Do you want me to switch it to another one?

Ah, now the kid is almost dying, but how could..? Geez...

Then, we have no other option. Just prepare as many clips and ties as possible.

I have to tie all.

Oh, oh! Don't move, don't move! Stay still and hold it well.

It's ready now.

Right angle.

Hold this.

Metzen!

Tie.

Switch it.

Clip.

Cut.

Cut.

Right angle.

Tie.

Clip.

Give me clips, Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Cut.

Cut.

Cut.

Right angle.

What are you doing? Give me quickly, quickly!

Need more.

Metzen.

Is the surgery already finished?

Would you like to come to see while the surgery is being done?

I will go in.

This way, please.

The guardian has come to see.

I think the critical moment has passed for now.

How much critical the boy's status is now,

I think his guardian also needs to know that,

so I asked you to come here.

Give me the specimen. please.

It's his spleen.

I couldn't save it, so had to resect it.

The internal bleeding of the organs

and the torn part of liver, the bleeding is now stopped.

Do you think he will live through it?

We are not sure yet.

Because of the massive bleeding, his internal organs couldn't have blood circulating for a while,

and because of that, there can be several aftereffects.

It will be a long fight.

You have to

prepare yourself strongly.

Can I... can I see his face once?

Please go over there.

Please... please take good care of him..

We will do.. our best.

Please follow me.

Hmm, I think we put out the urgent fire now.

Yes.

Take photos of him.

Excuse me?

The state of the boy's stomach. I'm telling you to take photos of his inside.

Well, when I saw you last time, you were good at taking photos.

Ah....

Then.. what about my gloves...?

Take off your gloves and receive the camera.

Nurse Shin, please switch your position with him.

Yes. I understand.

- The camera is over there. - Ah, yes.

Focus on his surgical wounds.

Doctors in ICU haven't seen this patient's surgical site clearly yet.

Since this patient needs much long-term care,

we need more accurate information even if they are photos.

Take the photos well.

Yes.

Here?

This side.

I'm sorry.

Take them while leaning on my shoulder. Take them while leaning on my shoulder.

Take them while leaning on my shoulder.

Yes.

Here, too.

Yes.

You're now contaminated.

Stay away.

Yes, I understand.

Call for neurosurgery.

Yes.

You don't have to go that far. You can see from there.

Ah, yes, I see.

Well, the bleeding was actually stopped quickly,

the neurosurcial operation is not so delayed, either.

So,

it doesn't seem that his result would be bad. it doesn't seem that his result would be bad.

it doesn't seem that his result would be bad.

Let's have faith in the amazing resilience of children.

Professor, I have a question.

Last time, you'd removed only the spleen, but why, this time,

did you remove the spleen after opening even the greater curvature of ventriculus?

How many times have you seen a splenectomy?

This is the second time.

But could you still see that difference?

Yes.

He has pretty good eyes to catch.

Yes, I have good eyes, both eyes' eyesight is 1.5...

They have pretty good eyesight.. yes...

Curious about it?

Yes, I'm curious.

If you want to check the splenic artery,

If you want to check the splenic artery,

you must open the greater curvature of ventriculus.

Yes, that's right..

In this boy's case, his liver at right side is ruptured as well as his spleen at left side.

Then, things between them, pancreas, duodenum,

and the splenic artery could be highly likely injured.

Yes.

Since he had the CT scan without using contrast agent,

we couldn't confirm the exact location of the bleeding blood vessels before coming into the OR.

That's why I opened the greater curvature of ventriculus and checked it directly.

In the last patient's case, since I was sure that only his spleen was injured, I removed only that part.

If we have accurate information,

we don't have to make the surgery bigger unnecessarily.

Ah, Professor...

I'm going crazy, too..

Ah, you scared me!! Chief, you've come!

What's this? Weren't you doing the surgery now?

Th... th... that's... because Professor Choi is...

Everybody, good work.

Good work!

What happened?

Why are you in the OR, Professor Choi?

It happend to be like this.

Haven't you received the notice?

I have.

But, General Surgery couldn't be reached.

That's impossible!

Ask them. I'm also wondering.

I was in the middle of surgical procedure.

What kind of procedure took so long, so that you couldn't come until the surgery was finished?

I was working on central venous catheter..

Does it take 40 minutes long??

The situation was complicated, so I was...

If we waited 40 minutes more, this child would have died.

Please take good care of him.

Let's go.

Yes.

We should hurry.

Yes, his vital signs are stable now.

By the way, does Chief Kim Min Joon know this?

No... no.

He came earlier than I expected.

He came too early. I expected it would take at least 1 month...

This is...

How did the surgery go? Is our child alright?

The first surgery went well considering its urgency.

As you saw before, even if his spleen is removed,

if he recovers well, he would have no big trouble to live without the spleen.

There is still the neurosurgical operation left,

so we just need to hope the boy endures everything well.

Thank you. I'm really grateful!

Doctor! I'm really grateful!!

Don't worry too much. Doctors will take good care of him.

Don't worry.

He will be fine. He will do well.

You can do well to close it, can't you?

Yes, I can.

It's earlier than I expected, so I don't know what to do.

I thought it would take at least 1 month.

The day after the message was sent he just performed the surgery as if he waited for that.

That's why it's even more outrageous.

This rascal, how could he perform the surgery on the very next day, as if he wants us to see?

I heard that the General surgery didn't accept the call.

In truth, we can't say that it's Choi In Hyeok's fault.

When I saw the patient in OR, his state was really critical.

Let's go for the disciplinary committee.

If we go for the disciplinary committee, do we have any chance of winning?

If you two help me, it's very much possible.

Well, fine. We can't just let it go since we came this far.

Oh, yes, I got it.

I'll go to the ICU.

We removed his spleen, and the bleeding of other organs like the liver and the intestines were also stopped.

So far, 6 packs of blood were used.

Please take good care of him.

Are you... going somewhere like a conference?

Well... it's not a conference, but I think I would have to ask your help.

Help them.

Was everything okay when you closed his head?

Yes.

Well.. both his pupils are all dilated, so I doubt if he will wake up.

I called you because his state wasn't good.

It's almost before brain death.

Is it that bad?

Yes.

Even before going into the OR, his brain was very much swollen and he had cerbral hemorrhage too.

Since we did everything we could from my department, you take care of him.

Ah, and that guy, follow up with his CT scan within today.

Yes, I understand.

Well... Chief Resident, his consciousness is not coming back, but would it be alright?

Hey, that's why we're doing his CT scan again to find out the reason.

Since the patient is not conscious, if this is simply cerbral hemorrhage

or any other part of brain was injured, we can't find out.

Then, when you do his CT scan next time, I will come with you.

Well, if you want..

I will go at around 4PM.

4 PM?

Hmm, you can leave and do your work.

Hey, intern!

By the way, between the girl who came before and that intern, who is the winner?

Pardon?

Ah...

that's... after this hyung wakes up, I might be able to find it out.

Well.. in fact, if she's the winner, she wouldn't have run out, right?

Aigo... Geez...

Hey, you should be interested in your patients like that, huh?

Yes...

Will he be all right?

His pupils are very dilated.

It's too early to give up yet.

Children are different from adults.

Now it's beyond our power.

Let's trust the amazing resilience of children.

Professor!

Aren't you going to... take care of him, Professor?

I'm just.. worried, so...

Worried about this child,

as well as you, Professor...

I know nothing will be changed even if I'm worried, but...

You're right, nothing will be changed.

So, don't do such things.

But, still... at that time, I was too upset, but I think I made the situation too complicated...

Do your best.

For the rest, you can deal with it after the result comes out.

Well.. that's..

Professor!

Are you organizing your documents?

Yes.

I need to take a break.

I didn't even take 3 days off in the last 3 years.

You're right.

You didn't.

Now that I look back, I performed a lot of operations.

If they open the Trauma Center...

As soon as it opens, there will be more than enough people to run it.

They won't have enough experience.

Even if this situation makes you feel suffocated, please be patient.

It's not like I learned it from someone.

It's a new field of study.

They'll learn as they go.

They wil be plenty of surgeons who'd like to operate.

But will leave the teaching hospital because there's no position for them.

There will be plenty of people who will overcome the obstacles.

As long as the Trauma Center opens.

Rather, they'll need experienced managers like you.

There are people who only take the beaten path and others who find the path less traveled.

Do you think they are the same?

When a surgeon refuses a trauma patient,

It's not his fault or the hospital's.

Fresh out of medical school,

there are plenty of doctors with a sense of duty.

The problem is our system that cannot support them.

You did it without the system.

Don't overestimate me.

I'm not that special.

Had I become a staff surgeon in Hepatobiliary,

performing regular cancer operations,

I wouldn't even consider being at the Trauma Center.

You would still have answered emergency calls.

I would have.

From home.

Let's go home.

Once is enough for not following orders and performing an operation.

Aren't you hungry?

I am.

When I saw you for the first time, I thought you were slightly crazy.

Gosh.

You came out covered in blood, not even washing it off.

Haha, so have you changed your mind after working with the completely crazy me?

No, you are crazy for sure.

Do you agree?

Oh well, that is...

Grandma!

What is it? I'm busy.

Oh my granddaughter!

You lost a lot of weight!

I got fat.

Is that so?

You must be under a lot of stress.

You took after me.

That you gain weight under stress.

Look, look over there.

That's yours.

I don't drive.

It's just driving. You can learn.

Not that I want you to speed up like crazy,

But you'll need to drive yourself around.

So you don't need to have your man drive you.

A relationship with a man is nothing.

Look at me.

Even after 40 years of marriage and kids, now, he's a stranger once we went our separate ways.

I'm sorry, Grandma.

There's nothing to be sorry about. Cars like this don't even cost that much.

But, I'm OK, really.

Batteries are dying in other interns' cars as they don't have time to drive.

When am I going to drive this car? I don't even have time for it.

Honey, should I call in the helicopters to transfer him to another hospital?

I heard his condition is not the worst now.

Would you like to go work at another hospital for a couple of months as an off-site assignment?

Grandma.

I'm quite upset about this.

How dare he do something like that to my dearest grandaugther!

That jerk being treated at my own hospital.

You must be bothered about this.

I chose that man.

I also chose to come down all the way here despite your words. Because I liked him.

I'll be responsible for the choices I made.

Don't you trust me, grandma?

I do.

I trust my own granddaugther. Of course.

Grandma...

We'll start the meeting now, the Disciplinary Committee of Haeundae Sejoong University Hospital.

It is a very unfortunate event that he performed the surgery

contrary to the advisory notice from General Surgery the day after it was sent out.

Was it an emergency patient?

Yes, it was.

The operation was needed within a couple of hours.

Has it been long since Choi In Hyeok has had off-site training?

Yes,

it's been over 3 years.

He's fulfilled his requirement for tuition reimbursement.

Doesn't that requirement only apply when Choi In Hyeok leaves of his own will?

The former General Surgery Chief and the current Dean of the Medical School sent him on the training.

He was also my professor.

He granted Choi In Hyeok the privilege of performing surgery for at least 3 years after the training.

How can I kick him out when I know the Dean's intentions?

The grueling 3 years have passed, Director.

Was there any performance based problem he caused on the patient from the operation?

The patient hasn't regained consciousness.

His family wasn't that enthusiastic about the surgery, either.

The parents are having a hard time as their son hasn't regained consciousness yet.

That is not because of the operation got delayed?

No, it is not.

Choi In Hyeok had already made the decision.

The patient was sent up to the OR right after the decision was made.

A little more patience was all he needed, no?

If Choi In Hyeok had not meddled with their heads, the parents might have made a different decision.

This happened the day after the notice was sent out.

It is not like the patient died or anything. It seems a bit too much to discpline him like this.

That is the problem.

Currently he belongs to the Emergency Medicine department.

However, he's from General Surgery.

He totally ignored the notice from General Surgery

within 24 hours of being notified.

If we let him slide this time, we're sending an ok sign for all future incidents like this.

Can't we just allow him to perform operations?

Just like now.

It is a matter of an Emergency Medicine position.

It also is a matter of a General Surgery appointment.

How about all the deficits?

Among the five hospitals , we have the biggest deficit.

Then, why don't you appoint him at the ICU?

What are you talking about?

A 3-month suspension seems like an appropriate disciplinary action.

Well, there's no need for us to talk about this now.

This is a meeting to call him in to ask questions.

So, please bring him in.

Please send him in.

Please wait a moment.

Interns, you didn't do anything wrong.

We didn't call you in to blame you.

Please describe the situation in detail.

Start with you, Dr. Lee Min Woo.

Yes.

He suffered from liver and spleen rupture. He also had massive hemoperitoneum.

We couldn't keep his vitals stable, either.

It was obvious that he needed an operation right away.

We heard about the situation.

Dr. Kang Jae In, did you go see the General Surgery resident on duty in the ward?

Yes I did.

As I could not reach him on the phone and out of urgency.

Dr. Kim Joon Pyo.

Yes

Did you have to perform the central vein catheterization procedure at that moment?

Was he an emergency patient?

Yes, he was.

He had a stomach cancer operation three months ago then he got readmitted on ileus.

He was placed on NPO order for 2 weeks as his intestine wasn't getting better.

Central venous catheterization was necessary

as his arms ran out of space for needles.

I understand your situation.

However, was it that of importance that you didn't come down for ER patient?

Yes, I didn't have a choice.

Because I started on the procedure 10 mins before I got the ER call.

Usually it only takes about 10 mins.

However, that day the procedure was particulary hard and didn't go well as usual.

I had to poke around more.

As I was doing that, the patient had a difficult time.

On top of that, he was claiming that his operation went wrong.

He was mentioning about medical malpractice lawsuit.

Anyway, I could not leave while I was performing the central venous catheterization.

Couldn't you explain that to Dr. Kang Jae In?

That she should contact the specialist on duty?

You couldn't do that?

Well, Director...

I've never heard of a situation like that.

Anyway, why did you...

call in Dr. Choi In Hyeok?

I did that.

Didn't you know about the restriction notice?

I knew about it.

Then why did you call him?

Because the patient was not stable and we won't be able to handle him on our own.

Dr. Kim Do Hyeong.

Yes.

Do you think the patient would have died if you didn't get in contact with Dr. Choi In Hyeok?

I heard that the patient was stablized after the transfusion.

Yes.

That is...

The BP was climbing as we squeezed the blood in.

However, once transfusion was stopped,

his BP seemed to drop again.

It was possbile to keep the BP up through the transfusion,

I believe we would have hit the wall soon.

That's enough.

You may leave.

What are you doing?

This mess is what you did!

Professor Choi In Hyeok.

I understand that the situation at that time was very urgent.

But it was after you received this notice.

Couldn't you think of some other way,

or contact General Surgery?

You're all busy,

so I'm sorry to bother you all and make you gather here.

But even if the same situation happens,

I would make the same decision.

Then, are you saying you can ignore such a notice of this hospital?

Hey, what is this?

Good bye!

The letter of resignation?

Well, here..!

This is...Doctor!

Choi In Hyeok!

What is it?

Well, didn't we consider to give him just 3 months of suspension?

If his wish is like this, what else can we do?

Where are you injured?

Don't you know by just looking at her?

Where is it hurting?

My belly....

From when did it start?

I fell earlier, so since then..

Aish... earlier, two hours ago,

she fell at her store, over the table.

That's right, that's right.

Did you take any kinds of medicine or pills before?

Hey, why are you asking that?

I have to examine her first to treat her.

What?

She's asking those questions because they are really necessary for her treatment.

Since she's a young woman, there are many possibilities, so...

I said she fell!

She's in pain because she fell, but what else would happen?

She doesn't even have any bruise!

For now, we will take her CT scans.

Since she fell over the corner of a table, maybe it could be liver laceration,

or her spleen is broken, or her intestines have some perforation.

Laceration?

Perforation?

What are those?

Laceration means... torn, and perforation means a hole, so HOLE!

So first, we will take some kind of photos,

I mean CT scans. So we will see if anything is found from them,

but if nothing is there, we will add some other tests too.

So for now, stay here comfortably.

Please check her BP. Doctor Kang, let's go this way.

She looks fine.

Doctor Kang!

Review these CT scans. The patient, earlier.

She looks fine.

What do you mean she's fine?

It's a patient who came because she fell over the corner of a table.

CT scans look fine,

but when we push her stomach, she has a pain.

Is that so?

She looks fine.

Where is the patient?

Yes, she's at the bed #8.

Call for General Surgery.

General surgery, got it?

Patient, please raise your leg once, slowly.

I will touch your stomach, ok?

Yes.

Did that hurt?

It did.

What about this side?

This is not because I pushed her too hard.

Even if I push a little, it will hurt.

If you feel any pain, call the interns and tell them.

Then, take a rest.

As per CT scans, it doesn't seem that there is anything wrong.

Let her stay a day in the hospital

and see how it goes.

Watch her carefully.

There is no vacant room...

Isn't there?

Then, well, watch her for a day in the ER.

I think you should stay for one day in the hospital.

What is wrong with her?

Pardon?

You have her CT scans, don't you?

What is wrong with her?

Huh?

In case of solid organs , any injury can be found right away on CT scans,

but in case of injury to the small intestines or large intestines,

but in case of injury to the small intestines or large intestines,

free air can be found on CT scans much later.

Yes.

Then, you could've scanned her later, but why did you do it early so that we have to waste the money? Huh!???

Oppa!

Then what?

You're saying there is nothing you can do now.

Am I right?

Yes.. for now... yes, you're right.

You heard, right?

Stand up! Let's go!

Patient, is it hurting a lot?

Yes...a bit.

What's your relationship to her?

Are you her husband?

Are you going to stay here to have a meal here? They say nothing can be done now!!!

There is no meal offered..

Aish!

Do you want to be discharged?

I want to watch your state for one more day.

If I'm leaving now, what's going to happen?

Aish! What the..!!

What are you.. doing...?? You're... in the hospital... and there are other people too.. and..

You shouldn't do this...

--Really! --What are you doing?

Are you kidding me? What are you doing now?

- Let go of me! Aren't you letting go of me? - If you reall want... then..

- What are you looking at? Huh?? - This is...

Doctor Lee Min Woo.

Yes?

Get his signature for a voluntary discharge form.

Yes? Oh, should I? Ok, I understand.

- You should go and pay the fee.. and... - Aish!!

What are you doing...?

Here, you can write the names.

You, what's your name?

Huh?

Huh?

Lee Min Woo.

The doctor in charge, Lee Min Woo.

Patient or the patient's guardian? Dal Gun!

Let's go.

Then, if you feel much pain or have a fever at night, contact...

Get a move on it!

Make sure to pay the fee, please....

Make sure to pay the fee, please....

Aish, well, what a horrible guardian...

You had a hard time, hyung.

I don't know what I'm doing.

Ah, my father said

it wouldn't be a matter to force a resignation for such things?

Don't worry too much.

Really?

He's a professor of the education department.

Whether he would be transferred to some rural area or get a certain period of suspension,

Whether he would be transferred to some rural area or get a certain period of suspension,

or get banned for examining patients, and so on.

He said the hospital would stop at that range.

Don't worry.

Hey!

What are you guys doing?

Yes.

We did everything we could do.

Now, we have to just wait.

Right now, his state is not so great,

but children are different from adults.

Pull yourself together.

And, from the next week on, there would be a new doctor in charge of him.

Pardon?

That doctor has worked with critical patients for a long time.

He will take good care of him.

Don't worry.

There was a disciplinary committee meeting.

I'm now preparing a written report about that.

Well, about the hospital's affairs, you handle it yourself, Director.

Regarding human resources, you care more than anything else, so..

Would I care more about that than the hospital's actual business?

We were about to give him a 3-month suspension,

but he submitted a letter of resignation.

Such a suspension means to tell him to leave, doesn't it?

That's....

It's dirty and shameful, isn't it?

If a doctor gets a 3-month suspension, he would lose all outpatients

and have to hand over all hospitalized patients as well.

So, who would endure that?

Especially these people who have a high pride and a medical license.

Yes.

Who is it?

Excuse me, Professor!

Excuse me. Will.. Professor Choi In Hyeok be all right?

Are you worried about him that much?

Yes, I am.

Why didn't you think it through like that when you called him at the beginning?

Tomorrow, there will be a notice.

Tada...

Doctor...

Ah, yes.

You've been through a lot to take care of our Oh Hyeon, haven't you?

No, I didn't do much..

By the way, the doctor who performed the surgery, I heard he's going somewhere else.

He said that another doctor would take care of my son from now on...

Did he say he would go somewhere?

Pardon? Yes, he said that earlier.

When?

About.. 10 minutes ago?

Okay, thank you.

Why didn't you dissuade him?

He came there with the letter in his pocket already.

I don't think I can take out all my stuff.

You will give me a ride with this stuff, won't you?

Call a moving service!

Am I your driver?

I will give you a ride.

But your letter of resignation, it looked like you wrote it a long time ago.

How long ago was it?

2 years ago.

Ah, you awful jerk.

Professor!

Monitor the boy's urine amount well.

Professor, how could you submit your resignation?

What kind of hospital makes a doctor resign because he saved a dying patient?

I heard that you wouldn't be fired, because you're a professor in the Education Department,

even if you did something serious, it would be just some suspension, ...

I submitted it.

Is there any reason for a surgeon to stay at this hospital if that surgeon isn't performing any surgery?

The world is big,

and there are many places which need a surgeon.

I'm saying this just in case, but don't bother yourself too much for this.

Please focus on the patients.

Doctor Lee Min Woo.

About your calling for me in that situation,

even if you were to go back to that moment again,

you should do that again.

The patient is still alive.

That's enough.

If I go somewhere else, I will get more salary.

I haven't watched you for a long time,

but you seem to have good eyes catching points,

and you are decisive.

Those are not always good things, though.

I don't know which department you would choose later,

but those things are very important for a doctor,

so keep trying hard, consistently.

I don't know what to say. Please forgive me.

What happened to this patient?

We discharged her.

Since there was no identifiable abnormal sign, we suggested she stay here for a night

but her guardian insisted so much... so..

So, you discharged her?

Yes. For just a case, we let them sign the voluntary discharge consent form and discharged her.

Doctor Kim Do Hyeong.

Yes, Professor!

Did you allow the discharge of this patient?

We've transferred her to the general surgery, so maybe...

Ah... the patient's guardian was so noisy, so..

She will be fine. If she has any pain, she will come again.

You looked at this and General Surgery looked too?

Yes!

Can't you see the free air here?

It's burst, here!

What? When did this happen..?

It was too small, so...

If it's this big in the initial stage, it will keep coming out,

and it will soon become peritonitis. It would be luck if it's not sepsis now.

Contact the patient to come immediately.

She'll need emergency surgery tonight.

Wouldn't she come back if she has a pain at her belly?

She won't come.

She came with her cocky boy friend.

He looked like her pimp or a gangster who manages her store..

Looking at his attitude, they won't come again for sure.

Have your brains stopped functioning?

Do you think this patient looks lightly injured?

Did you think she would have a bit of pain and then be fine?

I assure you,

if she doesn't get surgery right away,

she could be dead within 2 days.

What?

You didn't get the permission of the General Surgery department, did you?

Is getting permission from General Surgery important now?!

Where are you putting your mind right now?

I'm sorry.

You don't have to be sorry.

I told you not to care about me.

If you have some time to waste uselessly looking for me, use that time to look into patients' CT scans once more.

If you have time to say sorry, find the contact details of the patient or her guardian

and contact them!!!!

Did you have sincerity only for that boy's surgery?

Is it okay to let this patient die?

Do you feel wronged?

Yes.

Why do you feel wronged although you didn't do anything good here.

Since I didn't do anything good here, I feel wronged.

Why on earth am I like a moron? That's why I feel wronged.

If you know that, then go and find her immediately.

If I find her and bring her here, will you still be here until then?

Because you're ignorant, because you don't know,

because you made a wrong decision, you killed a patient?

When you didn't know anything, when you had no one to help you,

just once is enough.

If you can't find her, this patient will die.

This is.. what I can give you,

the last words I can give you.

- Hey, what are you doing now? - Please send the police quickly.

Wait, wait!!

You, come over here!!

He's cheating on you, but are you still afraid to lose him?

Yes, we're doing this because we want to save the patient.

Yes, I understand.

On her neck, on the patient's neck!

I'm sorry.

When the man already lost his interest in me and is meeting another girl,

I talked to you all about my dating life, getting excited by myself.

Oh Hyeon, cheer up. I hope you survive.

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