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[ Episode 26 ]Please get Hwang In Tae ready for a CT scan.

Will do.

Tae Soo.

Did you see where our guys went?

They were in the office a moment ago.

I didn't see them.

Why?

I wanted to give them these.

- Where's mine?- You have me.

By the way, Tae Soo.

Do we have a VIP surgery scheduled today?

A VIP?

I didn't hear anything. Why?

Nothing. I'm sure it's not a big deal.

I'll go look for the guys then.

- See you.- See you.

Dr. Choi.

Say hello to Candidate Han.

Hello.

Good to see you again, Dr. Choi.

Yes.

Please do a good job with the surgery today.

It'll go smoothly.

Of course.

I asked you...

to keep this confidential.

You don't have to worry about them.

Dr. Choi.

Did you tell the surgical team not to talk about this?

Yes.

Who will be in your team?

Please relax here.

I'll take you to the OR in the evening.

I'm in your care.

Yes.

Alright then.

Dr. Choi.

It must've been a difficult surgery.

Good work.

Did you have to do that to the aide who's been

by your side for 30 years?

I had to remove...

the obstacle before the big job.

If there's an obstacle,

is this how you deal with them?

What do you mean by that?

You're the one...

who did the surgery.

I can put a VAD in too.

Keep this floor empty until he leaves

so no one would run into him.

Yes.

I already took care of it.

Dr. Choi.

Let's have some tea together.

Yes.

I like tea too.

I do too...

We'll do it some other time.

Well, then...

Yes.

What did Choi Seok Han do to be treated that way by Chairman?

He used to hate him so much.

I think he's closer to him than he was to his deceased brother.

You said Dr. Choi was done, didn't you?

I didn't know he'll get the VAD here.

His aide for 30 years died.

Why here, and why Choi Seok Han?

I don't get it.

Geez.

Hey, do you want to take my position?

What's the point of wearing this? Huh?

I can't even put a VAD in.

What's the planning and coordination manager for?

Ask him.

- Do you want it?- Yes.

If you put the VAD in today,

we'll have two months left.

In those two months,

you have to find the heart for

Han Min Shik no matter what.

If you can't, you'll have to give him your heart.

Don't forget.

Without Han Min Shik,

you're just another crafty surgeon.

Did you know?

About what?

The reason Candidate Han Min Shik asked me to operate on his aide.

You can't start a snowball once it starts rolling.

It'll either get bigger

or get destroyed.

Are you regretting or something?

Didn't you already...

do enough of that when you saved Yoon Soo Yeon?

Just focus on the surgery today.

I'll take care of the rest.

What kind of doctor

are you trying to be?

I think you chose the wrong path, not a shortcut.

[ Emergency center ]

An internal bleeding patient?

Just a moment, I'll ask around and...

Dr. Woo Jin, they're asking if we can operate on an internal bleeding patient.

Hello?

We can't do emergency surgeries tonight

since we have a situation in the OR.

I think you should go to a different hospital today.

I'm sorry.

We can't use ORs before 12.

If someone calls, explain it and arrange to go to a different hospital.

Yes, got it.

Dr. Woo Jin!

Yes, coming.

She has back pain.

- Her lower back is hurting?- Yes.

She always had a bad lower back.

But her back has been hurting for three days now.

Her back?

She couldn't take it anymore today.

Ma'am, I'll have a quick look.

Aigoo, why did you put so many patches on your back?

It hurts even though I get acupuncture

and patches all over my back.

How does your back hurt?

It's killing me.

The painkiller doesn't work either.

Did you have any chest pain?

You didn't have any squeezing pain?

I don't know.

This is the worst pain I've experienced.

Doc, her BP is going up when you're talking to her.

Did you have a tearing pain on your back?

Yes.

It felt like something was crawling my back...

Like you were struck with an ax?

How do you know?

Aigoo, Doctor.

Help me.

- How's the BP?- It's 160/100.

Medicate her first to lower the blood pressure.

- Take a CT scan right away.- Yes.

[ Nam Woo Jin ]

Yes, Woo Jin.

Is that it?

Yes.

[ Type A dissection: the blood vessels in the aorta are torn ]It's a type A dissection.

The ascending aorta is torn. She needs surgery right away.

I'll be in the OR.

You can't go now.

What do you mean, I can't?

I heard we can't use ORs until midnight tonight.

- I didn't hear that.- The higher-ups said.

I don't know who said it,

but they're examining the ORs, apparently.

She can't wait until then.

The BP is high

and if the aorta tears even more, she'll have brain damage too.

What should we do? We should send her to a different hospital.

Where will we send her to?

That's true.

Emergency patients with broken aorta have nowhere to go.

How come it's still the same after so many years?

That's why we should take her.

Where will you do the surgery then?

I'll look into it.

You should explain to her family.

This is a blood vessel called aorta, which is connected to the heart.

In her case, the inside of the aorta

is torn from here...

to here.

It's an emergency situation.

If the aorta bursts,

the mortality rate goes up by 1% per hour.

What?

We have to start the surgery before that happens...

Doctor, please do the surgery right away.

Yes. Someone's looking for an OR right now.

Someone's looking for it?

You don't have an OR in this big hospital?

Well, the thing is...

I'm sure we'll find one soon.

If she gets the surgery,

my mom can live, right?

Yes, well...

my job is to keep an eye on her

until she goes to an OR.

Don't worry too much.

You can't enter. The ORs are being inspected.

- What?- I was told not to let anyone in.

How could a surgeon in this hospital not know about this?

- Who the hell...- Dr. Park!

- Chief.- What's going on?

I have to operate on an emergency dissection patient right now.

- But the ORs are... - Dissection?

I told you not to accept emergency cases before midnight.

Why did you do that?

She came to the ER.

Why did she have to get sick today?

What's this about? Why are all ORs closed anyway?

Well...

I don't know either.

Isn't it ridiculous that you don't know?

What do you mean ridiculous? It's possible...

Do I have to know everything as the chief?

Also, do you have anyone to join you?

I think all the doctors on-call went home.

Pardon?

Even if you called them now, it'll take time for them to come.

Just wait a few hours.

Chief, it's a dissection patient.

Come on!

Seriously, man...

Hello?

What?

Yes, I'll get ready.

Why are you still here?

- Chief. - Geez.

Yes, Woo Jin.

What?

How high was the BP?

It went up to 180 and dropped.

I cannulated her since the oxygen saturation was unstable too.

[ Tamponade: Compression of the heart caused by fluid ] It tore even more if she has tamponade.

Doctor, please save my mom.

What's going on all of a sudden...

Please wait a bit. She'll be operated on soon.

Tae Soo.

What should we do?

Dr. Park.

What's going on?

Doctor, we have an emergency dissection patient.

But we can't use ORs before midnight because of inspection.

What?

We didn't hear anything about it. Who said so?

That's just what we were told. But if they closed the ORs,

it must be from the higher-ups.

An inspection?

I just saw Dr. Lee Dae Won going into an OR.

See you in the OR soon, sir.

Please take good care of him, Chief Koo.

Yes, sir.

Can't stress enough what an honor it is, sir.

Yes. Let's go.

To the left.

Who could it be that we're operating in the middle of the night with all the ORs closed?

We'll find out soon

how important of a person he is.

Does this happen often? I've never seen anything like this.

Dr. Choi told me to come in without telling anyone.

There are people who don't want to reveal their identity.

He made us write a written consent too. What's the big deal?

Here comes the VIP.

What are you doing? Greet him.

Hello.

Chief?

Is something wrong?

Keep it confidential?

Keep it confidential.

You all know, right?

Good.

When Chairman and Dr. Choi arrive,

you'll be given the anesthesia.

- It's Dr. Park.- Don't answer!

Pardon?

It's obvious. He's asking for an OR.

- But if it's an emergency...- It's not.

I just ran into him. It's not.

Just focus on this surgery today.

- Don't you know what kind of surgery this is?- Yes.

No answer?

No.

Tae Soo,

do we have a VIP surgery scheduled today?

Maybe there's surgery.

A surgery?

There's no surgery scheduled.

It could be a surgery.

At times, we keep a handwritten record for VIPs to avoid leaving tracks.

No electronic records either.

It took 15 years for us to get close.

We'll keep our relationship stronger since it took so long.

Yes.

You're very impressive...

you can both save them and kill them.

[ Park Tae Soo ]

- Excuse me.- Yes.

Where are you?

What's this about?

There's an emergency dissection patient.

She needs surgery right now, but the ORs are closed.

So?

I need you to open one.

Why are you asking me?

I don't have the power.

Because you'll be operating there soon.

If my patient doesn't get surgery right now,

she'll die.

I don't know who it is,

but is he more urgent?

My patient is...

the strongest presidential candidate.

Is your patient...

more important than mine?

- Let's go, Dr. Choi. - Yes.

Sir.

How do you feel?

I feel comfortable.

We'll administer anesthesia.

Hold on.

It's CEO.

What?

Excuse me for a second.

Yes.

Take your time.

Let's go in.

Han Min Shik, right?

Yes, I was wondering who it was.

I thought it was a celebrity.

The sarcoma patient was his aide.

Daebak, does he still want Dr. Choi to operate on him?

I'd go somewhere else if it were me.

But Dr. Choi is a good surgeon.

Even if you're good, is it necessary to do this with the ORs closed?

Right.

Why did Dr. Park call earlier? I couldn't tell him I'd be in surgery.

Should I call him now?

It's Dr. Park.

[ CS Park Tae Soo: Did the surgery start? ]He's asking if the surgery started.

Maybe there really is an emergency.

Chief is coming out.

Come in.

- He's done with his phone call. - Yes.

Starting soon.

It's starting soon, apparently.

Where are you going?

Please get ready to send in the patient.

Where are you going?

Doctor.

Where are you going?

I thought we couldn't enter the ORs.

I have to let them know somehow.

[ Time-out: identifying a patient ]I'll call the time-out.

What's your name?

Ms. Kang!

What are you doing?

Don't you know who he is?

It's procedure.

It's Han Min Shik.

What surgery are you getting today?

Ms. Kang!

Ms. Kang.

It's okay.

Anesthesia please.

Dr. Lee.

What are you doing?

Yes.

I came here in a hurry.

I wasn't prepared for this.

What preparation?

It's ready.

This is Park Tae Soo from CS.

There's an emergency type A dissection patient.

A 68-year-old female patient, blood type B.

BP 90/60, pulse 90/100.

I drained her since she got tamponade.

Please go to OR No. 20 and get ready for the surgery.

We'll start soon.

Do you think they heard it?

I hope so.

Let's go.

Chief Koo!

What are you doing? Start anesthesia now!

Dr. Lee.

Let's do it later.

What?

Dr. Lee Dae Young!

Am I the only one who heard it?

Am I?

It's not like we didn't hear it.

Dissection is a major emergency. How could we ignore?

Candidate Han Min Shik.

You're getting surgery to take a high position

in secret, right?

Dr. Lee!

Dr. Lee, are you crazy?

I don't think...

we should operate while ignoring an emergency patient.

Let's do this next time.

I'll go to the other room.

Dr. Lee.

Do you want to get fired?

Yes.

I'm sure I can go somewhere else.

I'm thinking of opening a private practice in pain medicine.

Dr. Choi.

I'm sorry.

Dr. Lee...

Seriously...

What are you doing? Start the surgery.

We can't if he's not anesthetized.

Right.

Please wait a moment.

I'll call another anesthesiologist.

Please call a circulating nurse while you're at it.

How about you, Ms. Bae?

Please call a scrub nurse too.

What are you guys doing?

I'm sorry, Dr. Choi.

Seriously...

For a dissection patient, she needs to be pumped too.

I'm sorry, Dr. Choi.

Dr. Woo?

Seriously?

I'm sorry, Doctor. I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry!- Hey, Seung Jae!

Dr. Choi.

What will you do?

I'm sorry.

Will...

saying sorry fix anything?

Chairman.

Let's not make it worse.

Pardon?

Yes.

- What if they stop us?- We'll push through.

We should.

Doctor.

It might be...

a useless patient to you,

but she's more important than anyone to me.

I'm sure.

That's the kind of doctor you want to be.

You used to be that kind of a doctor.

I...

wanted to be like you.

Will you...

join the surgery?

I said...

I won't have patients like that anymore.

Dr. Park.

We're ready for the surgery.

If I saved that patient,

I probably went back to being a doctor.

But...

I couldn't save the patient

and ended up going too far.

We're ready for the surgery.

Thank you, everyone.

Anesthesia, can I start the surgery?

Yes, go ahead.

I'll start the surgery then.

Dr. Choi, what the hell is this?

You couldn't even control the surgical team.

And you had to ruin things?

I'm sorry.

Apologizing wouldn't do anything.

Go ahead and apologize.

The surgery will end in four hours.

I'll make sure you could be operated on then.

- Dr. Choi. - Yes.

What's the point of...

getting surgery a few hours earlier or later

at my age?

- Thank you for understanding.- What's important is...

that something like this should

never happen again.

I need to get a heart transplant too.

I'll make sure this won't happen again.

Talking is easy.

Someone should...

take the responsibility, don't you think?

I'd fire the whole surgical team,

but Candidate Han doesn't want to go that far.

What else then...

I just need to fire the person who started this.

Park Tae Soo.

- Chairman.- You don't want that?

Would you rather fire the entire surgical team?

You should be thankful that firing one fellow

is enough right now.

The surgery Park Tae Soo

is doing right now

will be his last surgery at Taesan.

[ Heart Surgeons ]

You were so cool, Doctor.

My legs are still shaky.

- We're ready for the surgery.- Thank you, everyone.

The patient was in danger.

You think you're the only doctor around?

A hospital is not for saving patients.

They just need patients for their own survival.

I want to change the situation.

Join Han Min Shik's VAD surgery if you want to remain at Taesan.

Make sure to succeed in the heart transplant.

[ Heart transplant waiting list ]And you'll have everything you want.

You can't make a deal with Uncle.

Dr. Choi and Park Tae Soo will end up leaving Taesan.