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[ Episode 27 ]

How did you know that...

- everyone would come?- I believed in them.

I thought they'd come after hearing the announcement.

Seriously, what's this?

What took you so long anyway?

I could've finished the other surgery first if I knew.

I'm sorry.

What do you mean?

You're the first one to run out hearing the announcement.

- Dr. Lee?- Really?

Me? No way.

"I'm sure I can work elsewhere if I get fired."

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

You were so cool, Doctor.

Cool, my foot.

My legs are still shaking.

By the way, we really could get fired this time.

Chairman looked really angry.

Geez. Tell him to fire all of us.

- See if he could do surgeries without us. - There's no way he could.

We're all ready for the surgery.

Thank you, everyone.

Anesthesia, can I start the surgery?

Yes, go ahead.

I'll start the surgery then.

Yes.

Scalpel.

I'm sorry.

The surgery will end in four hours.

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

- Dr. Choi. - Yes.

Someone should...

take the responsibility, don't you think?

I'd like to...

fire the entire 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 should be thankful that we're stopping at firing one fellow.

The surgery Park Tae Soo

is doing right now will be his last surgery at Taesan.

Yes, Da Eun.

Daddy's at the hospital.

There was an emergency patient.

What?

Yes, you're right.

Listen to what Grandma says.

I'll be there when you wake up in the morning.

Okay, promise.

I love you too.

Yes.

Do you know what my daughter said?

She says, "Is it another dissection case?"

[ Dissection: the inner lining of aorta gets torn ]Da Eun must be the only 7-year-old who knows what dissection is.

Da Eun should become a doctor.

Tell her to join the CS.

You can't just become a CS because you want to.

You're right. Not anyone can do it.

To be honest, no one in the right mind comes to CS.

You always have emergency patients, can't sleep or go home.

How about yourself who always does the CS operations?

It's fun to work with CS.

In other ORs,

it's hard to stay awake until the end of the surgeries.

You have to stay alert at all times here.

If the anesthesiologist can't keep up,

it's impossible to do CS surgeries.

What now? Aren't you flattering me too much?

It's true. We can't do surgeries without you, Dr. Lee.

Dr. Choi.

Hey, Dr. Choi.

Hi.

[ VAD: ventricular assist device ]We'll start the VAD surgery right after this surgery.

Yes.

We should.

We're sorry about earlier.

We couldn't sit back when there's an emergency.

Good work, Dr. Park.

This surgery will be your last surgery at Taesan.

Doctor.

Dr. Choi, why are you doing this?

It was an emergency case.

Didn't you expect this when you started all this?

Did you think Chairman will just stand back?

Since when did Taesan care more about other things besides emergency cases?

Since we got a new chairman.

I'll be waiting in the OR next door.

Dr. Park, I'll finish this up.

You should go talk to him.

Yes, Dr. Park. Go ahead.

I don't think Dr. Choi meant it either.

How does it feel to have finished your last surgery at Taesan?

- I'm sorry. - Sorry again?

You only think about saving the patients, don't you?

Because of your reckless actions,

the entire surgical team could've been in danger.

The patient was in danger.

You should've sent her to a different hospital.

You know nobody would've taken her.

Yes.

Why do you think they always say no?

I'm sure they know

the patient would die if they don't take them.

You think you're the only real doctor?

You can't survive at hospitals if you behave recklessly like that.

A hospital is not for saving patients.

They just need patients for their own survival.

Do you still not understand that reality?

If that's the case,

I'd like to change that reality.

You want to change the status quo?

Do you have the power?

What did you gain by saving an emergency patient over the VIP?

You have to leave Teasan for that, don't you?

If you're not at Taesan,

emergency patients would

have nowhere else to go.

What you did today

can't be accepted at Taesan.

Why did you...

bring me back here then?

What?

You're the one...

who sent me that USB stick, right?

That day...

you sedated me.

So you could give Dr. Yoon the heart

on the day of my mother's heart transplant.

I can't think of anyone else

who could've sent it other than you.

Yes.

It was me.

Why?

That was the only way to have you back.

You want to change the way things are?

How?

Not the way you do things, at least.

Do you want to become a doctor who only operates on one person

with all the ORs closed?

What if that one person could give you

so much more than the dozens or hundreds of patient you saved?

Is that...

the children's heart center?

Yes.

Join me for Han Min Shik's VAD surgery

if you want to stay at Taesan.

Take a rest now, Candidate Han.

I'll make sure there won't be any more mistakes.

Dr. Choi.

There's something I didn't get to tell you.

Dr. Park knows...

- about the sarcoma surgery.- What?

What do you mean, he knows?

I told him...

that the goal of the surgery was to kill him on the table.

Choi Seok Han!

Should I still tell Dr. Park Tae Soo that

it's his last surgery at Taesan?

How far will you take Park Tae Soo with you?

When you dismissed his mother, you should've done the same with him.

I'm sure he'll be in your way.

Let's hear how you feel after

barging in and ruining the important surgery.

Are you saying what I did was wrong?

Wrong?

Of course, it was very wrong.

If you weren't my niece, you would've had to leave Taesan.

Closing all the ORs for just Candidate Han Min Shik wasn't wrong,

but operating on the emergency patient was wrong?

It was my decision as a chairman to close the ORs.

It was for Taesan.

It was for Taesan?

If Dad was around, this would've never happened.

If he was around, Han Min Shik wouldn't have chosen Taesan either.

Who do you think made Taesan

the way it is now?

Was it Hyungnim, who made Dr. Choi do surgery for him

since he couldn't do it with his shaky hands?

Uncle!

Was it Hyungnim...

who manipulated Dr. Choi's daughter's test results

for you to get operated on?

Will you keep saying I'll be leaving Taesan?

If you want to kick me out, bring the evidence.

What did you...

just say to me?

He manipulated Yoo Bin's

test results?

Yes.

If it wasn't for that,

you wouldn't be here now.

Dr. Park's mother could've had her heart as well.

Now that you know what your father did.

you should behave.

Soo Yeon.

We need to protect Taesan.

Let go of the past...

and remember that...

we only have each other now.

Don't get involved with people like

Dr. Choi and Park Tae Soo.

Those two will...

end up leaving Taesan.

Let's start...

the VAD surgery.

[ Heart Surgeons ]

Scalpel.

Coring knife.

Dr. Park.

Torque wrench, please.

Tunneling.

- Let's turn the VAD on.- Yes, Doctor.

It all looks good.

It went well.

Let's close him up now.

Please remove the pump.

Yes, removing the pump now.

Clamp.

The surgery was a success.

Thank you.

If he's discharged this weekend,

he could manage the election schedules next week.

Yes.

Thank you.

Did you ignore my warning?

You let Park Tae Soo in the VAD surgery?

I just needed a good assistant.

You want him on the same boat.

Don't mess things up then.

So he won't jump off when he wants to.

Yes.

Why didn't you tell me...

that my dad manipulated Yoo Bin's test results?

Nothing would change because you know.

I knew there was something strange,

but I didn't think he would've gone that far...

I said remember him as a father who did his best.

But you chose this path because of that.

I'll help.

I think the process is just as important as the goal.

You can't make a deal with Uncle.

That's none of your business.

He's a scary man.

He would never open a children's heart center for you.

Pediatrics, gynecology, and CS that have the most deficit.

You need all of them. There's no way.

He'll just use you and abandon you in the end.

You already know that too.

I'll take care of myself.

Doctor, please help me...

so I could fight Uncle.

Me?

You operated on...

the sarcoma patient.

You're the only one...

who know the truth, right?

Aigoo...

I should stop by at home to take a shower.

It's almost morning after two surgeries.

Dr. Park.

It wasn't...

your last surgery, right?

Right?

Dr. Choi just lost his temper, right?

You can't say stuff like that no matter how angry.

It wasn't my last surgery.

I told you I'd never leave Taesan again.

Yes.

That's good.

I should eat quickly and go home before Da Eun wakes up.

It overcooked.

We never eat at the right time.

[ Nam Woo Jin ]We always turn...

ramen into udon.

That was Han Min Shik?

That Han Min Shik I know?

Who is the...

Han Min Shik you know?

Are you serious?

I watch the news too.

Han Min Shik is impressive.

He gets the surgery with all the ORs closed.

Is that impressive?

It is. If Chairman was willing to do that...

Not impressive at all. He behaves like a thug.

We're the impressive ones.

We stopped that VIP surgery and barged in.

It's all thank to you, Woo Jin.

Her surgery went well too.

Thank you.

I didn't do anything.

What do you mean? You did a lot.

Anyway, I appreciate that Dr. Choi stopped you from getting fired,

but he changed a lot.

He won't bother going out for drinks with us.

I guess...

he was already changed when he sedated you.

Woo Jin.

I found out who sent me the USB.

What?

Really?

It was Dr. Yoon, right?

It was Dr. Choi.

Dr. Choi?

Why?

He drugged you and he let you know about it.

And now he stopped you from getting fired.

I don't understand at all.

[ Taesan University Hosptial ]

Moon Seung Jae.

Don't you have anything to say to me?

What do you mean?

Come on.

I see, thanks for the bear. It's so cute.

- Not that.- What is it then?

The VIP.

Who was it?

I don't know.

It's okay.

I won't tell anyone.

Ask Chief Koo if you want to know.

Do you think that my old man will tell me?

Of course not.

The moment you know,

everyone at the hospital will know in less than a day.

You little...

Okay.

You sure you can hold your lips?

Really, can you?

Actually, I don't know either. I wasn't there.

Hey! Moon Seung Jae!

Hello.

Hey.

Doctor, can I join this surgery too?

Why would you?

Because...

- He finds surgery fun.- Yes.

He keeps asking for it...

- Okay, then.- Thank you!

I took a look before I came here.

This surgery won't be easy.

Since the lungs function so poorly,

I don't know if she could recover after removing one lung.

She found out too late about the lung cancer.

I'd really like to help since the patient is young,

but I don't know if she could keep up

after the surgery.

Since it's adhering too much,

it's too hard to peel it off.

If we touch it, we might not stop the bleeding.

What should we do, Doctor?

Let's puncture a hole and try it by hand.

- Yes. - Okay.

- Retractors.- Yes.

- A little more. - Okay.

What's wrong?

Let's see.

I feel a bunch of little bumps inside the pleura.

Maybe the cancer spread.

We need to do the biopsy first.

[ Frozen section biopsy: quick-freezing the tissue to examine whether it has cancer ]- We'll do a frozen section biopsy.- Yes.

[ Frozen section biopsy: quick-freezing the tissue to examine whether it has cancer ]

[ Restricted Area ]

- It's taking a long time.- I know.

Yes, this is OR.

Yes.

Okay, thanks.

What did they say?

Cancer apparently spread to the pleura.

What?

It'll be difficult to proceed with the surgery.

She doesn't even smoke. How could it be...

Doctor.

- Tae Soo.- Yes, Dr. Park.

I heard from Seung Jae...

that you had to close her up.

There wasn't anything I could do.

Times like this are...

the worst.

I don't know if I'm really a doctor.

Doctor.

Ms. Park Min Jin.

You're in the ICU.

Jin Woo's mother...

Doctor.

How did the surgery...

Cancer...

already spread to the pleura.

I couldn't proceed with the surgery. I'm sorry.

Doctor.

I have a favor to ask.

My Jin Woo...

is going on a school field trip tomorrow.

Please let him...

enjoy the trip...

Yes.

I understand.

How impressive.

Closing up the ORs.

This is the first time since I started working here.

He went straight to the ward without going to the ICU.

It worked out for us since we don't have to care for him.

So what if he's a politician?

I know someone who would die to know about this.

- There he is.- Dr. Koo Dong Joon.

What's with him?

He was in Jin Woo's mother's surgery.

Ma'am!

Did you come straight from school?

Yes.

Drink these.

You drink it. You must be hungry since you're still growing.

I'm okay. I'm done growing.

- Thank you.- Thank you.

Did Mom's surgery go well?

Well...

let's go see your mom.

Yes.

Let's go.

Doctor.

Hello.

- Hey, did you just get here?- Yes.

Doctor, I'm here.

Yes, Jin Woo.

How did Mom's surgery go?

It went well.

Really? Thank you.

I was praying at school.

Mom.

Jin Woo.

I heard your surgery went well.

What a relief. I was worried.

Are you done...

packing?

Yes.

I should...

help you prepare.

I'm in middle school now.

You don't need to worry.

Jin Woo.

- I heard you're going on a field trip tomorrow.- Yes.

- Where are you going?- Jeju Island.

Sounds nice.

Let's go together when you get discharged.

I'll find out all the nice spots.

Ma'am.

Please take good care of my mom until I come back.

Sure.

Jin Woo.

Doctor.

Where's your brother?

He's home alone. I should take care of him.

You take care of your brother too.

You're so cool.

It's hard, isn't it?

No.

Okay.

I'm okay now.

Since her surgery went well.

What is it?

Get something to eat with your friends during your trip.

But why would you?

Because I'm proud of you.

You took good care of your mother while she's here.

Think of it as a gift from a hyung.

Thank you.

Don't worry about Mom, okay?

- Call me if you have any questions.- Yes.

Would he be okay?

He'd be shocked when he comes back.

She wants him to enjoy his school trip at least.

That's a mother's wish.