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Are you all right?
You fractured your right ankle.
I gave you a soft cast.
You'll be fully recovered in 2 or 3 months.
The problem is with your wrist.
Your right palm has been severely fractured.
We did what we could,
but even after you're fully recovered,
you'll only be able to utilize it at 70 percent capacity.
Is the angulation that severe?
ANGULATION: DEGREE OF DISPLACEMENT
Are you a medical student?
I'm in my fourth year residency in emergency medicine.
It'll depend on the rehab,
but in the worst case scenario,
you might not fully recover.
DONG-JU DUMPLINGS
Three thousand won, please.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Two plates, please.
Why didn't you go home to eat?
I wanted to eat dumplings tonight.
Don't they give you time to eat?
Why do you look so exhausted?
I eat well, don't worry.
I'm just so busy in the ER.
Why do you want be a doctor anyway?
That wouldn't bring back your father.
I don't get how you can work at a hospital
where your father had passed away.
I know you're my son, but I just don't get you.
You should live your life.
Make new friends. Find yourself a girlfriend.
OCTOBER, 2016
They'll be joining the Surgery Department of Geosan Medical Center.
Doctor Kang Dong-ju and Doctor Do In-beom.
As for Doctor Kang,
his score was top of the whole country on the qualifying exam.
We're expecting a lot from you two.
Welcome to the team.
Thank you. I'm glad to join the team.
-I'll do my best, sir. -We're counting on you.
-I'll do my best, sir. -Right.
I'll do my best, sir.
He's my son.
He's a handsome man.
Nice to meet you.
I guess we have to ask you for the favors.
He must be talented.
You know what to do, right?
-Yes, sir. -Yes, sir.
Times of discrimination.
This is my son I told you about before.
Let's talk on our way there.
Your background and connections are what matters more.
Even in hospitals where everything's a matter of life and death,
things aren't any different.
There is discrimination everywhere.
I think there are only two ways to solve this situation.
You either have to reborn as the son of the president,
or you get yourself a powerful VIP patient.
There's no way they'll let me attend to VIP patients.
You're right. They won't.
Which is why this vicious cycle of discrimination will never end.
I have to go.
I have an operation in 30 minutes.
Again?
You're getting enslaved.
Doctor Kang? The president is looking for you.
PRESIDENT DO YUN-WAN
There's an emergency operation of a VIP patient.
Senator Go Man-seok used to be the Chairman of the Congress.
I'm sorry, but my operation schedule is full for today.
Don't be stubborn.
That's for you to sort out.
Don't you know why we're letting you operate on a VIP patient?
It must be a very difficult operation.
You need someone to blame on when it doesn't go well.
And I'm the best candidate, right?
Am I wrong?
Doctor Kang.
I'll operate on my patients as scheduled.
It's a sepsis patient.
I can't delay the operation without risking the patient's life.
Please excuse me.
Why did you become a doctor?
I heard you're from a poor family.
You must have studied harder than any other to become a doctor.
Isn't success the reason why you became so determined?
This is your opportunity.
Back then,
you're the little boy who made a scene in the emergency room.
That was you, right?
You're right.
This is a very difficult case.
HCC rupture.
The rate of a successful operation is 30 percent at best.
But opportunities always come with certain amount of risks.
Don't tell me that you dare to challenge me
without having the guts to handle something like this.
If you really want revenge,
become a better man.
What do you mean the operation has been postponed?
Is there something wrong with my dad?
I have to prove myself.
We'll have to wait and see for a few more days
and decide on the date of the operation again.
I'm sorry.
Doctor.
My dad is all right, isn't he?
Yes, he is.
I'll prove them that I'm a better man
than they are.
Doctor Oh, I'm going to cut the abdomen open now.
The blood pressure will start to drop right away. Scalpel.
Bovie.
Scalpel.
Suction.
Retractor.
Get yourself together. Suction.
Hold it there. Now.
Hold this. We'll start the left hemi-hepatectomy now.
Pull yourself together.
Doctor Oh, how's the patient doing?
The pulse is getting faster, but it's fine at the moment.
Suction.
I can't see where the bleeding is coming from.
-Scalpel. -The vital signs are unstable.
It's dropping to 70 over 40.
Suture.
Cut.
Bovie.
Spread it open. I can't see where the bleeding is coming from.
It's progressed to disseminated intravascular coagulation.
There's too much bleeding.
Really? 30 percent success rate?
I doubt it.
It was five percent at best when I opened him up.
I tried my best,
but the result was unsuccessful.
Get the defibrillator!
-Increase to 200J. -Ready, Doctor.
Move aside.
Clear.
Give me 200J again.
Step away. Clear.
Doctor.
The time of death is 5:25p.m.
The patient died from excessive bleeding.
Former Chairman of Congress Senator Go Man-seok passed away...
Lay low for a while.
Many are paying their respects to the deceased.
Reporter Kim Ju-yeong will be bringing the news.
PERSONNEL TRANSFER FOR KANG DONG-JU TO DOLDAM HOSPITAL, JEONGSEON
Doldam Hospital.
Where is this?
It's a small branch in Jeongseon.
We'll call you back when things get settled.
So be on your best behavior.
Think of this as a break.
Okay?
Basically,
I'm screwed.
DOLDAM HOSPITAL, JEONGSEON, GANGWON PROVINCE
What is this place?
DOLDAM HOSPITAL
MOM
What are you staring at?
I thought we had a guest, but he's leaving.
He must have taken a wrong turn.
Darn it.
Dong-ju.
I hope you got to Jeongseon safely.
It must be difficult to settle down at a new place.
But give me a call once things get less hectic.
I wonder how you're doing.
Don't skip your meals.
Okay?
PERSONNEL TRANSFER FOR KANG DONG-JU TO DOLDAM HOSPITAL, JEONGSEON
LETTER OF RESIGNATION
Excuse me.
-May I have more pickles? -Sure.
I, KANG DONG-JU,
RESIGN AS OF TODAY
I'd like to resign
as of today.
Hey, wake up. Hey.
-Call 911 now. Hurry! -Okay.
Hey.
-Do you work here? -Yes.
-Do you have a defibrillator? -We do. I'll bring it.
Don't come in.
Do you know how to use it?
No, I was taught once, but I don't remember.
Keep pressing here.
-Press hard with two hands. -Okay.
What are you doing?
I'm trying to save this man from a heart attack.
Are you insane? Get your foot off!
This man is dying! What do you think you're doing?
What about you? Are you trying to kill him?
-Hey. -Yes?
Stop doing that and help him stand up.
Don't stop. Keep going.
I said stop it and help him up.
I'm a doctor at Geosan Medical Center.
Don't stop. He will die once you stop pumping.
If you want to play doctor, you shouldn't be drunk.
And if you're drunk, you shouldn't step up.
This is why you were sent to a small local branch.
Hey.
Get him up if you don't want to see a dead body.
Are you insane?
This is so annoying.
Step aside.
Will you take the responsibility if he dies?
What if I save him?
You can't save him. I bet my life on it.
Okay.
Deal.
Darn you.
Move.
-I said, move! -Okay.
-Grab him. -Okay.
-Help him get up. -Okay.
-Get him up. -Okay.
Pull in right under
the xiphoid process
as if you are gently pushing the place up.
And get it out at once.
-Look. -He did it.
All right. Hey, man.
You should chew well.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Well?
He's alive.
Let go.
What are you doing?
What are you doing in my kitchen?
Let me use some of your tools. Guys.
Hold this.
Damn it. Let go of me.
Tools? Why?
He bet on his life and lost.
Excuse me.
If this is a joke, it's not funny.
No one said it's a joke.
You lost. Your life is mine.
Well, cutting your wrist is equivalent to taking your life, right?
Why didn't you sharpen this?
I use my strength to cut things.
That's why the blade is all ruined.
If the blade is dull,
you can't cut anything clean.
Don't splatter blood all over.
My boys had a hard time cleaning up all the blood last time.
-Blood? -It looks much better now.
Are you really cutting my wrist off?
Are you serious?
You're a man. Stick to your words.
That's what a man is.
No objections, right?
Who are you?
Are you a gangster?
I'm more used to using a knife.
Hey, don't worry about it.
It'll hurt, but it won't take long.
All right. I'll cut off your tendons and bones.
-I'll cut them off at once. -No!
Darn it!
What are you doing? Go and send him off.
Please call the security guard.
-Pardon? -Where is it?
Call the police now!
There he is.
Gosh. Where is it?
Seriously. Taxi!
Taxi! Over here!
Go!
AVAILABLE
Where should I take you, sir?
Sir, where are you going?
DOLDAM HOSPITAL
REGISTRATION
Excuse me.
Sorry. We're closed.
I'm not here to be treated.
Is it for the discharge procedure?
Then, please go to window number two.
I'm Kang Dong-ju. I'm a doctor.
I'm a surgeon from Geosan Medical Center.
I've been transferred to this hospital as of today.
Could I see the letter of appointment?
In fact,
something happened on the way here and I lost it.
-If you call the hospital-- -It's 8 p.m.
No one would be working now.
I think you have to wait until tomorrow to confirm it.
Wait.
I couldn't find a place to stay as I came here in such a hurry.
Is there any way you could help me with that?
I'm sorry,
but this hospital provides only our employees
with benefits like that.
I can't help you unless I confirm your identity.
DOLDAM HOSPITAL
What's going on?
Where am I?
Don't worry. The surgery was successful.
Surgery?
Your right hand.
Thanks for the present.
No!
I just contacted the main hospital.
-Sorry? -Please follow me.
Doctor Kang Dong-ju.
EMERGENCY CENTER
He is the president of Doldam Hospital.
It's nice to meet you. I'm Yeo Un-yeong.
I'm Kang Dong-ju, GS.
GS: GENERAL SURGERY
I wish they had sent a physician.
Pardon?
I'm not saying that I have a problem with you.
We already have a competent head of General Surgery.
We also have a resident.
That's why I said that.
Our hospital is a general hospital with all sorts of department.
Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Family Medicine, and Emergency.
RECEPTIONIST
We have a lot of patients.
You will be very surprised.
"Rembrandt, the painter of light.
He left a few self-portraits."
"His self-portrait painted in his early years looks like his son..."
Anyway, welcome to Doldam Hospital.
I'm Jang Gi-tae, the head of Administrative Office.
That's okay. You don't need to worry about me.
I'm not planning to work here for a long time.
I'll stay here for about one or two months.
If I can't go back to Geosan Medical Center within that time,
I'll find a job at another big hospital in Seoul.
I thought I should tell you before I start working here.
I see. I fully understand what you're trying to say.
Does he not like this hospital?
He won't even last a week. I'll bet 50,000 won.
He gave me a good first impression. I liked him.
Three days.
Then I'll bet 100,000 won. He'll leave in 3 days for sure.
Good morning.
Or not.
Doctor Yun is leaving soon, right?
Mind your own business.
What about the handsome doctor?
Where is he now?
He said he wanted to change his clothes,
so I took him to the staff room.
He wanted to get changed?
-Wait. -Oh, no.
Seo-jeong.
Why are you here?
What are you doing here?
I was going to ask you the same thing.
How did you...
Since when did you work here?
I asked you first. What are you doing here?
I've been transferred to this hospital as of yesterday.
-You've been transferred? -Yes.
I'll be working here for a while.
It just happened.
How long will you be working here?
It's your turn to answer.
-How long have you worked here? -How long will you be working here?
Have you been working here since then?
Since that day five years ago,
have you been working here until now?
Forget it. You don't have to answer me.
Why didn't you call me?
For a month since you disappeared,
I left you text and voice messages every single day.
Did you even check them?
No.
DOLDAM HOSPITAL
PRESIDENT OF DOLDAM HOSPITAL YEO UN-YEONG
We have a patient. Get ready.
Yes, ma'am.
Give me.
Move him to the emergency room.
Unfasten the seat belt.
Sir, do you hear me?
Sir.
What? This is my car.
Gosh.
Over there.
Be careful.
He is conscious.
-What are his vital signs? -It is 70 over 40, pulse 140.
Lung sounds diminished on the left side.
-Doctor. -It's a tension.
Administer 10L of oxygen through a reserve mask
and prepare saline for hydration.
Also, I need a dressing set with 24 gauge needles--
If he's bleeding because of a car crash, it might be hemopneumothorax.
-Please prepare 16 gauge needles. -Okay.
What's wrong with your right hand?
Are you hurt?
-Prepare a chest tube. -Okay.
-What are his vital signs? -It is 80 over 40, pulse 120.
It has increased a little bit after some fluids were injected.
What are you doing? He is complaining of abdominal pain.
Why are you talking like that? That doesn't sound like you.
Is a resident allowed to talk down to a specialist?
If so, I will.
I have no idea what you mean.
You were a senior resident five years ago.
What are you saying?
I'm studying Cardiovascular Surgery.
Will you focus on the patient's condition, Doctor Kang Dong-ju?
He has muscle guarding. It means he has an internal hemorrhage.
We need to put in a chest tube and send him to a bigger hospital.
Palpation has limits.
We have an ultrasound device, too.
The hospital may seem small, but we have pretty much everything.
He seems to have hemorrhage in the spleen, right?
It looks serious.
-What should we do? -It's simple.
We should send him to a bigger hospital without delay.
How long does it take to the nearest hospital?
It takes about two hours by car.
One and a half if you step on it.
He might die from excessive bleeding before reaching the hospital.
You'd better treat him here instead.
This is not something we can do here.
-Don't you see that? -Are you not feeling confident?
Cutting a patient's abdomen open
in an inappropriate condition is no better than murder.
It's not that I can't do it but that I won't do it.
Quiet down!
-What are his vital signs? -It is 60 over 40, pulse 120.
He has hemorrhage in the spleen.
He is unidentified, and we don't know the cause of injury.
He drove his car here and hit another car in the parking lot.
The car is a wreck.
What are you doing standing here? Keep doing your job.
Yes, Doctor.
Get him an intubation and a ventilator.
-Prepare for ligation. -Are you
-going to operate on him here now? -Inject 20mg of Etomidate.
He's fast.
Get him propofol continuous infusion and an ampule of rocuronium.
Yes, sir.
Set the ventilator on CMV mode.
-Pass me the tube. -We don't have time for that.
-Use a trocar. -Pass me the trocar.
Trocar? Do they have it here?
-How much are we getting? -It's been 400cc and still running.
Okay. It's my turn.
Hey.
Step aside. If you don't want to do it, just move out of the way.
Are you cutting a patient's abdomen open right here?
This is neither an operating room nor a hybrid room.
-What if it gets contaminated? -Nurse.
Get this thing out of my way.
What? Did you call me "this thing"?
What are you...
Let go of me!
-Scalpel. -Stop right there.
Excuse me. Have you all gone insane?
He will bleed a lot. Get ready.
Are you really a doctor?
Suction.
Okay.
I got it.
Already?
Pass me the hemostat.
HEMOSTAT: FORCEPS USED TO COMPRESS BLOOD VESSELS
Hold this.
Silk three.
Stay focused.
What was that? What is he doing?
What am I watching now?
Cover him with film and move him to the operating room.
I will operate on him for ruptured spleen and damaged intestine, okay?
-Yes, Doctor. -Yes, Doctor.
Who on earth is he?
What? Do you have a problem?
That was reckless, irresponsible,
-and dangerous. -Do you think so?
We had no choice.
It means his life was at stake.
Do you think you can explain to the patient
what he's gone through?
Are you talking about the human rights of patients?
Or code of medical ethics?
Don't bother asking me about such things.
In my premises, there is only one thing that matters.
Saving the patients.
No matter what.
I don't give a damn about anything else.
OPERATING ROOM
Prepare 10 packs of RBC and 8 FFP.
I'll get the operating room ready.
OPERATING ROOM
What on earth is this place?
OPERATING
Aren't you going in?
I can't. I'm not allowed.
Why didn't you make an objection?
Cutting the abdomen open in an emergency room
was totally against common sense.
He didn't take the patient's safety into consideration.
What about you?
You put off the surgery on your own patient to attend to a VIP,
but he ended up dying.
You tried to make a name for yourself only to get ousted.
Is that what's right for you?
Did you hear that from In-su?
I heard it from one of the people here.
Someone from Geosan Medical Center told him everything about you.
It was inevitable.
I had to take the risk because that was the only way to seize an opportunity.
What opportunity?
An opportunity to prove myself.
To whom?
You really don't know?
To the higher ups at the hospital.
It's all about the connections there.
People like me who have no background must do anything.
I must look for the right connection
or prove myself by treating a VIP patient.
What happened to you in the past five years?
You became a coward making excuses.
What changed you?
Was life that hard?
Did you say you'll be here for two months at most?
Let's see if you can even last that long.
I like you.
This is your last year as a resident, right?
Let's get married when you're done.
I'm sorry.
That won't make it go away.
What's wrong?
Does seeing him again...
makes your heart flutter?
Get it together.
This is a hallucination.
It's just a hallucination.
It's a hallucination.
I have something to tell you.
I'm tired. Let's do it later.
This song is great, right?
She sounds the best from a cassette tape.
Oh, gosh.
My goodness.
I said, I have something to say.
The human rights of patients and code of medical ethics.
-Let's say you're beyond all that-- -Hey.
How many patients have you killed?
I'm not talking about the times you read out the time of death.
How many patients died on your hands as a doctor?
Just one.
Right before I got sent here.
Add 10 to that.
Come back when you killed that many patients.
I'll hear what you have to say then.
How's your right wrist? Is that still intact?
Don't lose it.
I'll come looking for it whenever I need it.
I'm sorry,
but I won't stay for so long.
I'll try to leave in a month.
Shorter than that if possible.
I'm going to get out of this stupid hospital as soon as I can.
And when you do,
do you have a place to go?
I'll go back to where I belong.
Who says they want you back?
Let me tell you this.
They didn't send me out here because I'm incompetent.
I was just unlucky.
I didn't spend my entire life studying, practicing,
and dissecting to get stuck here
in some small hospital in the countryside.
What are you getting at?
No matter what happens,
I'm going back to the main hospital.
Doctor Kang.
You got a call from Seoul. It's your mother.
She tried your cellphone, but she couldn't get through.
So she called the hospital.
IN-SU
Later.
Tell her I'm busy.
Hello, In-su. It's me.
Hello?
Doctor Kang is very busy right now.
I understand. Sorry for bothering you.
What are you talking about?
President Yeo and President Do are friends?
That's right.
President Do and President Yeo
are old friends from college.
I see.
You didn't forget to visit President Yeo, did you?
You have to make sure he likes you.
The only way to change President Do's mind
is going after President Yeo. Do you hear me?
This is another piece of information I got for you.
President Yeo loves playing Go.
And he loves orchids.
He's crazy about oriental orchids.
In-su. I don't know a thing about playing Go.
And plants look all the same to me.
Stop being so stubborn.
Do you want to stay there for good?
What is it?
Well...
It's all right. You can say it.
I was too tied up in the morning
and forgot to come and introduce myself properly.
If I made any mistakes,
please do understand.
You didn't do anything like that.
Really?
Oh, right.
-I heard you met Teacher Kim. -Pardon?
-Teacher Kim? -The head of General Surgery.
Is that what he's called?
He may appear rude at first, but you can learn a lot from him.
I'm not sure about that.
Make sure you are very polite.
Make sure he thinks nice of you, okay?
Yes. I will do my best.
-Okay. See yourself out. -Yes.
What is it?
Do you have anything else to say?
Well...
President Yeo!
-Doctor Yun is having a seizure! -Again?
-Call Teacher Kim immediately. -Okay.
Seo-jeong.
Doctor Yun.
Let go of that.
Don't step in.
Trust Myeong-sim.
You've done well so far.
You can go back to the operating room in just a few days.
I'm dead because of you.
I keep hearing voices.
It's because you believe you hear them.
You are already well and you are completely healed.
So please.
Give me that.
Give me...
the scalpel.
Help me.
I'm dead because of you.
Seo-jeong.
What's wrong?
What is it?
Why are you holding a scalpel?
I like you, Seo-jeong.
Give it to me.
Come on.
No.
No, Seo-jeong!
Bring elastic bandage. Hurry!
That's enough.
She overdosed on sedatives.
Her vital signs are unstable.
Does it look like she cut an artery?
Keep her hydrated and move her to the operating room.
Okay.
-Is the tourniquet ready? -It is.
-Keep the pressure at 200. -Yes, Doctor.
Tourniquet on.
Her wound is small but deep.
An artery, a nerve, and two tendons.
Three tendons. We have to put five together. Have you ever done this?
Have you?
No, I've only seen a video.
It's my first time.
If you make a single mistake,
I'll cut off your wrist and give it to Seo-jeong.
Understand?
Let's begin.
Mosquito.
Subtitle translation by Ryan Oh