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THE CHARACTERS, PLACES, ORGANIZATIONS

AND EVENTS IN THIS DRAMA ARE WORKS OF FICTION

(light music)

-SABU: Ms. Ha Yoonkyung? -Yes.

Why did you apply to Doldam Hospital?

I watched your video from seven years ago

about the artificial heart surgery.

As a doctor myself, it was so inspiring...

(in emotional voice) One moment, please.

Here.

I've heard a lot about the water and air being good,

as well as the mountains.

By the way, I'm a really big fan of yours. Really. A real big fan.

-APPLICANT 1: I like you. -(chuckles)

What makes a good doctor?

-Do you provide food? -How much is

the annual salary for someone of my status?

(voice breaking) For me to get this far...

-(sighs) -APPLICANT 2: Let's be honest.

General surgeons and CT surgeons don't really get paid a lot

and they're extreme jobs.

If you look there, you'll see that I have overseas training experience.

For a week?

It's plenty of time for a life-changing experience.

Is food delivery available out here?

Having you, Dr. Bu Yongju, as a mentor would really...

boost my recognition when I open my own hospital...

I cried a lot, didn't I? (soft chuckle)

-May I shake your hand? -Sure.

(squeals, giggles)

-Nurse! -Nurse!

Nurse!

Nurse, please bring us some water.

APPLICANT 3: I...

was curious.

Curious?

About what?

APPLICANT 3: You.

Also, the people at Doldam Hospital.

(papers rustle)

Hold on... (inhales deeply)

Aren't you...

LEE SEONUNG, R.O.K. NAVY

(soft grunt)

Ah!

Ah...

There's a lounge over there. You can rest there if you'd like.

Okay... No, it's okay.

(grunts, sighs)

EUNJAE'S MOM: Eunho.

His doctor's license is suspended for a year.

Is this what you meant by fairness and justice?

Do you feel better now?

It was Eunho's fault.

There's even a victim.

Even now, you care more about the victim than your own family?

Just because you're family...

does it mean you're supposed to cover for them no matter what?

Of course. That's what family is.

It's common sense.

What about Dad?

(breathes shakily)

Does Dad...

see it that way too?

It's been a long time, Eunjae.

Have you been well?

Dad.

What brings you here?

I just had some business to attend to.

The hospital building is nice.

JINMAN: But...

I heard there hasn't been a final building inspection yet.

You're not...

receiving patients, are you?

(tense music)

(mouthing)

The final building inspection is for the building itself.

As doctors, our job is to receive patients.

Also, as a visitor,

if you're done with your business, you should be on your way.

Dr. Park.

Didn't you say you would show me the Trauma Center today?

Yes, well, I was planning on it.

However,

it seems a few issues I wasn't aware of have occurred.

I'm sorry.

Isn't a hospital's chief decision-maker

the hospital director?

JINMAN: But how is it

that the unopened Trauma Center is being used

without the Director's knowledge or permission?

How is that possible, Director Park?

(breathes deeply)

(phones buzz)

You should go. There's nothing to worry about here.

You too, Dr. Cha Eunjae.

Go.

Let's go, Cha Eunjae.

INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

As of today, the Trauma Center is temporarily closed to the public.

Also, everything that occurs in here is a security matter.

Please escort him out, Director Park.

Your nonsense hasn't changed.

(tense music continues)

(whispering) Those two...

What's with them?

They were well-known for their rivalry ever since their undergrad years.

It's a "dragon versus tiger" situation,

or as they say nowadays, "TVPG."

"TVPG?"

It means "Two Very Proud Geniuses."

To make a comparison,

they were the Ronaldo and Messi of Keosan Medical School.

I see.

Who was Messi?

Excuse me,

Dr. Cha Jinman?

Master Kim.

(chuckles)

(chuckles)

(upbeat music)

VOLUME 2 BETWEEN ETHICS AND REALITY

EPISODE 2

(camera shutters clicking)

REPORTER 1: Here he comes.

REPORTER 2: He's here.

(camera shutters clicking)

REPORTER 3: Are the negotiations going well?

REPORTER 4: Is it true the agreed inter-Korean exchange will have

over 40 trillion won of economic value?

REPORTER 5: Is it true that there are negotiations

for demolishing the DMZ military facilities?

Is that why the former Secretary of Defense

is present on the council?

For the first time in a long time, the South and North have come together

to establish many agreements.

WOONGIL: Everything seems to be going well.

Please send your support so that we may yield good results.

REPORTER 6: Is there any chance of restarting business with the North?

REPORTER 7: Do you have any suggestions

-for alleviating military tension? -(reporters clamoring)

(tense music)

Something's come up, sir.

The officials from the North are not departing from the hotel.

Why? What's happened?

Yesterday, our Coast Guard found a boat stranded in the East Sea.

Apparently, there were North Korean defectors on it.

SECRETARY: It seems this info was relayed to the officials.

Here you go, sir.

If we don't implement this,

they say they'll overturn all their decisions from this summit

and return to Pyongyang tomorrow morning.

Where are the defectors now?

Are you really going to be like this, Master Kim?

You left it up to me to organize the Trauma Center.

Well, I told you not him.

He wouldn't come down to a place like this anyway.

Was I a person who would come down to a place like this then?

Director Park, you're different.

You were moderately pure with some serious craziness.

You were our guy from the beginning.

Anyway, we would be lucky to have someone as overqualified as Dr. Cha.

Sometimes, being overqualified isn't everything.

I admit that he is a talented person,

but that doesn't necessarily mean he's dedicated to his patients.

I'm telling you, he's completely different from us.

JINMAN: As I expected.

I heard that everything at Doldam Hospital starts and stops at Bu Yongju's word.

I suppose the rumors were true, Dr. Park Minguk.

Not in the slightest.

I am the Director of Doldam Hospital.

I make the final decisions.

SABU: So what?

Did he say he'd come if we tell him to?

I'm going to try and convince him.

If you have any objections, tell me now.

Otherwise, just keep your mouth shut.

You...

JINMAN: To be honest,

Bu Yongju isn't at a level to raise any objections about me.

In that case, you can finish looking around the Trauma Center as planned.

MINGUK: I will guide you.

(door opens)

Director Park Minguk, may we speak with you for a second?

EUNJAE: Take this to Labs.

EUNTAK: How much blood should I take?

EUNJAE: Just one liter. Please run an ABGA as well.

SABU: How is she?

EUNJAE: Her fever keeps rising, and her RR is fast.

And she still has hemoptysis.

SABU: You can't hear anything on one side.

What about the Xpert results?

EUNTAK: They came back TB-positive.

It is confirmed to be resistant to rifampin.

(Eunjae sighs)

EUNJAE: I'm sure it's MDR...

What should we do? The condition of her lungs is very bad.

SABU: When will Pulmonologist Dr. Na be back from the conference?

EUNTAK: Dr. Na should be back next week on Monday.

SABU: Send her the photos, videos, and test results for now.

Ask Dr. Na to contact us after taking a look.

EUNTAK: Yes, sir.

(door opens)

(alarm beeping)

(tense music)

WOOJIN: It's a PEA arrest.

-Nurse Euntak! -NURSE: He's in the ICU next door.

WOOJIN: In the meantime, give one ampule of epinephrine every three minutes.

-Can you help me with the ambu bag? -NURSE: Okay.

SABU: I can do that.

Can you bring the ultrasound?

NURSE: Yes, Doctor.

WOOJIN: Please page Dr. Jang Donghwa.

NURSE: About that...

We've been paging him this whole time, but he hasn't been responding.

SABU: Since this is an emergency,

call Dr. Jung Insu and Dr. Nam Doil.

NURSE: Yes, Doctor.

I sent the files to Dr. Na and left a message.

EUNJAE: The patient next door seems to have gone into arrest.

(Woojin panting)

(panting continues)

WOOJIN: I'll check his rhythm now.

There's no pulse. Continuing CPR.

I'll take over.

(Woojin panting)

EUNJAE (sighs): Where the hell is Jang Donghwa?

Did he scram again?

DONGHWA: Let's check together. We have to move together.

We can't die, you guys.

You can't die. Think of this as real life.

Slowly.

Come quickly, everyone! This is a warzone! Hurry!

-(gunshot in video game) -(man groans in video game)

-(exhales loudly) -(keyboard clacking)

Pay attention! This is a warzone!

(laughs)

(tense music)

INSU: I'll do it.

SABU: Dr. Jung Insu, run an echo.

INSU: Yes, sir.

-EUNTAK: Let's switch. -WOOJIN: Checking rhythm.

PEA arrest. Continuing CPR!

INSU: Ah...

It's cardiac tamponade, Master Kim.

SABU: Get me a c-line for a pericardiocentesis.

(Woojin panting)

SABU: Don't stop the compressions.

WOOJIN (panting): Yes, sir.

(panting continues)

Wasn't he a general surgeon?

How does he know how to deal with a cardiac tamponade?

-(door opens) -(footsteps approaching)

INSU: I'm going to check his rhythm.

ROSC. His pulse is back.

-(Euntak sighs) -(Woojin exhales in relief)

SABU: Good job, everyone.

Keep this pericardial catheter in and keep an eye on the patient.

-The LV contractility is too low. -(Woojin panting)

There's a chance of another cardiac arrest.

WOOJIN: The patient's nutritional status and health are very bad.

I'm worried that the patient may not be able to endure it.

SABU: Double the amount of norepinephrine.

WOOJIN: Should we give Vasopressin as well?

SABU: Yes. Let's do that.

-EUNTAK: Master Kim. -SABU: Yeah?

(Woojin panting)

SABU: What nonsense is this? What do you mean by repatriation?

Director Park.

Where are you trying to send these dying people?

There seems to be a major figure among the defectors.

If we don't return all the people that were on that boat by midnight,

the summit in Seoul will be suspended immediately.

Listen here.

Those people are critically ill patients.

One of them went into cardiac arrest, and we just barely brought him back.

SABU: Also, those people clearly expressed

their intention to become naturalized in the Republic of Korea.

The Republic of Korea is obligated to protect those people.

We're not obligated to do that yet.

SABU: Hmm?

As you know, they haven't officially entered our territory yet.

AGENT: At stake is 40 trillion won,

depending on the outcome of the summit meeting.

Should we lose out on 40 trillion won because of a few defectors?

Are you asking me, a doctor,

to decide what is more important?

A human's life or 40 trillion won?

AGENT: I'm just informing you about the current circumstances.

The fishing boat stranded in the East Sea was a North Korean vessel.

Both the boat and its passengers will be sent back to North Korea.

Before midnight.

(Sabu sighs)

Damn it...

Have you heard from Dr. Jang Donghwa yet?

No, not yet.

NURSE: We're still paging him, but no response at all.

Dr. Seo, this...

DONGHWA.JJANG

DONGHWA: Emergency overtime again today.

Staying up all night, and getting off work at dawn.

Current time, 3:49 a.m.

Is this for real?

(sighs, scoffs)

(Donghwa exhales deeply)

(phone buzzes)

What's this?

EUNJAE: Hey, Dr. Jang Donghwa! Where are you?

Come to the hospital right now.

Whatever.

-(keyboard clacking) -(phone buzzes)

EUNJAE: Seo Woojin is totally pissed.

(clacking continues)

(breathes deeply)

EUNJAE: Come immediately. I'll give you ten seconds.

(clacking continues)

(phone buzzes)

(annoyed groan)

EUNJAE: Are you ignoring me?

You're confident you can handle the consequences, right?

-(gunshots in video game) -Oh!

Oh!

Wait!

-(exclaims, yelling) -(man groans in video game)

Damn it!

(sighs)

IT HAPPENS. SOME DAYS ARE LIKE THAT.

Dr. Jang Donghwa!

What time is it?

It's 3:00 in the afternoon.

You!

I heard you didn't come to the OR last night and ran away.

EUNJAE: There was a patient whose life was on the balance.

How could you just leave?

Would you leave the battlefield during an enemy invasion

just because your time was up?

I worked the morning shift and overtime yesterday.

Hey, are you the only one?

Everyone here worked overtime.

We are legally protected to work only 80 hours a week.

Plus eight hours

for educational purposes or emergency cases.

In other words, 88 hours in total. Why are you leaving that out?

Residents aren't allowed to work 36 hours straight.

What?

You worked 20 hours straight, including both day and night shifts.

Even if you included the surgery time,

that's still approximately 24 hours.

There was an emergency patient who required surgery.

It was a surgery you needed to be here for,

but you left.

Even though you didn't work over the legal amount of hours.

Got anything to say?

Sure, work-life balance.

I also think that's important.

But you wanted to be a doctor.

Then do what you must.

(sighs)

I'm sorry.

Don't apologize to me.

If you don't practice properly,

your patients deal with the repercussions.

Unless told otherwise,

the patient in ICU Room No.1 is your responsibility.

He went into cardiac arrest this morning,

so if he seems unstable, call someone immediately.

Get it together, Jang Donghwa.

You're lucky this is Dr. Seo Woojin.

If it was Dr. Yang Hojun, you would have taken a beating.

(sighs)

Stop it. I can see you giggling.

(both snicker)

CAFE AU LAIT

MILK COFFEE

Let's just try to be understanding.

We were residents

and the third year of residency is the hardest, most sensitive time.

He's going into fellowship next year, and he can't even perform first-aid.

Fine.

It isn't a crime to not be able to do it.

But he doesn't even try, nor is he diligent.

Is there any hope for him?

Dr. Insu said we were the same way.

Not me.

Well, I guess you were good at everything from the start.

(laughs softly)

(Eunjae slurps)

Did your father leave?

Hmm?

Oh, I'm not sure. Did he? (soft chuckle)

It's been a while since you last saw him.

Yeah.

I saw him briefly on his birthday last year.

Is he still upset...

about your brother?

I don't know.

JINMAN: What are you doing here?

(soft music)

Actually,

I have to operate, so I'll talk to you later.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD

I don't regret what I did.

Don't I look cool?

(soft chuckle)

Now wouldn't be the right time

to introduce myself, would it?

I guess not. Let's do that later.

Is that all right?

Yeah.

(phone buzzes)

Master Kim is calling for me.

-Thanks for the coffee. -Wait.

-What is it? -Stay like that just a moment.

-Why? -Turn your head this way.

Is there something on my face? Where?

EUNJAE: Here?

Or is it here?

There's something...

Hey!

In the middle of the hospital!

(soft chuckle)

Hurry up and go. Master Kim is waiting.

EMPLOYEE LOUNGE

(soft chuckle)

(tense music)

Nobody cares. Not a single one of you!

Using facilities that aren't even ready!

Darn it.

What are they going to do

if a new official suddenly comes in?

GITAE: Darn it.

Hold on.

Which is stronger? The Ministry of Health and Welfare?

Or National Intelligence Service?

Damn it! I've been so distracted by the final building inspection.

Hold on.

Come to think of it, there was something going on today.

MY SCHEDULE

GITAE: At 4 p.m.?

What's at 4 p.m.?

-Here's your helmet. -Thank you.

EMPLOYEE: You're here!

Hello!

Did you receive the notice for the electrical inspection today?

Yes, of course.

For 30 minutes, from 4 p.m.,

power in the new trauma center will be shut off.

Is there anything else we need to know before that?

Actually, we weren't able to install the UPS battery yet.

EMPLOYEE: There was a problem in the bidding process

and the company was changed, so it was delayed.

It'll come within the week.

I understand. Where is the electrical room?

EMPLOYEE: It's on the second basement level.

If you turn left around that building, you'll see the entrance to the basement.

ELECTRICIAN: Let's move.

-Let's go down together. -Yes, let's go.

-This way. -ELECTRICIAN: Okay.

(door opens)

Master Kim, I just received an email from Dr. Na.

EUNTAK: Dr. Na suggests kanamycin. If that doesn't work,

prothionamide and cycloserine,

since we don't know if it is XDR-TB.

Did you tell her about the BUN levels?

Yes, I told her that creatinine levels and urea output are decreasing.

I also mentioned

that the ABGA indicated a PaCO2 value of 60 mmHg.

(sighs)

Master Kim, I'm here.

Did Dr. Na send an opinion?

Here you go, Dr. Cha.

As expected, Dr. Na says to go with medicine.

At this rate, it would take another week or two.

What are your thoughts then, Eunjae?

Mm...

I think it's better to remove the lesion site with surgery.

EUNJAE: The patient's BUN levels are bad

and there's constant hemorrhaging,

meaning that the lungs are still being destroyed locally.

Have you ever performed a lung lobectomy?

No, not for the lung.

You can give it a try this time then.

(phone ringing)

This is the Trauma Center.

Yes, Nurse Euntak.

What?

Okay.

Master Kim says to prepare for surgery.

ANESTHESIOLOGIST NAM DOIL

Surgery?

What surgery are you talking about?

A lung lobecto--

(splutters) Where is Master Kim?

No, tell him not to do anything until I get there.

(breathes deeply)

(sighs deeply)

Master Kim.

Master Kim!

Your name?

My name is Seo Woojin.

JINMAN: Eunjae is

my precious daughter

whether you knew that or not.

When she chose to go into CT surgery,

I was so proud of her.

I almost cried.

Her brother Eunho was also happy when she made her choice.

And so,

we respected and supported each other.

Our family didn't have any problems

until you showed up,

Dr. Seo Woojin.

(soft tense music)

I'm just saying.

(door closes)

(door sliding open)

Master Kim, you're operating on patient Ri Bokyoung?

SABU: Yes, that's what we've decided. What is it?

Now, why are you doing this?

Why are you trying to open up someone

who'll be repatriated by midnight tonight?

(breathes deeply)

Master Kim!

-(clanks) -SABU: That's why I'm doing it.

So what about politics

and economic whatever

-of 40 trillion won? -(sighs)

It's none of my business.

The least I can do is to make sure they can live.

In any case, they're our patients.

My gosh.

Do you really have to do this surgery?

SABU: It's our job and ethos to save people, Director Park.

No matter how the world moves,

let's keep it "world and peace" for us, Director Park.

Okay?

(clanks)

(water running)

(Sabu breathes deeply)

SABU: Dr. Nam?

DOIL: Vitals are good. You may begin.

SABU: Scalpel.

(Sabu grunts)

Bovie.

(sizzling)

Lift it a little.

Rib shears.

CURRENT TIME OPERATION TIME, ANESTHESIA TIME

GITAE: 4 p.m.?

What was at 4 p.m.?

I swear there was something then.

EMPLOYEE: This way.

The electrical room is this way.

It's dark here, so please be careful.

Watch your head.

ELECTRICIAN: Ah, yes.

AGENT: Okay, I will relay the message.

(phone beeps)

(whispering)

I need to go to the bathroom.

-(man clears throat) -(ominous sting)

(squelches)

EUNJAE: I'm sorry.

SABU: Gauze.

EUNTAK: Are you okay, Dr. Cha?

EUNJAE: I'm okay, just a little nervous since it's my first time performing this.

SABU: Be careful of the bronchial artery when you remove the adhesion.

EUNJAE: Okay.

SABU: All right, we're going to separate the pulmonary ligament.

(exhales deeply)

JINMAN: Our family didn't have any problems

until you showed up,

Dr. Seo Woojin.

(sighs)

WOOJIN: What are you doing here?

I was just watching the patient

who went into cardiac arrest earlier.

Did you see the resident who was watching the patient?

He left to go to the bathroom, it seems.

How long has it been?

About 20 or 30 minutes, I would say?

(exhales sharply)

(scoffs)

(door opens)

(foreboding music)

(grunts)

(tense music)

(agent groans, grunts)

(both grunting)

-(agent grunts) -(man groans)

(shouts)

(yells)

(grunts)

(agent groans in pain)

(grunts)

(grunts)

(softly) Oh, my gosh!

(grunts)

(phone buzzes)

-(suspenseful music) -(gasps)

(nervous, soft breath)

-(banging on door) -DONGHWA: Sir, what's the matter?

Sir!

(screaming) I'm sorry! Sir!

(whimpering, screams)

No, don't go in.

The man in there killed my dad

and shot a doctor.

He said he would kill us all.

Don't go in.

(Donghwa yelling)

-(man yells) -(Donghwa pants)

(both grunting)

DONGHWA: Dr. Seo,

please save me.

Please, help me. (sobs)

(Donghwa sobbing)

HOPE, LOVE, SERVICE

DOCTOR'S OFFICE 2 MASTER KIM

ON VACATION

(soft music playing)

(phone buzzing)

-(buzzing continues) -(music stops)

DIRECTOR PARK MINGUK

JINMAN: It's me, Cha Jinman.

Hello, Dr. Cha Jinman.

My apologies for making you wait.

No, it's okay. I have been looking around.

Actually, Master Kim just went into surgery just now.

MINGUK: A lobectomy of the right lung.

MINGUK (over phone): You haven't seen him operate in a while.

How about it?

Would like to come and observe?

Where should I go?

EUNJAE: There's no adhesion and less bleeding than I thought.

DOIL: The patient's vitals are fine too.

SABU: Hold this.

Right angle.

A 5-0 black silk suture, please.

(bright music)

(Sabu grunts softly)

-SABU: Cut. -EUNTAK: Cut.

SABU: One more.

This is the reason why I stay at Doldam Hospital.

Master Kim is a different person when he's in the operating room.

MINGUK: When he's in his zone,

there is nothing else I can think of.

I only have respect for him.

SABU: Metzenbaum.

SABU: We're removing the right upper lobe now.

-Bovie. -(snaps)

CURRENT TIME

May I turn off the power now?

Are we ready?

ELECTRICIAN: I'm going to turn off the transformer.

DOLDAM HOSPITAL, TRAUMA CENTER

ELECTRICIAN: The transformer is now off.

All right, turning off the ACB.

-Turning off the ACB. -(tense music)

What are you doing?

This is a hospital. Put down those tweezers.

MAN (shouts): Don't play with me! This isn't a hospital.

Why don't I see any other patients?

That's because this place was just built. (breathing nervously)

It hasn't been--

I don't want to hear it!

Give me back my boat! I'm going back to North Korea.

If you don't, I'll kill everyone!

Dr. Seo! (chokes)

-(exhales softly) -(Donghwa grunting)

Turn off the VCB.

Okay, turning off the VCB.

GITAE: At 4 p.m....

Just what was it?

(breathes deeply)

At 4 p.m....

What was it?

(music intensifies)

Oh, 4 p.m.!

No!

CURRENT TIME

Main VCB off.

(suspenseful music)

-(man grunting) -(Donghwa groans)

MAN: What?

Lastly, turning off the LBS!

DOIL: What? What's going on?

It's a relief though,

the monitor and ventilators are rechargeable so...

Oh...

(sighs) It wasn't charging properly.

Ambu bag. Where is it?

(tense music)

(phone beeps)

Chief Jang, what is going on? Why is the power out?

So about that,

there was an electrical inspection today.

I'm sorry, I should have given you another notice this morning.

There was a sudden issue at the trauma center,

so I completely forgot.

I'm really sorry.

Do you know that the emergency power is not running in the OR right now?

The OR? There's an operation going on right now?

Hurry downstairs and turn the power back on!

Yes, sir. Please wait a moment.

-(phone beeps) -Manager Lee...

Manager Lee! Where are you?

SABU: For now, use cellphone flashlights.

Here.

(squelching)

EUNJAE (gasps): Oh, no.

I think I touched a vein when the lights went out.

SABU: It's okay.

We can control the bleeding.

EUNJAE: I'm sorry.

SABU: Relax. It's okay.

It's not the worst situation ever.

Don't get flustered.

Give me a lot of gauzes.

(phone buzzes)

DOIL: It's Director Park.

MINGUK (over phone): Master Kim. It's me, Park Minguk.

DOIL: What is going on right now?

MINGUK: There was an inspection for the electrical equipment.

They didn't realize anyone was inside.

The administration staff didn't know what was going on at the Trauma Center.

MINGUK (breathes deeply): Chief Jang is heading down to the electrical room,

but I don't know how long it will take. What should I do?

DOIL: Could you send me a portable ventilator and a monitor first?

Okay. Anything else?

SABU: Are you saying the whole building is without power?

Yes, I'm afraid so.

(Sabu sighs)

Then, quickly go to the ICU and check it out.

There's a patient that went into cardiac arrest in the morning.

We're going to have to go check him quickly.

Okay, I'll take care of the ICU.

What kind of game are you guys playing at?

MAN: Turn the lights back on!

(Donghwa breathes heavily)

(Donghwa groans)

(suspenseful music)

(Donghwa pants)

MAN: Stay still, you bastard.

(Donghwa breathes shakily)

Excuse me.

Excuse me!

MYEONGSIM: What should we do, Master Kim?

Are we just going to keep using gauze

until the power comes back?

(Sabu sighs)

(Sabu breathes deeply)

SABU: Shine a light where my forceps are. Here, Doil.

DOIL: Okay.

SABU: Dr. Kim, over here.

Nurse Choi, here.

SABU: It would be better if there were two more lights.

MYEONGSIM: I'll do it.

Nurse Euntak and Dr. Cha, give me your phones.

EUNJAE: I didn't bring mine.

EUNTAK: It's in my pocket.

SABU: Okay, this way.

-A little higher. -MYEONGSIM: Yes, Doctor.

SABU: Mm.

MYEONGSIM: It's still a little weak.

And the shadows get in the way.

Is this okay, Master Kim?

SABU: Well...

Let's do what we can.

Cha Eunjae, press here.

-Nurse Euntak? -EUNTAK: Don't worry.

I'll cover you two.

SABU: Okay.

All right.

Focus.

(intense music)

(huffs)

You're going to find it only with your sense of touch?

GITAE: Turn on the power, please! Hurry!

They're in the middle of a surgery!

Please!

(Sabu gasps softly)

-SABU: Okay. -EUNJAE: Did you find it?

SABU: I think so.

(light music)

MYEONGSIM: Nurse Euntak.

EUNTAK: Here's a hemoclip.

SABU: Right here.

EUNJAE: One more, please.

SABU: You have to clip it twice.

EUNJAE: I got it. Is it the bronchial artery?

SABU: Yes, it seems that way. Suture.

(hopeful music)

-SABU: Cut. -EUNTAK: Cut.

GITAE (shouts): Flip the switch! Now!

(wheezes)

Turn on the power. Hurry!

Right now!

CONTINUE BATTLE

(gunshots in video game)

(gunshots in video game)

-(suspenseful music) -(both grunting)

(grunts)

-(devices whir) -(all exclaim)

(all sigh in relief)

(Eunjae and Sabu sigh)

(Sabu and Myeongsim sigh)

(Sabu chuckles softly)

-(both grunting) -(suspenseful music continues)

-(shouts) -(grunts)

-(clattering) -AGENT: Sergeant Kim!

-(man shouts) -(Woojin grunts)

Die, you son of a bitch!

(breathing heavily, rapidly)

-(whimpers) -(grunts)

-(guns click) -Put your hands up!

(Woojin breathing heavily, rapidly)

(wailing)

-Let go of me, you bastard! -(boy continues wailing)

MAN: You damn bastards!

Why are you doing this to me? Let go of me, you bastards!

MAN: Let go of me, you bastards!

(wailing)

I'm sorry.

(footsteps approaching)

(sighs)

(grunts) One moment, please.

I think he's only fainted.

(Donghwa pants)

His pulse was fine when I last checked.

But just in case,

you can have a brain CT taken.

(sighs)

Who are you?

SEONUNG: Oh.

I'm a military doctor from the Navy

and the first to treat the patients while out at sea.

Is this your doing, Captain?

SEONUNG: I'm sorry I did this without permission.

Everyone seemed distracted, so...

But I have a professional license

so don't worry.

You did well.

Thank you.

(soft chuckle)

How did you know his pulse was stable?

His arm happened to fall near me when he collapsed.

(clattering)

Good job, everyone.

Good job.

-Good job, you guys. -Good job.

You did a good job.

Dad?

(pensive music)

Cha Eunjae...

She's very special to me too.

Whether you knew that or not.

I'm just saying.

DOLDAM HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTER

DOIL: Careful.

Care...

(Myeongsim sighs)

The aftereffects seem to be severe.

Why wouldn't they be?

A power outage during surgery

is the worst accident that can happen in a hospital.

What's he doing?

(scoffs)

(groans)

What was I thinking...

(somber music)

What are you doing here alone?

What? Oh, hey.

Just thinking over a few things.

Those people...

Hmm?

Was it really right for us...

to send them back?

Was there no way for us...

to protect them?

(sighs)

Woojin,

it's enough that we did what we could.

Oftentimes, between ethics and reality...

(inhales deeply) ...what is right and what the solution is

is hard to balance.

It's just better for us to do our best as doctors.

Okay?

MYEONGSIM: I wonder what happened.

To what?

MYEONGSIM: Master Kim.

He's not one to give up on his patients that easily.

Even Master Kim wouldn't have the ability to do anything.

The higher-ups made the decision.

By any chance,

could he be involved in something?

Politics is what determines the balance between ethics and reality.

And Master Kim is a man who absolutely hates such politics.

You know that, Ms. Oh.

It's strange for him to do nothing and send away surgical patients.

And that young child as well.

He's not the type to just send them away.

(smacks lips) We just did our job,

so let's just say that was enough. Here.

REPORTER (on TV): Early this morning, in the East Sea,

a stranded North Korean fishing boat

was rescued by the South Korean Coast Guard.

A total of five sailors were rescued from the North Korean ship

that had been drifting in the East Sea for ten days due to engine failure.

Unfortunately, four of the sailors

died of extreme malnourishment, dehydration, and injuries.

Only one engineer survived

and was repatriated to North Korea this evening.

As a result, the inter-Korean summit

that was scheduled for this afternoon was delayed for about two hours.

Many voiced their concerns about how this could potentially

cause the summit to fall apart.

-(scoffs) -REPORTER: However,

around 4 p.m., two hours after the scheduled meeting,

the North Korean representatives appeared at the meeting,

seemingly ending the concerns of the involved officials.

We cautiously await the results

of the summit, in hopes that it will pave the way

for practical inter-Korean economic cooperation.

With that, we end our broadcast. This was Park Jonghyun from SBC.

(soft music)

(soft music playing)

(sighs)

DOLDAM HOSPITAL MEDICAL RECORDS SEARCH

(exhales deeply)

RI BOKYOUNG

OPERATIVE REPORT

(mouse scrolling)

(mouse clicks)

FILE DELETION

FILE DELETED

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DELETE THE FILE?

THE FILE HAS BEEN DELETED

RI SANGTAE

MEDICAL RECORD

WOULD YOU LIKE TO DELETE THE FILE?

THE FILE HAS BEEN DELETED

DEFENSE MINISTER RYU WOONGIL

WOONGIL: Since I granted you this favor,

I no longer owe you anything.

(soft chuckle)

(poignant music)

DELETE MESSAGE

DELETE ALL

All right. I guess that's that.

MASTER KIM

DELETE MESSAGE

DELETE ALL

WOONGIL: All right. Let's go in.

-(epic music) -(camera shutters clicking)

DOLDAM HOSPITAL

Wow, we're finally back.

Man, I actually missed this place.

AREUM: I know.

You brought the present, right?

Of course.

MUNJEONG: Thank you, sir.

Goodbye.

It's safely packed away in this bag.

-It's cold. Let's go in. -Okay.

Oh, by the way!

The hospital's been pretty quiet,

even though it's Friday.

(gasps)

(stammers) Dr. Yoon Areum...

(gasps)

(phone ringing)

RECEPTION INFORMATION

This is Doldam Hospital's Emergency Room.

(phones buzzing)

(Insu groans)

-INSU: I had a feeling. -Let's go, sir.

Okay.

Aren't you coming, Woojin?

On my way.

(bright music)

What kind of patients do we have?

There was a collision at a ski resort.

-Four in total, one with a fracture. -Okay.

Is Dr. Bae Munjeong

not here yet?

I'm here.

SABU: Hurry up now.

Dr. Bae Munjeong. Welcome back!

-INSU: It's been awhile. -(groans)

-(Insu yells) -(Munjeong laughs)

Nice to see you all again.

I'm here too!

INSU: Dr. Yoon Areum!

I'm glad you made it.

Welcome back.

-(Eunjae squeals) -(Areum giggles)

(bright music continues)

-It's been awhile. -Hello!

MUNJEONG: Have you been busy?

INSU: Yes.

EUNJAE: Gloves.

TREAT PATIENTS LIKE FAMILY

(chuckles)

(siren blaring)

(ominous music)

RESTRICTED AREA OPERATING ROOM

-(door slams) -PARAMEDIC: We have a patient!

(suspenseful music)

-MAN 1: Doctor! -This way.

Take the emergency patient to the hybrid room!

MUNJEONG: This way!

-SABU: Slowly. -(patient groans in pain)

Move him to that bed over there.

-NURSE: Patient, where does it hurt? -MAN 2: Two, three.

NURSE: Where are you most uncomfortable?

To the treatment room over there, Nurse Euntak.

Carefully now.

PARAMEDIC

(uplifting music)

I'm going to press down for a bit.

EUNJAE: I'll slowly raise this leg too.

-SABU: ...raise it slowly. -Jang Donghwa!

-MUNJEONG: Leave it here. -NURSE: Yes?

Please give me a portable quickly!

-MAN: The left leg... -EUNJAE: ...lower this leg too.

SABU: Hold on. Are you...?

It's you, right? The one from before?

SEONUNG: Yes, it's me.

I'm the military doctor from that day,

Lee Seonung.

Hmm.

(soft chuckle)

Lee Seonung, you say...

(phone buzzing)

Hello, this is Park Minguk from Doldam Hospital.

JINMAN (over phone): It's me, Cha Jinman.

Hello, Dr. Cha. It's been awhile.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

I'm calling about the position at Doldam Trauma Center that you offered.

I have a condition if you want me to work there.

(tense music)

Yes, what is it?

Bu Yongju...

I want you to remove him from the Trauma Center.

The Trauma Center without Bu Yongju,

then I'll consider it.

(tense music continues)

(closing theme music)

DR. ROMANTIC SEASON 3

SABU: This will be a test for us too.

You're the only one who can evaluate me as a doctor.

What kind of plot are you hiding

behind this ridiculous personnel appointment?

(in childish voice) Open the lid for me too. Please?

-Your roommate is a doctor? -What?

JINMAN: To be honest, it's obvious how they'd be if they learned from you.

DONGHWA: Look at what happened to that patient.

That patient was the patient I sent away.

Do you think that's a surgery to save a person's life?

Are you trying to get someone killed?

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