ALL CHARACTERS, NAMES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND EVENTS ARE FICTITIOUS
ANY RESEMBLANCE IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL
EPISODE 13
Although a day has passed since they changed their position,
the hospital has not disclosed the autopsy result.
Is that good?
Speak a little slower and raise your tone just a bit.
The director took the day off and won't be at the meeting.
We're busy as it is. Couldn't she have told us sooner?
Good thinking. I wouldn't come either.
I know. The reporters must be hounding her.
What are you doing?
The Ministry of Health and Welfare sent a notice.
Counseling services regarding suicide prevention are needed.
People from our hospital will need to undergo training.
The department in charge is...
What's up? Did something good happen?
I think this year's achievement award recipient should buy us drinks.
Pardon?
Is Mr. Ye receiving it again?
Apparently, HR unanimously approved it.
You're so popular.
What's the standard?
Standard? I don't know.
It's not like achievement is graded. Why?
You worked hard. Especially how you handled the Sangkook case.
The two of you went on-site
more than I did.
Don't overthink it. If they give it to you, just take it.
All I did was
wake up, eat, and go to work like everyone else.
I don't know what makes that such a great achievement.
It's not that it's anything special, just that you--
Is the report on Sangkook having an unlicensed person operate
not ready yet?
That's right. Why aren't you submitting it? You finished it.
I will soon.
They're in the news so much already that the medical malpractice issue
is not the center of attention.
True.
Your brother must be stressed.
Isn't the hospital a mess right now?
My brother isn't high-up enough to be stressed out.
-Rather, the person in charge... -Who's in charge?
Never mind.
So, do I tell them you refuse the achievement award?
I'll tell them. Don't concern yourself.
Isn't that Mr. Gu?
You're right.
Why is he standing there?
It's over with QL.
He says to forget about the partnership.
I'm sorry, sir.
Why do you think I didn't cut a deal with the family?
It wouldn't have cost much.
I could've had them take down all the articles about it and moved the body.
That would've been easier.
You know why I didn't do all of that?
Because
you were confident.
I'm sorry, sir. I can--
Forget it.
Don't do anything. We'll do it.
Don't you need to go back to the hospital?
What?
So soon?
Mr. Gu. I'm sorry, but I was told the lobby was filled with reporters.
May we go through the basement garage?
We'll do it.
I'm not asking for something impossible.
You're close to a doctor there, so ask him. Why are you being difficult?
If he's a doctor at Sangkook, he must know something.
Why she changed her position, and why they're staying silent.
There must be something circulating among themselves.
We're not that close.
So? Is that a problem?
Did you work only with people you were close to?
Hui-sang thinks he'll be released soon.
And most importantly, we're all on the line because of this.
Am I wrong?
We should be desperately grabbing hold of anyone
at Sangkook for an interview right now.
But you have an inside source. What are you waiting for?
Aren't you a reporter?
I am a reporter.
JIN-WOO
MESSAGE FROM JIN-WOO
You don't remember.
Oh, well.
No. I'm just saying it's back.
That's right. It turned into some drugstore, but it's back now.
You do remember.
Right now?
Sure. Come.
I'll take that cake and coffee.
Is this Lee Jeong-seon's father?
Yes, this is Ye Jin-woo.
Is something wrong?
Tell Director Oh to come here.
Yes, sir.
Is the director seeing patients? Can you tell her to come--
Okay.
Director Oh is taking the day off today.
What?
DIRECTOR OH SE-HWA
Do you have her home number?
I'll try calling it now.
DEPARTMENT CHIEFS EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Her husband's number is listed here too. Should I try calling him?
It's off.
"We'll do it."
Mr. Lee from Restructure Team.
-What about Mr. Lee? -He's working at the head office today.
He works for the hospital now. This is his head office.
-Tell him to come right now. -Yes, sir.
The autopsy photographer called.
He said he wants his memory card back.
And to make sure we don't mention him.
I promised I wouldn't, and told him not to worry,
but he seemed so nervous.
You're still here?
What are you two doing here?
We'll go right back in after filling our bellies.
What are you doing here alone?
Are you not eating that?
We'll go stuff our faces now.
What?
Who could it be?
What do you mean?
It must be a woman.
What?
Just go.
We have to see.
But...
You look like you need this.
Why didn't you eat it?
Has there been anything new,
or any word going around internally?
That's what you wore yesterday.
I'm sorry.
That's not what I mean. How long have you been up?
It's okay. I'm used to it.
Why must you be used to that?
What were you about to say? Is it about Lee Jeong-seon?
Let's go. I'll drive you home.
Sorry?
I'm fine.
No, you're not. You look like a total zombie.
You look like you'll pass out once you start driving.
A zombie...
I'm really okay, though.
Slow down!
You're a completely different person behind the wheel. I was fooled.
How do you handle blood when you're this scared?
I'm trying to avoid seeing blood right now.
I just got out, and you're here trying to send me back to the hospital.
I said I'll bring you home safely.
Don't you trust me?
You said you're used to it, but I guess you don't want to go back to work.
Nothing beats bumming around at home.
Whom do you live with? Your parents?
My brother. Younger brother.
Since you're brothers, you guys don't really nag each other. Right?
Is he cute?
Him?
No way.
He must be popular. He has a girlfriend, right?
I don't know.
What about me? Introduce me.
What? Who? You to him?
Yes.
Don't laugh.
Why not?
Can't I even laugh as I please?
You may not.
I'm going to laugh.
You're so mean.
You should take a nap.
How can I sleep? You drive aggressively.
-I'm a really good driver. Want to see? -What--
Watch where you're going. Focus.
DOCTOR YE JIN-WOO
DIRECTOR OH SE-HWA
We're ready for you.
Okay.
Say that Sangkook's official position is,
if laws on for-profit hospitals pass, the accessibility of medical services
for low-income patients must be guaranteed as well.
It's not like we don't know that public health is vulnerable.
That's our premise.
Yes, sir.
The Institute said they'd give the presentation
on attracting foreign patients in our annex building, as per our request.
Okay.
Also, Director Oh Se-hwa, Dr. Joo Kyung-moon,
Dr. Lee No-eul, and Dr. Ye Jin-woo.
Dismiss them all.
Effective immediately.
Yes, sir.
Rather than dismissing the director and chief all at once,
why don't you just...
Very well, sir.
I'll post the notice.
I hear even people from the National Assembly are calling
to speak to Director Oh.
I mean, who wouldn't
avoid calls being in her situation?
Has Director Oh ever called to say
she can't come to work that very day?
I thought she said herself that she's taking a vacation day.
Maybe she went somewhere nice.
"You may turn it off when you're in a whole new world."
Are you really quoting something that old?
It's not my problem that you've heard of it before.
The biosimulator comes in today.
There's no way Director Oh would miss that.
Hey. No. I'm done eating.
Is it regarding a patient?
Yes.
Okay. What?
You don't think something bad could've happened to her, do you?
What is up with him?
-Come see me two weeks from now. -Okay.
-See you again. -Bye.
Let's go.
Please see them out.
Mr. Lee Won-seok, please come in.
Excuse me. Pardon me.
Chief.
-What did you do? -Sorry?
What trouble did you get yourself into?
What is it that you did that he wants to fire you?
Director Oh, Chief Joo, Ye Jin-woo.
Those three, I can understand.
But why you?
Me?
You're on the list too.
The president says he's firing you.
What the hell is going on?
What did you do that ticked him off?
Why is he directing his rage at us?
What about Lee Jeong-seon's death?
You don't want me to implement the pay-for-performance program.
And yet,
you slashed the nurses' starting salaries.
The result is the same regardless.
That moron.
YE JIN-WOO
Where the hell is he now?
My goodness. Aren't you Dr. Ye's mother?
What brings you here?
How have you been?
Is Jin-woo not around?
He worked all night.
He must be zonked out at home. He won't pick up.
Oh, my. Why is he not answering his chief's calls?
That's not like him.
I'm sorry.
No, no. Not at all. That wasn't what I meant.
It's nothing.
Okay, then. You must be busy. Good day.
Okay. Get home safely.
Dang it.
Hey, are you--
Are you up?
It's good that you're up.
Eat, and go back to sleep.
When did you come? You should've woken me.
Just now.
We don't even use all of these.
I'm done.
Is your hospital okay?
It's all over the news on TV and in the papers.
That's the outside world.
We're too busy to notice what's going on.
Is everything okay between you and Seon-woo?
Of course, we're okay.
He says he wants to live on his own.
Did he say anything to you?
Is that why you're here?
It's understandable.
Seon-woo sent an email.
To you?
He's so sappy at times.
What did he say?
He said...
it was his fault that the accident happened.
He says your dad died because of him.
It's my fault
for ignoring it,
claiming it was for his sake.
For all these years...
I didn't know it was burdening him so much.
But if I come out now and say that I knew,
and so did you,
he'll worry
that you and I resented him
all this time.
I'll chat with him,
so he doesn't think that.
When Seon-woo said he wanted to move out,
I thought
maybe it was because you found someone.
Whom would I find and where?
I'd rather sleep in my spare time.
What about someone at the hospital?
There's no one at the hospital. There are only people like No-eul.
Mom.
I would never do such a thing to Seon-woo.
I wouldn't date her.
Besides,
even if you drop No-eul and me on a deserted island,
we'd both be busy hunting.
We'd fight over food.
I should go.
But...
All you did was work. Seon-woo will be back soon.
It's okay.
I need to go home early.
I wasn't planning to come here.
I'll drive you back.
I drove. Will you walk me to the parking lot?
My son.
Goodness.
Mom.
Okay.
You'll catch a cold. Put something on.
I'll die of heat exhaustion.
Still. You should put something on.
I can't imagine how you must have felt,
how frightened and lost you must have been.
Now that I think about it,
when Dad passed away,
you were my age now.
You shouldn't have suffered at such a young age.
We should've let you go then.
Do you have to cook when you get home?
No.
We don't cook much, since it's just two old fogies.
Someone who's much older than you would be offended if they heard you.
You think so?
I realized much later,
that you were in your prime
when you became a single mom.
My mother,
who pushed and pulled me,
a grown man, to the med school on top of the hill...
countless times.
You always waited for me
in the cold school hallway.
Why did I accept it so easily,
thinking you were okay?
When I think about it now...
it frustrates me that
I was such a stupid and immature brat.
Hey.
Don't think you abandoned me.
Please
don't feel bad.
I was a spoiled brat
who thought only I was hurting.
I couldn't say anything outside, but I screamed and was angry
only at home.
You devoted every day of your life,
and your entire youth
to me.
Who in this world
would love me the way you loved me?
Oh, my.
Ma'am.
Hello.
Yes, hello.
How have you been?
I've been doing well, thank you. And you?
Yes, I'm doing well.
You must be here for your boys.
I brought some food.
I see.
-Please, let me. -That's okay.
There's something I need to tell you.
There were times I had wished Uncle Bo-hun would've told you for me.
But he'd never share anything he heard during a consultation, so...
And now...
Now that he is no longer by our side,
I should be the one to tell you, right?
Mom.
I didn't tell you right away,
and afterward,
I just couldn't get myself to bring it up.
Jin-woo doesn't know.
ACCEPTANCE LETTER
Honey. I sent our son to med school.
I did well, right?
You're super proud of me, right?
NAME: YE JIN-WOO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
I'm the one who did that
to Dad.
The accident...
was my fault.
Dad told me to stop.
He said not to play in the car.
But...
I...
It was me.
I took him away from your lives.
He, who was a husband to you and a father to Jin-woo.
Mom.
Please don't feel sorry for me.
Being paralyzed
is the punishment I deserve.
He says he wants to live on his own.
I saw you two together. Seon-woo was with me too.
ZIGBANG
RENTAL LISTINGS
-What are you doing? -Weren't you sleeping?
Do you want to move?
No, I'm just looking.
Sleep in your room.
I have the night shift tomorrow. I can sleep during the day.
Okay.
So that's why...
17 MISSED CALLS
CHIEF LEE DONG-SU, MS. KIM, PARK JAE-HYEOK
CHIEF LEE DONG-SU
Hi, Chief--
Why are you just calling?
I told you to keep it to a minimum.
-What? -You must be excited that
you don't have to see my nagging face again.
Why did you have to get involved and get into this mess, you moron?
What will you do now?
What do you mean, I won't see you?
Whatever! Do whatever you want.
Why is...
I'll go home now.
Dr. Lee.
Want to grab a drink?
I need to go.
Well, how could she want a drink?
Are you leaving now?
Yes.
Ms. Kang.
Yes? Me?
Do you want to grab a drink with me?
Sorry?
Let's go.
Cheers.
This is it.
This is how you end a day.
Do you not drink often?
With whom would I drink?
Mr. Gu?
I'm the "team manager", but I have no one to go to team dinners with.
Well... Mr. Gu is usually a good person, but...
How long have you worked with him?
It's been about five, six years.
He joined the department where I was working,
and when he was transferred to Logis, he took me with him.
So, you were scouted.
That man...
has a great eye for people.
Love-hate relationships are the strongest.
At first, he was a bit... You know.
But he doesn't say useless things,
or pester me.
Even as a man, Mr. Gu is--
He doesn't pester people. But he sure fires them without hesitation.
That's...
Terminating people in retaliation...
Does Mr. Gu do that often?
-Dr. Lee. -Does he?
He must've hated having me constantly talk to him.
I didn't even know he was dying to fire me.
Another bottle of soju, please.
Make it two, please.
Yes, Ms. Kang.
Mr. Gu. I'm nearby.
Come pick me up.
What was that?
I always pick you up.
Can't you do that for me just once?
You never do anything I ask for.
Ms. Kang.
Have you gone insane?
SUMMARY OF CURRENT NUMBER OF FOREIGN PATIENTS
Ms. Kang isn't there, sir.
Wait here.
Yes, sir.
Ms. Kang.
Where are you? Hurry back.
Excuse me.
Could you check to see if someone has passed out in the restroom?
Let's go.
Are you going to stay here all night?
Excuse me.
There's no one in the restroom.
The other lady already paid.
How much did they drink?
Six bottles of soju.
Just the two of them?
Ma'am, I'll take you home.
Who are you?
Sorry?
You called for a designated driver.
I did?
Where should I take you?
Seocho-dong.
Okay.
She's so...
You need to slide in--
How could you just get in?
Do you even know whose car you just got in?
Don't you know how dangerous it is to just follow a stranger like that?
Right?
Why did I follow just anyone?
Even after hearing what kind of a man he was...
Why did I trust him?
Mr. Gu.
We're in Seocho-dong. What should we do?
Her ID must have her address.
SEON-WOO
Dr. Ye Seon-woo?
Who's this?
This is Gu Seung-hyo from Sangkook.
Do you happen to know Dr. Lee's home address?
Mr. Gu?
Why are you...
How drunk is she?
I'll go. Where are you?
Her place is five minutes from here by car.
I'll go. Where are you?
No, we're not anywhere. We're in a car.
Do you know her address?
Hill Village, Building 301.
Yes.
Taxi!
Taxi.
We're here.
Dr. Lee.
Thank you.
Doctor...
She must really hate me.
She went in.
You said five minutes by car...
Taxi!
Take that.
Shit. What's his license number?
Forget it.
Let's go.
Good night.
Do you like Dr. Lee?
No.
If I do,
I should be able to run right over to the person I like
when she's drunk.
Since I couldn't do that,
I suppose I don't like her.
But you came for her.
How is this any different from not coming?
-Take this to the lab. -Okay. I'll run this to the lab.
-Is the on-call doctor coming? -Yes.
His BP dropped to 60.
-Administer saline. -Okay.
Prepare for transfusion and intubation.
Yes, sir.
Position at 24cm.
Positioning it at 24cm.
-Get the echo ready. -Yes, sir.
BP is 50 and still dropping.
He fell
from his 11th floor apartment.
He hit a tree and avoided direct impact.
Fractures are suspected in his arms and legs.
Internal bleeding is suspected due to constant drop in BP.
Maybe it's cardiac tamponade.
Cardiac tamponade. We'll perform pericardiocentesis.
Yes, sir.
-Here's a sample. -Okay. I'll run this to the lab.
BP and heart rate are stable.
Have him transfused and move him to the OR before his BP drops again.
Yes, sir.
I can't tell what's really on his mind.
If I were him, I would've cursed my head off and stormed out.
Did Mr. Gu fire you as well?
Even Dr. Lee No-eul and Director Oh.
No one's been able to reach Director Oh.
Could she have heard from someone? Or who knows if she saw it coming.
With that ego of hers...
Dr. Ye, you can't just let this happen.
Don't take it lying down.
If I take it lying down,
that would be rude to Mr. Gu.
What do you plan to do?
He wants to fight, so I'll fight.
You're all I have.
I was too drunk and lost--
You lost your senses,
but you paid the bill just fine.
Paying for things is my drunken habit.
Calling someone over and jetting. Leaving a person behind.
Are those your new drunken habits?
I didn't mean to drink so much,
but it was so sad. There wasn't much I could do at that moment.
Dr. Lee No-eul started crying out of the blue,
so I had no choice...
So?
Will you drink with everyone who gets fired?
Then how many more times must I go?
That's not it.
Dr. Ye Seon-woo. The person who came from the HIRA before.
He's very sick.
He has 10 to 15 years at most.
What do you mean by "at most"?
Because of his legs.
I think she said he has some kind of thrombosis.
He's... dying?
As she said that, tears flowed from her big, round eyes.
I can get very emotional,
so when she told me that, it tore me to think he'd die at such a young age.
That's when we started...
As I said, the artificial joints have expiration dates.
Currently, it's between 10 to 15 years.
That's all.
RESTRUCTURE TEAM
Yes? What is it?
Mr. Gu.
Almost all the chiefs are gathering in the auditorium.
Why?
I don't know yet,
but many of the doctors are attending as well.
WORKER ANT: AUDITORIUM. WHAT'S GOING ON?
I'M IN A MEETING. I'LL CALL YOU BACK LATER.
Dr. Ye.
Director Oh's phone is still off. We'll have to do it without her.
I'll begin.
REGULATIONS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE HEAD OF THE HOSPITAL
The current political and medical suspicions toward our hospital
fall under regulation one
for removing the head of the hospital for dereliction of duty.
The subsequent retaliative termination of doctors
falls under regulation two, which prohibits terminating medical personnel
on his discretion and not for a cause determined by the institution.
As we must not tolerate the management's abuse of power,
I am proposing
the dismissal of the president, Gu Seung-hyo, here today.
Will that work?
Did anything go our way even once?
I'm skeptical.
We haven't even discussed how we'll do it yet.
Right, like there's a way.
He wants to fight against the foundation.
Forget it. It's better to stay quiet and lay low.
Haven't we stayed quiet long enough?
How little did he think of us,
that he fired the director with a single notice?
How could we fight against Hwajeong Group?
Worst-case scenario, we'll lose our jobs and have to go into private practice.
Is private practice the worst-case scenario?
But then again, if he fires all the doctors,
even Hwajeong Group couldn't fight back for very long.
We can't leave a cancer cell because we're afraid it'll spread.
Let's give it a try.
How will you do it?
It's either Director Oh's motion,
or two-thirds of the chief
-agreeing on-- -Is there anyone here
who can get in touch with Director Oh?
The director is not exercising
her authority during these important times.
It looks like we have a consensus regarding his dismissal,
so let's vote. I'll make the motion.
You're not qualified.
You are suspended indefinitely.
You cannot make the motion.
And what authority do you have to run your mouth?
Who here besides me...
Currently, the deputy director position at Sangkook University Hospital
is vacant.
I nominate Dr. Joo Kyung-moon,
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, to fill that vacancy.
Someone who is suspended isn't qualified, but someone who was fired is?
What logic is that?
Who fired me?
Do you consent to Mr. Gu's decision of terminating us?
If you do, how could you make a motion to remove him?
Dr. Joo received the second most votes during the election for director.
What better qualification is there?
Does anyone oppose?
If you object--
Do you know what this punk did?
He secretly ratted me out to the HIRA!
The HIRA's on-site investigation.
He used a fake name, pretending to be an outsider,
and ratted out somebody who is a chief and 20 years his senior.
Nothing went wrong with the surgery. It was a success.
But he reported me. Ye Jin-woo!
We give our all to save a life,
but this guy sold me out to none other than the wretched HIRA
that comes at us to pay as little as possible.
He then called in his crippled brother
to buy pity points, and ratted me out!
Lee Dong-su!
You took a traitor under your wing.
How dare a traitor talk to me about qualifications?
Did you know he was like this when you teamed up with him?
Did you two conspire to do this
from when you left your hick town?
Dr. Ye. Is this true?
Answer me.
Did you report Dr. Kim Tae-sang to the HIRA?
Yes, I did.
Are you insane?
-That lunatic. -I know.
How could you report him to them of all people?
Why?
Hey, Jang Min-gi. Lee Sang-yeop.
Kim Jung-hee. Seo Ji-yong.
Can anyone of you here say that you didn't suck Lee Bo-hun dry?
Joo Kyung-moon. Do you really not have any ambition to become the director?
Your codes are locked too, right?
I cannot see outpatients or perform surgeries.
I've been deleted.
-Why did you do it? -Why must I explain myself?
-How low will you go? -If you don't want to see the worst,
just leave.
Someone wanted to show you this.
She said that if you saw things yourself, even you would change.
You saw this every single day, but you didn't change.
Do you like living like that? Do you enjoy destroying every place you go?
Why did you come here?
Do you want to know what it truly feels like to be hurt and destroyed?