They’re at the main entrance!
Dr. Ye!
I’ve opened Operating Room 1 in the C ward.
Who’s operating?
Dr. Joo Kyung-moon and Dr. Oh Se-hwa of Neurosurgery.
They’re here.
Time of death.
Director…
What time is it now?
11:48.
Time of death, 11:47.
Hello, Professor, I’m sorry to interrupt your rest,
but Director Lee has passed away.
Yes, just a moment ago, due to an accident.
Yes.
The rest are on their way here, so I figured you should be here as well.
Yes.
I need to go now to get organ extraction approval from the examiner.
Which one of you is in charge?
- The family… - They gave consent.
Autopsy first.
As you know, it won’t affect the autopsy.
It’s only the corneas.
There’s no one from ophthalmology.
Professor Seo is on his way.
The director...
will be waiting.
If too much time passes, the cornea will also be lost.
Thank you. I’ll be back.
I’m going.
Hey, hey, wait a second.
Why?
What’s going on?
What’s this for?
Hold on, you.
Not again.
You really did it?
When the time comes, just make it look good.
Why are you asking me?
The transplant team will do it.
When the time comes, just do it.
I don’t want anyone to see my belly.
So what’s in it for me if I say yes?
What can I do for you when I’m dead?
Then why does a dead man care about his fat belly?
Why you… Hey, hold up.
I don’t want to. What’s wrong with you?
2,000 won.
May my brother, who has entered heaven,
be granted eternal life and peace.
And may those of us, who remain,
be granted the courage to carry on.
He fell.
Even his pelvis is completely shattered.
When I moved him,
his back folded like a piece of paper.
Jin-woo, that’s enough.
Sorry.
Did you speak to the Director?
Did he hear…
did he know before he died?
Yes.
About that…
Just don’t let it spread.
It’s already been reported.
Everyone will find out soon.
Still, somehow.
I’ll try.
I guess we can’t just sit idly by, right?
Yeah.
Are you okay?
I don’t know.
They’re almost here.
A six-year-old was stabbed about five times with a knife.
Who hurt the child?
What’s their mental state?
I’m not sure, but they say she is holding up.
- Take her for a CT when the bleeding stops. - Okay.
Did you hear where the Director died?
Hmm.
Why did it happen at the Deputy Director’s house?
Hmm.
Isn’t that strange?
Hmm.
Huh?
What is it?
Pediatric CPR needed!
This is the stabbing victim.
- This way! - Okay.
I thought she was holding up.
She just went into cardiac arrest.
One, two, three.
Check her pulse.
She has none.
Compression.
Check for asystole.
Compression.
Prepare her for intubation and start epinephrine.
Continue CPR.
She was stabbed in the side, abdomen, arm, and legs.
Twice in the abdomen.
Where’s her guardian?
Over there.
Move him on-- two, three!
Sir, can you hear me?
Do you know where you are?
Where does it hurt the most?
Give him oxygen and a CT scan.
- Two liters of oxygen, please. - Okay.
- Any other wounds? - Just this.
The father has one stab wound.
Defibrillator.
Charge to 40 joules.
Clear.
One, two, three.
Sir, we’ll wait for the CT results and then stitch you up.
Excuse me, which way is the emergency room?
Go down to the first floor and exit the building.
You’ll see it.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
So the police came all the way here, huh?
Because it was an accident.
Or maybe...
because the ambulance came from your house.
Because it happened at my house.
What happened?
What do you think happened?
You’re answering a question with a question.
Director Lee was...
already drunk when he arrived at my place.
He couldn’t quit those darn cigarettes.
He took one out, and I asked him
why he insisted on smoking in front of someone who quit.
I asked him to go to the roof to smoke, and he did.
I heard a thump.
I went up there…
And I couldn’t look down.
A heart attack…
finally got him this time.
That’s right.
Yes, sir.
Alright, I’ll leave now.
CEO Gu must be back.
I thought I saw him leave earlier.
He’s only been CEO for a short time.
He should come back.
The head of the hospital died, after all.
Don’t look too fine.
People are already talking.
About what?
Ultimately,
you were the last person...
to see the Director alive.
Excuse me, I’m from Hanseong Police Station.
A child was brought in with her father?
The father’s over there.
Tsk tsk, the little one died already.
We should have come here first.
What happened?
Was it a robbery?
Was the child stabbed in front of the father?
He attempted suicide… a murder-suicide.
He did that to his own daughter?
He stabbed her five times, but he only…
Admit him.
Doctor, how is he?
Better than his daughter.
Did you stop by somewhere else first?
The Deputy Director’s office.
Why?
I see.
Excuse me.
Why won’t he answer why?
It’s just an exam, so don’t get too excited.
Okay.
Jin-woo.
They could have been just drinking together.
Drinking?
Both Director and Deputy Director smelled of alcohol.
Since when were they drinking buddies who visited each other’s homes?
Then why do you think he went there?
I don’t know.
I guess you don’t know that.
What do you know?
What’s strange about this?
You’re right.
Everyone knows they didn’t get along, but nobody’s speaking up.
Because then it would implicate the Deputy Director in his death.
Am I causing you trouble?
They had an argument.
Someone overheard them, but not directly.
When?
Who heard them arguing?
This evening, around 7 p.m.
Is it important who heard them?
How dare you fool me?
You’re trying to ruin my life here?
I won’t stand for it!
The person tried to leave
because it sounded like the Deputy Director was really letting someone have it.
“How dare you fool me”?
Given how he was yelling so disrespectfully,
the person thought the Deputy Director was yelling at someone of lower rank.
But it was the Director he was yelling at.
He was yelling at the Director.
And then later, this accident happened.
It happened at the house of the person who was angry.
And that person is the only witness.
This never happens.
You don’t kill a colleague because of an argument.
Nobody does that.
It’s only in movies.
Right, Jin-woo?
Should I tell the police?
What?
Dr. Ye,
the Surgery Department won’t accept the patient who stabbed himself,
because he had attempted suicide.
Dr. Joo would’ve taken the patient,
but he’s in organ recovery surgery at the moment.
For what?
Director Lee’s corneas.
He’s taking care of that, so he’s out.
I’m sorry.
Admit him under my name.
- I’m coming now. - Okay.
April 5th, 2018, DOA.
There are two tonight so far.
One died by the knife of a trusted father.
The other, by the violent words of a trusted junior colleague.
Doctor Ye, here are the test results of the traffic accident patient.
Thank you.
One only lived on this earth...
for six short years.
But the life of someone who lived ten times that feels like a moment to me.
Does it hurt anywhere, sir?
I’m fine.
You can feel where I’m touching, right?
You can go home.
Thank you very much.
It must have been an exhausting day for the both of you.
April 5th, 2018.
The day I said hurtful things to you.
Your last day alive.
Good morning.
Ah, early bird, eh?
I’m Ye Jin-woo.
We met last night.
I guess you’re very curious, seeing as you came straight from work.
I need to complete the death certificate, but I have no information.
What happened?
You should ask the Deputy Director.
It happened right in front of his face.
Would you feel comfortable questioning the Chief of Police regarding a crime?
When was the last time you saw Director Lee?
Yesterday afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon...
We didn’t know about it at the time, but we just found out.
The hospital support funds were deposited into...
the Director’s personal bank account.
Was there anything unusual about the last time you saw him?
360 million won meant for the hospital went straight to him.
We tried to retrieve the funds quietly as this could cause a scandal,
but the Director had already moved the money somewhere.
Don’t be ridiculous.
Where did you hear this nonsense?
Did anyone at the hospital know about this?
Who spewed that nonsense?
If you have time to waste, just get the money to us!
Who does he think he’s accusing?
You didn’t notice anything strange?
No, nothing.
What was the last conversation you had with the Director?
Just the usual work-related talk.
What on earth were you thinking?
How long did you think you could hide this?
Who… Who said that?
What kind of person was the Director?
He was a good person.
We all respected him.
Well, we haven’t found anything suspicious,
and the eyewitness statement adds up.
There was a witness?
The next-door neighbor.
The neighbor saw him go to the rooftop alone?
Was he really alone?
… And if it was two people?
The neighbor is certain it was only one man.
I see.
I heard he had a heart condition.
He also liked to drink and smoke.
I think he fell like this.
I guess so.
Don’t you only need the cause and time of death for the death certificate?
Why are you really here?
Because his friend just died.
He was like a father to him.
Right?
Shut up.
No need to get feisty.
What really happened?
A witness... He said the Director had drunk elsewhere and showed up
at his door already drunk.
You’re already drunk.
When I asked the Deputy Director if there were any family members in the home,
he asked me how many mothers and kids were in Korea during the school semester.
At first, I was puzzled by this,
but he was saying he had sent his kid abroad to study.
Wow, that’s amazing.
Go to the roof and smoke.
You know I quit.
Alright, alright.
You’re such a nag.
Why don’t you quit already?
He said this was the usual between them.
But then he heard something.
Director?
The witness…
The neighbor was on his rooftop around the same time
and saw a man come up to the rooftop alone.
Then shortly after, he heard a thud.
If patients start looking like profits, then we can no longer be considered doctors.
How can one call themselves a teacher, if their only goal is to rip off their students?
At least a student knows when a teacher’s answer is wrong.
But patients won’t know about the surgeries we perform on them
or the prescriptions we write.
They trust us with their lives,
so we need to take this seriously and be forever vigilant.
But they expect us to follow these guidelines?
Even if the university’s foundation was bought by a private company,
this is unacceptable. This is wrong!
Management seems to believe that
performance-based pay will be good for productivity and efficiency.
Productivity?
Rewarding doctors
who prescribe more expensive drugs and treatments
is productivity?
What we do is help patients who are in need.
If you don’t help another doctor’s patient
because you’re worried your “productivity” score will go down,
who suffers here?
The nurses are always the first responders.
How do you figure their productivity into your profits?
What will you do?
This is the first thing the CEO did when he took over.
The very first thing.
He won’t back down.
We’ll see about that.
Are you going to the CEO’s office?
Yes.
This new CEO seems to have a real temper, though I only saw him once.
He’s always the same to me.
Why are you confronting him alone?
You have an army ready to join you.
If they get involved, it’ll be a full war.
It’s more efficient for the generals to duel.
If the general falls, it’s over.
Nobody is for this program he’s trying to implement.
Don’t make it a battle between just you and him.
Make it a battle between the entire staff and him.
A large corporation appointed that guy.
There’s got to be a reason for that.
But...
Director, why don’t I join you?
We’ll go and let him know this is our opinion.
This isn’t our opinion. It’s our final decision.
Yes, of course.
- Chief. - Huh?
Weren’t you on call last night?
Why are you back?
One of my patients was admitted.
I was going to handle this alone but...
Aren’t you going to the meeting?
Right after this.
What’s going on?
What do you think? Tsk.
Someone's gone.
Only one chair is needed there. Why leave two seats empty?
So who’s getting Director Lee’s eyes?
The surgery is in progress.
It’s probably done by now.
Who was the guy who called me from the Transplant Center yesterday?
I thought he was calling about the funeral,
but as soon as I arrived, he told me to remove the Director’s corneas.
The Director, of all people. Why did it have to be me?
Is that so?
Did you all stop by the funeral hall?
The autopsy was finished this morning,
so the funeral will be arranged soon.
What were the autopsy results?
It’s not available yet…
But he died from a heart attack.
He should’ve quit drinking.
Did his son even get married?
Well, I went to the Ministry of Health and Welfare this morning
just before coming to work,
because they called me in.
They said people in remote and rural areas are having a hard time
because local medical centers can’t offer what they need.
Women can’t find places to give birth, and there aren’t enough pediatricians.
The Ministry called you first thing this morning to tell you such meaningful things?
Did they tell you anything different from
what they’ve been telling us time and time again?
They want to create a network with medical centers
in rural and remote areas and public healthcare institutions.
Our hospital has been chosen to be a part of it.
Are they asking us to enter a partnership with a rural hospital?
They’re asking to dispatch some of our doctors to a rural hospital.
What do you mean?
To where?
Naksan Medical Center.
Which department?
Obstetrics and Gynecology…
Pediatrics.
To what scale?
Emergency Medical Center.
Those three departments.
All three departments?
Until when?
Who remains here?
How many of us?
How can you get rid of these essential departments?
We’re not getting rid of anything.
It’s only temporary.
Are we setting up a branch?
Or are we relocating?
They said they’ll provide support for this endeavor.
So you’re saying, take the money and leave our hospital empty of doctors?
Isn’t this what university hospitals are supposed to do?
They can really pass this onto us?
We’re a flagship hospital.
They’re sending us because we excel.
If we keep excelling, they’ll send us to the moon!
Do we really have to go?
What about here?
People in Seoul don’t have babies? They don’t get hit by cars here?
There are plenty of hospitals in town!
They shut down emergency rooms in rural areas because there’s no personnel!
You’ve already agreed to accommodate this request, haven’t you?
What could I do?
How could I refuse?
Go complain to them yourselves. See if they listen to you!
Why couldn’t you?
If Director Lee was here, he wouldn’t have stood for this.
You stopped by the Ministry of Health and Welfare this morning?
Weren’t you listening?
How can you just leave?
What else am I supposed to do?
We need to let them know,
so why don’t we inform the medical office and gather the staff of each center?
We need an action plan.
Let’s schedule a meeting to figure this out.
This isn’t temporary.
This is being kicked out.
How could this happen overnight?
Winner tells doctors, losers tell nurses.
Director, that’s not...
Yeah, what’s up?
What are you talking about?
No way.
I treated over 100 patients a day.
The drunk ones even hit me...
and harassed me, but I dealt with it.
The emergency room was the worst.
My legs were always dying, and patients screamed about having to wait.
But this is what we get?
Please say something.
I mean, I’ve heard of public universities sending department heads
to rural areas, but what is this?
It really feels like a slap in the face.
We’re hospital staff, so we can switch to other departments or even quit.
There are other places to go, but this feels…
A resuscitation patient is coming in.
He’s a liver cancer patient who had outpatient treatment on Monday.
He also has Hepatitis C and is in and out of consciousness.
- He does have a pain response. - Okay, let me see his file.
Okay.
This way, please.
One, two, three!
BP 100 over 60. SpO2 95%.
Give him oxygen.
Sir, open your eyes.
Please tell me if you feel pain.
Let’s drain the abdomen first.
You could always go somewhere else?
Him too?
What about them?
Hundreds of them come in every day.
Where will they go?
I’m sure they’ll be taken in somewhere.
They won’t be left out on the streets, right?
Then what happens to us?
Should we all go to another school to finish our training?
Why call this a university hospital?
I mean, I get why access to medical care is important for rural areas and all.
But how could a university hospital not have an ER?
Look, they’re not getting rid of it.
Why do you think we stayed here?
Which intern would apply for emergency care now?
Do we need to go on strike here?
No two ways about it, we’ll definitely go on strike.
Maybe even worse!
Are those higher-ups all insane?
How is this a good decision?
You haven’t been home for days.
Yeah.
One, two.
He can take care of himself. He doesn’t need me.
I know he can.
But that doesn’t mean he can be left completely alone.
What if you really have to go to Gangwon Province and leave Seon-woo all alone?
What can we do?
We’ll just have to live our own lives.
Hey, Ye Seon-woo,
did you go to the Director’s funeral today?
Yeah.
You came to the hospital today?
You should’ve told me.
Forget it.
Why?
Forget it.
You little punk.
I saw No-eul.
She came down to the funeral home.
So that’s why she talked about you.
About me? What did she say?
Forget it.
What did she say about me?
Huh?
Was I mistaken?
There’s no way the Director would embezzle and steal public funds.
That’s just impossible.
Do you think he ended up dying...
because of what I told you?
What did we do?
Not you, me.
Why did he have a heart attack then?
You weren’t mistaken.
He asked me how I found out.
And who told me.
That was his response when I confronted him.
What did you ask him?
I asked how long he thought he could hide it
and if he really thought nobody would find out.
He should have demanded to know what I was talking about.
He should have scolded me
for barging into his office and being rude.
How long did you think you could hide this?
How… How did you know?
Who told you?
Hey, Jin-woo.
You have it all wrong.
It wasn’t just me hiding it.
Jin-woo, wait!
I’ve believed in you my whole life.
And then?
What do you think?
I left before he could disappoint me again.
Did you really say that?
That he disappointed you?
I need to look into it again.
He just wouldn’t do something like that.
He admitted it. What more is there to look into?
Don’t waste your time, and just focus on your job.
I do my job well. Don’t worry.
Want me to close the door?
I’ll do it myself!
Are there a lot of people?
No, it’s early.
Naksan Medical Center.
How is its condition?
What do you mean by condition?
Any financial or operational issues?
What a random question. How would I know?
Why is it a random question?
The Ministry of Health and Welfare told us to move three departments,
and they didn’t provide any specifics?
After calling in the acting Director first thing in the morning?
Yesterday morning,
you came straight to the hospital from your home.
You didn’t stop by anywhere.
Why did you lie?
What is this crap?
How dare you accuse me?
If you continue to do this, I’ll be forced to go to the police.
Police?
If I continue to do what?
You’ll tell the police that I came straight to work?
What do you think they would say?
What do they care?
Someone died at your house.
You two had an argument,
but you told the police that the Director came to your house
in a good mood and just wanted to drink with you.
What do you think the police would think of this?
There was no argument.
- There was a witness. - There was no argument!
It wasn’t a fight.
I just taught him a lesson.
Hey, Ye Jin-woo, listen carefully.
If you want to go to the police, go right ahead.
But if you do, you’ll have to expose what he was up to.
I could always expose it,
but that would tarnish the reputation
of such a man.
Just be aware of that.
I’m keeping quiet in order to honor the deceased.
Ignorance is bliss.
If you’re so interested in honoring him,
then why are you immediately destroying the institution
he had worked so hard to protect?
Hey, punk, look who’s talking.
Who’s the one destroying this institution?
Who do you think is making up for your losses all the time?
The ER can just take in any patient,
but the other departments are suffering losses
because of the people you send up.
You consider that a loss?
Why must I spend all day stitching up the holes you create?
You would already be gone if ER wasn’t considered essential.
Indeed.
You do a lot of surgeries.
You’re doing well.
What are you saying?
What’s wrong with saying that the head of Orthopedics performs many surgeries?
You little punk!
Yes, what is it?
Okay.
What?
I know you’re all busy, so thank you for making it here.
We all know why we’re here, so I’ll skip that.
First of all, we need to resolve our situation smoothly.
Smoothly isn’t the way to do this.
We should be at war.
This is happening because the school foundation was sold to a big corporation.
What’s the point of bringing this up now?
You should’ve protested when you had a chance.
It’s the Ministry’s order, so what can we do?
Public officials don’t know how to do anything other than squeeze us doctors dry.
Public officials aren’t the problem.
It’s the control tower.
I saw it coming when they replaced the foundation chair with a CEO.
Didn’t he run a freight company or something?
Was he ever a doctor?
Maybe he’s a good businessman but does he know anything about running a hospital?
He doesn’t know how things work in this industry.
And the Ministry of Health and Welfare knows this.
“Hey, Sangkook University got a clueless leader,"
"so let’s start sending everyone to the provinces.”
We’re an easy target.
What are they saying at Naksan?
They’ve been waiting, as if we were saviors.
That’s not what I heard.
Naksan Medical Center was just told we were going there.
That’s the only thing they know about this.
As usual, Dr. Joo knows a lot about rural areas.
Does that matter right now?
My colleague is right.
We should have acted
as soon as we heard a non-medical CEO was going to be in charge.
Appointing someone like that means we are seen as just another business.
Are we just a business or an actual hospital?
This is all because of the insurance scheme.
Why are you bringing that up?
If there was more money from insurance premiums,
even departments like OB-GYN and Pediatrics
would have plenty of funding, even in rural areas.
Do you think this CEO will bat an eye at our concerns?
Would a huge corporation invest in a hospital for the sake of education
or to make it profitable?
Listen, this is just the beginning.
Want one?
No.
Got it overseas though.
We all agree this has to do with insurance
and that’s a national policy issue, but right now…
Wow, so many of you came.
Then who’s looking after all the patients?
Essential personnel are working.
Okay.
Please go ahead.
Aren’t you here to discuss the surgery?
What surgery are you talking about?
Shouldn’t we talk about the surgery to heal Korea?
It appears our doctors swore to fulfill their duty to patients
no matter the race, religion, or social status.
So, you have gathered here with a desire to help those
who can’t help themselves in areas considered remote and rural.
Now shall we begin?
(Life)
How did they get their hands on this?
Is it possible that the late director gave the information to someone here?
I’ll do whatever I can,
whether it's appealing to the board of directors
or sharing information with the media and civil organizations.
I will let them know that our new CEO only
sees the hospital as a money-making machine!
No, if this structure isn't profitable, then change the structure.
You can’t just leave it like this.
What gives you the right to dismantle and disperse 15,000 professionals,
needed by their community?
If the Emergency Room is gone, so are the patients.
You wont have to take any more homeless or other non-paying patients from us.
How could the hospital just volunteer you away like that?
Do you know how the other departments feel about this?
Everyones doing the math.
Some say we should band together and fight.
Others say it's a government order, so theres no point in fighting.
He didn't come to listen. He came to give us an order.
Will we really have to leave?
We’ll do our best.
This young CEO is a little too ambitious.
Were the only people who know about it, right?
Yes, only the two of us know about it.