How long will this strike last?
We need to wait for the management to respond.
If they withdraw their order, we will do the same immediately.
Is there a particular reason why you are resorting to a strike?
Isn’t the field of medicine somewhat particular?
If you cut corners, you could cause harm...
It could cause harm to patients, of course.
The strike is a means to let people know
and hopefully understand what we doctors face,
as we try to help patients.
Yes, thank you.
Where’s Dr. Ye?
He must have gone to Pediatrics, to see Dr. Lee No-eul.
Maybe he went because she’s the only on-call doctor.
Oh, what I mean is…
well,
a doctor/doctor relationship.
Doctors dating?
Which doctors?
I’d rather blow up a burst balloon.
Oh, didn’t our strike make the news?
There is something, but… is this about us?
Huh? When did…
'The unilateral dismissal of unprofitable departments, '
'as argued by doctors, is not true.'
'A misunderstanding has arisen from differences of interpretation'
'regarding medical support.'
'A misunderstanding has arisen from differences of interpretation regarding'
'medical support, and I take responsibility for lack of sufficient communication.'
'This is not due to conflicts between medical professionals and corporate executives, '
'but rather, it has to do with the lack of transparency, '
'deeply rooted in the medical field.'
'In fact, despite resistance from the medical staff, '
'we launched a comprehensive diagnosis of all departments, '
'the first since our university hospital was established.'
'The fact that we uncovered a patient’s death due to medication error, '
'can be considered an achievement amid misfortune.'
No, wait.
'Amid heartbreaking misfortune.'
'A small achievement amid heartbreaking misfortune.'
Okay, got it.
'Our foundation immediately contacted the victim’s family'
'and told them of this horrible error.'
'Furthermore, we promise to do everything we can'
'to come to a mutual understanding with the medical staff'
'to prevent a strike from happening in the first place.'
That’s all.
Announcement of a strike.
Sangkook University Hospital will go on a partial strike
over the dismantling of three of our departments:
OB-GYN, Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine…
Well, the parent complained that the child kept waking up in the middle of the night.
No, continue with the Clamoxin.
We’re only changing from QID to TID.
Okay.
Sorry.
Hello.
Who?
Patient name, Kim Ye-jin?
Did you check the PRN?
How high was it?
Then switch to Denogan.
Okay.
Oh boy, what a mess.
Why are you doing this all by yourself?
What is this?
- No idea. - No idea?
Why are you assigned to all these patients? What about the other fellows?
I guess they’re getting ready for relocation.
How does that explain giving you all the work?
We’ll have even less staff in Gangwon-do.
But why throw it all on you...
Did you eat breakfast?
If I eat now, I’ll vomit.
Let’s go.
It looks like we’re out of time.
This CEO doesn’t seem to care if we strike or not.
Is this what he does?
He toys with schedules as he pleases?
What kind of madman is he?
It’s just a guess.
Don’t get too worked up.
I mean, he isn’t wrong.
It’s all true.
We’re a small country but everything is concentrated in Seoul.
An imbalance like this must collapse at some point.
Who would complain if that was the real reason?
I’ve given it a lot of thought.
I’m not sure if it’s right to stay in Seoul.
Even if you’re forced to leave?
I didn’t go though, did I?
I just thought about it.
Who will go unless they’re forced?
Dr. Lee No-eul,
everyone at this hospital can go, except you…
Me?
- What about me? - You...
you can’t go, not today.
You’re our on-call physician.
You’ll have to take every call, no matter how many come in.
Hey, Jin-woo,
Oh, I’m going now.
How much did it drop?
Hey, No-eul!
Skin tags are for Plastic Surgery.
Why are they on our charts?
You can explain this directly to the guardians, right?
Huh?
Oh, the heat.
Why are you breathing down my neck?
I almost got the wrong idea.
I’ve heard of professors making life hell for fellows by loading them up with work.
Are you saying I’m doing that now?
No, not you.
But do you know who is messing with the schedule?
I don’t know.
But I’d bet money it’s the Restructure Team.
If it’s them, do you think the CEO is behind this?
Is he trying to break us?
For not going when he asked?
But why would he only punish one person?
You know,
I’ve never heard of a fellow harassing a director of a department
about exacting revenge on his friend either.
Whom shall we call besides Dr. Lee No-eul?
Maybe you?
Look around!
We’re already understaffed here...
Oh… he was on duty yesterday, so not him.
Our foundation immediately contacted the victim’s family
and told them of this horrible error.
Furthermore, we promise to do everything we can
to come to a mutual understanding with the medical staff
to prevent a strike from happening in the first place.
Will that CEO do nothing if we strike?
He’s got something big on us.
Even if we get rid of this guy, another one will replace him.
The foundation is just too big to fight
and getting rid of him will make no difference.
Maybe if all the doctors revolt against this guy,
the foundation will send a more agreeable one.
What if they send a more lethal one, so they don’t look weak again?
Let’s get rid of CEO Gu first and then
get involved with his successor’s appointment.
How do we have a voice when the chairman appoints them?
Do we have to know the Hwajeong Chairman personally?
We’ve entertained political figures, chairman’s wives and so on, right?
Our web of connections can’t be ignored.
We can’t be ignored.
He wants me to present a plan before his inauguration.
That’s less than ten days.
What will you do?
You need to do something.
You need to kill this before it’s official.
I told you; my brother-in-law said this guy is no amateur.
The cargo union is strong, but he still destroyed them.
He’s not even forty-years-old.
Director,
this is the fourth time you’ve been appointed to lead us.
Did you do it alone? Didn’t we pick you again?
Everyone is looking to you right now.
You’re going to do something, right?
I’m sorry sir, you asked me to inform you of interview requests.
Huh? What was that?
They’re called Saegeul21. Do you want to speak to them?
Saegeul21?
Yes. I think they’re new.
Where have I heard that… Saegeul… Oh!
That’s it.
Why don’t you want to do this?
You like doing interviews, don’t you?
Director.
Oh, I must have heard wrong, then.
Oh, okay.
I understand.
It’s them.
They exposed Hwajeong family members who skipped army duty.
Oh... That’s why he wanted me to… jeez!
His blood pressure was 130 over 80 when he came in.
Yes.
No problems then.
I got it.
Why are they sending us their mortality conference schedule?
What is this?
Hey, if I had half your looks, I’d do it myself.
How does your face keep you from doing it?
Quit talking about my face... It hurts.
Just do the interview. It’s at 7.
Sorry?
That CEO guy made the first move.
We need a counterattack.
Explain to them why we are being pushed to go on a strike.
Since you… you know quite well.
Don’t be too… Don’t be too ambitious
and drag the Hwajeong Group into this.
I heard Saegeul21 are super anti-establishment types.
Don’t give them too much.
Saegeul21…
Also, you sent up that varicose vein patient, right?
The one who died in surgery?
They’re doing a conference soon.
You should be there.
Why are they calling us about an anesthesia death?
So they don’t end up like the Cancer Center?
They must have been told to do it.
- By whom? - Who do you think?
You’re fine. It’s Dr. Yang I’m concerned about.
Do the mortality conference and then the interview!
Director...
Since you… you know quite well.
At our university, we hold mortality conferences to learn from each other.
Our university?
Yes, but he seems to be asking us to criticize ourselves
in front of other departments.
Isn’t this a warning shot?
Will there be constant interference from above?
It’s been a year since we got anyone new.
We’re all stretched too thin as it is.
They should put that into consideration instead of shaming us in front of everyone!
Director Joo, are you just here to perform surgeries?
One bad apple spoils the barrel.
They all stood together to strike, didn’t they?
That’s because someone revealed the reason for department relocations.
They’re all selfish so they wouldn’t have cared, if it didn’t affect them.
In terms of revenue, Sangkook University Hospital is behind
two private and one public university hospital. It ranks fourth.
We don’t dominate market share, and we barely have profits.
But it is impressive we’ve been able to keep our Big 5 status.
Hospitals outside the Top 5 struggle to get to this level.
It also means it could lose its place in a second.
Making money works the same everywhere.
You have two choices.
You either squeeze it out of customers, or you cut it from labor costs.
Which one shall we go with?
Customers here are patients so you can’t suddenly raise treatment prices, right?
If those three departments are dispatched, labor costs go way down.
And OR utilization?
If we designate three of the operating rooms specifically for emergencies,
we can increase OR utilization by more than 12%.
Wait, we have 35 operating rooms here and using only three
will increase the rate by that much? How?
Surgeons don’t like to wait, so they reserve a couple of surgeries in advance.
Nobody can say anything about this, so if surgeries keep getting delayed,
the utilization rate drops.
If a hospital is especially good at certain surgeries,
operating rooms can be specialized to suit them.
Although this hospital’s evaluation is good overall,
it doesn’t do any type of surgery especially well.
Even if we maximize utilization, are there surgeries that can still lose money?
It’s surprisingly common.
Since patients don’t pay the full amount for surgeries,
the hospital must collect the balance from national health insurance,
but sometimes even that doesn’t cover it.
This is our first time evaluating a hospital but it’s like when a factory
over-produces something and it results in losses.
So, in order to turn a loss into a profit…
We can’t really do anything about what insurance pays out,
so the quickest way is to offer non-covered procedures
where the patient pays 100%.
Those procedures have no price limit.
Okay. Let’s designate three operating rooms…
- Okay. - Let’s start with non-covered treatment.
Things like obesity, hair loss, smoking cessation, and anti-aging.
But the beauty field is the domain of small to mid-sized hospitals
so it’s beneath us…
Yes, sir.
Ms. Kang, where would you like to hold your parents’ funeral?
Sorry?
My parents are fine… What about you, sir?
In our country, funeral homes are not just a place to have a funeral.
It’s a measure of someone’s social status and filial love.
Even people who don’t care what happens to them when they die won’t send their parents
off to some rural funeral home.
Why?
They’ll look bad.
Let’s expand the funeral business and also health exam centers
because people don’t skimp on that, even though it’s not covered.
Also, expand the performance bonuses.
Yes, sir.
Get me a meeting with Chairman Hong Seong-chan at QL.
QL’s chairman?
Okay.
And let’s start a subsidiary.
How do we go about it?
Yes, I’ll find out for you.
What else can we do to charge patients more money?
There’s this.
When my baby was sick, the cost of surgery was ultimately up to me.
Your child was sick?
Oh, actually, no.
Not my child, my dog.
There’s no pet insurance.
How much was it… It really got up there.
Sir, everyone wants an interview about the medication error.
Will you say yes?
We don’t know about these things...
We take what the doctors say as truth.
They said it was meningitis.
They said it happened without them having a chance to save him...
They killed my husband.
How is this different than murder?
If it weren’t for the CEO, we would still…
The CEO was the first person to tell you?
Yes.
Thanks to him,
we found out what the doctors tried to cover up.
At least he apologized to us.
But my husband is dead…
So he died because he was given the wrong medication,
and the doctors didn’t tell you?
It was the management that discovered this?
I had no idea...
It’s today’s biggest story.
They exposed the resident who made the error.
I think it’s his first year.
Isn’t the timing a bit strange?
News of the strike are totally buried.
Let’s focus on our jobs.
We shouldn’t speculate on hospital management issues,
since we have no idea what’s going on in there.
Hi, Mom.
My Seon-woo.
Look at you, my boy.
You’re dressed too light.
It’s still cold in spring. You’ll freeze to death.
At least wear a scarf, would you?
Spring is gone. It’s summer now.
Listen to your mother!
How can you live like this?
You’re old enough to know better.
Don’t forget to take these with you.
I made your favorites like scallion kimchi and braised lotus root.
I slaved away all day for you.
You go to Europe and bring us side dishes?
There’s nothing special in Europe.
All the pretty things are right here in Korea.
Jin-woo likes scallion kimchi, not me.
I don’t eat it.
Over thirty and still so picky.
Start eating better.
Can’t you see that I’ve been eating well?
Your body is so thin and twiggy.
Is that so?
Yeah.
You’re skin and bones.
Please have a seat over here.
May I take your order?
Two orders of dried corvina, please.
Okay.
Where was your favorite place?
- France? - Um...
Spain.
The food was a little salty,
but the men were gorgeous, you know?
I felt like I ran into James Bond every five minutes
and when they put on their sunglasses, they looked like movie stars.
Your husband was probably bored.
- The women were so… - Mom.
He wants to go solo next year…
the young ones in Santiago...?
They were trekking and he wants to join them...
- He asked me to thank Jin-woo for him. - Thank Jin-woo?
Why?
His brother went to Jin-woo’s hospital with a colitis problem.
I didn’t know but I guess
he asked a colleague to take good care of him.
He said it felt great to be treated like a VIP and was really thrilled.
It pays to have a doctor for a son. And you looked great to your in-laws.
Of course, I don’t have just one, but two.
At my age, bragging about your children is better than having wealth.
Doctor’s mom, doctor’s mom.
What did your brother say?
About what?
He said the hospital is going on strike.
Oh...
I only read about it.
He didn’t answer my call today.
It’s impossible to get him on the phone.
Seon-woo.
Today is so cold.
Hurry up.
Let’s put on your scarf.
How was class today?
Huh?
Let’s just go.
Nothing is the same after Director Lee passed away.
That poor man...
the more I think about it...
If I had known he was leaving like that,
I would have called and asked how he was doing one last time.
Mom.
Huh?
It’s getting cold.
When I saw his memorial photo…
I just wondered how…
something like this could happen.
You went to the Director’s funeral?
Of course, I did.
With your husband?
Oh no, why should he? He never knew the Director.
We should have gone together.
It just happened that way.
How about Jin-woo?
You should have seen him.
I stopped by the ER, but he was busy.
At least I got to see his face.
Should I tell him to come?
Will he?
Or should we just go over there?
Hey Jin-woo.
Can you come out?
Tell him we’ll go there if he’s busy.
Yeah. I’m with Mom.
Oh, oh, you can’t.
Oh.
He has a meeting now.
Don’t give it to me.
Here, eat this.
I deboned it.
Oh dear, you’re all grown up.
Of course, I am.
TA.
The patient was hit in the chest and pelvis by a truck.
Get a CT and see if surgery is possible right away,
and see if we can get someone from Cardiothoracic Surgery.
Yes, sir.
Is surgery possible now for a TA emergency patient?
15 minutes?
Okay.
Ortho, get the vitals under control.
- Get GS now. - Okay.
Tension pneumothorax.
Get a CT and run a blood test for transfusion.
Yes, sir!
K Rosette is available, and Dr. Joo will be ready in an hour!
Right now?
Okay, I understand.
Dr. Joo is here.
He can start right away.
Are you...
I’m sorry for being late.
You are with Saegeul21, right?
I’m Choi Seo-hyeon. Nice to meet you.
I’m Ye Jin-woo.
It’s my first time meeting a Ye.
Well, I’ve met plenty before,” is what you always say.
It’s not a common last name.
Again, sorry I’m late.
Can you tell me who Ye Jin-woo is?
He’s treating an emergency patient over there.
- Why didn’t you eat it… - What happened to the patient?
- Sorry? - There was so much blood.
I’m not one to wait quietly for an hour when someone doesn’t show up for a meeting.
I’m very sorry.
That’s your third apology.
I thought you’d need this.
- Pardon… - Yes?
- I’m going to get a coffee... - Oh, sure.
I’ll have an iced Americano.
Let me ring it up for you.
She’s pretty.
Why don’t you leave?
Doesn’t she look familiar to you?
Ask her.
- Ask if you two met before… - Just leave.
That heartless jerk is making all of us dread life right now.
Do I really have to dig through all these old records now?
Thoracic Surgery is in chaos.
Doctors don’t interfere with other departments
because we know how things work around here.
Who is this guy? What does he know?
How is he qualified to judge us?
That guy isn’t even a doctor.
Shouldn’t there be someone causing a stir about things like this?
The Cancer Center incident happened because we doctors won’t cause a stir.
Was it you?
What do you mean?
Only one person in our department voted against the strike.
You must feel betrayed. Huh?
You’re the only one to side with that CEO, and yet here you are with all the work.
I didn’t take his side... Oh!
Heartless jerk… Is he?
Excuse me.
You were talking about the performance bonuses.
It’s not that we hate bonuses or competition.
Fundamentally speaking, this is different than
having performance bonuses based on who sells more products for a company.
This is about the price of exams and surgeries.
Some doctors might be encouraged to prescribe tests that cost over a million won,
when it could have been done for 300,000 to 400,000 won.
It’ll be worse with surgeries.
So it’s all about the doctor’s discretion, right?
This was the first thing the new CEO initiated when he started.
I can only say there was no doubt
which direction he wanted this hospital to go in.
The story about the Cancer Center death,
was that a fabricated story?
No, it wasn’t.
So you can’t blame the new management for that, right?
Does that kind of thing happen often?
There are many mistakes made in the hospital, aren’t there?
There are times...
when someone being interviewed gets silent.
It’s obvious they are struggling with the question.
Personally, I don’t think trapping someone in an interview is the right thing to do.
But, not answering is an answer in itself.
I’m asking you tough questions and will try to keep an open mind but…
There are different levels of medical errors.
What kind of levels?
Near miss, adverse event, sentinel error.
These are the three levels of error based on danger.
As in how deadly the error was?
Yup. It also depends on who made it.
For doctors, it’s a prescription error.
For nurses, it’s an administration error.
For pharmacists, it’s a dispensing error.
Sometimes, the patient is to blame.
Such detailed names.
Since there are detailed categories of errors,
it must mean a lot of mistakes are made.
Hey, we’re only human.
What has to happen before you guys make a public announcement?
Huh?
Even if someone dies?
Nobody would ever know if it didn’t get leaked, right?
Who would know?
Those monsters.
I’ll say it again, who would know?
What are you doing!
I’m not them!
Why would someone so focused on profits care about this sort of thing?
How are they separate?
They’re both important.
Quality and profit, both.
Wait until you’ve been here a while.
If you’d like, I can send the article to you before it goes live.
In case you want to proofread it.
Yes, thank you.
- By the way… - Yes?
Haven’t we met before?
Do you use this line often?
Oh no.
I’m not saying that. I just really feel like we’ve met.
Thanks for your time today.
Do you know who it is?
Who’s this?
I mentioned her to you before.
Who?
Dr. Lee No-eul, but why is she here?
Oh… that’s her?
I’m Dr. Lee No-eul from Pediatrics.
Okay.
President Gu Seung-hyo,
you haven’t seen all the wards yet, have you?
Maybe knowing how things work around here will make your job easier.
Do you have some time now?
Shall I be your guide?
Okay, let’s go.
Why aren’t you asleep?
When is my mommy coming?
It’s too dark for her to come now.
Go to bed and let’s wait for her tomorrow.
Go to sleep.
Or you’ll get sick and have to get a shot.
Let’s go.
Good night.
You’ve seen the general ward, but up there is the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
When’s my mommy coming?
Your mommy will be here soon, so let’s go inside and get some sleep.
What’s up with him?
He had pneumonia.
Where’s his guardian?
We can’t reach them.
The parent is unreachable when their child is sick?
His mother checked him in, and she was here at the beginning of treatment…
He doesn’t need treatment now, so it doesn’t cost much to keep him here.
I know he can’t stay here forever...
He’ll be moved soon.
This way.
Put these over your shoes and sanitize your hands over there.
How’s the cyanosis?
No cyanosis today but the heart rate isn’t within normal range yet.
Let’s keep an eye on blood pressure.
The mother developed preeclampsia.
We almost lost him due to hypoxia...
We started kangaroo care a few years ago.
Before that, contact was strictly prohibited.
This is the first time in 74 days,
that mother and son are able to touch each other.
This room is for babies who were less than 2.5 kilograms at birth.
This ward requires the most care.
Then again, every ward is critical.
Dr. Lee.
Excuse me.
Yes, what time?
There’s a possibility of a hernia...
Thanks for your hard work.
President Gu!
I’m here.
Let’s get an ultrasonography ready.
I’m going now.
Was that a waste of time?
Is he really a heartless jerk?
Why aren’t you asking me about your mother?
Mommy...
My mommy…
Why are you crying here?
Let’s get up.
Let’s sleep. Go to bed.
Your mommy will be here soon.
A fly’s going to land in there.
You want to go where?
Never mind.
Still awake?
It’s the stuff you like.
Finish it all this time.
I saw the news about your hospital.
Mom saw it too.
She came because she’s worried.
She’s always worried about something.
She went to Director Lee’s funeral by herself.
She probably needed time to sort some things out.
Sort things out?
Why would she…?
You know about them.
It would have been nice.
It could have worked out between them.
What are you talking about?
Why do you make it sound like they had an affair?
From the moment we met him, he was a married man.
If he wasn’t, would it have been okay?
He wasn’t Mom’s type.
Life would have been boring for her.
We should have let her meet someone new earlier,
be it the Director or anyone else.
Why did we think we needed to protect her back then?
I’ll get it...
Sorry.
Sorry for what?
Turn it on.
I told you to eat.
She worked hard to make them.
I’m not sleeping…
Go sleep in your room.
Your father is snoring again…
Go to your room and sleep.
Mom, did I get sick often as a child?
What child doesn’t get sick?
Are you sick?
No.
Don’t scare me like that.
Huh.
Your hospital...
Hmm.
It’s been on the news…
So. What about it?
15 months since diagnosis, the medication is…
Where’s Dr. Yang?
He’s already there.
This is rather unusual.
There is nothing usual at this hospital nowadays.
I was referring to the varicose vein death.
Do you enjoy throwing stones at us, like the others?
A long time ago…
Let’s start with Dr. Ye Jin-woo from Emergency Medicine.
The patient was admitted on April 7th,
presenting severe pain and difficulty walking…
As if he can understand any of this.
That hardly matters now.
- He’s here to show off. - Show off?
I conducted the initial exam and based on ultrasound, the patient had varicose veins,
so I transferred him to Cardiothoracic Surgery.
The patient said they already had a diagnosis of varicose veins from another hospital
and was prescribed Naftazone.
Knowing that, why did you do another basic exam?
At the time...
At the time, it had been 15 months since the initial diagnosis,
and he hadn’t taken the medication for 4 months.
I worried his condition got worse, since the initial exam.
Anything else special?
No.
That was it for our department.
Dr. Choi Yeong-jin from Anesthesiology.
Yes.
What was the cause of death?
Cause of death was anaphylactic shock.
Around 3:15 p.m.
on April 8, Robinul and Midazolam were administered via intramuscular injection,
and then I administered Pentothal with a 2.5% solution.
At the onset of anesthesia, his vital signs were: blood pressure 110 over 60,
heart rate 80 beats per minute, and breathing rate was 20 breaths per minute,
all normal ranges.
But 5 minutes into anesthesia, his blood pressure dropped to 90 over 50
and then at 10 minutes, it was 50 over 30.
Heart rate shot up to 140 beats per minutes, indicating he was in shock.
Was there a mention of anaphylaxis on his surgical consent form?
Well, as Emergency Medicine stated earlier,
there was no mention of surgery or prior anesthesia,
so I’m sure the patient had no idea either.
Anything else besides shock?
There was a slight bronchial spasm,
but under the orders of Dr. Yang, I administered dopamine and ephedrine.
How was the patient after that?
The patient remained hypotensive for another 15 minutes…
then went into cardiac arrest.
Cardiothoracic...
Dr. Yang Joon-hui.
Please explain your shock diagnosis and your corresponding actions.
Other than low blood pressure and increased heart rate,
there was nothing unusual on his arterial blood gas and electrolyte test,
just the bronchial spasm.
Therefore, I gave the diagnosis of anaphylactic shock.
When was epinephrine administered?
I administered it through continuous IV right after the diagnosis.
Just a minute.
Why IV?
Isn’t the protocol for initial administration, intramuscular, since there is
a risk of dosing error or cardiovascular complications?
Why didn’t you administer it intramuscularly?
Um...
Well, I saw that his skin was red.
He had rashes all over his body when I removed the bandage,
and his blood pressure had already dropped.
I didn’t think an intramuscular injection would be effective, so…
I administered it through an IV.
So that was entirely your decision, Dr. Yang?
The chart shows that Director Joo was brought in towards the end of the surgery.
Another reason for the IV was that…
there were signs of cardiovascular collapse.
The question was not why, but who ordered the IV.
Oh, yes.
I… I made the decision.
What happened next?
His heart stopped.
And he died.
What are the odds of anaphylactic shock during general anesthesia?
Sorry?
1 in 10,000. Shock occurs in 1 in 10,000.
I’m Dr. Joo Kyung-moon, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
I’m a native of Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do.
I was born, raised, and educated there.
I left in 2013.
Because I lost my patients.
160 of them.
I lost them all.
When the hospital I was working at shut down…
I witnessed a medical center get shuttered.
I read many comments.
Negligence, waste of tax money,
rudeness, staggering deficits.
There were many comments blaming public healthcare institutions
and agreeing with the closure.
You, my colleagues, probably know this best.
Despite all the complaints of old facilities and unfriendliness,
the elderly, the children, and others in the countryside
had no choice but to rely on public hospitals.
The primary reason for abandoning these people in need was financial loss.
The medical center was losing 300 to 400 billion won a year.
300 to 400 billion…
It’s a lot of money, all of it from taxes.
However, do you know what the province’s budget for that year was?
It was 12 trillion won.
Only 10% of public healthcare institutions remain
because private hospitals are taking over.
My hospital shut down
because it lost 300 to 400 billion won,
which is 0.025% of the province’s annual budget.
I have always wanted to ask this.
Was 300 to 400 billion won too much for healthcare services?
Were you so desperate for that money?
The real issue wasn’t the closure itself.
The hospital certainly had its problems, I admit that.
But discovering problems is an opportunity to fix them and make it a better place.
Instead, they just shut it down.
It was a final chance to save that rural medical center, but they simply closed it.
CEO Gu,
the Thoracic Department is always short-staffed.
People are so quick to tell us why.
They say young doctors flock to easier fields and ones that make more money.
Not all young doctors are like that, though.
Then why...
do we have barely 20 thoracic specialists graduating nationwide, each year?
It’s because hospitals don’t invest in thoracic care.
The surgeries cost too much money.
The hospitals don’t hire them.
There’s no place to work.
Despite this, we will continue to enter the operating room.
Even when we are accused of killing a patient
at the risk of 1 in 10,000.
(Life)
Did you give Clamoxin to the patient in bed 11?
Why wasnt it checked off?
What if I didnt check and gave him another dose?
I’m so sorry.
We’re the same as the Cancer Center.
Maybe just luckier so far.
What’s the CEO’s next move?
What is he really after?
What do these people look like to you, Mr. Gu?
They come here because they are sick and need our help,
but you see them differently.
What do you think employees do?
They work for their employers and take home the money we pay them.
I'm not sure why you're crying all of a sudden.
Do you really think President Gu will do nothing else?
We’ll kick him out.
Will the new director actually do it?
I ask for your support, right now.
I will force this CEO out.