Love as Much as Pain (아픈 만큼 사랑한다)

Many indigenous Filipinos still live in the mountains.

They live too far away from medical knowledge.

Hi.

Hello.

Are you sick?

No.

No, it's okay? Good.

This medical missionary team visits regularly.

The villagers line up to get a check-up.

I'll give you the medicine. Just three times a day.

Since they can't go the hospital

they are thankful for the team's visits.

Where is Dr. Park?

Dr. Park died.

In August, three months ago.

He had cancer.

My kids had tumors, so they had surgery.

Really?

3cc, three times a day.

Five days to one week.

Why don't I see Dr. Park?

Dr. Park died.

On August 26th.

He cured my son's boil.

There was a big one here.

I miss him.

No one else took care of my children like him.

Even when it was late, we welcomed Dr. Park.

He was a wonderful person.

We didn't understand each other, but he was nice to everyone.

He died? He was so kind.

He's not here anymore, but he helped me.

I'm too heartbroken to anything else.

I think God sent him to us.

He built this church for us.

I feel the presence of God and Dr. Park.

I'm sad to think that he's gone.

I didn't know he was so sick.

He gave us this church and everything we need.

I stopped coming here since I found out he died.

He was like a father to me. He was so kind.

Dr. Park.

At the news of his death

these villagers started to sob.

Don't you pity them?

Medical missionary Park Nu-ga traveled all over the Philippines

to help those in need.

He cared for patients while fighting cancer himself.

Mt. Pinatubo is an active volcano.

Its eruption killed about 800 people

and destroyed 200,000 acres of farmland.

Life goes on even in this harsh environment.

This is Mt. Pinatubo.

It's the volcanic ash from the eruption in May, 1991.

He has been coming here regularly since 1996.

The Aeta people lost their mountain homes in the eruption.

Are you sick?

Sometimes, I bleed.

Let's go.

He stops to check the pregnant woman's health.

I'll give her some vitamins and bread.

One box of vitamins.

This should be enough.

As a volunteer, he spends his own money to buy bread.

These are multivitamins.

It won't cause problems for the baby or your kids.

Two times a day.

Everyone can take it. Babies should take only one.

- What's your name, sir? - I'm Dr. Park.

His tires are stuck in the water containing volcanic ash.

No matter how hard they push, the car won't budge.

The villagers couldn't help him.

The signal is weak.

Hello?

He can't even contact anyone.

This situation is making me laugh.

I can't help but laugh.

Now that he feels better, he's hungry.

Don't do that.

You're spilling it.

Stop spilling it.

Why are you squishing it?

Stop squishing it.

Let's eat together.

The kids' father shares a stew of meat and herbs.

Is it tasty?

It's good.

- It's tasty. - Yes.

Dr. Park is used to enjoying meals with local people.

- How does it taste? - Excellent.

- Is it filling? - I was hungry.

Worry about yourselves.

I won't be hungry again for a few hours.

Thank you. It was delicious.

He will do volunteer work until help arrives.

This is the day that the Lord has made

I will rejoice and be glad in it

Rejoice in the Lord

This is the day that the Lord has made

Amen!

He started out with a single backpack 30 years ago.

He visited doctorless villages to save people's lives.

He didn't know his own health was deteriorating.

Is that a scar from surgery?

Yes, for stomach cancer.

I had to drain stomach fluid, too.

I'll just put on my shirt.

Your questions are making me shy.

They've reached the Haduan village.

He's the only doctor around, so the villagers line up.

They mostly have skin diseases, colds and asthma.

Many people catch colds in the mountains.

It's hard to recover due to the lack of food.

It's malnutrition.

He brought all this medicine from Korea.

2cc per day, two times a day.

It wouldn't be so serious if they had these ointments.

Without Dr. Park, they could never care for their own health.

His asthma might be dangerous this year.

Dr. Park's hospital is in the outskirts of Manila.

His employee Lafi takes care of the facilities.

He tiredly walks back after a day of volunteer work.

He takes care of poor people of the city, too.

His home is a bed in the corner.

Every day is night duty.

If the bell rings in the middle of the night

I have to let them in.

The hospital opened in 2010 in this old building.

I can only make bean paste stew and kimchi stew.

The more ingredients, the better it tastes.

And if you make it with love...

For a guy, I make a decent dish.

His cooking improved while being apart from family.

20 years hasn't changed his food preferences.

I brought this bean paste from Korea.

I can feel my mother-in-law's love.

And my older sister always takes care of me.

She sends me a lot of stuff.

He won't go to a hospital but wants to fly here?

He's been sick for a week.

Are you well?

All right, I hope you survive the cold weather.

Okay.

I'm from Gyeongsang province.

'It's me.'

'Did you eat?'

'And the kids?'

'Good night.'

That's about all I say.

He always had nice skin.

I wish his looks won't change.

He already changed a bit.

I think my wife is prettier now.

His wife and two sons went back to Korea for education.

His hospital is always open to those who can't afford doctors.

Every day, one time like that.

I'll give you three days' medicine.

That's all. No other problems.

Mama, I can't do this.

The bad environment causes boils and skin problems.

- Okay, finished. - Very good.

Very pretty.

You should thank him.

- Say 'thank you'. - Thank you, Doctor.

Don't forget to apply medicine.

Treatment is free for the locals.

Ouch.

This actually hurts.

It hurts to stab yourself.

He developed diabetes while doing volunteer work.

It's higher than I thought. 361 is a shocking number.

The lack of drinkable water made him drink soft drinks.

Hard work and stress also caused liver cirrhosis.

This is for my liver.

This is diabetes medicine.

A lot of Koreans take it.

I want to be where people need me.

That's where I want to keep working.

What would someone like me do in Korea?

I wouldn't make a difference.

But in doctorless villages

I can save a life with every action.

He was the hope of a poor family with eight children.

In 1989, he visited a doctorless village in the Philippines

and chose a life of volunteer work instead of riches or fame.

My plan was to escape after one or two years.

But after almost thirty years, I'm more comfortable here.

His hospital is still here.

It was renovated to be bigger and nicer

and now has a nurse.

Is it a sharp pain or a twisting stomach pain?

It's a twisting pain.

Do you eat on time?

- No skipping meals? - No.

Dr. Park isn't here anymore.

- No pain? - No.

- Did you do a blood test? - Not yet.

He left the hospital to his wife's niece, Ju-hee.

He prepared everything before he died.

Even things I never would have considered.