Dr. Romantic 3 (Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim 3 / Nangmandakteo Kimsaboo 3 / 낭만닥터 김사부3)

(The characters, places, organizations, and events in this drama are works of fiction)

(Cardiothoracic Surgeon Woo Sangmin)

The field of medicine

is currently facing a crisis.

(69% of Hospitals in Provinces Don't Have Enough Doctors)

(From Being in Charge Of Wards, ICU, and ER to Consulting Guardians...)

(Zero Applicants to Cardiothoracic Surgery, No Doctors Even If Your Heart Stops!)

(Sense of Duty Not Enough Reason To Apply for Core Medical Dept)

The number of applicants to core medical departments is declining.

(Medical Staff on Call 24/7 for Emergencies)

In the provinces...

(National University Hospitals Short on Core Medical Students...)

...there already aren't enough doctors in pediatrics, emergency medicine...

(No Use in 'Increasing Manpower' Without Better Treatment of Doctors)

...let alone doctors to perform surgeries.

My kid was burning up.

I was so worried

something bad might happen soon.

But we've been waiting for over six hours.

All the university hospitals in Seoul

told us to wait for several months.

I had to call around for days

until I found a surgeon all the way in Incheon.

And we live in Daegu.

They closed the ER because they had no doctors on call.

The splitting pain in my heart was unbearable.

I thought I might actually die

right then and there.

We just keep circling for two to three hours

until we find a hospital that will take the patient.

And some patients die in the process.

Each year, there are plenty of applicants for medical schools.

So why do we lack doctors each year?

Some say it's because everyone goes into plastic surgery or dermatology for money.

That's partly true and partly false.

I'm sure there are many doctors who want to make money.

The number problem is a real issue here.

However, the more important reason is...

...that the respect for medical professionals...

has disappeared.

Our families discourage us.

Our seniors discourage us.

You quack!

- And you call yourself human? - Despite that,

so many surgeons chose this path to become true doctors.

How is someone like you even a doctor?

However, they face verbal and physical abuse...

...without any protection whatsoever.

This is overtreatment!

How dare this hospital try to make money off of sick patients?

They're being bought over.

Get your hands off me. I don't want to be treated by you!

What are you waiting for? Let's go!

And they're being hurt.

As the police investigation has already shown,

the car accident on that day was caused by the driver's drowsiness.

Even in the moments where the plaintiff claims

that our medical staff neglected her son,

they were fighting hard to save the other two patients...

who were her aides.

We were swamped that day with a patient who fell,

two traffic accident patients,

and even a drunk patient causing a scene.

Dr. Jung Insu in emergency medicine

was handling all of those patients on his own.

I'm sure you have checked this as a fact

through the CCTV footage that we've submitted.

It was not negligence.

It was a tragic accident

due to a lack of manpower.

Despite covering the workload of a hundred doctors

due to this shortage of staff by treating and operating on patients,

the current situation forces us

to prove that we did our best in court.

The world views us as money-hungry villains of society

with much disdain.

As someone...

who has only lived for my patients for decades,

it makes me feel bitter...

and like everything was all in vain.

There is no honor for doctors,

let alone respect.

If we can't even have the least bit of dignity,

which doctors will be there to maintain the emergency rooms

and keep the operating rooms going?

I close my final statement

by posing that question.

Master Kim!

- Master Kim! - What is it?

- Master Kim! - Yes?

I just got a call from Director Park.

The courts have ruled in favor of Doldam Hospital!

The plaintiff lost. We won.

See? What did I tell you? I knew this would happen!

Didn't you say we had a fire inspection in the trauma center?

I was just on my way over there now.

You should go and finish preparing for it.

Right.

I know he's happy on the inside though.

Ms. Oh. It's me.

We won in court!

There's no need to be so happy.

I will appeal right away.

Are you still not done letting off steam?

I'm mourning the loss of my son in my own way right now.

Wallowing in self-pity and blaming everything on others

isn't mourning but being a nuisance.

Is it so hard to give me a sincere apology?

Do you know...

how often I've had to deal with people like you over the years?

The moment I apologize,

you people swarm us like a pack of dogs

to frame us as the offenders and murderers.

It's not the first time this has happened.

I don't intend to let people trample on us like that any longer.

Your power and pride are more important than people's lives. Is that it?

I mean we will maintain our self-esteem as doctors.

Let's say it's our last line of defense.

I'm curious about something.

Yes?

Why did you bring in Professor Cha Jinman?

He seems different from you in both disposition and personality.

That's why I brought him in. Because he's different from me.

In any organization,

being too one-sided isn't a good thing.

Many ideas and opinions must be able to coexist

to become a healthy organization.

Also, Professor Cha is one of our field's finest.

So there's no reason for me to refuse him.

Do you know about the incident

where a resident from Hankuk University jumped to his death three years ago?

There were rumors that he committed suicide

because Professor Cha was too oppressive.

We can't deny his whole career just based on one rumor.

But what if all those rumors were true?

Would you still think the same way?

In the end,

all you people are the same.

Let me make you an offer.

Dismiss Professor Cha Jinman.

Then I'll drop the lawsuit.

I'll also review the budget needed for the trauma center

in a favorable light.

What are you trying to say?

I'm saying we should make a deal.

I must see Professor Cha leave this trauma center.

What do you say?

Will you take this deal?

I hope you defend yourself well in the second trial too.

I will.

I wish you luck.

Looks like this will become a long fight.

Right?

Well, we'll have to find a way to win this fight.

Let's go.

Right.

(Volume 11 The Certainty of Uncertainty)

Ms. Eom. We're out of foam dressings in the hybrid OR.

Nurse Euntak is in charge of that room.

The company is short in supply and can't send any for a while.

We'll switch to another company's product.

I'll restock them once they arrive this afternoon.

And check the BST for the patient in bed five,

and notify the patient can be discharged, Ms. Eom.

Yes, Doctor.

(Restricted area Operating room)

Dr. Yoon cried a lot that day.

She was so worried about you.

I thought you should know that.

Right.

Stop staring. You're being too obvious.

You're not even good at being angry, and yet you're pretending to be mad.

You're pretending to be mad,

and yet you keep watching how Nurse Euntak feels and acts.

You pretend not to be,

but you keep fretting about and caring so much about him.

It's so obvious.

I'm not pretending.

I really am mad.

But what you're doing doesn't seem to work.

You're the only one who's suffering. Right?

Since it has come to this,

you should take a stronger stance.

A stronger stance?

How?

First of all, you should hang out with me.

Mom.

What are you doing here?

Were you home?

I thought you went to work.

Here. This was outside.

How did you open the door?

I asked your dad what the password was.

It seems like he'll be here for a while, so I brought some stuff he might need.

Come in.

The steam closet and dryer will be here in a couple of hours.

But is there enough space for everything?

Why are you bringing Dad's stuff here?

It should go to his new place once he finds one.

Well, it looks like we'll have to find a new place anyway.