Dr. Park’s Clinic (Internist Park Won Jang / Naegwa Parkwonjang / 내과 박원장)

A red sports car.

A luxury watch.

Good looks. Intelligence.

The doctors I saw on TV when I was young looked so cool.

Luxury Clinic

They had luxurious lives,

and they impressively saved people in emergency situations.

- Doctor, how much should we donate? - Send $5,000.

- The staff trusted and followed them. - Doctor!

- Thanks to you, I'm all better now. - That's great.

And patients respected them.

- We have a new model. - I'll buy three of them.

- What about the gifts? - Send the most expensive flowers and wine.

That's why I decided to become a doctor.

After painstaking efforts,

I finally became a doctor.

Director/Internal Medicine Specialist: Park Sung-woon

Today's schedule is...

Come in.

What seems to be the problem?

I'll make sure to save your life.

Doctor,

- do hospitals also have opening luck? - "Opening luck"?

Are you saying your arm hurts? This is an internal medicine clinic.

Patients will line up as soon as you open up a clinic, right?

By any chance...

are you a doctor?

Will I be able to ride a sports car like you?

Will I be able to get rich like you?

Please tell me!

Before I go, you could at least give me a cigarette!

Let's smoke together! Perhaps that'll give me some of your luck!

You look just like a gangster!

It's the perfect weather to get dragged out! God, let go of me!

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Dr. Park, the coffee here is so sweet!

That's great.

We have a new ice purifier.

- I'll have three of the cheapest ones. - Sure thing.

What should we do about the wireless internet?

Just use the cafe's wifi.

Director's Office

Director/Internal Medicine Specialist: Park Won-jang

Dr. Park's Clinic: Ep 1 - From now on, I'm a self-employed medical worker!

Every month, I would pay rent and the electricity bill.

If a staff member says a chair is broken,

I'd order it and put it together myself.

You could say I'm a subcontractor for a small company.

When you first open a clinic, your skills are important, but

there's also the factor of how many patients will visit.

That's very crucial, too.

I don't think the ideal image we had of doctors before we became one exists.

Then again, if we don't become doctors,

there's nothing else we could particularly do.

We already spent so much time and money into this.

We can't get out of it.

Some people continue for those reasons.

Of course, popular hospitals make a lot of money.

The location is important, and marketing is key, too.

These days, opening a clinic is like gambling.

I've been a salaried doctor before

at a hospital that is open 365 days a year.

I got to see how the director treats his patients.

I got to test a patient one day, and there was something wrong with him.

He had to get surgery.

We get to rest for three days.

There were people who complained that we took three

days off when it's a hospital that is open 365 days.

I realized I couldn't open a clinic.

I finally opened a clinic.

It's near Mapo Bridge, too.

It was so difficult that I

lost my hair and got high cholesterol and gout.

Money isn't important

but if I think of my family, I need to make a lot of money.

I didn't have any patients this morning, but business-

I mean...

Appointments start in the afternoon.

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Good night, Dr. Park!

It's already time to go home?

What did you even do today?

I came here.

Is it my wife?

She must have sent me a message to cheer me up on my first day.

XL Shopping Mall: Home & Electronics - $2,150

Honey!

Darn it!

Why aren't I stopping her?

My wife Sa Mo-rim struggled a lot because of me.

She was there for me during my resident days.

She got our first single room house, did all the moving, and got all the furniture

She worked hard as a housewife and...

XL Shopping Mall: Furniture - $1,250

She bought furniture.

That reminds me.

When I was in the military,

she took care of Min-gu all by herself while being pregnant with Dong-gu.

She wore ragged clothing but never complained.

XL Shopping Mall: Clothing - $600

She bought clothes.

You go, honey.

My wife waited for me to open my own clinic more than I did.

She can spend some cash.

Why not?

I gave her a card yesterday so that she can use it to her heart's content.

XL Shopping Mall: Food - $175

What on earth is she eating?

I can just make more money.

Once I get more customers... I mean...

Once I get more patients, I can pay off my credit card.

XL Shopping Mall: Bedding - $220

Stop! That's enough!

I should report my card as stolen.

- I'm home. - Oh, you're back?

I'm sorry I didn't visit you on your first day at the clinic.

I was too busy preparing everything.

I knew it.

She must have been preparing a special event

because it's the first day of the clinic.

I saw that you bought something at the mall earlier.

Is it...?

My goodness! I bought an outfit!

I'm going to see my old classmates tomorrow.

They told me to buy them a meal because you opened up a clinic.

I see.

What are you doing? I told you to drink this as soon as you come home! Gosh!

Right.

Did you finish it?

Here, Dong-gu.

Min-gu!

You didn't drink one, right?

Right!

My husband takes care of the local residents'

health, while I take care of my family's health.

This is from a famous herbal medicine clinic.

It's really special.

It's a tonic that turns weak people into strong ones!

That's why I give a pouch to all of my boys every day.

Herbal tonic?

I heard it's bitter! I've never tried it before.

I always give mine to Min-gu. He'll eat anything.

My younger son is picky like me.

I'm not picky.

What year in college am I?

I'm a junior in high school!

I'm like my dad?

Then will I become bald?

Honey, I'm going out.

Where would you go this late at night?

Do I come see you after the boys go to bed?

Huh?

What are you talking about this time?

I'm just going out to pick some aesthetics up.

I made some fried chicken, so eat it with the boys.

- Let's celebrate the opening of your clinic next time, okay? - All right.

Should we eat?

Oh, my younger son Dong-gu?

Kids these days like games or friends more than their parents.

Other parents might scold or persuade their kids,

but I want to be a friend-like parent.

That way, they can comfortably talk to me if they have any problems.

Whether it's about health or love.

Are you guys dating anyone?

Why? Are you?

You little punk! What kind of ridiculous nonsense is that?

I was joking.

You always say you want to be a friend-like dad, so I made a joke.

Oh.

Min-gu, is your chicken boneless?

No, it's the same kind you're eating.

Spit the bones out! Don't eat them!

No worries! You know what they say. Young people can eat bones.

You mean rocks.

Whoa! Young people can eat rocks, too?

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There's no way I can have so many patients already! It's only the second day!

I'm sure it'll take some time.

Marketing?

I'm not some chicken store owner!

I'm a doctor! A doctor!

I believe that if I work hard with honesty, people will recognize me.

Indeed I do!

Wow, this is nice!

Looking great!

Hello.

This reminds me of the day I opened my clinic.

- It was balding! - You mean bustling.

Balding is what's going on with your hair.

- Hey! Don't mess with us, baldies! - Be quiet, both of you!

We thought you might be busy yesterday, so we purposely came when you were free.

Fortunately, no one's here this morning.

Right! It's a good thing you all came now.

We knew that he had zero patients since yesterday.

It's not easy to open a clinic.

There are a ton of doctors who went out of

business after cluelessly waiting for patients.

- How long do you think he'll last? Three months? - Oh, come on!

He'll go for at least six months.