The Returning Doctor Wanted to Live Quietly - Chapter 337



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Episode 337. Where the eyes sweat (1)

A month later.

Pediatric surgery ward.

It wasn’t a very pleasant place.

Because there is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing sick children.

but.

“Discharge? I think it will be possible in 3 days.”

Jinhyuk went around the rounds with his usual expression.

No, I should say it’s a little different.

Because I tried to exchange at least one more word with my guardian, and I was answering longer than usual.

In some ways, you could say it’s excessive kindness!

Of course, the questions were very formulaic.

How is our child?

When can I be discharged?

Did the surgery go well?

When will the fart come out?

Parents were curious about everything.

When I was going around the hospital wards, comforting the parents who had admitted their sick children.

The guardian suddenly said something out of the blue.

“I, teacher.”

“Yes, guardian.”

“My husband works out of town. We don’t have anyone to look after the baby right now. We’re out of diapers.”

“ah…….”

“I feel so sorry for asking so many things of the nurse and other guardians… … .

It implies that you may leave the room for a moment.

Jinhyuk reflexively checked the time.

A situation where there is still some room.

Normally I would have said sorry, but today was my first day working in pediatric surgery.

Jinhyuk smiled brightly.

“Let me just look at it for a moment.”

“thank you!”

A guardian running towards you.

Jinhyuk immediately checked the child.

A baby who just turned one.

I had an IV line attached.

Jinhyuk glanced at her name and spoke.

“Our Joo-seong. Are you having a hard time?”

“Just hold on a little longer! Mom and Dad are both having a hard time, but they’re all holding on and just hoping to get discharged.”

I knew the child wouldn’t understand, but I just spoke to him.

Because it was boring to just stare blankly.

but.

“Ugh.”

For a moment, the child’s expression becomes distorted.

Looks like he noticed his mom wasn’t there.

Jinhyuk’s actions were immediate.

“Peekaboo! Hey! Peekaboo!”

“Peekaboo! Peekaboo!”

The appeasement ritual continued for a long time.

But when there was still no sign of improvement, Jinhyuk even made a sour expression.

He opened his mouth wide, placed both hands on his cheeks, and moved his hands.

but.

“Eeeeeeeeeeeee!!”

It was a clear failure.

When Jinhyuk didn’t know what to do.

Lee Tae-hee appeared like a ghost.

“Get out of the way.”

“Uh huh.”

“Oh my. My baby! I’ll hold you!”

Lee Tae-hee skillfully soothes a child.

As the crying gradually subsided, Jinhyuk made a blank expression.

Life in pediatric surgery.

It didn’t look that easy at all.

of course.

“Shouldn’t you be calling me aunt instead of older sister?”

Jinhyuk never forgot to add a word.

* * *

“Thank you, teacher! Thank you!”

A guardian who keeps bending his back.

When she offered them drinks, Jinhyeok and Taehee Lee accepted them and left the hospital room.

“How do you feel?”

“It’s hard. It doesn’t look easy.”

“Still, it’s a rewarding place.”

“Because of the kids?”

“Oh, it’s a bit annoying that you just left as if you never got sick. But still… … .”

When Lee Tae-hee trailed off, Jin-hyeok nodded his head silently.

If you just leave.

There were two cases.

After recovery, you may be discharged from the hospital.

Or leave forever.

The same goes for the Department of Pediatrics at Seosin University, and the Department of Pediatrics at Asin Hospital.

Nothing makes my eyes sweat more than a sick child.

As we walked along, talking about this and that.

A breaking news report was broadcast on the TV in the break room.

[Special Agent! ○○ Hospital Rebate Caught!]

[□□ Pharmaceuticals provides over 50 billion won in back margin!]

[◇◇Hospital demands excessive landing fees!]

[Uncovering the Truth About Hospital Support Funds!]

[Endless bullying! A doctor who even asked to plan an overseas trip with his mistress!]

[Government, is it pulling out the card for manufacturing identical ingredients?]

[Government steps in to prevent abuse of doctors by pharmacists!]

Jinhyuk stopped walking and just stared at the TV for a while.

Lee Tae-hee spoke again.

“Is this what they call salami tactics?”

“Oh, let’s take them out one by one.”

“It’s going according to plan, but public opinion is the worst. Public opinion at the hospital, I mean.”

“Why? Because the image is messed up?”

“Oh, there are a lot of hateful posts about doctors. Everyone is feeling down because of that.”

“Well, they’re all in the internal medicine department anyway. Surgery doesn’t really have much to do with medication.”

“No, we are like that, whether we know it or not. We have become a public enemy. Medicine is used by surgeons too. And we are doctors too.”

The surgical field is also said to be in decline.

Because they were being lynched by a mob.

Perhaps it was natural. But it was also an inevitable pain.

Newly established reporting reward system

The revelations that followed.

A series of shocking incidents occurred one after another, leaving the medical community unable to respond in any way.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, with public opinion at its back, was passing the systems that he and his colleagues had proposed one by one.

repulsion?

I didn’t even dare to object.

Because dirty industry practices were all over the news.

Well, it was only natural, since it was revealed that he had even sent his mistress on an errand to buy her underwear.

Jinhyuk immediately comforted Taehee Lee, who had a drooping expression.

“Just bear with it for a little longer.”

“… … .”

“The teacher agreed to it anyway.”

“That’s true, but will the support rate really increase?”

“Because the money is gone. The lower part of the building collapsed.”

“But basically, you earn a lot of money.”

“… … .”

“What, why aren’t you saying anything?”

Lee Tae-hee’s repeated questions.

In fact, this wasn’t enough.

The opening market.

There are few doctors.

There were many patients.

Of course, the competition is fierce in its own way, but who else would do the same thing as other self-employed people?

First of all, the amount of money earned was different.

Even if I failed, I had a place to go.

So, it was necessary to further destroy the lower part.

Because the salary of the surgical department cannot be more than twice that of the internal medicine department.

In terms of work intensity, it’s as intense as the United States.

No, we have to give more than the US to become popular.

but.

‘If we bring up the topic of reinforcements, it will only cause chaos… … .’

The unspeakable truth.

The inconvenient truth was right before our eyes.

The problem of the medical school quota frightens even Ji-ho Oh, who always believes in and supports him.

I didn’t even dare take it out.

It’s not ripe yet.

Because we are solving them one by one.

In the midst of such silence.

Jinhyuk suddenly became curious about Lee Taehee’s thoughts and stared at her face.

How will she react?

Should I freak out like Oh Ji-ho?

Or should I agree?

Jinhyuk was silent for a while.

Lee Tae-hee looked puzzled.

“What? What, do you have something to say? Why? What is it?”

* * *

Jinhyuk turned his head and looked around.

A situation where there is no one else besides the guardian watching TV.

Jinhyuk lowered his voice as he dragged Lee Taehee to a more secluded place.

“You know what? Japan is a convenience store kingdom.”

“Japan? It’s famous for its many convenience stores. Why is that?”

“There are more dental clinics than convenience stores. There are dental clinics everywhere.”

“That many?”

“Oh, there was a huge increase in the 80s. That’s why dental school admissions are low. And the cost of treatment has gone down. So much so that many places are going out of business.”

“Why all of a sudden?”

A look that suggests he doesn’t know what he’s trying to say.

Jinhyuk swallowed hard.

It seemed like I was just saying it for nothing, but I don’t think I’ll go around talking about it.

Jinhyuk’s voice became even drier.

“What would happen if the number of doctors here increased? If the number of private practitioners increased?”

“Income will decrease. Like Japan.”

“Then, it would seem that the income of surgeons working in general hospitals is relatively higher?”

“what?”

“If we increase the number of doctors, the income of the doctors will inevitably decrease. Then the support rate will also increase.”

At that moment, Lee Tae-hee’s eyes widened.

Although she had to take a year off, she is also a talented person who graduated from medical school.

I immediately understood what it meant.

But soon.

“Hey. That’s ridiculous.”

She immediately shook her head.

Because I couldn’t believe that there were more dental clinics than convenience stores.

Of course, he was the best in the world, Lee Jin-hyeok, so he couldn’t say anything that wasn’t true, but I thought it was ridiculous.

That makes sense.

Japanese dentists are also people.

There was no way I could have just watched the reinforcements.

* * *

That evening.

Lee Tae-hee returned home and turned on her laptop.

Because I really wanted to know if there are more dentists than convenience stores in Japan.

Lee Jin-hyuk worked in the endocrine surgery department for a long time because of filming.

He himself has already been a pediatric surgeon for more than five years.

No one knew better than I how lacking there were pediatric surgeons.

A child who died without warning.

The doctor who left hurt.

People who went to other departments too.

Some people even quit the hospital altogether.

Because it is so difficult to pronounce a death sentence on a child.

Well, due to the low birth rate, the number of children and adolescents wishing to become mothers is also decreasing.

What must the situation be like in pediatric surgery?

That’s how I ended up surfing the internet.

I spent a while scrolling through the news, but I couldn’t find any articles that provided any proper information.

There are only articles that beat up doctors with provocative titles.

Covering a phenomenon through in-depth reporting was a distant experience for Korean reporters.

but.

“Do I have to level up too? Man, it’s annoying.”

I was able to check the article that was posted on the Japanese study abroad cafe late.

Japan has twice as many dentists per capita as Korea.

When calling a doctor, you call him/her “Oishasama” and use the honorific title “sir”.

The dentist was called ‘haisha’ without any honorifics.

Lee Jin-hyeok’s words that the dentist is widespread turned out to be true.

furthermore.

“What? You didn’t even object?”

It was also surprising that there were no dentists who opposed the reinforcement.

Just issue a statement expressing your concerns.

All they did was shout that the quality of medical care would decline.

They did not seek to interfere with government policy.

No, the issue of reinforcements was under the government’s authority from the beginning.

“These guys are nobles compared to Korea. No, is Korea strange?”

Lee Tae-hee rested his chin on his hand as he searched the cafe for a while.

It’s a very different behavior from Korea.

The US also wanted doctors to take the lead in increasing the number of patients, and Japan was also in a similar situation, so honestly, I was envious of Japan at this time.

In a situation where I can’t even open a practice anyway.

The more doctors there were, the better, and that was the case for her too.

Because the intensity of work will change immediately.

Lee Tae-hee immediately checked another article.

“Well, it’s not without its drawbacks. There are a lot of quacks. There are also a lot of cases where they recommend excessive treatment. The quality has definitely gotten worse.”

The Internet was closed after it was confirmed that there were side effects.

Lee Tae-hee, who had been lying on the bed, immediately got up.

The conversation we had this morning.

It bothered me.

Lee Tae-hee immediately called Lee Jin-hyeok and explained.

There may be side effects to the reinforcements.

Korean doctors are different from those in other countries, so you shouldn’t act rashly.

He strongly urged them not to cause any more accidents.

However, the answer that came back was amazing.

[Do you know what the side effects of warfarin are?]

“Why are you suddenly on anticoagulants?”

[If you take warfarin wrong, you can experience bleeding. You also have to be careful when brushing your teeth. Blood clots can cause cerebral infarction. If you make a mistake, you can even have a myocardial infarction.]

“I know it can cause a brain hemorrhage. But why?”

[It can also cause gastrointestinal bleeding. Anyway, it has a lot of side effects. But it’s still useful.]

“… … .”

[They say that they use medicine after evaluating the benefits and risks and weighing the results.]

There is no medicine without side effects.

Although there may be significant side effects from increasing the number of medical schools, it was also said that the benefits would be greater.

This makes it clear.

What Lee Jin-hyeok wanted was to increase the number of medical school students.

“ha…….”

Lee Tae-hee let out a long sigh and fell into a heavy silence.

I couldn’t dare say anything because I knew full well what kind of repercussions it would have.

Some say there will be no trickle-down effect on the essential departments, but the surgery department is the only one that is lacking.

So we need to increase our troops.

But then the next day.

An accident occurred.

When all the pediatric surgical subspecialists entered the surgery.

The child died without warning.

The child whose guardian said he had to go buy diapers.

A baby who had just turned one died.