The Returning Doctor Wanted to Live Quietly - Chapter 363



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Episode 363. After the surgery (1)

It’s been 30 minutes since I’ve been by your side.

Jeong Yeon-su’s condition, observed in the recovery room, was not bad.

‘I think it’s okay to move at this point?’

“I will transfer you to the intensive care unit.”

“Should I call the transport team?”

“No, I’ll do it myself.”

“Then I will help you too.”

The transfer began after a short conversation.

The bed was pushed toward the surgical intensive care unit.

Very slowly.

That too, carefully.

That’s understandable, a little shock.

It could have led to unnecessary results.

It was a time when we had to be more careful than ever.

That soon.

“This patient just had a lobectomy!”

“Teacher~! Over here! It’s empty here!”

“four!”

Jinhyuk, who was admitted to the surgical intensive care unit, found his seat and locked the bed.

The existing Peter is in a situation where he cannot move Jeongyeonsu.

It was the same bed that Jeongyeonsu had been moved to in the operating room, and her back would hurt, but it couldn’t be helped.

That’s not important right now.

The setup started right away.

Patient monitor.

electrocardiogram.

Pulse oximeter.

Even a new drainage bottle.

I was moving around busily for a while.

It didn’t stop there.

Checking the patient after admission to the intensive care unit.

There was a so-called process.

“I will start the examination.”

Jinhyuk, who was notified by the nurse, took out a stethoscope.

Planting.

Lung sound.

Breathing sounds.

Everything was still weak and even the sound of breathing was faint.

This is perhaps to be expected.

The anesthesia hadn’t even worn off.

It was a natural vital response immediately after surgery.

“how is it?”

“I think it’s okay. Just a moment.”

This time, Jinhyeok examined Jeong Yeonsu’s ribcage with his own eyes.

Inhale.

Exhale.

Movement accordingly.

The rib cage should have risen higher, but the level was still minimal.

There really isn’t much of a difference.

But this is also natural.

As time passes, your lung function will gradually improve.

I knew I couldn’t recover 100% perfectly, but I believed that I had removed the upper lobe, which had the least amount of aftereffects.

Well, to begin with, my lung function was already greatly reduced due to pneumoconiosis.

“You can come in for ABG (arterial blood count) and CBC (completion blood count) in 30 minutes.”

“All right.”

“What’s your temperature?”

“It’s still 35.8 degrees.”

“I’ll cover you with a blanket.”

“yes.”

The nurse also moved with a short answer.

It wasn’t a comforter, but a thick blanket used in hospitals.

Bring it over and cover it.

In fact, the body temperature was that low.

Well, I had surgery while I was hypothermic, and there was even heat loss during the surgery.

That’s not all.

Loss of body temperature regulation due to general anesthesia.

There were more than one or two things to worry about.

Of course, all of this is what nurses working in the intensive care unit should do.

Jinhyuk knew that better than anyone else, but he didn’t stop checking the chart and occasionally helping her.

To put it more plausibly, a compatriot I met in a faraway land.

Knowing what kind of life he had lived, I wanted to pay as much attention to him as I could.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that time.

Kim Hyun-soo was at a loss.

Guardian waiting room.

I thought only Kim Hae-min would be there.

But it wasn’t.

A Korean resident came to visit after hearing the news.

There were more than 20 people.

An old man with gray hair.

A rambunctious old man who could still be called middle-aged due to his late dispatch.

Everyone was surrounding Kim Hyun-soo.

The problem was that it had been a long time since the briefing on the patient’s condition had ended.

“Teacher, please come to my house sometime. My wife is a very good cook.”

“What about kimchi? Do you have any kimchi?”

“Do you like stir-fried pork? I’ll bring it to you.”

“Where do you live? Do you live in front of the hospital? I made some kimchi… … .”

These are the people who truly show Korean sentiment.

As expected from a small Korean community, people centered around the church or those with long-standing connections tried to make a difference in some way.

This is something that cannot be rejected outright.

Kim Hyun-soo was in a state of confusion for a while.

furthermore.

“I didn’t do this alone. Everyone came running at dawn… … .”

It wasn’t something he did solely on his own.

At the center of it all was Lee Jin-hyuk.

There was Lee Tae-hee, Choi Jae-sung, and Jang Hyuk-jun.

But the elders’ compliments and thanks never ceased.

Eventually he sent out an SOS.

It goes without saying that Jinhyuk, who received a call a while later and came running, also ended up in the same situation.

Saying thank you.

Saying thank you.

He told me to come visit him sometime.

Jinhyuk also didn’t know what to do.

As the stormy time passed and everyone left, Jinhyuk turned his head towards Kim Hyunsu.

Of course, I didn’t really have anything to say.

Relationship between students from other schools and students from our school.

As usual, they were still respectful to each other.

When the silence continues like that.

Jinhyuk laughed first.

Kim Hyun-soo followed suit and laughed.

And then.

“Do you think I did a good job as a doctor?”

“This taste makes me want to go to the doctor.”

“Right?”

“Yes, it feels really good.”

He smiled brightly once again.

Kim Hyun-soo is Kim Hyun-soo.

Jinhyuk Lee only knew about cardiovascular disease and nothing about other diseases.

As time passed, they each grew in different ways.

Oh, of course there was something similar.

A job that saves patients.

It was a really good choice.

* * *

“Come on, eat. Eat.”

“I will eat well, sir.”

A restaurant that requires a dress code.

Everyone was absorbed in eating without any sign of discomfort.

A life where you don’t know when or how you might be called to the hospital.

That too, for four years.

These were people who were used to the idea that they should eat when they could.

The meal continued for a long time.

Eat and eat in silence.

As if someone was chasing me.

And Max, the hospital director, looked at them with satisfaction.

In fact, there was no treasure like this one.

A Korean doctor comes to a failing hospital.

He was a role model and a source of inspiration for German doctors who had a civil servant mindset.

If there’s one problem.

“Ugh. Why did I come here?”

Christie also came along.

Jinhyuk, who was only focused on eating, answered with an embarrassed face.

“Christie was a great help.”

“That’s right. It’s all thanks to Christie.”

“There’s no one to analyze the specimen… … . Actually, the hospital director… … .”

Praise started in front of the hospital director.

Christie blushed again in embarrassment.

Max chuckled like a hospital director.

An act of expressing gratitude.

The inside was melted into it.

The request was to establish a duty system starting from the pathology laboratory.

So right now.

“Well, let’s try hiring more people.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“What else can I help you with?”

“that is…….”

The requirements were simple.

I’m asking for your consideration as it seems like more Korean residents will flock here.

They didn’t even give me antibiotics, and told me that my cold would just go away on its own and that I should wait two weeks to see them, and they kept talking about how we could avoid the messed up medical system.

Of course, it was Jinhyuk who also offered carrots.

“Surgical surgery. It’s delayed by two months at the shortest, and four months at the longest. I want to proceed quickly.”

“Is surgery lacking from a training perspective?”

“That’s true, but other hospitals are taking that long anyway. If we process them quickly, won’t patients flock to us?”

They say they will even save a dying hospital.

Max, the hospital director, nodded for a long time.

Jinhyuk, who had gotten everything he wanted, was able to smile with satisfaction.

* * *

Jeong Yeon-su and Kim Hae-min.

I lived there for a long time.

There were a lot of people I knew.

In that sense, it was natural that sympathy was expressed in the 『Gyopo Newspaper』.

Every Friday.

Four times a month.

It was the only Korean newspaper that provided trends, news, and information to Korean residents in Germany.

Right now.

[Korean doctor appears at Plattenbau Hospital]

[Hospitals where you can get surgery right away]

[The five people who ran in the middle of the night, who are they?]

Such embarrassing articles filled the newspapers.

Articles with the same content began to appear in the Berlin Report.

[What’s good about Plattenbau Hospital]

└ Even if you don’t have a referral letter (Uberweisungsschein), you will be connected to the department right away. Normally, this isn’t possible, but if you ask a Korean doctor working in the emergency room, they will do it for you.

└ Do you also give antibiotics?

└ Antibiotics are not usually prescribed. I guess that’s because it’s an internal medicine specialty.

└ I really don’t know why German kids don’t give antibiotics. I feel like I’m going to die from pain.

└ I got antibiotics a while ago. Dr. Lee Jin-hyeok was fighting with the internist.

└ Oh? Really? Did you put it in as an emergency reservation (notfalltermin)?

└ No. My child had a fever in the middle of the night, so I just went straight to the emergency room.

[What to do when your doctor is a quack]

└ You don’t need to make an appointment on the Doctolib website; just go to the Platenbau emergency room!

└ What about the cost? Isn’t it a burden?

└ I don’t know how they got the show, but since it was an already failing hospital… … they didn’t charge for the emergency room.

└ As far as I know, I think Professor Lee Jin-hyeok made a deal with the hospital director.

A situation that has become a hot topic.

At that time, patients began to flock to Platenbau Hospital.

Of course, I sometimes fought with German doctors who couldn’t let go of their civil servant mindset.

Sometimes I even asked for cooperation.

I had to gently coax her.

This is Taji.

They themselves are people who will leave someday.

The goal was to see as many patients as possible.

So three months later.

Jang Hyuk-jun came down to the emergency room for the first time in a long time.

“Where did that guy Gian go?”

“He left.”

“Where to?”

“To the Netherlands.”

“Then what about Chungwon? Uh, that person… … .”

“You came 30 minutes ago.”

“I guess I should say hello.”

Jang Hyuk-jun, who was approaching a Korean patient without speaking, suddenly stopped.

Because dark blue-gray bruises were visible on the face and neck.

He stepped back and whispered softly.

“Who hit you?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

“Isn’t that true?”

“Yes, you don’t feel any pain at all.”

“Then what… … . It can’t be heavy metal poisoning, right?”

“well.”

Jinhyuk also trailed off slightly.

A patient complaining of general fatigue.

That too, a 70 year old man.

I feel tired all over my body. It could be because I’m getting older and my energy level is dropping.

The problem was that the damn thing was bothering me.

“What about a blood test?”

“It’s not out yet.”

“hmm.”

“The underlying disease is diabetes. My blood pressure is also high.”

“You don’t have any history of surgery?”

“All I had was a cholecystectomy four years ago.”

“Really? Ugh.”

A face that says you don’t know what’s going on.

Jang Hyuk-jun made a pained expression.

The removal of my gallbladder and the blue scars on my face and neck.

I couldn’t dare make the connection.

Well, Koreans have diabetes, but unlike Westerners, their pancreas is smaller.

Since the fat deposition in the pancreas was more than 20%, anyone who did not manage it could have developed diabetes.

It wasn’t unusual.

“What did your doctor say?”

“This is a person who came without a referral letter.”

After a short conversation, Jang Hyuk-jun, who had figured out the patient’s history, went to talk to the patient and started waiting for the blood test results to come out again.

Because there’s nothing to do even if you go up right now.

He had only had surgery for the past three months.

Not long after that.

Even the guardian came running late.

“Teacher, my mother… … .”

The conversation went on for quite some time.

The other person was a reporter.

That too from a famous German daily newspaper.

“I also help publish a newspaper for overseas Koreans.”

“Oh, yes.”

A guardian is a guardian, whether they are a reporter or not.

The blood test results came out shortly thereafter.

The problem is that everything is normal.

The cause was absolutely unknown.

hereto.

“Is this by any chance abused by your son? There are many people who abuse their elders despite being perfectly normal.”

Jang Hyuk-jun opened his eyes half-heartedly and began to look at the patient’s son.

But unlike Jang Hyuk-jun, Jin-hyeok continued to look at the test paper without saying anything.

A situation where cause and effect are not mapped at all.

I felt like a detective in a mystery, no, a detective drama.