Angry Surgeon (492): Abduction
Who Will Put a Bell Around the Cat’s Neck? (1)
Thiriri…..
Han Jin-soo tilted his head when he saw that the caller was Kim Joong-hyeon, the director of Daehan University Hospital.
‘uh? Why is this person calling again?’
It reminded me of a while ago that I had been swearing at her and hung up the phone unilaterally. And after that, he didn’t answer his phone and even if he left a message, he didn’t reply.
‘Why are you calling me all of a sudden after avoiding me? There’s no need to take it.’
Han Jin-soo switched to vibrate and continued to ignore calls, but this time Nurse Song called.
“Director.”
“why?”
“Did you get a call from Daehan University Hospital director Kim Joong-hyun?”
“her! You are persistent.”
Han Jin-soo smiled calmly and replied.
“Tell me that you can’t answer the phone right now because you’re at the doctor’s office.”
“All right.”
Then the phone started ringing again.
As Han Jin-soo was focusing on the treatment of Mrs. Min Wol-rae again, the vice-director’s wife opened her mouth insinuatingly.
“Director. Isn’t Daehan University Hospital where the director used to work?”
“you’re right.”
“I think it’s urgent, seeing as the number of calls coming in, but wouldn’t it be better to call her even if your mother’s treatment is a little later?”
“It’s not very important, you can call me later.”
“is it so.”
When Han Jin-soo returned to focus on Min Wol-rae’s treatment, the vice director’s wife also stopped talking.
After Min Wol-rae’s treatment, Han Jin-soo left Ji-yeon Kang’s office and went back to his own office to open his phone.
There was a long text message from director Kim Joong-hyun, but in summary, he and his younger brother asked for an apology because they were wrong.
Han Jin-soo tilted his head after reading the text.
“It’s strange that Director Kim isn’t the one to apologize.”
Han Jin-soo pondered for a while and called Director Kim.
Upon receiving the phone call, Director Kim apologized to Han Jin-soo for the previous incident and suggested that we have dinner together in the evening.
“Yeah, I know what. Then I’ll see you later at 7 o’clock at Chihwajeong.”
Han Jin-soo accepted the dinner date and hung up the phone as the other party begged so earnestly that he guessed for a while.
“The media hasn’t let go of the corruption at Daehan University Hospital yet… Didn’t you just realize that I wasn’t the one who exposed it? But even if you knew that, you’re not the one to apologize, so what’s your plan?”
When I searched for Daehan University Hospital on the Internet, most of the comments were that the National Tax Service and the Ministry of Health and Welfare should audit Daehan University Hospital.
It seems that the hospital director has not yet been audited because he has power and personal connections, but if the media attacks continue like this, the audit agency will have no choice but to move.
“Professor Kim Joong-bae is still in prison in the Philippines… what is it? Is the hospital director not paying attention to his younger brother because he is blocking the domestic media?”
It was so strange that he would come to me to apologize when the situation was so serious.
“I can’t fathom what’s inside. You’ll know when you meet him.”
* * *
The news that the wife of Deputy Inspector Jin Tak-woo went to Korea to undergo surgery and was recovering well spread not only to the Public Security Inspector General, but also to the top officials of the Chinese Communist Party.
“Heh heh….. I went through a lot of heartache and my face was half-faced, but now it’s blooming like a spring flower!”
Jin Tak-wu smiled embarrassedly at the words of the superintendent.
“It really felt like the sky was falling when all the doctors who claimed to be the best said they couldn’t operate.”
“I understand that feeling too. Don’t you remember Lieutenant General Jin? About five years ago, when my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, she said that surgery was not possible in Korea, so she went all the way to the United States and barely saved her life. If a doctor named Dill Dawson hadn’t operated on me then, my mother would have died.”
“I remember. The level of doctors in our country will not fall, but after all, if you go to the top, is it still not up to par?”
“You should see that. In fact, Chinese medicine can be said to be the best in the world, but Western medicine has not yet caught up with countries such as the United States and Korea.”
“Shouldn’t Korea also improve the quality of Western doctors like the US and Korea?”
“Not only me, but many executives think so, but the president’s conviction is so firm that he can’t touch the medical law.”
The medical law has not been amended for a long time because of the president’s idea that if doctors become high-income earners, patients’ burden of medical expenses will inevitably increase.
“Iknow, right. Due to the medical law, the pay is low compared to what doctors do, so it is not a very popular industry, and the level of medical care is also declining as a result. is it?”
“Looks like you heard from Director Hwang.”
“yes.”
“It’s true. It must be a brain tumor.”
“A brain tumor?”
In an instant, the Deputy Chief Inspector’s eyes widened.
I don’t know much about medicine, but I did know how dangerous brain tumors were.
“Yeah, he said he had frequent headaches… Some time ago, Professor Hwa-jeong said it was strange and had him undergo a detailed examination, but he was diagnosed with a brain tumor.”
“If it’s a brain tumor, the aftereffects will be severe even after surgery, right?”
“Aftereffects are also a problem, but the problem seems to be serious because there is a tumor in an area that is difficult to operate right now.”
“yes? Is it a difficult area to operate on? Are you malicious?”
“It’s malignant, and the tumor is located deep in the brain below the corpus callosum, so it’s small, but they say it’s very difficult to operate.”
Hearing the words of the superintendent, Jin Tak-wu tilted his head.
In fact, even though I knew that a brain tumor was a terrible disease, I did not know where the words such as corpus callosum and deep brain were referring. I just vaguely understood that cancer cells were growing in an area that was very difficult to operate.
“If it is difficult to operate… are the doctors reluctant to perform the operation?”
“Yes, from the point of view of doctors, on days when they make mistakes, there will be more harm than good, so they have no choice but to be reluctant.”
Tak-woo Jin, who was listening to the words of the superintendent, suddenly remembered the case of his wife.
Many doctors in China tended to avoid surgery if it was risky and difficult.
“Then, as in the case of my wife… are there any doctors in Korea who are willing to operate?”
“Unfortunately it is.”
Surgery itself to remove a brain tumor is difficult, but the problem was that the patient to be operated on was tin.
It could have been the feeling of a mouse having to put a bell around the cat’s neck.
“Ew! That’s why the medical law should have been revised and the skills of specialists should have been raised to the level of the West…” “
Skills are a problem, and the fact that the patient is the president is also a problem. And now what is the point of lamenting?”
“I heard that the doctor named Dill Dawson, who operated on the superintendent’s mother, is also good at brain surgery….
“Well, the president’s medical staff will decide for themselves. The trade dispute with the United States is in full swing, but since it is the president’s operation, nationality will not be discriminated against.”
“The party will be cluttered for a while. No matter how secretly things are conducted, the secret cannot be leaked out.”
“I guess so. Anyway, congratulations on the success of Jesu’s surgery.”
“thank you.”
* * *
Han Jin-soo, who was having an awkward meal with Kim Joong-hyun, the director of Daehan University Hospital, looked puzzled when Kim Joong-hyun mentioned the triad in China.
“The people who put Professor Kim in the Philippine prison and the people who assaulted President Ko Jong-soo are all the minions of the Triad?”
“huh. It is.”
Director Kim smiled bitterly inwardly as Han Jin-soo tilted his head as if he had no idea.
I thought that Han Jin-soo was taking off his pretense.
“There was someone I used to work with to find out why the triads interfered in the affairs of my brother and his friend, but he said he couldn’t figure out why a fairly high-ranking official was involved. And then, when I thought about who was the common victim of the two, I came up with a director.”
“ah! okay. That’s why the director came to see me…”
“Kuhmm Well, it’s not necessarily like that, but… I thought I should clear up the misunderstanding and go. In fact, I’ve been thinking that the person who informed the media about our hospital was a director until now. That’s why I was so angry then. However, when I secretly found out from the person in charge of the broadcasting company, he was not a director, but a reporter specializing in accusing social ills. And the person who instigated the reporter also recalls the triad.”
“Can the Triads even move the media in Korea?”
“When did overseas Chinese capital exceed 30% of Korea’s media market? Even if fine dust mixed with all kinds of carcinogens blows in from China enough to cover the cloud layer, they blur the point, saying that car exhaust is the main culprit of fine dust. The current press is writing until the pen holder breaks.”
“okay. Well, money is the most powerful thing in a capitalist society…..”
“Would you like to compare reporters to trash for nothing?
“…..”
Director Kim looked at Han Jin-soo’s expression carefully, appealing with an ardor of his own resentment.
If you threw this much rice cake, you would take off the mask wrapped in pretentiousness and respond in response, but you are still wearing the mask.
“Kuhm Anyway, I brought you a good wine that I was given as a gift a while ago as a sign of reconciliation. Would you like a drink?”
“I bring tea so I don’t drink alcohol.”
“Can’t I call a substitute? Don’t skip it, let’s have a drink.”
“It’s really fine.”
“It is a rare wine that is hard to find in Korea. So think about calling a substitute driver and have a drink.”
Han Jin-soo refused, but Director Kim called the waiter over and asked for a set-up while handing over the wine.
Han Jin-soo looked at the wine and realized that it was the finest wine, costing tens of millions of won per bottle.
‘Whoa~. Looking at the sheep… It seems that even if they were cornered, they were properly cornered!’
In fact, Han Jin-soo was not pretending at first, but was really not aware of why the other person was doing this. However, as the story progressed, I found out why Director Kim Joong-hyun was doing this.
The triads are probably related to the president of Eulwang.
Although he did not ask Eul Yeon-gyeong or Eul-wang in particular, they must have acted on their own to put pressure on the two.
I complained, but on the other hand, I was also bitter.
This would not have happened if I had repented and apologized before experiencing such a bitter taste.
People have a tendency to take care of themselves only after being treated badly.
‘It’s too late, but it’s too late.’
If Director Kim Joong-Hyeon had not hung up after swearing on the phone the other day, he would have turned his mind to this kind of treatment.
But at that time, I had already seen how low the humanity of director Kim Joong-hyun was, so I had no intention of changing my mind no matter what kind of treatment I received.
Expensive food, high-quality wine, servile smile…
‘A person like you will be the same again when circumstances change… It’s only right for the doctors and patients at Daehan University Hospital to step down.’
It was tens of millions of won worth of wine and sashimi sent directly from the production area, but it tasted bitter like chewing an unripe persimmon.
When the bottle of wine had been emptied and the sashimi was about to run out, hospital director Kim asked insinuatingly.
“Did you really not meet people related to the Triads in China during the Qingdao earthquake?”
