at Dream Tree Orphanage (4),
left the orphanage and moved to Steel Hospital.
Today’s meeting is a kind of declaration of war.
Both hospitals will be informed of how serious a medical error they committed.
Or should I say that it engraves deep into my bones what I already know.
When I arrived at Steel Hospital, I made an appointment for treatment under the pretext of obtaining a medical certificate.
“Patient Kim Jeong-hyeok. Let’s go in… You’re here again?”
The outpatient nurse looked at Choi Ki-seok and tilted her head.
“Yes. I have something to talk with the teacher in charge.”
Choi Ki-seok took a deep breath and entered the treatment room.
“Do you need another medical certificate?”
Jaewoong Eom pointed to a chair with an annoyed expression.
“No. Actually, I didn’t come to see you today because I needed a medical certificate.”
“······.”
“Let me tell you straight. You committed a medical accident against Jeonghyeok, didn’t you?”
“What do you mean?”
Eom Jae-woong stuttered as if embarrassed.
But that only lasts for a moment.
I quickly got my emotions under control and waved my hand.
“If you’re going to talk nonsense, get out. I’m busy taking care of patients.”
“Does this still sound like nonsense?”
widely!
Choi Ki-seok took out the medical records from Gangpo Hospital and placed them on Eom Jae-woong’s table.
Then Eom Jae-woong looked at the medical record and Choi Ki-seok alternately.
“This······.”
“This is the Kangpo Hospital surgery report. What does it say there?”
“······.”
“They made an incision in the abdomen and looked at the infected area, and it said that the appendix was still remaining. The doctor removed the appendix, so how could it remain?”
Eom Jae-woong kept his mouth shut in response to Choi Ki-seok’s point.
As silence weighed down the two, Eom Jae-woong barely opened his mouth.
“I… I don’t know. I definitely cut the appendix.”
“Are you still going to turn away?”
Choi Ki-seok continued speaking rapidly.
“Look at the surgery report properly. The record says that there was a perforation in the anastomosis area of the sigmoid colon. Do you know what that means? The doctor performed the surgery after mistaking the sigmoid colon for the appendix. And the surgical site ruptured, causing the problem. has been created.”
Eom Jae-woong bit his lip at Choi Ki-seok’s point.
Perhaps because he was the type of person who couldn’t hide his emotions, a look of disappointment was clearly visible on his face.
“Then shall we go to the biopsy site this time?”
“······.”
“The doctor’s examination of the resected area revealed that the tissue was part of colonic tissue.”
“······.”
“Are you still going to act like this?”
Choi Ki-seok lashed out.
It was clear at a glance that Eom Jae-woong was only thinking about his own hole in life.
If you make a mistake, shouldn’t you admit it, apologize to the other person, and think about appropriate compensation?
How could he act so shamelessly in this situation?
“You ruined a child’s life. Say something!”
“I don’t know. I don’t know.”
Jaewoong Eom shook his head.
Then, I held the medical record on the desk in my hand.
Buuuuuck! Buuuuuck!
The medical record was torn into pieces in Eom Jae-woong’s hands.
Choi Ki-seok, who watched the scene, clicked his tongue in bewilderment.
“It’s truly beyond rescue.”
“Well… what’s the big deal? I just have to survive.”
“Here’s your gift.”
Choi Ki-seok took out the same record sheet from his bag and threw it on the desk.
In preparation for such cases, ample copies of medical records were made.
“What the hell are you?”
Eom Jae-woong’s face turned pitch black.
“You don’t need to know that. What’s more important is that the real game hasn’t even started yet.”
“······.”
“I’ll come back two days later at exactly this time.”
Choi Ki-seok placed a business card on the desk and left.
Eom Jae-woong watched Choi Ki-seok’s back and belatedly looked at the business card.
[Taechul Yang Law Firm]
[Medical Litigation Attorney Jinmyeong Jeong]
“Ah…”
I felt dizzy.
* * *
Director’s office at Cheol Hospital.
Eom Jae-woong is explaining an incident that occurred during the day to hospital director Bae Yong-seok.
Bae Yong-seok’s expression was as hard as stone as he listened to the story.
Eom Jae-woong was busy watching Bae Yong-seok’s thoughts.
“You idiot! I didn’t even know how to do it properly.”
Bae Yong-seok threw the calendar.
Eom Jae-woong couldn’t even make a sound even after being hit by the calendar.
“Tell me honestly. Did you know that I had a sigmoid resection after the surgery? Didn’t you know?”
“Ah… I understand.”
“Oh my, you idiot. Go out and search for it. Huh?”
Bae Yong-seok threw everything he could get his hands on at Eom Jae-woong.
The room quickly became a mess.
“He’s already secured the medical records? What are you going to do now?”
“I wanted to discuss that…”
Eom Jae-woong whispered in a voice that could barely be heard.
“I’m your lover! Why are you whispering?”
“sorry.”
“Did you find out what kind of guy came here?”
“Yes. My name is Ki-Seok Choi, and I graduated from medical school at Uijin University this year. I suffered from heart failure and recently received a heart transplant, which was also covered in articles.”
“But why is he making a fuss now?”
“I think I went to the daycare to say thank you and saw the patient.”
“Fuck. You’re annoying.”
Bae Yong-seok sighed and rubbed his chin.
There was no one who had any connections to the medical school at Uijin University.
If I could apply pressure, things would be easier…
“Go see.”
Bae Yong-seok kicked out Eom Jae-woong and called his classmate, Yang Kyung-hwan, the director of Gangpo Hospital.
“Uh, it’s me. Nothing special these days, right?”
[I didn’t have one, but it just appeared today.]
“Did this guy named Choi Ki-seok have a sore there too?”
[Did you get hit too?]
Yang Gyeong-hwan’s bitter laughter was heard.
[I will hold him responsible for not informing me that the appendectomy was wrong and for the poor nursing management. “We ended up bleeding while protecting your idiot.]
“I’m sorry. I didn’t know it would end up like this.”
Bae Yong-seok took a pause before continuing.
Spilled water anyway.
What’s important is how to resolve it from now on.
“I copied the medical records in advance so I can’t even manipulate them. What are you going to do?”
[Do you know anyone at Uijin University? I think it will go easily if you step on it a little.]
“If that happens, I’ve already used my hands.”
Bae Yong-seok sighed as if the ground was sinking.
“I think things are going to get bigger. That guy left the business card of Tae-cheol Yang’s law firm. Tae-cheol Yang’s law firm is the top in medical litigation.”
[Don’t be scared for no reason.]
Yang Gyeong-hwan calmly continued.
[If you really have connections at a law firm, there is no reason for you to come to the hospital all of a sudden. I’m just scaring you.]
“Well, that’s the same thing. A guy who hasn’t even started an internship is learning from the bad things…”
[Did you also say that you would come back in two days?]
“Uh.”
[We will send a general surgeon to our hospital. If you can’t decide what to say, let’s go that route. How do you feel?]
“Okay.”
Bae Yong-seok hung up the call.
* * *
“We’re all there.”
Ki-Seok Choi stared at the main building in front of Steel Hospital.
10 minutes later, we decided to have a meeting with officials from Cheol Hospital and Kangpo Hospital.
The time has finally come to avenge Kim Jeong-hyuk.
“Are you sure it’s okay?”
Son Yang-hee, standing next to him, showed signs of nervousness.
“It felt like hitting a rock with an egg…”
“You may be anxious, but please trust me. I came this far because I am confident.”
Choi Ki-seok reassured Son Yang-hee.
Jiyiing.
The moment I entered the main hospital building, my cell phone rang.
“Yes. We have arrived at the hospital now.”
[······.]
“I understand. I will do as you say.”
Choi Ki-seok simply hung up the call.
“Who are you calling…?”
“You can think of it as a secret weapon.”
Choi Ki-seok smiled and quickened his pace.
Eventually, we arrived at the conference room on the 6th floor where the meeting would be held.
When I knocked and went inside, there were three hospital staff sitting at a long table.
“Please sit here.”
The man in the center pointed to the chair across from him.
The introduction began with a simple greeting.
The person sitting on the far left is Eom Jae-woong, who had an appendectomy.
The man sitting in the center is Kang Tae-san, a general surgery specialist at Kangpo Hospital.
The man sitting on the left is Park Cheol, the hospital’s legal representative.
“I also feel sorry for patient Kim Jeong-hyeok. His condition was not supposed to get that bad…”
Taesan Kang started his luck.
“Now come on and say something shameless.”
“I will take any criticism with pleasure. It was reckless on our part to be here so late.”
Although Son Yang-hee showed signs of discomfort, Kang Tae-san maintained a polite attitude.
“And I hope that we can clear up any misunderstandings about each other here today.”
“Was there a misunderstanding between us? I think there was nothing but misdiagnosis and mistreatment.”
Choi Ki-seok, who had been silent, came forward.
“That will change as we talk in the future.”
“I hope so.”
“First, let me tell you about the appendectomy.”
Kang Taesan presented his medical knowledge like Cheongsan Yusu.
The reason why Eom Jae-woong resected the sigmoid colon rather than the appendix.
One of them is that Kim Jeong-hyuk is obese.
Obese patients have a lot of body fat, making it difficult to secure a surgical view.
In the case of Kim Jeong-hyuk, his height was 167 centimeters and his weight was 85 kilograms at the time of surgery.
Looking at his body mass, he is severely obese.
As a result, it was emphasized that Eom Jae-woong was unable to properly check the surgical site.
The second reason is because of Kim Jeong-hyuk’s unique constitution.
Usually, the sigmoid colon is located in the left lower abdomen.
However, Kim Jeong-hyuk’s sigmoid colon had unusually moved to the lower right abdomen.
“It’s all just an excuse.”
Choi Ki-seok, who heard the whole story, smiled bitterly.
“It is true that it is difficult to secure visibility in obese patients. If so, we should have been more careful.”
“······.”
“There is something more crucial than anything. You can check the appendix by following the colon oil in front of the appendix. It is not difficult, but the hospital did not check it properly, did you?”
Kang Tae-san became dumbfounded by Choi Ki-seok’s rebuttal.
The resistance was stronger than I expected.
“Don’t blame the patient for not doing what you need to do.”
As Choi Ki-seok drove in the wedge, there was a chilly atmosphere.
“Okay, now let’s make an excuse for Kangpo Hospital.”
“Hmm.”
Kang Taesan cleared his throat as if he was uncomfortable.
“It is true that we were negligent in infection control. However, please understand that the patient’s constitution also played a large part in that.”
“······.”
“In the case of necrotizing fasciitis, which Jeong Hyeok suffered from, obesity is one of the risk factors. In addition, it is also acknowledged in academia that obese patients have lower immunity.”
Kang Tae-san added that body fat accumulated in the body reduces the number and function of T cells.
Additionally, it is said that globulin was used because Kim Jeong-hyuk’s immunity was low. The point was emphasized:
“That damn fat fat thing. It’s a shame that fat people can’t live with this.”
Choi Ki-seok sneered.
“First, let’s address the immunity issue. You said that Jeonghyeok’s immunity was low because he was obese.”
“······.”
“It is not reasonable to attribute all problems to obesity alone. And the same goes for the globulin story. Isn’t globulin used because there is an infection, not because the patient is obese? The causal relationship was wrong.”
Choi Ki-seok continued speaking in a rapid-fire manner.
“In the first place, it was caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which were hospital-acquired infections. Because of that, necrotizing fasciitis occurred and developed into sepsis.” ”
······.”
“Where? “Let’s say antibiotic-resistant bacteria are also caused by obesity,”
Choi Ki-seok leisurely taunted.
