Higher (2)
Choi Ki-seok checked the stat window of the four people and rubbed his chin.
Morgan, Jennifer, and Ethan are neutral, while Rahul is success-focused.
Since he is patient-centered, the three types of doctors categorized by Smith are gathered in one place.
Doctor’s tripartite classification according to Smith.
Among these, the tendency that accounts for the most is neutrality.
Neutrality literally refers to doctors who are between patient-centeredness and success-centeredness.
Due to their nature, they experience hospital life without difficulty.
However, there was a high possibility that one’s inclinations would change depending on the influence of one’s surroundings.
In comparison, the number of patients-centered and success-centered doctors is small, and their tendencies are said to rarely change.
However, there is a clear boundary between these two tendencies.
Patient-centered doctors give top priority to treatment and empathy with patients.
On the other hand, success-oriented doctors consider earning money and fame the most important.
If we take the past Uijin University days as an example, Song Myeong-jin was centered on patients and Jo Ji-hwan was centered on success.
‘I won’t get stabbed in the back.’
Using the eyes of Hippocrates, you can clearly understand the tendencies of doctors.
Even if a success-oriented doctor pretends to be a patient-centered doctor, you can detect this in advance.
“Mr. Choi. You know I have a house the day after tomorrow, right?”
“Ah… are you talking about Ruwai’s surgery?”
“That’s right. Call me later when you have some free time. I’ll explain the surgery method and let you practice on a model in advance.”
“thank you.”
After snack time, I went straight to the operating room.
Today is the day I am on duty, and I plan to film the necessary video before work.
Ki-Seok Choi sat in the observation operating room seat and stared at the monitor.
At that time, a Ruwai surgery was scheduled.
While waiting for the surgery, I opened the status window and checked the mission.
There are three main missions currently underway.
One is a material item mission to obtain the Hier system, and the second is a mission to enter the training room 200 times. The third task is to successfully complete tomorrow’s Ruwai surgery.
‘If only tomorrow goes by…’
Choi Ki-seok nodded slightly.
Currently, the invisible hand debuff is applied to him.
However, if he successfully completes the surgery tomorrow, there will not be much of a threat from the debuff.
In other words, this week is the critical moment to complete key missions.
Jiyiing.
The door opened and the staff entered the rosette.
[Use the dragon’s eye. Save the surgery through video mode.]
‘Shall we begin?’
His eyes turned to the monitor.
* * *
That evening.
Ki-Seok Choi was sitting in the chair in the duty room with his eyes closed.
I am watching the Ruwai surgery video filmed during the day over and over again.
It was my first time performing a difficult surgery.
That is also the first among my motivations.
It would be a lie if I said I didn’t have the desire to perform the procedure perfectly.
While recovering from the surgery, I left the on-call room and headed to the surgical intensive care unit.
Since William was sleeping, I took an air shower and went into Jace’s isolation room.
“Jace. How are you feeling?”
“Ah, Dr. Choi. Are you here?”
Jace found Choi Ki-seok and tried to get up.
“Don’t overexert yourself and lie down. There’s no need to pretend to be healthy anymore.”
Jace burst into laughter at Choi Ki-seok’s joke.
“My body is better than I thought. Is it because… what… laparoscopic surgery?”
“That’s right. Normally, liver transplant surgery requires about a month of recovery, but for Jace, about two weeks will be enough.”
“It’s a good thing to hear.”
Jace paused before continuing.
“Hmm… To be honest, I didn’t trust Dr. Choi at first. I looked down on him because he came from a foreign country, and even if he was good at treating me, I wondered how much he could do.”
“….”
“But after being hospitalized for a long time, my thoughts changed 180 degrees. Dr. Choi even cured my mental illness.”
Jace carefully held Choi Ki-seok’s hand.
During this time, I truly felt that he was doing his best for me.
Moreover, thanks to his request for collaborative treatment at a neuropsychiatry clinic, he succeeded in overcoming the grief of losing his daughter.
“As long as I live, I will never forget this favor. Thank you so much.”
“I didn’t do anything as great as you think Jace. I just did my best. If you still feel like I owe you a favor, please do me a favor.”
“Fine. Whatever.”
“After being discharged from the hospital…”
Choi Ki-seok paused before continuing.
“Take care of your health. You should never get sick enough to need to be hospitalized.”
“…Is that really it?”
“You don’t know how difficult it is to keep this. I have told you my request, so please keep it as if you promised.”
“I knew.”
Smiles spread on the lips of the two people.
Choi Ki-seok left the intensive care unit while talking with Jace.
Jiyiing.
I checked the call phone number that rang just in time and it was internal medicine.
“This is Ki-Seok Choi, on duty at the general surgery department.”
[It’s Mary. There is a patient with a hernia in the emergency room. Please take a look.]
“Does he need surgery?”
[It’s not like that… Come down first. It would be faster to come and see it in person.]
“Okay.”
Choi Ki-seok hung up the phone and headed to the emergency room.
A patient who does not need surgery but needs surgical help?
The more I thought about it, the more I became curious about the reason for the call.
When we arrived at the emergency room, Mary was standing in front of one of the beds. In front of him was a white man lying with a painful expression.
“Are you this patient?”
“Yes. I think it’s an inguinal hernia with just the symptoms, but the patient won’t let me touch it.”
Mary’s voice became quiet.
“Then go up. I will take care of this patient and send him away.”
“…Whoa.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Thank you!”
Mary left the table with her cheeks blushing.
I never would have thought that words of gratitude would come out of her mouth first.
Choi Ki-seok wanted to check whether the sun rose in the west.
“Patient. Where are you most uncomfortable?”
“I feel like my groin is swollen. It’s uncomfortable.”
“First, get up from the bed and stand up straight. I will examine you myself, so don’t be surprised.”
Churrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
After drawing a curtain around the area, the patient was encouraged to cough.
In that state, I felt the patient’s lower abdomen and thighs. I felt something with a round surface in my groin.
“This time, sit on the bed and stretch your stomach.”
“yes.”
The lump could be identified even by changing positions and palpating.
As Mary expected, the patient had an inguinal hernia.
An inguinal hernia is a phenomenon in which an organ prolapses into the groin through a weak part of the abdominal wall.
“Ah. Mr….”
The patient’s face suddenly turned bright red.
After Choi Ki-seok’s hand touched his groin, a stern object bulged out.
The patient hurriedly turned around, but Choi Ki-seok saw it.
Items of sizes you couldn’t imagine…
I’ve heard that foreign men even make a separate space to put things in when they fit their pants, and considering what I saw a while ago, I felt like I had to do that.
“It’s okay. There’s no need to be embarrassed.”
“Hmm… Is it okay to do the treatment after things calm down?”
“If it’s more convenient for you, do it.”
Soon, Choi Ki-seok began his conquest in earnest.
He laid the patient down on the bed and placed his hand on the groin area where the hernia was. Then the organ was carefully pushed up.
‘I’m tired.’
The organs just fluttered as if they were being healed, but rarely returned to their original positions.
After several struggles, he managed to return the organ to its original position.
I put my hand on my groin again, but I couldn’t feel anything.
“Is it over now?”
“Yes, you can go home, but you will need to receive outpatient treatment soon.”
“I heard the treatment is over.”
“Manual reduction surgery is a temporary treatment. To completely correct it, the herniated area must be surgically closed. Otherwise, the same situation will continue to happen.”
“…yes.”
The patient answered weakly.
After completing the treatment, Ki-Seok Choi returned to the ward feeling relieved.
But there was a familiar face at the station.
Lavin Williams, who was only seen in movies and on TV, visited the ward. Quite a number of patients were camped out to see him.
“You’re here just in time. This is Lavigne’s doctor, Ki-seok Choi.”
Karen, who was talking to Lavigne, discovered Choi Ki-seok.
“Kiseok Choi? Nice to meet you. I’m Lavigne.”
“This is Kiseok Choi. It’s an honor to meet you.”
Choi Ki-seok shook hands with Lavigne.
Contrary to what he remembered, Lavigne was much older.
His hair was gray and his forehead had deep wrinkles.
However, his eyes still gave off a profound atmosphere.
“Originally, I thought you were hospitalized yesterday, but…”
“I’m sorry. Something unexpected happened. That’s why I couldn’t even answer the phone properly.”
“If there were circumstances, there was nothing we could do. Then, would you like to go into the hospital room?”
Choi Ki-seok headed to a single room with Lavin Williams and his wife, Kelly, who accompanied him.
The conversation continued in the hospital room.
The main topic was the description of Lavin Williams’ Crohn’s disease and the date and method of surgery.
“You must be tired. Let’s go.”
“Okay, Ravin. I’ll come back tomorrow, so get some rest.”
As Kelly left, only Choi Ki-seok and Lavin remained in the hospital room.
“It was a little surprising.”
“What do you mean?”
Ravin tilted his head in response to Choi Ki-seok’s question.
“Because Lavigne chose a single room, I thought she would be admitted to the VIP room.”
“You’re a VIP. I’m not that great of a person.”
Lavin smiled and continued.
“I want to be hospitalized in a regular hospital room and talk to regular people.”
“I see, Ravin. I’m sorry, but can I ask you a favor?”
“Of course.”
“I’ll bring a pen and paper, so I can ask for your autograph. I’ve been a fan of Lavigne since I was little.”
“Do you remember any of the movies I starred in?”
“Sure.”
Choi Ki-seok continued speaking confidently.
“Dead Man’s Society, Yu Man-ji, Good Wall Hunting, Mr. Doubtfire, and the latest works include The Art Museum is Alive.”
“….”
“I also know that the Genie of the Lamp was dubbed in the classic animation Allazine.”
“Hahaha. You’re really my fan.”
Lavin burst out laughing.
“It would have been better if we hadn’t met at the hospital.”
“I think so too.”
“Please bring a pen and paper. I can at least sign a few copies.”
Choi Ki-seok took the necessary tools from the duty room and presented them to Ravin. Then Lavigne generously signed ten autographs.
Taking pictures together was a bonus.
For the first time in a long time, Choi Ki-seok completely forgot that he was a doctor.
“Thank you so much. I will never forget this day.”
“I really am grateful. Thanks to Dr. Choi, I feel better.”
A bright smile appeared on Ravin’s lips.
“Then rest comfortably. If you have any discomfort, please contact me at any time.”
Ki-seok Choi left the hospital room and returned to the on-call room.
During the long on-call period, Ruwai’s surgery was performed. We plan to watch it again and practice in the training room.
‘Like a fool.’
Before watching the video, I remembered that I had left my cell phone in Lavigne’s hospital room.
Choi Ki-seok stood in front of Lavigne’s hospital room again.
His body stiffened.
Lavigne, who looked extremely cheerful, was sitting on the bed and lowering his head. It was
as if the world was gone . As if everything had been lost.
I noticed something strange and used the eyes of Hippocrates.
‘Crohn’s disease wasn’t the problem.’
His face was distorted like a sheet of paper.
