Counterattack (1)
“Victor. “Did you understand what I said?”
Choi Ki-seok suppressed the doubts in his mind and tried to change Victor’s mind.
Did you say that Jisung is Gamcheon?
Soon Victor put the syringe down on the table and sat down on the bed.
The wild beast-like appearance was nowhere to be seen.
Now he was just a gentle sheep.
As the tense standoff ended, everyone on the staff let out a sigh of relief.
“good job.”
Choi Ki-seok walked up to him, put away the syringe, and patted his shoulder.
“Dr. Choi. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do this…”
Victor sobbed, burying his face in his hands.
“Every time I thought about my family, I felt angry and couldn’t help it. Why did something like this happen to me?…”
“Anyone who puts themselves in Victor’s position would feel the same way. “Don’t blame yourself.”
In a moment of silence, I made eye contact with a nurse.
Her eyes were asking, ‘What should we do with this patient now?’
It varies depending on the case, but usually when a person attempts suicide, a psychiatric consultation is requested. Then, an order is given to bind the limbs and administer psychotropic drugs.
“Ilina. First, I will send Victor to the isolation room. “Please follow the prescription provided upon request for consultation with a psychiatrist.”
“All right.”
After giving instructions, Choi Ki-seok moved to the station and requested a consultation with a psychiatrist.
A short time later, a psychiatrist who visited the intensive care unit had a consultation with Victor and then came out of the isolation room.
“teacher. “What about Victor?”
“DH (delusion and hallucinations) and panic are severe. “It’s entirely possible if everyone in your family is dead except you.”
“Does this mean the psychological prognosis is bad?”
“It’s not very good. Even though it may seem calm now, you never know when it might explode. You can think of it as a dormant volcano. “I think we’ll have to detain the limbs first and use strong drugs.”
Psychiatrist Lucy glanced at Victor’s isolation room and clicked her tongue in pity.
“Teacher, by any chance. “Can a patient postpone his or her mental state?”
“It’s not like there aren’t cases like that, but… are you suspicious of that patient?”
“no. That’s not it… I saw a patient among my colleagues pretending to have a mental illness.”
“Hmm…”
Lucy rubbed her chin and looked up at the ceiling.
“It’s not that there are no cases of people pretending to have mental illness. You may have seen many similar cases in the news. But…”
“But?”
“What is the benefit of playing a mentally ill patient? Usually, people who commit crimes do such things to reduce their sentences. There is absolutely no reason for an average person to do that. “Is this a sufficient answer?”
“yes. “That’s enough.”
“That patient will have to stay in an isolation room for the time being. And since you will need to see me at least once a day, please arrange a day-on call.”
After Lucy left, Choi Ki-seok looked at Victor through the station’s surveillance monitor.
The Eye of Hippocrates Reused.
Of course, this time too, no psychiatric illness was found.
Victor had a foul smell of rotten gutter.
* * *
Uiguk at noon that day.
Choi Ki-seok was looking at the patient’s chart carefully.
The patient’s name is Lia.
This 5-year-old girl was scheduled to receive CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting) from Kwon Il-soo this afternoon.
Ki-Seok Choi served as the first assistant in that surgery.
What kind of skills will Kwon Il-soo show in coronary artery bypass surgery for children?
My heart was already pounding with anticipation.
Soon, Ki-Seok Choi, who was looking at the chart, left the thoracic surgery department.
The place he went to was none other than neurosurgery.
Ki-Seok Choi found out from the staff that Leon was in the break room.
Drurr.
When I opened the door and entered, I saw Leon sitting on the sofa drinking an energy drink.
“Mr. Choi, what’s going on at Neurosurgery?”
Leon asked with wide eyes.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Seeing as you came here in person… it seems like it’s important.”
“It’s important and regrettable.”
Choi Ki-seok sighed and looked at Leon.
Something came up that I didn’t want to do but needed to be done.
I’ve been struggling with it and putting it off for a while, but it wasn’t until today that I made up my mind.
“….”
Choi Ki-seok speaks calmly.
Leon remained silent and listened to his story.
After the explanation was over, there was a cold silence in the break room.
It was Leon who opened his mouth first.
“Do we really have to go that far? “I think the only thing I can do is get criticized.”
“Because there are situations that cannot be helped.”
“Incredible. Mr. Choi….”
Leon stared at Choi Ki-seok with a bitter smile.
Choi Ki-seok’s pulpit was not ordinary.
How many doctors at MHC are capable of doing something like that?
“But maybe… just maybe it’s possible.”
“….”
“They are both people who carry organ transplant disease in their wallets. By the way, why are you telling me this? “I guess you didn’t have to go through me.”
“The child’s doctor is Leon. “I didn’t want to proceed without Leon knowing.”
“I see. Anyway, good luck.”
“thank you.”
After finishing the conversation, Choi Ki-seok visited a neurosurgery room.
When we went inside, we saw Gerard, whose life depended on a ventilator.
Gerard was recently hospitalized due to a car accident and was declared brain dead due to severe head damage.
“who are you?”
Gerard’s father Malcolm looked at Choi Ki-seok and tilted his head.
“hello. “My name is Ki-Seok Choi, and I am working at the Thoracic Surgery Department.”
“Why did the thoracic surgeon come to see us?”
“I came because I have something urgent to tell you.”
Choi Ki-seok stood next to the couple and looked down at Gerard.
Gerard closed his eyes and seemed to be in a deep sleep.
As time passed, it seemed like he would get up and wave his hands brightly.
“What a pretty kid.”
“yes. It doesn’t hurt even if you put it in your eyes. “Why did something like this happen to my child?…”
Sharon bit her lip before speaking.
Choi Ki-seok couldn’t stop talking even more when he saw her heartbroken.
“What do you mean by what you want to say?”
At Malcolm’s urging, he bit his lip. And then he knelt down towards the couple.
“Ji… what are you doing now?”
“Teacher, wake up!”
The couple was startled by his sudden behavior.
A thoracic surgeon suddenly visits the hospital room and kneels down…
What on earth is happening?
“From now on, I am going to tell you a story that will hit you both hard in the heart. You may feel that I am hateful and mean, but I still want to tell you something. “Please understand.”
“….”
“Currently, there is a young patient named Rahul in the thoracic surgery department. Rahul is a child from India who is hospitalized with heart failure. To cure Rahul, a heart transplant is needed, but they are having a hard time finding a donor. “Now I rely on a ventricular assist device to get through each day.”
“….”
“If the two of you are determined, Rahul may be able to survive. So…”
Choi Ki-seok did not directly bring up the organ transplant story.
It would be more accurate to say that I couldn’t take it out.
“Ha… Are you asking me to transplant Gerard’s heart now?”
Malcolm, who realized Choi Ki-seok’s intention, jumped up.
“You’re doing it too much. How can you tell us that? “It hasn’t been long since the child became brain dead.”
“sorry. I am fully aware that this is not the case. I also know that I have nothing to say even if you curse at me. However, I…”
Choi Ki-seok continued speaking with difficulty.
“I visited you two because there is a way to save another life.”
“Are you finished talking? “Then get out of the way now!”
In response to Malcolm’s scolding, Ki-Seok Choi apologized and stepped down.
Eventually, the couple looked down at Gerard in silence.
They knew it too.
A person who is brain dead returns to normal.
That it is as difficult as passing a camel through the eye of a needle.
I also heard from the doctor that Gerrard’s chances of recovery were extremely low.
Nevertheless, the parents did not feel that way.
How could you easily give up on a child you raised with blood and sweat?
“Honey, what do you want us to do?”
Malcolm’s eyes turned to Sharon.
“I… I don’t know. I hate watching Gerard lie down for the rest of his life, but if we get an organ transplant, Gerard will completely pass away. “I don’t like that either.”
“So do i.”
Malcolm nodded and stood by the window.
Contrary to his complicated feelings, the weather outside was dazzlingly sunny. While I was looking outside, I noticed a parent walking down the street holding his child’s hand.
I envied them.
Because until recently, they too had been intoxicated with that little happiness.
I felt jealous of them.
Because they were fully enjoying the happiness they did not have.
Malcolm moved away from the window and sat down on the guardian’s bed.
The one word Choi Ki-seok said caused ripples in my heart.
Although I was upset by his words, I was able to clearly realize one new fact.
As parents, it will soon be time to decide what to do with Gerard.
“honey. “I’ll come back after getting some air.”
Malcolm quietly left the hospital room.
* * *
“Ha… that was crazy.”
Ki-Seok Choi’s steps back to the thoracic surgery department were heavy.
I quickly took it out.
This is a story about asking the parents of a child who was diagnosed as brain dead to receive a heart transplant.
My heart throbbed as I remembered Sharon’s crying and Malcolm’s yelling.
Why is the world full of sick people?
Isn’t it true that doctors in the true sense cannot exist in this world?
Any living being is bound to live in pain…
slap slap.
Choi Ki-seok lightly tapped his cheek.
I felt uncomfortable, but I couldn’t just wallow in those feelings.
There are countless patients who have entrusted their lives to him.
We need to be strong for them too.
A doctor is someone who heals diseases, but he also needed to be an evangelist of hope.
Didn’t someone say that?
Despair is a disease that leads to death.
After waking up, Choi Ki-seok immediately went to the operating room.
The staff were gathered together in front of J Rosette and having a conversation.
“Why is your face so dead? “Did something happen?”
“I’ll tell you later.”
“I think it would be best to just shake it off and leave now…”
Charles rubbed his chin with a disapproving expression.
“Anyway, it looks like Miguel took some medicine. Earlier, while I was prescribing a prescription at the medical clinic, he suddenly came and said he was sorry for all this time. “I heard you’ll be quitting your job soon?”
“It happened to me too. But I don’t know if I can trust it. “What this man says.”
“It didn’t seem like he was just saying it. “It felt different than usual.”
Charles dispelled Jeremy’s doubts.
Perhaps because of his high political power, Charles seems to accurately capture Miguel’s internal changes.
“Everyone is here.”
When I turned my head to hear a familiar voice, I saw the surgeon Kwon Il-su approaching.
“I guess everyone is ready?”
“yes!”
“of course.”
Kwon Il-soo smiled at the staff’s brave response.
“Then let’s listen to Charles’ final briefing and begin the surgery.”
“The patient is a 5-year-old girl. Her name is Leah. A few months ago, I received treatment at the cardiology department of our hospital for Kawasaki disease. After that…”
Charles continued his explanation.
