Precious Memories (4)
That evening.
Choi Ki-seok and Jeong Seol-hwa were talking with Neymar in his office.
Choi Ki-seok calmly shared what he experienced after being kidnapped.
I gained heart while treating patients in the village.
The younger brother of the head of a kidnapping group was treated for a gunshot wound.
He personally treated the chief’s appendicitis, etc.
Neymar, who listened to the short but eventful story, was impressed by Choi Ki-seok’s story throughout.
This is truly amazing.
What doctor in the world would be able to practice medicine like that even after being kidnapped?
What was even more surprising was that he escaped on his own from the place where he was kidnapped.
“Mr. Choi. You’ve had a lot of trouble so far. “I’m sorry I couldn’t help you.”
“I understand. “There wouldn’t have been much we could do at Obeid Hospital.”
“Then, from now on, I will tell you what happened here.”
Choi Ki-seok nodded slightly while listening to Neymar’s explanation.
The direction of development was not much different from what was expected when he was kidnapped.
However, there was one thing that was unexpected.
The only thing that happened was that Jeong Seol-hwa tried to negotiate directly with the kidnapping group by raising money for his release. Choi Ki-seok felt once again how much she cared for him.
“It seems like the people here have suffered more than me, who was kidnapped. “Especially Seolhwa.”
Choi Ki-seok gently held her hand as she sat next to him.
“of course. “How can you stay still when you’ve been kidnapped?”
“sorry.”
Even though he had ten mouths, he had nothing to say.
Even though it wasn’t his fault that he was kidnapped, it couldn’t be denied that it was a difficult time for many people.
“Are you feeling okay?”
“The first day was a little difficult, but from then on I ate well and slept well.”
“Tch. I hate you.”
“ouch!”
When Seolhwa Jeong pinched her side, a burning pain came.
“By the way, do you remember the location of that kidnapping group? “I hope we can take this opportunity to nip it in the bud.”
“I don’t know the exact location because I put on an eye patch on the way.”
“Hmm… that’s a shame.”
Neymar continued speaking, rubbing his chin.
“Anyway, thank you so much for coming back safely. “Thanks to you, it saved me an hour.”
“Thank you, hospital director, for your hard work.”
After finishing the conversation with Neymar, Choi Ki-seok left the hospital director’s office with Jeong Seol-hwa.
The next place the two visited was Abna’s hospital room.
Perhaps due to sleeping sickness, she was sleeping soundly like a baby.
“What about Abna?”
“I’m having a hard time these days. “Yesterday I asked if I could be treated with Melasopro.”
“I see.”
There was bitterness in his eyes as he looked down at Abna.
If we hadn’t been kidnapped, the plan could have progressed a little faster…
Unfortunately, you can’t contain spilled water.
The two men watched Abna and then returned to the dormitory.
Shoot.
After taking a shower, he sat down on the bed and Jeong Seol-hwa sat next to him as if she had been waiting for him.
“Tell me in detail what happened when you were kidnapped.”
“Of course I should.”
He confessed everything he had experienced from beginning to end, as if he was taking a homework test. To this, Jeong Seol-hwa reacted by crying and laughing as if she had experienced the incident herself.
“As expected, it was a spectacular experience unlike any other for us. “I could film it as a movie.”
“….”
“If I had been captured, I don’t think I would have been able to come back like honey. You operated on patients with gunshot wounds and appendicitis in those dire circumstances. “You could search the world and find only a few people who could do something like that.”
After finishing speaking, Seolhwa Jeong leaned her head on his shoulder.
“Anyway, I love it. “Honey is back.”
“so do i.”
Choi Ki-seok quietly stroked her head.
Just being able to be with her like this seemed to wash away all the hardships I had gone through after being kidnapped.
“It’s a snowflake. “I’m sorry for saying this right away, but can I ask you a favor?”
“What?”
“Soon, Sudan’s Minister of Health will be admitted to our hospital and undergo surgery. “I’m going to perform OPCAB (open-heart coronary artery bypass grafting) and I want you to be the first one.”
“OPCAB at our hospital?”
“huh. CABG requires a heart-lung machine. But it’s a bit awkward to bring it from another hospital. “Even considering many other things, I think OPCAB would be better.”
“good. “Why don’t you try something?”
Seolhwa Jeong answered bravely.
“Actually, I wanted to have surgery with my honey.”
“thank you.”
Ki-Seok Choi informed Seol-Hwa Jeong of the detailed surgical process of OPCAB, and Seol-Hwa Jeong listened intently, taking notes.
“I’m going to rest for a moment.”
After the conversation, Jeong Seol-hwa took a shower and lay down on the bed. But contrary to what she said, she fell into a dreamland as if she had taken sleeping pills.
I could see how much pain she had suffered from the way she fell asleep without even a single movement.
Let’s change our perspective and think about it.
If it had been Jeong Seol-hwa who had been kidnapped and not him, would he have been able to sleep with both feet stretched out?
He probably stayed up all night worrying about her.
‘Sorry. And thank you.’
He gently stroked Jeong Seol-hwa’s hair and sat down at the desk.
The first thing to do was transfer the camera I brought from the ambulance to my laptop.
After transferring the data, I sent the video to the editor that Pewdiekai told me about and also sent an email to Pewdiekai.
As the night deepened, the first steps toward finding a new drug for sleeping sickness were beginning.
* * *
The next morning.
Choi Ki-seok began normal medical treatment, ignoring the fact that he had been kidnapped.
Mothers suffering from various pregnancy-related diseases.
As I was treating patients suffering from various diarrheal diseases and endemic diseases, time flew by as if it had been stolen.
Lunch time has already arrived.
In his long-awaited free time, Choi Ki-seok satiated his hunger with bread and checked his NewTube account on his laptop.
There were two videos posted on his account.
One was a video of the poor hospitalization conditions at Obeid Hospital, and the other was a video of the pain of sleeping sick patients filmed at the Red Cross Hospital.
‘After all, you have to leave it to the experts.’
He couldn’t help but be amazed while watching the uploaded video.
Although the camera angle was a bit sloppy and distracting, the editor breathed life into the video with fantastic skill.
Concise and eye-catching subtitles and well-placed BGM.
With the addition of small details, the video was enough to touch people’s hearts.
As PewDieKai’s promotion increased, the number of subscribers exceeded 100,000 in less than a day, and the number of video views reached 70,000.
There were so many comments that Choi Ki-seok couldn’t even reply to them all.
‘what the.’
He repeatedly entered and left his account and soon burst into laughter. I found myself obsessed with the number of video views and subscribers.
Those who make their living on NewTube are probably more sensitive to the number of views and subscribers than that.
‘Please, I need to catch him…’
Choi Ki-seok was anxious as he looked at his comment added to the video.
If they don’t show interest, creating a NewTube account is half done.
But right then.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
With a knock on the door, a middle-aged man and attendants entered the treatment room.
The main character was Abudi, Sudan’s Minister of Health.
“Dr. Choi. It was really hard. “I was just on my way from meeting the hospital director, and I heard that he was kidnapped and released?”
“ah. yes. “I was lucky.”
“haha. This is unbelievable. “Cases like this really happen like beans sprouting during a drought.”
Abudi sat in the medical chair and told a long story about Choi Ki-seok’s hardships.
Nevertheless, his words did not have much of an impact on Choi Ki-seok.
To be precise, Abudi will not be happy that he came back alive, but that he will be able to undergo surgery again.
“Anyway, shall we get to the point?”
“of course. “Have you prepared the surgical tools?”
“I brought all the items on the list Dr. Choi wrote, including the epicardial fixator.”
“Then that’s it. You can be hospitalized right away. “I will just check the results of a few tests and begin surgery as soon as possible.”
“It’s a good story to hear. Oh. However, Capital Hospital was worried about this surgery.”
“What do you mean?”
Choi Ki-seok tilted his head.
“I trust Dr. Choi’s skills, but I wonder if the staff who will support you have the skills. Isn’t Dr. Choi the only thoracic surgeon at Obeid Hospital?”
Abudi looked at him and continued speaking.
“So, I would like to send some staff here. What do you think?”
“great. “There is no reason to refuse.”
“ha ha ha. “I’m glad the answer is refreshing.”
While the conversation was paused for a moment, Choi Ki-seok changed the topic.
“Minister. “It’s separate from this surgery, but there’s one thing I’d like to ask you.”
“Please speak.”
“I have something to tell you about the medication for sleeping sickness. “Now the official treatment for sleeping sickness in South Sudan is Melasop, right?”
“yes. “Because it’s cheap.”
“Are you ever thinking of changing the treatment?”
Abudi said nothing to Choi Ki-seok’s suggestion.
I just stared at Choi Ki-seok to figure out his intentions.
“well. “I think Melasopro is the best for now?”
“You probably know that some patients die during treatment because the drug is highly toxic.”
“I know that, but… it can’t be helped. The previous treatments were too expensive. Moreover, now the pharmaceutical company has stopped producing the drug. Even if I want to save it, I can’t.”
Abudi said clearly.
“If a pharmaceutical company produced a sleeping sickness treatment again and the price was a little lower than before, would you consider using it as an official treatment?”
“Hmm… is that possible? “I don’t think pharmaceutical companies will ever approach a market that they withdrew from due to lack of money.”
“So that’s what I’m saying. “If everything goes as I said, are you willing to change the official treatment for sleeping sickness?”
“I will do my best as long as Dr. Choi completes the surgery safely.”
“I will only trust the Minister.”
After speaking with Abudi, Choi Ki-seok hospitalized him and continued to receive patients.
The busy medical treatment continued without a moment’s notice.
He was the first to examine a patient suffering from PTSD and sent three malnourished children to a therapeutic feeding center.
Not only did I see thoracic surgery patients, there were times when treatment was stuttering, but I navigated it wisely with the eyes of Hippocrates.
Tiririririn.
Just as I was about to take a breather as the influx of patients began to subside like a tide, the phone rang.
“This is Ki-seok Choi from Obeid Hospital.”
[hello. My name is Von and I work in the new drug development team at Cled Pharmaceuticals. I contacted you after seeing the post on your NewTube account. Can you talk to me?]
“Of course.”
There was a faint smile on his lips as he answered.
Finally the fish took the bait.
