Following
the One Hundred and One Nights (2) meeting, the morning rounds ended successfully.
Choi Ki-seok gave the necessary prescription and headed straight to the operating room. There was a surgery schedule from the morning.
* * *
The resident’s daily routine was hectic.
It was just as difficult as the internship, but never less.
Since I became the attending physician, I had to carefully examine patients and even prescribe prescriptions myself.
There are more things to pay attention to mentally.
However, even though it was Choi Ki-seok’s first day as a resident, he completed all tasks quickly and neatly. In the past, I did it up to my 3rd year of registration and now I even have special abilities.
Nothing could be his match.
The busy day ended with rounds in the evening.
Choi Ki-seok and Min-hyuk Min visited a sundae soup restaurant near the hospital.
“Auntie! Here are two Sundae Gukbap and the middle of Assorted Sundae.”
Min-hyeok Min gave his order and looked at Ki-seok Choi.
“The more I look at you, the stranger you become.”
“Me? Why?”
“When I was an intern, I didn’t feel like an intern, and when I was a resident, I didn’t feel like a resident. What can I say? I feel like I’m looking down on the other staff from a high place.”
“Hey, what are you talking about? What did I say?”
“I didn’t mean it in a bad way.”
Min-hyeok cleared his throat and continued speaking.
“First of all, your skills are far superior to those of your classmates, and sometimes you can accomplish things that people above you couldn’t… I’m not the only one who feels this. Professor Jang also feels the same way.”
“Are you letting me know that I stayed in the thoracic surgery department?”
Choi Ki-seok calmly drank water.
Do people with high political power see through other people’s abilities and potential?
A thought suddenly occurred to me.
Cho Ji-hwan, Jang Hyuk-pil, vice hospital director, medical department director, etc.
Most of those who showed interest in him had high political power.
“By the way, I’m on duty for 100 days starting today.”
Min-hyuk Min changed the topic.
“You know that my department’s 100-day duty is strict, so I can’t help you, right?”
“yes I’m okay.”
Choi Ki-seok nodded slightly.
100 days on duty.
It literally means being on duty for 100 days without any off time.
It is a type of hazing that is being carried out secretly in the field of surgery.
“The game Resident Devil wasn’t released for nothing. You will become a zombie sooner or later.”
“I’m already a zombie.”
Choi Ki-seok chuckled.
With the effects of the stamina recovery rune and the patient wish, I have already surpassed human limits. The only thing I’m afraid of is not being on duty for 100 days, but the fact that a patient I am on duty will die during the period of duty.
During the conversation, food was served.
After leaving the hospital, it was the first time I ate warm food since I was evacuated. The sundae soup and sundae were as sweet as honey.
“Anyway, have you decided on the line?”
Minjoohyuk continued while rubbing his protruding stomach.
“A line?”
“The heart clinic remodeling will be completed this summer. I will have a fight with Professor Jang and Professor Kwon. I have to choose one of the two.”
“I’m on the patient’s side.”
“You’re being harsh again. Do you think I’ll get my way with that?”
“If it doesn’t work out, we have to make it happen.”
Choi Ki-seok slurped down the remaining sundae soup.
“So, which side are you going to join, senior?”
“Me? I… I’m not going to teach you.”
“How can you pretend to say something and then leave it out?”
“That’s because you’re acting strangely.”
Min-hyeok Min took a sip of water and continued speaking.
“Just tell me honestly?”
“yes.”
“I… am on the patient’s side, just like you.”
Choi Ki-seok smiled helplessly at Min-joo-hyuk’s joke.
As expected, hit-and-run skills are no joke.
After all, in his 3rd year at the Registry, he has the 3rd highest political power among the staff.
His political power is just below Jo Ji-hwan and Jang Hyuk-pil.
“Let’s just go. I’ll do the math, so stay on watch.”
“Yes. It was a good meal.”
The two left the restaurant and returned to the hospital.
Min Min-hyuk headed to the dormitory, and Choi Ki-seok took a seat in the duty room.
Since I had nothing special to do until the emergency room call came, I studied English. While listening to music files with earphones, I stuttered out English sentences.
As I continued to study English for nearly 6 months, my English studies gained momentum.
These days, studying has been quite fun.
Jiyiing.
While I was busy studying, the call phone rang.
Finally the call came.
The first guest of One Hundred and One Nights appeared.
“Yes. Thoracic surgery.”
[teacher. This is the emergency room. Could you please come down quickly? [Because I am a patient from T.A
(traffic accident).]
“I’ll go right away.”
Choi Ki-seok went down to the emergency room, his gown flying.
While scanning the bed, the intern who appeared to have made a call waved his hand.
“Thoracic surgeon. This is the patient.”
Ki-Seok Choi stood next to the intern and looked down at the patient.
Patient Kim Tae-wan wore a splint on his left leg and had bruises all over his body.
To the naked eye, it does not appear to be a major emergency.
“Ha… ha… teacher. My chest hurts so much. It’s hard to breathe.”
The patient frowned and complained of pain.
Physical strength: 3/10
Main symptom: Difficulty breathing / Chest
pain Painful area: Ribs
Diagnosis: Agitated chest
Current status: Emergency
Progress: Poor
History: None
The moment I checked the patient’s condition, my brows furrowed.
Agitated chest.
This is also called thoracic agitation and refers to a condition in which multiple ribs are fractured. This is a typical chest injury that threatens drivers in traffic accidents.
When you suffer from agitated chest, the chest wall where the breastbone is broken moves abnormally.
This can lead to heart disease and respiratory failure.
Choi Ki-seok quickly sat down and looked at the X-ray image. There were a lot more fractures than expected.
“Give me one ampoule of IV meperidine (painkiller).”
“yes!”
Ki-Seok Choi gave instructions and put an oxygen mask on the patient. Then, the patient’s fractured ribs were fixed using an external fixator.
Afterwards, the patient was carefully made to lie on his side.
This is to help the lungs expand.
Once the treatment was completed, the patient’s condition returned to normal. The face, which had been distorted like a sheet of paper, also straightened out a lot.
Only then did Choi Ki-seok wipe the cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.
Tiring!
[You have succeeded in killing the resident on duty for the first time.]
[The secret key has been unlocked in the store as a reward.]
[The reinforcement system has been opened as a reward. You will receive 3 reinforcement stones.] [
Acquire P.P.
of 12, which is 1.5 times higher due to the effect of the rare gem .]
[Recover part of your stamina through the vitality effect of the patient.]
An alarm flashed through my mind. .
“Shock can occur, so check your vitals carefully. If anything happens, call me right away.”
“yes!”
Ki-Seok Choi delivered the warning and went up to the duty room.
There was a lot to check, so I lay down comfortably on the bed and opened the status window. As I entered the store, I saw a secret key shining with gold.
NEW [Secret Key]
– This item is required to unlock legendary items. –
Can be purchased by consuming
50,000 P.P.
I clicked my tongue after reading the explanation.
Currently, the P.P he has
is only 1500. It will take quite some time to get
50,000 P.P.
‘Is it worth it?’
Choi Ki-seok wiped his chin and stared at the legendary item ‘Beyond Time’.
At least I wish I knew the effects of the items.
Next, I looked at the new strengthener underneath the store.
NEW [Item Strengthener]
– You can strengthen the acquired items. The higher the number of enhancements, the more powerful the item’s abilities become.
– Enhancement stones are required to strengthen items. As reinforcement is repeated, the number of reinforcement stones required increases.
– From stages 1 to 4, the enhancement is successful with a 100% probability, from stages 5 to 10 with a 70% probability, and from stage 11 with a 50% probability.
As a test, Choi Ki-seok put an item he had into the strengthener.
[Consumable items cannot be strengthened.]
[Specially made items cannot be strengthened.]
Messages that cannot be strengthened appeared one after another.
Immortal Carlisle Beyond time, love tokens, etc. could not be strengthened.
Now all that’s left is to wait for the patient.
[Start strengthening using one reinforcement stone. Do you really want to reinforce?]
Fortunately, the patient was able to reinforce.
Weeeeeeeee.
When I decided to strengthen, a pure white light emanated from the enhancer and the patient’s device.
Tiring!
[The enhancement was successful.]
[Wishing the Patient (+1)]
– Vitality effect increases by 1%.
Choi Ki-seok used two more strengthening stones to raise the patient’s hope to level 2. As previously explained, there were no reinforcement failures because it was a low-level section.
As the patient’s expectations rose to level 2, the vitality effect rose to 2%.
Each time it is strengthened, its abilities are doubled.
“It’s the devil’s temptation.”
Choi Ki-seok smiled bitterly as he looked at the intensifier.
Reinforcement is an inseparable element in games.
However, reinforcement has the disadvantage of giving the reinforcer more sadness than joy.
After confirming my new ability, I called Jeong Seol-hwa.
“Dormitory? What are you doing?”
[What do you think about yourself?]
Jeong Seol-hwa’s unfamiliar answer brought a smile to his lips.
[If you’re not busy, would you like to see me for a moment?]
“Okay. I’ll see you at the hideout.”
Choi Ki-seok took the call phone and headed to the hideout.
When he opened the door and went inside, Jeong Seol-hwa waved his hand and welcomed him.
“Seolhwa. You…”
He blinked when he saw the changed Jeong Seolhwa.
“What do you think? Is it weird?”
Jeong Seol-hwa was embarrassed and smoothed her hair.
After work, she cut her long, waist-length hair at a nearby beauty salon.
“No. It’s very pretty. It’s so refreshing.”
Choi Ki-seok approached Jeong Seol-hwa and made a fuss.
The instincts that developed while dating were speaking.
If you say that short hair doesn’t suit you, a big accident will happen.
It was because I couldn’t get used to it, but Jung Seol-hwa’s short hair actually suited her quite well.
In particular, he looked much younger than when his hair was long.
“really?”
Jeong Seol-hwa blushed and continued speaking.
“When I started residency, I wanted to change something. So I boldly cut it.”
“Good job. Now I see you look much better with short hair than with long hair.”
When I praised Jeong Seol-hwa once more, she smiled brightly.
The two sat side by side on the sofa and continued their conversation.
“How about circulatory medicine?”
“it’s hard.”
Jeong Seol-hwa answered without hesitation and pointed out his mouth.
“Professor Cheol-Woo Kim in particular had no recognition whatsoever. He completely broke down during his presentation at today’s conference.”
“Don’t be too discouraged. He’s always strict.”
Choi Ki-seok patted Jeong Seol-hwa’s shoulder.
He also spent a month at the cardiology department, so he knew Kim Cheol-woo’s personality well. If the fact bomber of thoracic surgery is Kwon Il-soo, the fact bomber of circulatory medicine is Kim Cheol-woo.
“Still, it will be helpful if you learn well from under me. Because he is a person with certain skills.”
“That’s right. You will be on duty for 100 days from now, right?”
Jeong Seol-hwa changed the topic.
“It must be difficult. There hasn’t been any off time.”
“It’s a rite of passage to become a full-time member of the thoracic surgery department, so there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Choi Ki-seok paused before continuing.
“Because of me, we won’t be able to go out together for a while. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I’m happy enough just being here alone. Don’t worry about me, just take care of the patient.”
Jeong Seol-hwa’s kind heart touched my heart.
If it had been another woman, she would have grumbled or complained about not having time to see each other…
Jeong Seol-hwa completely understood the situation and said , He encouraged me.
“It’s Seolhwa. “ Thank you so much.”
“It’s only natural to be thankful.”
The gazes on each other became heated.
Choi Ki-seok put his hand on Jeong Seol-hwa’s shoulder and brought his face close to her.
The sight of her waiting for a kiss with her eyes tightly closed was even more striking. It was lovely.
But it was at that very moment.
Jiiiiiiing.
Without even noticing, the call phone rang.
“Wait a minute.”
When I answered the phone, I heard Jo Eun-ji’s voice.
A patient in Gogil-dong, a single room who had complained of chest pain in the morning, was calling saying that her chest was still hurting. .
I wanted to spend more time with Jeong Seol-hwa, but taking care of the patient comes first.
“Should I go up?”
“…Uh.”
“I’ll close the door, so hurry up and go.” ”
I have to go… I’ll stop doing what I was doing. ”
Choi Ki-seok kissed Jeong Seol-hwa’s forehead loudly and headed toward the ward.
When they arrived at the ward, Jo Eun-ji and Go Gil-dong were facing each other.
“What kind of university hospital is this? Even though the surgery is over, it still hurts. hey. “Miss, are you treating me properly?”
Go Gil-dong’s irritated voice was heard.
