The October 24 broadcast of the SBS Friday-Saturday drama "Doctor X: Mafia in White" (hereafter "Doctor X: Mafia in White") depicted Kye Soo-jung trying to persuade a patient suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
On this day, Kye Soo-jung headed to Gwangju to meet patient Oh Sang-beom, a victim of the May 18 Democratization (MINJU) Movement. To the patient who refused surgery, she said, "Surgery can fail, and if it fails, it means death. You don't have to undergo surgery. It will be uncomfortable, but you will still be alive."
She continued by asking, "But are you okay with just being alive like this, living in pain for a very long time?" She then drew attention by adding, "In the end, death is the same either way. If you do nothing, there is no possibility at all."
Ultimately persuaded by the many people who cared for him, Oh Sang-beom changed his mind and headed to Seoul. He bowed deeply to those who kept Faith and stayed by his side before boarding the train, deeply moving those watching.
When Kye Soo-jung asked Oh Sang-beom why he had never once left Gwangju, he replied, "Because I feel sorry," evoking sympathy.
Kye Soo-jung analyzed Oh Sang-beom's records to figure out why he was refusing surgery. She then asked, "I analyzed your imaging data. Patient Oh Sang-beom, do you see your older brother?"
Kye Soo-jung then said, "If you undergo surgery, your seizures, tremors, and other pains will lessen. Your visual and auditory hallucinations will also noticeably decrease. Therefore, there is little chance you will see your brother." To this, Oh Sang-beom asked, "My brother is a symptom? Not an illusion?" Kye Soo-jung replied, "You know that," adding, "The surgery will succeed. I do not fail." Oh Sang-beom then drew attention by stating that he would not undergo the surgery.
Leaving behind the patient who refused surgery, Kye Soo-jung returned home. However, she received a call that Oh Sang-beom had disappeared, and at the same time, news broke that the former president who had triggered the democratization movement was in critical condition.
Having refused surgery, Oh Sang-beom went up to the hospital rooftop. He prepared to throw himself off. And the older brother he always saw stopped him.
Just then, a helicopter arrived on the rooftop. The former president in critical condition had been airlifted in. Seeing this, Oh Sang-beom recalled the memory of being bombed in the past. He burst into tears, raising curiosity about how the story will unfold next.
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