In the November 6 broadcast of SBS's Friday-Saturday drama "Doctor X: Mafia in White" (hereinafter "Doctor X: Mafia in White"), Jang Hee-sook was shown stepping forward to help Gye Su-jeong.
On this day, Boo Seung-kwon pressed Jang Hee-sook, asking if Gye Su-jeong was not Doctor X. In response, Jang Hee-sook said, "Gye Su-jeong is indeed Doctor X. If Doctor X is someone who puts a patient's life and well-being first, then Gye Su-jeong is Doctor X. If Doctor X is someone who never leaves a patient's side, who sees the surgery entrusted to them through to the very end, and who is a doctor that never fails, then Gye Su-jeong is Doctor X more than anyone else."
However, Boo Seung-kwon drew attention by countering, "Gye Su-jeong is Doctor X. A doctor who takes on risky cases without established surgical techniques, an arrogant hand of God who weighs life against their own skill and enjoys it, a name where respect and cynicism coexist: Doctor X. If that is what Doctor X means, then to me, Gye Su-jeong is Doctor X."
Also on this day, Gye Su-jeong announced she would lead an impossible surgery. For an eight-year-old patient who had been discharged after everyone deemed the situation impossible, Gye Su-jeong proposed a procedure to remove all organs, resect the tumor, and re-implant them. She then asked other doctors for help, saying she needed a team.
However, Boo Seung-kwon insisted, "Let's go to the IRB," maintaining that they must receive approval from the committee that reviews and approves the ethics and safety of clinical research.
Gye Su-jeong replied that the patient had no time and could not wait. To this, Boo Seung-kwon scolded her, "Do you think anyone will join this surgery right now? In this surgery where nothing can be guaranteed, are you going to jeopardize not just your own career but other people's careers using an eight-year-old patient's life as collateral?"
Nevertheless, Gye Su-jeong stood firm in her conviction, stating, "I want to protect the life of an eight-year-old patient by putting my responsibility and skill as a doctor on the line." She then bowed her head to the doctors for the first time, pleading for their help.
Yet, not a single person changed their mind. In the end, entering the operating room with Jo Won-jin amid everyone's opposition, Gye Su-jeong prepared to proceed with the 15-hour surgery alone.
And at that moment, Do Yoon-shik, who had been agonizing over the decision, appeared. After much thought, Do Yoon-shik had decided to join Gye Su-jeong's surgery. However, as the reality of having to carry out the operation with just the two of them set in, he grew restless, saying, "Call someone. We can't do it like this, call anyone."
Just then, someone walked into the operating room. Everyone was bewildered by the arrival of a person who introduced herself by saying, "I am surgeon Jang Hee-sook." It was none other than Director Jang Hee-sook.
At this, Gye Su-jeong introduced Jang Hee-sook, saying, "She is my mentor," sparking curiosity about what will unfold next.
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