Chapter 2: Doctor Park Dowook (2) (1/2)
“Mmm…Mmm..”
Although she was already unconscious, the patient still cried out in pain. Dowook was startled as he was removing his hand from the patient’s neck. A bumpy feeling.
This is a scar.
He opened his phone’s camera and pointed it behind the patient’s neck. Snap. He took pictures continuously. Then he checked them.
“Ms. Secretary, this patient has signs that display she had cervical spine surgery in the past.”
“What do you mean?”
“It might be due to her past medical history. You must ask about it once, can you contact her family right now?”
“O…ok.”
The patient’s body rolled once again. Anyone in the buzzing crowd could tell there was a big problem by looking at her shaking limbs.
Fainting, convulsion, neural abnormality, headache.
Dowook recalled the training for diagnosis and treatment he’d undertaken in the past 4 years as a neurosurgeon.
‘She’s experiencing pain due to an increase in the intracranial pressure. Let’s try to fix that first.’
Dowook looked around and gave an order to the person wearing a manager’s uniform.
“Please bring as much ice as you can. The first-aid kit as well.”
“The first-aid kit is here!”
The nurse stationed at the hotel who had quickly run over when she’d heard of the patient’s situation placed a box marked with a red cross beside him. It was a relief that 5-star hotels were so thoroughly prepared.
“Does that box contain mannitol by any chance?”
“There’s only anesthetics ….”
“Then please hang up a saline solution.”
Dowook took out the respirator and put the mask over the patient’s mouth. He then squeezed the ambu bag and forced air into her lungs. The kitchen staff who’d heard the news came out and handed bags of ice over to Dowook.
“Here’s the ice.”
“I need some help. We need to lower the patient’s temperature. Please slowly rub the ice on her arms and legs so we don’t stress her heart.”
About a minute passed in that manner. Once the increased intracranial pressure that suddenly appeared was relieved, the signs the patient was in pain also slowly went away.
“Phew”
Dowook, who finally felt reassured, looked around and realized that his blind date had disappeared.
‘I guess that’s how it is.’
He had been so focused on giving emergency treatment, he had forgotten to ask her to wait. But even so, he had no thoughts on going after her. While he’d been interested in getting a supercar, he had no interest in her at all.
“…..Hmmmm.”
The unconscious woman slowly returned to consciousness.
Although his blind date was finished, his work as a doctor was still ongoing. Dowook tried to calm the patient down in a low voice.
“The ambulance will be here soon. Even though the ice is cold, please try not to move around too much.”
“……The …..”
“You have to keep calm.”
She suddenly focused her sight on Dowook.
Clear dark pupils that one wouldn’t believe in belonged to the person who’d just lost consciousness as she scanned Dowook. He felt a chill for some reason.
“…..Jisi…..”
Seeing as she kept trying to say something, Dowook had no choice but to remove the respirator and place his ear near her.
“What is it? Are you in pain anywhere?”
Word by word, whenever she said something, Dowook’s eyes became bigger. When the secretary saw this, she came closer.
“What is the director saying?”
“That’s ….”
In front of the many eyes locked on him, Dowook scratched his chin and said.
“Is there a beverage section chief here?”
The cafe’s general manager who had been watching fretfully was surprised at being called and stepped forward.
“Me?”
“She said you’re fired. On the charges of corruption.”
The general manager was startled.
“She said you should also return the ₩40,000,000 that you’ve embezzled.”
“Th-that’s ridiculous! There must have been a mistake!”
Tap tap.
Dowook turned to listen to the patient once more when he felt her weakly tapping his hand. Then, he conveyed the next message.
“If you were going to manipulate the accounts, you should have done so not only of the hotel’s but also of the five beverage companies you’ve received rebate from and the 12 subcontractors as well. Numbers don’t make mistakes like humans. That’s the advice she gives.”
Once he realized that there was clear evidence, the general manager’s face changed color.
Tap, tap.
“And from the day you started embezzling to today, the interest rate of ₩5,000,000 will be retroactively…. Oh, tell him the exact number? You have to pay ₩5,479,330 more if you don’t want her to sue you.”
The general manager’s jaw dropped at how accurately she had estimated the figure. The cafe workers who suddenly heard of their manager’s corruption could only look at the situation in confusion.
‘Can something like this happen in this kind of situation? She probably has a terrible migraine right now.’
To faint due to increased intracranial pressure, her migraine must be putting her through unimaginable pain. How could she keep such a clear consciousness when she wasn’t even able to move her arms properly? Somehow you could feel how dignified the patient was.
Dowook placed the back of his hand to the patient’s forehead.
“It’s finished now right? Your fever is back so you need to relax.”
Dowook placed the respirator back on when she nodded.
Looking at the general manager who was about to cry and Dowook who was lost in thought, she closed her eyes in comfort.
Wee woo wee woo
The ambulance stopped in front of the emergency center.
Dowook, who had been continuously squeezing the ambu bag, was shocked to see the person waiting when the doors of the ambulance opened.
“Mr. Vice Dean?”
The hospital’s second-in-command whose face you might only see maybe once a year unexpectedly showed his dignified personage.
“Are you the one who performed the rescue? Your name is…?”
“It’s Park Dowook.”
“Right, Dr. Park. You’ve worked hard.”
There was someone who ran over like lightning to stand beside the vice dean's side and move the cart.