1. Not Dead
Park Tae-hyun scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on his face. He slowly raised his head and looked at himself in the mirror.
He looked a little haggard.
As an emergency doctor, this kind of haggardness seemed to be a standard feature.
"Doctor Park, a new patient will be here soon. He seemed to have fallen from the upstairs. I don't know if it was suicide!" Nurse Kim Soo-jin shouted at the door of the men's bathroom.
"Got it, I'll be there right away," Park Tae-hyun responded, then took out a tissue to wipe the water droplets and started walking out.
The ambulance quickly drove into the hospital.
Lying on the stretcher was an old man in a gray hanbok.
He kept coughing, and blood foam and spleen organ fragments were coughed out from time to time.
His whole body was covered in blood.
Park Tae-hyun immediately ran over and pushed the stretcher while observing the injured's condition, while shouting to the people in front:
"Prepare the surgical instruments, quickly!, The injured is in a very bad condition."
"I…I…don't want to die."
The old man opened his eyes and looked at Park Tae-hyun, who was closest to him.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine. We will help you. You won't die."
Most dying patients will say something like this at this time.
After all, there are only a few people who can truly face death calmly.
As a doctor, this is certainly not the time to analyze the condition of the injured and tell you how likely you are to survive.
What the injured need at this time is psychological comfort.
"No… no… below… below… below… below is really too scary…"
The old man suddenly grabbed Park Tae-hyun's wrist and looked at him seriously.
"Calm down and relax. Your life will be fine."
Although his wrist was a little painful, Park Tae-hyun still did not try to break free.
"I don't want to... I don't want to go down anymore... They... They found me... I... They found me..."
"Hiss..." Park Tae-hyun suddenly felt a sharp pain in his wrist.
"Doctor Park, your hand!" the young nurse beside him shouted immediately.
The old man's nails were very long, and for some reason, they were black, a transparent black color like amber, without any dirt gathered inside.
At this time, the old man's nails had already embedded into the flesh of Park Tae-hyun's wrist.
"I won't go down anymore... I won't go down anymore... I won't go down... Haha... cough cough cough..."
The old man suddenly straightened up and started coughing violently.
Then, his body trembled, and the hand holding Park Tae-hyun fell off, and the whole person became motionless.
"Prepare for rescue!" Park Tae-hyun shouted.
The old man was pushed into the emergency room, where doctors and nurses began to perform first aid measures on him, and the defibrillator was ready.
"Doctor Park, let me help you treat your wound."
Kim Soo-jin came over at this time.
As doctors, they were not worried about these minor injuries.
What they were most worried about was that if the old man had other diseases, it might put the doctors in a dangerous situation of occupational exposure.
After all, the old man just had a lot of blood on his hands, and no one knew whether he had any infectious disease.
Some diseases, if contracted, may ruin your life.
After the wound was bandaged, another doctor came out of the emergency room and shook his head at Park Tae-hyun.
This means that the person could not be saved.
Everyone was feeling a little disappointed, but for them, this kind of thing was something they were used to and they would quickly adjust.
"Doctor Park, let's do a check-up," Kim Soo-jin suggested.
"No, I have something to do tonight."
Park Tae-hyun shook his head, went straight to the locker room to change his clothes, then walked to the hospital parking lot and drove away.
As soon as the car drove under the Hanam Elevated Road, Park Tae-hyun's cell phone rang.
"Hello, This is Park Tae-hyun."
"Doctor Park, the children are waiting for you."
"I'm sorry, Director Park, a patient came up. I'll be there right away. Please let the children wait for me for a while."
"Okay, okay."
The person on the other end quickly hung up the phone.
Park Tae-hyun looked at the time again.
It was already 8:30 in the evening.
The children in the orphanage usually went to bed early.
The red light turned green, Park Tae-hyun stepped on the accelerator and drove forward.
"beep!!!!!!!!"
At this time, A heavy truck ran a red light and drove over.
Park Tae-hyun only had time to turn his head to look at the glaring high beam outside the window.
Immediately, "Bang!" The world was spinning.
The car was like a fragile piece of white paper in front of the heavy truck and was knocked away.
It rolled several times in the air and fell to the ground.
'Shit...'
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"Forehead..."
Park Tae-hyun mumbled.
He found that his body was completely unable to move, as if it were stuck under a huge Rock.
At the same time, he couldn't open his eyes.
He knew that he had been in a car accident, a serious one at that.
Out of professional ethics, he wanted to check his injuries right away, but he couldn't move.
All around, there were the sounds of other vehicles passing by and various lamas.
Am I still at the scene of the accident?
Am I still in the car?
Park Tae-hyun thought in his heart.
Soon, The sirens of police cars and fire trucks were heard.
Finally, Park Tae-hyun heard the familiar sound of an ambulance siren.
Park Tae-hyun felt that his body was being moved.
The temperature nearby was a little high.
It seemed that they were cutting his car to rescue him.
Park Tae-hyun has participated in many rescue operations of this kind and is familiar with some of the procedures.
It's a pity that the cake in the trunk of my car and the Children's Day party for the children in the orphanage will have to be ruined.
"Doctor Park!"
A familiar calling voice.
It should be Doctor Lee from the hospital.
Park Tae-hyun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
At least, he saved his life.
This could be considered an unexpected disaster.
There were also several nurses' voices around him, but because it was too noisy nearby, Park Tae-hyun could not hear them clearly.
But then, Dr. Lee's words made Park Tae-hyun's heart suddenly sink to the bottom!
"Doctor Park has lost vital signs."
No, I'm not dead yet!
I'm not dead, you idiot!
I'm not dead!!
Park Tae-hyun screamed desperately in his heart!
He is not dead, he is still conscious, he is not dead!
Next, Park Tae-hyun felt someone performing CPR on him.
He felt the heavy squeeze again and again, but he couldn't open his eyes or speak.
He is not dead.
He hoped they would soon realize that he was not dead!
But after a busy day, Park Tae-hyun heard the crying voices of several nurses he knew.
Dr. Lee punched a nearby car door and looked very sad.
Hey!
Don't give up!
Don't give up!
I'm not dead!
I should be in suspended animation now.
Excessive blood loss?
Seriously injured?
But I'm not dead!
I should still be breathing, my heart should still be beating!
Park Tae-hyun roared madly in his heart.
But then, he felt himself being carried onto a stretcher, probably into an ambulance.
Then there was the sound of an ambulance starting.
The nurses in the Ambulance were still crying.
But this crying sounded particularly harsh to Park Tae-hyun's ears.
He is not dead yet.
Why are you crying?!
Why are you crying?!!
Look at me again.
Look at me again, check again, I'm not dead!
The ambulance stopped.
Then, Park Tae-hyun heard the voice of the hospital leader:
"Our Dr. Park Tae-hyun is no more, huh?"
"The accident was very serious. Dr. Park was severely injured and lost too much blood. He has been confirmed dead."
"Really? He is gone just like that?"
Another vice president still didn't believe it.
"Park Tae-hyun is gone."
This was the voice of a department director.
"I just checked again.
I'm not dead!
You bunch of quacks!
I'm not dead!
YOU BASTARDS!!!
ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!!!