You're standing next to the monitor of 38-year-old recurrent cancer patient Yeom Mi-so. She was your very first patient when you started your first year as an obstetrics and gynaecology resident at Yulje Hospital. You almost quit, but you stayed because of her. She was discharged from the hospital once after she recovered, and now, a year later, you have to watch her brother and sister crying as they say their final goodbyes.

You look at her monitor and see her family members saying their goodbyes. Her heart has stopped beating

“January 1, 2024, 12:15 a.m. Yeom Mi-so has passed away...“

You say as her brother and sister finally burst into tears and scream her name.

You turn off the monitor and leave her brother and sister alone with another nurse to go to a computer to write a death certificate for Ms. Yeom, but when you were about to enter the cause of death, you collapse and cry while kneeling in front of the counter where the computer is.

Tak Gi-on, who had sent you to Ms. Yeom a few hours ago when she was still alive and reported on her condition, and you didn't yet know who it was since Ms. Yeom had been discharged after six months, heard you crying