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A brake was put on Kim Ji-won's character's return to surgery in "Doctor X."
In Episode 3 of SBS's Friday-Saturday drama "Doctor X: The Age of the White Mafia," which aired on the 16th, Gye Su-jung (played by Kim Ji-won) successfully completed an emergency surgery, but a new phase unfolded with the appearance of Na Dae-il (played by Jang Seung-jo).
That day, an emergency situation occurred at Gu Seo-dae Hospital when a cleaning worker collapsed while on duty. The patient required a clipping surgery via craniotomy, but there was no medical staff available to perform it.
Kim Seong-jin (played by Heo Jun-seok) asked the hospital director, Bu Seung-gwon (played by Son Hyun-ju), to perform the surgery, but Bu Seung-gwon expressed reluctance, saying, "It has been a long time since I performed a surgery." At that moment, Park Tae-kyung (played by Kim Woo-seok) appeared and announced, "Dr. Gye Su-jung has started the surgery." It turned out that Gye Su-jung had taken on the operation herself.
Upon learning this, the medical staff objected, demanding that the surgery be stopped, but Gye Su-jung proceeded at a rapid pace and completed it successfully. Watching this, Bu Seung-gwon exclaimed, "The surgery was perfect. It has been a long time since I have seen such an operation."

However, afterward, the medical staff gathered in the hospital director's office and engaged in a heated argument over the past death incident of emergency medical technician Seo Jin-young. When some medical staff argued, "Do we have to eat and sleep at the hospital every day and always be together? Doctors are people too," Gye Su-jung retorted sharply, "Are you the only ones who are people? Patients are people too."
She then continued without hesitation, "So do you not make an effort to be a doctor? Do you just want to be a person? Then when will you be a doctor? When you come to work? Only when you are at the hospital? Or occasionally?"
Furthermore, when the medical staff raised issues regarding her surgical results, she displayed confidence by saying, "I never fail. Prepare to hand in your resignation."
In response to Gye Su-jung's performance, Jang Hee-sook (played by Lee Jeong-eun) proposed a new contract and pushed for her return to the surgery department. Jang Hee-sook sought to renegotiate the contract terms, emphasizing that she could fill the medical gap.
However, at this moment, Na Dae-il appeared, reversing the atmosphere. Na Dae-il introduced himself by saying, "I am Na Dae-il, who will be working in the surgery department starting today." In response, Bu Seung-gwon declared regarding Gye Su-jung's contract, "It is on hold."
Gye Su-jung, who had astonished the hospital's medical staff with her overwhelming surgical skills, faced a brake on her return to the surgery department due to the arrival of the new surgery professor Na Dae-il, adding curiosity about future developments.
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