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• Drama: Yong-Pal (literal title)
• Revised romanization: Yongpalyi
• Hangul: 용팔이

• Director: Oh Jin-Seok
• Writer: Jang Hyeok-Rin
• Network: SBS
• Episodes: 18
• Release Date: August 5 – October 1, 2015
• Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:55
• Genre: Medical
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Kim Tae-Hyun (Joo Won) is an excellent surgeon, but he is constantly harassed by debt collectors due to his younger sister. His younger sister requires expensive kidney dialysis. To make more money, he goes to see patients privately for a high fee. He doesn’t care whether these patients are criminals as long as they can pay him.

Tae Hyun becomes a pawn in the chief’s priority of catering to VIP patients within the hospital. But his life changes when he meets Han Yeo Jin (Kim Tae-Hee), a chaebol heiress, who has been in a coma for three years.Tae Hyun helps Yeo Jin to wake from her sleep.