A Marriage with an Expiry (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 49

Extreme-job Resident.

As if refusing to give her even a moment to ponder excuses for skipping work, she took the ER call.

Legal working hours were just that—legal. Residents sometimes worked up to 120 hours a week at the hospital.

Compared to the standard 40-hour workweek, that was nearly triple.

Frankly, nothing else felt as grueling.

With over 50 calls coming in per day, honestly, just getting a proper night’s sleep already counted as a happy day.

And yet here I am, asking to skip one more day of study—so what?

With that thought in mind, So Ri dashed frantically into the emergency room.

“Doctor! It’s a stroke patient, and the cerebral edema is severe.”

“We’ve already given mannitol, but the intracranial pressure hasn’t dropped at all. We’ll need to proceed with decompressive surgery.”

As So Ri reached for the chart, a nurse spoke with an uneasy expression.

“Yes, but right now… the family members seem to be in disagreement.”

“Disagreement?”

Of all times—when every second counted—the family was arguing?

“Our dad! Who the hell are you to tell us whether or not to operate?”

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