Doctor Reacts To Hospital Playlist | Medical K-Drama Review 

One of the best compliments from Dr Mike would be “These are good chest compressions” . Hospital playlist is really a good medical drama

The actors actually had “internship”/ trainings in hospitals for months before they started shooting so they could learn the ins and outs AND they have Doctors hired on set and are present each filming day to check the accuracy of the setup and delivery of the scenes.

For the scene in <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="594">9:54</a> As a Korean, let me explain that it is almost a custom in Korean hospitals to continue CPR (even if there is no possibility of reviving) until the family finally accepts that the patient has passed away. The doctors showing they did all they could is considered as showing respect for the patient and family.

I'm a neurosurgery resident, and I have to say, almost all of the neurosurgocal procedures in this medical drama is accurate. Example, one patient came with amenorrhea (absence of menstruation) and bitemporal hemianopia (partial blindness of the outer half vision of both eyes). She was diagnosed with functioning pituitary macroadenoma, the neurosurgeon correctly explained to the patient why she had those symptoms, showed a real MRI with mass lesion at the pituitary, and later performed the endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery, with the right instruments. Now, that is scarily accurate.

Character: does chest compressions dr. Mike: incoherent screaming of pure happines

I don't really care if Hospital Playlist is not accurate. All I know is that, as a med student at 2am and with 3 chapters of physiology on my to do list, this drama just gives me the motivation that I need. Not forced romance, good work ethic, touching stories about saving lives and a beautiful friendship, this drama really is everything.

In Korea, the doctor would have to do CPR until the family accepts the death because, it's a way of showing respect to the family and it's showing that they did all they can to revive them

In Asia, if the Doctor do not perform the CPR on the child in the show, the hospital will be sued. That's the reason why they HAVE TO PERFORM the procedures.

Fun fact: the actress who sings badly in this drama is actually an actress on musicals ✨ this is her first tv drama ☺️

I'm a Korean doctor and we Koreans do biopsies whether or not the patient wants treatment. Why? Because the pathological tissue confirm of malignancy itself is meaningful to the patient in terms of national health insurance. The burden goes by 5 to 10% of the actual charge when malignancy is pathologically confirmed. The patient can take further tests and palliative treatment with lesser money. Different insurance policies make different medicine. Thanks.

It's a really really good drama!! And so amazing that you reacted to it!

Fun fact the actress (Jeon Mido) who do the CPR perfectly said that when she do the CPR scene, she's realize that the tempo were similar to one of the series OST (song : introduce me a good person) and because she's a talented singer, she doesn't have trouble with the tempo, and while doing the CPR she's actually singing the song in her head to match the tempo 😄

The scene where the doctor still kept on doing CPR actually has a different meaning. The doctors fought a lot to save the child for months. They kept on telling the mother to give up already but she didn't want to. The doctor only did a cpr even though he knows she won't survive because he knew it was a closure for the mother. It was only then she can accept that they did everything they could do but her child wasn't holding on anymore. It was a tear-jerker scene.

Dr. Mike: *watches Hospital Playlist* Nobody: The K-Drama Community: We Got Him!

I'd done a 30 minutes CPR on a CKD patient who'd been clinically dead because the parents wouldn't sign the DNR paper. And when we stopped, the parents started screaming and yelling at us for killing their child - some parents just like that...

if you’re going to react to non-american medical dramas, your videos would REALLY benefit from an acknowledgment that you are coming in with an american perspective. cultural practices in medical practice, communications with patients & family, can vary greatly. not to mention that translations are not always accurate / do not fully capture the nuance & emotion of what is being said!

All Kdrama fans would agree, hospital playlist is one of the best series ever. Eagerly waiting for season 2 < 3

Mike fangirling over the fact that a character in this show did chest compressions, almost made me choke on my water because I started laughing😂

During the casting. The director himself said this is not gonna be like a typical medical drama. Like a saviour doctor or godly doctor comes and does miracle saves. This is just like a normal hospital drama with doctors who have a love for music. 😁 I loved every bit of it.

First of all, medical system in each countries have different details so we foreigner might not familiar with it if we judge those details based on our country system. I’m sure that HP team researched a lot before filming. They even have real doctors and nurses on-site when filming.

Mike, there is one thing you need to remember when reacting to non-american shows. USA's insurance sucks and that is not how it is outside of America. There are countries around the world that has way better insurance and believe me it effects how things work a lot. The biopsy thing is an example of that. In (my country) Turkey, all and I mean ALL of the procedures are completely free. Biopsy, chemotherapy, surgery, all of it. You don't even need insurance. If you don't have it you can apply for something called a green card. If the government can confirm that you need it, you get the card and you get all-free diagnosis and treatment. If the patient does not want the treatment they have to sign some papers that basically says that the patient is completely conscious and made the choice themselves.

The happiness on Doctor Mike 's face, when they started directly with chest compressions, is priceless. And when the chest compressions also were good, he looked like a child at Christmas. ❤️

Most medical K-dramas are very accurate. They actually do research and study about it, trying to make it as real as possible. My mom is an anesthesiologist and my dad is a orthopedic doctor and they both love watching medical K-dramas because of how relatable it is. This drama also shows that doctors can be funny and playful too, not like the stereotype that doctors are always serious If you haven’t watch it, I definitely recommend you this drama! Also, if you like medical K-dramas, I recommend you: “Romantic Doctor” (There’s 2 reasons but I prefer the first season more) and “Doctor John”.

Hospital Playlist is the closest to accurate among all the medical dramas that I have watched. I'm not really into medical dramas where they shout at each other when performing surgery because that's not really what happens. Hospital Playlist really touches on important parts such as how they go about in explaining a condition and THE SURGERY SCENES ARE REALLY GREAT AND RELAXED WHICH IS HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

Koreans take their dramas seriously, they wouldn’t do medical scenes without actually studying about it and being as accurate as possible.

Hospital Playlist is a good med drama! No overdramatic storylines, just a group of friends living like what a normal doctor would normally act. A slice of life, if you will. Im sure our friends in the healthcare world can relate to most of the scenes.

It’s not her friend who fell off the ladder in the very first scene. It was a technician who was fixing their lights - a stranger to the doctor. Hence her calm and quick reaction. It took the writer 4 years to develop the script because the writing team was working with doctors and nurses to get the details right. There was always a nurse on set whenever they were filming medical scenes.

I have been waiting for you to react to Hospital Playlist ever since I finished it. I'm so thankful this day has come 😊 and hopefully there'll be more to come. It's such a comfort drama even though I'm not a healthcare worker. It portrays life in such a realistic and relatable way, and the lack of 'drama' in the exaggerated sense helps too

As a nurse, I appreciate how Hospital Playlist also includes nurses in the care of patients unlike many other medical shows/dramas. This is by far one of the best medical dramas I've watched and I'm excited for Season 2. It was so healing to watch good doctors care for their patients and have such a wholesome friendship!

Koreans kind of take medical and law dramas seriously in terms of accuracy, as it depicts Healthcare and taxpayers' money - something that is pretty heavily frowned upon if disrespect/mistreated. They even provide little subtitles/anecdotal definitions on the side within the episode for industry terms that the general public may be unaware of to help them understand the scene, but also educate them - much like you do in your videos.

As a doctor, I find it refreshing to see Dr. Mike reacting to one of the best medical K-dramas. One thing I've noticed is that Korean medical dramas tend to be realistic, accurate in many situations and not just exaggerating situations all in all unlike a few American/British TV shows. And I love the way how he mentions his perspectives on the way the doctors dealt with the patients!

OMG!! Did I just watched Dr Mike react to Korean drama?!?! I've been a fan of Japanese and South Korean cinematography since 2008. And it's a big surprise for me to see the two worlds interact (East and West) on your channel. I was honestly wondering if you could do an overview of their series, but never got even the slightest hope it would happen! Thank you! It was satisfying 👍

This drama is SO MUCH. Every episode is this intense of subjects, and there’s no overcomplicated love triangles

Series: *definitely not a medical drama Dr. Mike: it's a good show Series: *suddenly did a proper chest compressions Dr. Mike: I. LOVE. THIS. SHOW

The thing i love from korean drama is every theme of the drama they take it seriously. Like all the cast and team will study about what theme the drama is, either medical or law or history or even romcom.

The fact is the director (Shin Wonho) said they prepared for this drama for around 4 years to do some research with the advisors in each hospital departements. They really give it all for this drama. I think it's the best korean medical drama so far. You should check out the season 2.

Mike: “she was super casual about seeing him get electrocuted” Me: “welcome to kdramas” 🤣🤣🤣

"hang in there" is actually a rough translation, what the mother is actually saying is "Just a little more" like she wasn't prepared to ket the child go, which really heartbreaking because i witnessed this kind of situation first hand.

I've seen Korean doctors react to this show, and they mostly explain medical stuff such as the diseases, medications, and treatment mentioned by the actors in this show. I didn't expect that Mike was gonna react to more emotional scenes like treating kid patient, feelings of getting organ from the deceased, delivering bad news to the patients and their family, or even funny scenes. And also, I've never seen Korean doctors react to the music scene. This video is really refreshing.

More of this eps please 😭😭😭 hospital playlist is really worth it

That 1 scene in hospital playlist when a pregnant woman lost her baby and her cries echoed throughout the corridor. Gave me goosebumps. Loved how the rest of the pregnant women grieved along with her. The acting in this drama was really good.

"These are good chest compressions" Only fans know how *odd* that sounds coming out of *this* doctor here.

As a student nurse I'm happy that HP showed the role of a nurse.. Shin Won-ho is a gem and his dramas are masterpiece. Hospital playlist is one of the greatest medical drama of k-industry

Thank you for an interesting take and review. Just to add my two cents, I think that its a matter of culture and communication which differs from country to country, and region to region. As someone who knows something about medical suits, my understanding is that in North America, most of the medical profession practices defensive medicine. That probably goes towards how treatment and communication of that treatment is given towards a patient. As a Chinese Malaysian, the culture in East and South East Asia is that usually, the doctors will give their opinion as to what is best to be done for a specific ailment, and the patient will usually accept it. Of course they may go for a second opinion, but they will tend to trust their doctors and believe what they say. It comes from a culture of acceptance and deference towards a superior or one who is more educated in a certain profession. Such a culture is prevalent in most of Asian countries. Thus, for those doctors I know here, what the doctors are doing in the Korean context rings true to us as Asians. However, an interesting comparison would be that of the British NHS system. As someone who lived in the UK for close to two decades in the 1980s and 1990s, I can see that the British medical culture then was quite similar to the culture still practiced now in Asia. That is, deference and acceptance of a doctors' medical advise. Coupled with the fact that medical treatment was free, it was presume and accepted that NHS doctors would always prescribed and do what was best for the patient, even if the procedures were costly and complex if done privately. There was little or no defensive treatment or medicine then. Not sure if that has changed in this new century. Such a difference was highlighted to me by a cousin who is a doctor in the UK. He actually was attached to a New York hospital for a while in the late 1990s, and was quite shocked on how medical treatment was given to patients there. An example was a patient came in one day to the A&E department complaining of a mild fever and some sniffles. My cousin diagnosed a mild case of flu, and advised rest and some Tylenol. However, the resident in charge refused to discharge him and said that an ENT doctor should be consulted just in case. The ENT checked him over and confirmed that it was flu but since he didn't like the sound of his heart, a cardiologist was called in to examine the patient. After doing so, and being given an all clear by both the ENT and Cardio doctors, the patient was finally discharged. And a bill of a few thousand duly presented to the patient! My cousin said that if he tried to do that in the UK, he would have had his ear chewed off!

Just something to keep in mind: The South Korean healthcare system IS NOT the same as the American healthcare system. Culturally, Korea is also very different so there may be things like workplace environment, hierarchy, etc. that might be unfamiliar to western point of view.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="790">13:10</a> that's exactly what the writer and the director aimed for this drama "portraying the day-to-day life in a hospital as realistic as possible", the actors even came to a hospital to learn about it, like joining a round with some residents, observed the attending physician while they treat some outpatients, they even came to the OR to observed the surgeons when they operated someone and surgical nurses when they assisted the surgeons (with their permission of course), they also asked them about what kind of things that they find unrealistic in some medical dramas, that's why most of them are quite accurate, the 2nd season is suppose to be aired in May this year

I've been waiting for this for months, I love your videos!

I watch a lot of medical drama and Im glad I found Hospital Playlist. I love how realistic they make hospital or even daily lives feel in that drama. Like it's a healthy mix of fun, goofy, serious, sad, wholesome, nostalgia, every emotion that's perfectly edited and paced. The episodes are longer than usual episode timings but that helps makes us feel like we spent an entire day with them. Definitely topped my list of favourite medical dramas/dramas in general to watch.

Did you know that they were really the ones who played tbe instruments and recorded the songs they played as a band? They learned how to play the instruments for the show. That's just pure dedication there! So excited for season 2 😁

Fun fact: The female lead actress is actually a very talented singer and does musical theatre in South Korea, her name is Jeon Mido

Hospital Playlist is one of my favorite comfort shows ❤️ And The fact that Season 2 is even better than Season 1 is amazing

“ITS A SHOW THAT DOES CHEST COMPRESSIONSSSSS!!!!” -Doctor Mike 2021

When the mother says "hang in there" what she is actually saying, as a direct translation is "just a little more/longer" It's really heartbreaking. The mother doesn't want to let go of her daughter

I’m so glad you decided to review this show. It was such a good show and I’m sad that it ended after 2 seasons. Learned a bit for work too from this show. XD

I'm a medical student and I've honestly learnt so much from Korean medical shows that I can't even explain. When I have to read from the books it's just another disease but when I watch these shows and see every case presentation, it remains in my mind vividly. It really helps to remember random diseases, classifications, scores, etc for long term. I remember the Fabry's disease patient shown in Doctor John and the cricothyroidotomy also and then in this show Prof Lee Ikjun talking about MELD score that we learnt recently. And then I remember watching Craniotomies being performed in the show called Doctors and then being able to watch the procedure in real life after which I came back and rewatched the episode to see if they were medically accurate. Koreans really do their research before doing a drama. That makes me love their dramas so much. It's not only about the actors but a lot depends on the scriptwriter and director.

Hospital playlist is one of the best korean medical dramas out there. As a long term kdrama viewer and a medical student, I can tell it tries to depict an accurate story but also add in comical elements along the way. Each extra actor/actress are professionals and r well known themselves. I have to say the english subtitles doesn’t do it justice because sometimes it doesn’t quite depict the right meaning. Anyhow, I highly suggest watching the rest of the tv show. During this difficult time, it gave so much joy to korean and international viewers and I’m sure Doctor Mike will feel the same! Season 2 is coming! Hang tight guys! P.S. the fandom is amazing! It’s so heartwarming when there r so many likes to this comment! Hospital playlist fighting!

Also Korean kdramas r way more accurate than Western ones like there’s always a mini note or subtitle on the show about the terminology they use and it’s a lot more realistic but also a lot more interesting too

OH MY GOD! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT! THANK YOU FOR REACTING TO THISSS!

It's been two years and I still need more of these reactions. I bet Dr Mike would love many other eps

in kdramas, actors will learn the profession to eat the role perfectly. that's why kdramas are the best!

What's funny is that the girl who is their main vocal actually is a professional singer but she played a tone deaf vocalist there HAHAHAHHAHA

I absolutely love hospital playlist and am so happy you have reacted to if

I'm a big fan of yours Mike, and I had to comment on this one. Eggs do help with the singing or shouting or any prolonged use of vocal cords. I've done it myself many times. Raw eggs are perfect for that.

The mother's line "Hang in there" seems to be a mistranslation. I believe what was said was "조금만 조금만" which roughly translates to "Just a little", so she's basically begging for just a little more time with her daughter. In my opinion, the mistranslation kind of misses some of the tragedy of that line. Impressively, Dr. Mike got it right when he said that it's not the correct phrase!

Guyss the female lead is actually an musical actress who can sing and has a good voices, she just pretend that she can’t sing in this drama 🤩😍😂

Haven’t see this drama yet, but it is a pleasure to watch you Doctor Mike! ❤️ thank you!!!!

Yay!!! Hospital playlist!! It's one of my favourite medical dramas ❤️❤️❤️❤️ just really glad to see it here 😁😁

I´m a med student and I almost quit, I couldn´t see the point of giving my best years of youth to study, but thanks to this drama I realize why I decided to study this, and see this drama actually gave me a goal and a future to wish for.

You need to do a second review of this. That was just a small portion of the medical topics touched on in the series. It goes over HIPA at times, the worklife balance of health care professionals, how difficult it is to have regular relationships when you're on call or even take care of your kids single parenting, MVCs and duis, coping with miscarriages, coping with new cancer diagnosis, being waitlisted for transplant, how residency can be difficult, needs for departments to support their youngs, etc.

Looking forward to more HP reactions!!! Love this drama so much.

when dr. mike says "these are good chest compressions", that says a lot

I think there's a cultural gap difference when you're talking about the DNR and CPR on the child. It may look so cold if you're doing that by the American standard. At least in Korea, IMO, by trying to give your best effort and the parent(or the guardian of the dying patient) know that you gave it your best would somehow be comforting even when the consequence is the eventual death. If the same situation occurs in America, and the Korean parents had to deal with such scene of the American doctors Not doing anything due to the standard protocol as you explained, that would be heartbreaking to deal with. It really is a matter of cultural differences.

I think Doctor Mike has to take into consideration the differences between western and eastern countries and how things work differently.. hmmm..

this is one of my all time fav and comfort shows and I just found out that you have reacted to it hsjdik and your reaction was positive too ;; thank you!

Such a good review. Love it. :)

The thing about Hospital Playlist is, the 1st episode is probably the less packed in terms of medical contents,compared to later episodes. I hope the 1st episode did well enough for him to keep watching. 😅 Not everyone can stand a 1-hour drama.

Technically she didn't say 'hang in there', she said, 'just a little bit, just a little bit' and the translators took that liberty. Meaning is similar I guess!

My favourite drama reviewed by an actual medical professional! Thank you ☺️

The scene where the mom’s daughter was dying/died was when I cried. The mom reminded me so much of my mom, her hair, and the way she acted. I’m a young teen and I suffer from suicidal thoughts every now again, but when I saw that scene I thought of what my family might feel, what my mom might feel. I’ve always thought they wouldn’t care but I know that at least my mom would care. So the scene broke my heart because I knew that if I committed suicide, my mom (and probably dad) would be acting just like Minyeong’s mom.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="195">3:15</a> Some of the differences that you brought up might just be a difference between American and Korean healthcare systems and general culture. Korean people usually do act upon any treatment possible - even if it does not guarantee longer lifespan - rather than live with their illness. And also while it is not fully covered, Korean national healthcare insurance will cover a lot of the cost and there's a government-approved standards of medical costs, so it might be a less of a financial burden.

scenes i hoped was included: - mother broke down in elevator, door open, songhwa tell the people to take the next one - after the girl death, the nurses are expecting to be blamed by the mother. but the mother end up thanking the team - the death of the unborn baby with all the preganant mothers outside the room - i forgot her name, but its the female doctor in the gynaecology that was in a burnout stake because another doctor is being a bitch. i mean theres always this leecher in the workplace

this review is really fun showing a different point of view from foreign medical systems. I wish you make more review films of this drama.

💖Doctor Mike finally found a show with *BEST QUALITY CHEST COMPRESSIONS* !

The thing about Medical K-dramas is that they're pretty accurate, even indepth and they show what's going on instead of like how most american series just show the surgeons inside a surgery room and miraculously save people. Med K-Dramas do a lot of research to achieve this thus giving the show a sense of realism and accuracy.

"Hang in there," was just the translator's interpretation. The direct translation was closer to, "a little more, a little more."* Could be she was saying just a little more time... either way. Sad. She needed to let go. 😭😓 *a native speaker can fact check me/elaborate tho. I lived in Korea for 7 years, but def not native fluency.

I WANT MORE MEDICAL KDRAMA REACTIONS😭🙏

I’m really happy that you did on video on a k drama ❤️ I think I really good idea for another video would be giving health advice about the kpop idol lifestyle it’s crazy what they do in their career 🤯

i think the problem with reaction videos like this, especially if the reactor doesn't come from the same culture as the origin of the show/series, is that they fail to consider the individualistic or collectivistic values embodied in the culture of the show's origin. These values are often observable in the shows, especially on how the characters interact with each other because it is supposed to somewhat reflect their culture and societal values.

You cut out the part when doctor Ahn had a talk with the mother whose daughter just died and he thought she was gonna be mad at him but in stead, she gave him thank for trying his best and not giving up on her daughter. After that he had drink with his brother, crying over his patient's death and saying how the mother is the one who comfort him though it's him, the doctor who should be one comfort the patient's family What a pity. I really want to know how you feel as a doctor about that scene

Omg i didn't know u reacted to this one already this one's really good 진짜 슬의생 사랑해요

Omg that doctor with the teddy was amazing. And that mom. GOLD STARS ALL AROUND

dr.mike: who manages to get gorilla glue on their head... gorilla glue girl:👁👄👁

So... is no one going to notice how slick Dr. Mike was about slipping Gorilla Glue into the conversation?? I DIED laughing.

"Romantic Doctor" is a very recommendable kdrama to watch. Please consider in the future 🙏

I love hospital playlist. Glad you reacted to it 😀😀

As someone who loves medical k-dramas, the common thing that they have is that chest compressions is a big deal for them. Like if a newbie can't do it right, the professor would scold them.

The translation for "Hang in there" isn't very accurate. The mother says "조금만 조금만" which literally translates to "a little more" or "a little longer". The mother wasn't able to accept the passing of her child (understandable) and therefore didn't accept the doctor's insistence that the child was going to inevitably die and they should prioritize comfort. Obviously, it would be ideal to avoid painful or unnecessary interventions in this situation, but the parent would not consent to a DNR (evident from the context of the full episode), which is why the doctors exhausted lifesaving measures even though the child's life could not be saved.

Do a reaction on the Season 2. This drama is legit the best medical drama I've ever watched and oh I've watched a lot of them. It has the epic crossovers too. And amazing playlist. Like the band should be a legit k-pop band like The Rose.

I can't be the only one who would love to see more reaction videos to Hospital Playlist episodes 😅

she didnt say “call an ambulance”, she literally said "119". lmao she's so cool