This Perfect K-Drama About Medicine Is a Must-See for Every Nostalgic M*A*S*H Fan
This is yet another crew of doctors who are working under the most unusual of conditions.
The movie M*A*S*H, which was released in 1970 and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, was followed by a TV show about the everyday life of a mobile hospital during the Korean War.
It ran for 11 seasons, and the final episode, Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, still holds the title of most-watched episode in US television history, attracting twice as many viewers on the small screen as Friends – 105 million versus 52 million.
What Was M*A*S*H About?
The series follows the lives of a group of surgeons working in a mobile military hospital during the Korean War in the early 1950s. The characters of M*A*S*H try to escape the hard work of everyday life. This results in erratic and inappropriate behavior that helps them maintain their sanity in an unhealthy environment.
The doctors are serious people who turn to humor to escape the oppressive atmosphere of the operating rooms where they provide first aid to battlefield casualties.
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If you've already watched M*A*S*H a hundred times, it's time to turn to something fresher – the Korean medical drama Hospital Ship released in 2017.
Hospital Ship Also Tells of Doctors Working in Extreme Conditions
Sometimes in remote settlements in Korea, there is absolutely no way to get qualified medical care, and residents have to travel long distances to get to medical centers. For such a case, a social program was developed to launch a floating hospital.
A ship with all the necessary equipment and a group of qualified professionals serves distant islands and helps in case of an emergency call. Each of the doctors has a difficult story, but they are united by one goal – to save lives.
Hospital Ship's Crew Is Pretty Diverse
The main character Song Eun-jae is a talented surgeon known for her professionalism. She has a hot temper and a strong will, and patients will not hear kind words of support from her. Eun-jae believes that the main task is to perform the examination in a timely and correct manner, and everything else is not so important. The complete opposite of Dr. Song is therapist Kwak Hyun – attentive and caring.
Just like in M*A*S*H, Hospital Ship gathers a diverse team of doctors who, under difficult conditions, have to forget how different they are in order to save lives every day. And the dynamics of their relationship is the main advantage of the Korean drama.