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By Xu Fan | China Daily | Updated: 2022-11-19 09:17

New TV series Thank You, Doctor depicts how medical specialists race against time to save patients at an emergency intensive care unit of a Shanghai hospital. [Photo provided to China Daily]

On a sand-swept road in a war-torn Western Asian country, a white jeep with a medical sign whizzes past. When it arrives at a local rescue base, a female doctor springs out of the vehicle and escorts a pregnant 28-year-old patient who is suffering hemorrhagic shock to the operating theater. However, the doctor is facing a difficult choice: Save the patient's life by removing her uterus or take the far riskier option of performing an artery repair procedure.

Simultaneously, in a Shanghai hospital, a young physician insists on following his surgery plan for an elderly patient with a rare malignant tumor, despite opposition from his fellow doctors at the cardiothoracic surgery division.

With the footage switching between the two locations, the story of the two scenarios unfolds.

Thank You, Doctor is a 40-episode TV series which has recently been broadcast on CCTV-8, as well as the streaming sites Tencent Video and iQiyi.

Most cases featured in the drama are inspired by real-life stories. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Starring Yang Mi as the female doctor and Bai Yu as the male physician, the drama follows how they join hands with other medical specialists in a race against time to save patients in the emergency intensive care unit of a Shanghai hospital.

For director Zhang Rui, who co-helms the drama with Yu Bo, the series is aimed at exploring the frequently discussed topic about what defines a good doctor.

Zhang says the two protagonists represent two different attitudes toward life and illness, with Yang's character tending to respect the choices of her patients, while Bai's character, likes things to run like a well-oiled machine, believing patients should follow the professional suggestions of the doctors.

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