When announced for the first time in 2023 as a spin-off based on TVNhe is loved Hospital playlist franchise, Resident playbook It was very expected. It was said in preview sometimes in 2024 (and then confirmed to follow Queen of tears). Set in the same universe as Hospital playlist, The spin-off attracted a lot of attention, with the main actress Go to Yoon Jung Playing a first year gynecology resident.
But in February 2024, only three months before the scheduled premiere, South Korean medical professionals made a collective strike against the government – a “Medical crisis of real life” This left the hospitals of the nation in ruins.
Thousands of these doctors have left work since February 2024 to protest a government plan to add more students to medical schools. Both parties contested the remedies necessary to fix the health system in a rapid aging nation.
– Reuters
Since the public perception of medical residents took a strong turning point, the premiere of Resident playbook It has been postponed indefinitely and even threatened to be completely demolished, despite its complete production.
“Hospital Playlist” Spin-off “Resident PlayBook” faces the danger of being demolished due to medical attacks in progress
Having said that, a question remained: people will tune in Resident playbook?
After all struggles, however, Resident playbook has finally previewed from 12 April 2025 (KST). The first episode played the chaotic and recognizable journey of four ob-gyn residents of the first year: Oh Yi Young (Go Yoon Jung), Pyo Nam Kyung (actress Is a), Eom Jae the (Kang You SeokNow a family face for his role of Eun Myung When life gives you mandarins) and Kim Sa (As soon as) as they embarked in their professional life at the Yonn Yonno Medical Center.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwqm_d9wehm
In reality he recorded a strong start with the assessments of the spectators with an average of 4.4% and a peak of 6.2% in the Metropolitan Area of Seoul and 3.7% on average with a peak of 5.2% at national level. These numbers ranked it #1 among the cable and general programming channels in its time slot.
Among the target of TVn of spectators between 20 and 49 Nielsen Korea data).
Given the numbers, things seem to be hopes for the second episode, in particular with a surprise cameo of “The only bad” From Hospital playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2fqwcnmung
As for the strike that started everything, it has not yet reached a resolution. However, with the former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol Being arrested, imprisoned and finally accused for his declaration of martial law, his move for the medical reform was also frozen.
Yoon Suk Yeol was officially accused by the presidency of South Korea
The Ministry of Education of South Korea has agreed to freeze the number of new medical students at about 3,000 per year, he said on Friday, in an attempt to end a 13 -month dispute that involves a strike by resident doctors and the boycott of the classes of medical students.
– Reuters
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