Chae Do-yeon

Hospital department head. After the Yeongdeungpo explosion he departs by helicopter for the scene, orders Han Ju-won as chief to stay and guard the ER with Professors Min and An joining him, teases Han about kicking out interns again, and takes off.

Kim Seung-hwan’s guardian. Arrives with their daughter, tearfully asks about survival odds and her husband’s suffering, decides to stop resuscitation, then breaks down at the bedside.

White-coat colleague with an ID badge. In the cafeteria he goads Woo Jin-han about Han Ju-won’s return and the old murder until Do-yeon stops him; in the flashback intern day he frets over ER assignment and dreads Han Ju-won.

Black-haired doctor who finds Han Ju-won on a hospital rooftop after a patient death, confides he cannot imagine losing family, then later declares he wants to become like Han. He resolves to start over, dresses carefully for work, is teased for looking sharp, has his necktie yanked off by Han as an infection risk, and eagerly treats a 17-year-old with chest pain while craving recognition.

Elderly patient lying in a ward bed with monitor leads attached; Han Ju-won touching those leads triggers Woo Jin-han’s intrusion.

Former ER chief now at the hospital. A flashback shows him nearly driving out all interns. After the Yeongdeungpo Line 1 train explosion news, he calls the situation the worst, is ordered to guard the ER while the department head leaves for the scene, activates Code Gray, and as disaster response commander briefs staff on mass casualties and crowd control.