TV series

Dear Patient

2020 · 1 season

A grounded, emotionally taxing look at doctors navigating impossible patient demands, balancing quiet frustration with small moments of hope.

Overview: Sasai Memorial Hospital has a good reputation for its sincere care for patients. However, holding up a strong policy of 'customer first' has put doctors into uneasy circumstance where they have to deal with 'monster patients,' unreasonable complainers. The drama depicts doctors' growth and struggle experienced in the severe situation of the present healthcare industry.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Work, morality, power, healing
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
morality
power
healing
isolation
Places: hospital
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none