I think.
Patch is nearly perfect.
He came from a low point, could understand what the patients were thinking, and empathized with them; when he climbed to a high point, he had unparalleled medical talent, and he was at the top of the class while laughing and cursing; he dared to challenge tradition and authority , Dean Hard Gang, gave a generous speech in the court trial, inspired the masses, and opened a new era of doctors and patients; even truly seeing through life and death, even if his lover dies unexpectedly, he can still turn grief and anger into strength, and he will not change his original intention. From the beginning of walking alone, and then using his unparalleled appeal and leadership, let the people around him stand together with him through thick and thin. This is a story of a near-perfect person who is constantly moving towards goals and ideals.
The story is also nearly perfect, right?
Except, of course, that inexplicable murder.
Maybe even the screenwriter thinks that all this is too perfect, so perfect that it can't exist in reality. It's like a children's fairy tale, very dreamy, but unrealistic, so Karin died in an inexplicable night.
But then again, the more dramatic, conflicting and polarizing adaptation of real events by directors and screenwriters may also have the purpose of arousing our discussion and thinking. A classic American Hollywood inspirational story like "A Drop of the Soul" must have two polar opposites that are completely opposite and difficult to compromise, just like Patch and the Dean. One is inherently kind and strong-willed, and wants to be a clown doctor who not only cures and saves people but also heals the patient's heart, while the other is a ruthless, dogmatic medical machine that treats patients as diseases rather than human beings.
From the moment they met, the two of them were destined to constantly collide and confront each other, from amusing children in the hospital and being warned, to dropping out of school if they did not listen to dissuasion, and even to the naked back at the final graduation ceremony, etc. A lot has happened, and of course, it's always our protagonist, Patch, who wins the game.
I was moved by Patch's ups and downs and successes, but in addition to being moved, I was also thinking involuntarily.
Are some things really like this?
Doctor, after all, do you want to wear a rebellious "red nose" like Patch, or do you want to write a cold "medical record" like a dean?
I said at the beginning that Patch is "nearly" perfect, but not perfect. So in my opinion, he still has a lot of problems, which can be briefly discussed. As a medical student, I think we all know the importance of cleanliness of medical supplies, but while bringing laughter to children, Patch also uses and contaminates medical supplies at will, and even steals medical supplies. It's really inappropriate; we also know that studying medicine is a heavy workload, and it is difficult to pay off without hard work, and it is indeed a bit unrealistic for Patch to achieve such high grades without much effort. From the beginning to the end, all he showed was humor and laughter, but there was absolutely no manifestation of the medical level and the ability to cure diseases and save people. And this is the core quality of a doctor and a doctor, and it is an indispensable foundation. Without the display of this ability, Patch's image building is always unsound and unconvincing, and it will inevitably give people the impression that it is just a clown.
Maybe that's why Patch was still a medical student, not a doctor, until the end of the movie.
I don't think we can ask every doctor to be as enthusiastic as Patch and treat patients like family, but we can select a small number of people like Patch to meet the needs of improving the quality of life and healing of patients. functions of the mind. Let others focus on the treatment of physical ailments, while the "red noses" act as gardeners of the sick people's spiritual garden. Such a distribution may be better and less binary.
After watching the movie, what we should think about is not how to choose between the rebellious "red nose" and the serious "medical record", but to put an end to binary opposition and think deeply from point to line, from line to face.
What is the compromise? What are the duties of a doctor? How should we handle the doctor-patient relationship? How to make a more complete distribution of functions in the hospital system? And how to build a better medical environment in the future? There is even a deeper discussion of the philosophy of death.
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