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First Doctor assembles Jung Ryeo-won and a major cast for Netflix’s pediatric surgery drama

The confirmed medical series follows a hospital unit fighting to stay open while protecting its youngest patients.

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Netflix has confirmed First Doctor, a Korean medical drama set in a pediatric surgery unit facing closure. Jung Ryeo-won leads the cast with Ha Yoon-kyung, Bek Hyun-jin, Kim Jong-soo and Kim Moo-yul.

Jung Ryeo-won plays the brilliant, uncompromising surgeon Heo Ji-wan. Director Hong Jong-chan reunites with writer Kim Min-suk after Juvenile Justice, putting an experienced social-drama team behind the hospital setting.

A premiere date and trailer have not yet been announced, so the Raaga title page labels the project tentative. No verified controversy is present in the official production coverage.

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