The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call ending explained - How the story sets up Season 2? 

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call is a Korean medical drama and the first of its kind. Netflix has proudly advertised The Trauma Code: Heros on Call as its first original medical K-Drama and the show is based on a webtoon called Trauma Center: Golden Hour by Hansanleega and Hongbichira. At the center of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call is the admirable character of prodigious surgeon Baek Kang-hyuk, who is portrayed by popular actor Ju Ji-hoon.

The first season of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call consists of seven episodes that deliver high-octane drama as the narrative successively raises the stakes with every episode. On one hand, Dr. Kang-hyuk tries his best to save his patients at the Trauma Center of Hankuk National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea. On the other hand, he has to contend with formidable bureaucratic forces that have so far underfunded the hospital, leading to cutbacks and a lack of appropriate facilities.

When he is sent on an overseas mission to save a Korean national in South Sudan, Dr. Kang Hyuk injured himself. However, by combining his talents and his professional ethics, Dr. Kang Hyuk is eventually able to save the day as well as secure the necessary funding for his hospital. The end of the first season thus paves the way for a probable second installment in which the Hankuk National University Hospital can be found reinvigorated and ready to serve new patients.

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What happened towards the end of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call season one?

In the second last episode of The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call, Korea's Hanbit military unit, stationed in South Sudan, clashes with one of the area's native militias. During the course of events, Captain Lee Hyeon-jong is gravely injured. With eleven physicians having been taken hostage by the militia, Hyeon-jong remains untreated in South Sudan.

After learning about this tragic news, the Minister of Health and Welfare ordered Dr. Kang-hyuk to depart promptly for Sudan. However, when Kang-hyuk arrives in Sudan with his squad, he is prevented from moving the injured captain to the local hospital for treatment. In the final episode, Dr. Kang-hyuk undertakes the risk of racing through gunfire to get to the Sudan hospital.

However, they are halted at the hospital's main gate. Things then take a favorable turn when the militia leader recognizes Kang-hyuk as Malak (as he was ubiquitously known while serving overseas) and instructs the rebels to let him enter the hospital and treat the patient. Following a critical procedure, Dr. Kang-hyuk and his Trauma team successfully saved Captain Lee Hyeon-jong and returned to Seoul.

By the end of the first season, Dr. Kang-hyuk has established a commendable team of medical professionals at the Hankuk National University Trauma Center. He has also managed to secure a new helicopter for emergency patients who need immediate medical attention.

It is fair to say that the Netflix show's debut season finale effectively sets the stage for an even better sophomore season, with the Trauma Center now fully equipped to provide the best possible medical care. Dr. Kang-hyuk's vision seems to have finally materialized.

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Will there be a season 2 of The Traume Code: Heroes on Call?

In an interview with Chosun Biz, director Lee Do-Yoon initially expressed uncertainty about the second season of the medical drama show, however in the following quote translated from the original in Korean, he stated that he will be up for the show's renewal:

"I don't know what will happen tomorrow, so I don't know if I will do it or who will take charge of season 2, but I have prepared my own devices just in case."

The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call is exclusively available on Netflix.