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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 白色巨塔 / Bai Se Ju Ta
*'''English Title:''' The Hospital
*'''Also known as:''' The Whiter Tower
*'''Episodes:''' 39
*'''Genre:''' Medical, romance
*'''Broadcast network:''' CTV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2006-Aug-15 to 2006-Oct-06
*'''Air time:''' Weekdays 20:00
*'''Opening theme song:''' Ni Shi Wo Wei Yi De Zhi Zhuo (你是我唯一的執著) by [[Jerry Yan]]
*'''Ending theme song:''' Ceng Jing Tai Nian Qing (曾經太年輕) ''We were too young once'' by [[Lan You Shi]] (藍又時)
*'''Insert songs:''' ''Never Say Goodbye'' by [[Wikipedia:Power Station (Taiwanese band)|Power Station]]
::::Wo Da Ying Ni (我答應你) ''I Promise You'' by [[Wikipedia:Power Station (Taiwanese band)|Power Station]]

==Synopsis==
When President's only daughter, Liu Xin Ping, checked into the hospital for her chemotherapy treatment, the head of internal Medicine, Dr. Xu Da-Ming, and the head of surgery, Dr. Tang Guo-Tai, became the core members of the President's medical team. Both men planned to use this opportunity to prove themselves to be the best person for the hospital director's position.

Xu advised Liu to have a Central IV implantation to alleviate the discomfort of her treatment. He appointed Dr. Su Yi-Hua, an expert in this type of operation, to perform the surgery. When Tang found out, he was furious that Xu appointed one of his surgeons without his explicit approval. To spite Xu and take credit for the treatment, he replaced Su with Dr. Qiu Qing-Cheng and publicly announced that he himself had performed the surgery. However, this move put himself and the hospital in a very difficult position when Liu developed serious complications after the surgery.

Through out the ordeal, Su tried to maintain his integrity as a doctor by standing up to Tang.  His actions created great displeasure in his boss and caused him to be alienated by the entire surgical department.

While Su was experiencing alienation, the woman he loved was also under duress in the hospital. Anesthesiologist Guan Xin was caught in a medical malpractice claim involving hospital director Huang Kai-Yuan. Through Tang, Huang put pressure on Guan to take the blame for the malpractice. Guan refused. In the ensuing media circus, Guan endured pressures from both the hospital and the victim's family. She learned that it's difficult to maintain principle in the face of reality.

Tang's overbearing attitude eventually led to his own downfall and Xu's rise to power. The shift in power stirred up series of personnel changes, of which, directly impacted the future of Qiu, Su and other members of the surgical department.

==Cast==
=== Hospital staff ===
*[[Jerry Yan]] as Su Yi Hua
*[[Leon Dai]] (戴立忍) as Qiu Qing Cheng
*[[Richard Ng]] as Tang Guo Tai
*[[Janine Chang]] as Guan Xin
*[[Chang Kuo Chu]] as Xu Da Ming
*[[Tang Zhi Ping]] as Chen Kuan
*[[Emma Ni]] (倪雅倫) as Secretary Yang
*[[Qian De Men]] as Zhao Zhong Ming
*[[Jason Chang]] as Hao Xiao Gang
*[[Zhang Fu Jian]] as Huang Kai Yuan
*[[Tang Ke Hua]] (唐克華) as Ming Bin
*[[Renzo Liu]] as Lai Cheng Xu
*[[Linda Liao]] as Kang Wen Li (Surgical Dept Head Nurse)
*[[Huang Zong You]] (黃宗祐) as Doctor Sun
*[[Kelly Mi]] (米凱莉) as Wei Ming Zhu (Operation Room Head Nurse)

=== Family members of the staff ===
*[[Zhang Kui]](張魁) as Chen Ting (Chen Kuan's father)
*[[Shen Shi Hua]] as Tang Guo Tai's wife
*[[Ding Ning]](丁寧) as Guan Hua (Guan Xin's sister)
*[[Yang Wen Wen]](楊文文) as Mei Qian (Qiu Qing Cheng's wife)
*[[Hong Cen]] (洪岑) as Qiu Min (Qiu Qing Cheng's daughter)
*[[Ke Shu Qin]] as Xu Da Ming's wife
*[[Josephine Hsu]] as Xu Cui Feng (Xu Da Ming's daughter)
*[[Pally Chien]] as An Ni (Chen Kuan's wife)
*[[Wu Yan Xuan]] as Chen Xiang (Chen Kuan's son)
*[[Qiu Nai Hua]](秋乃華) as A Rui

=== BTV Journalists ===
*[[Cheryl Yang]] as Ma Yi Fen
*[[Yao Dai Wei]](姚黛瑋) as Chang Yi Ru

=== Patients and their relations ===
*[[Saya]] as Liu Xin Ping (president's daughter)
*[[Liang Xiu Shen]](梁修身) as President Liu
*[[Deng An Ning]](鄧安寧) as Wang Shi Ping (President's Secretary)
*[[Lin Li Yang]] as Deng Nian Wei (Zhu Hui Ying's husband)
*[[Shen Hai Rong]] as Zhu Hui Ying's mother
*[[Xiang Li Wen]](向麗雯) as Zhu Hui Ying
*[[Cai Mi Jie]](蔡宓潔) as Zhu Hui Ting
*[[Agnes Monica]] as Zhang Mei Xin ( Su Yi Hua's patient )

=== Others ===
*[[Kris Phillips]] (費翔) as Zhuang Ming Zhe
*[[Xiu Jie Kai]] as Liao Qi Shu
*[[Tender Huang]] as Hong Wei (Guan Xin's Lawyer)
*[[Huang Ruo Bai]] (黃若白) as Principal Sun
*[[Tao Chuan Zheng]] as Manager Fang

==Production Credits==
*'''Original novel:''' [[Wikipedia:zh:白色巨塔 (中文小說)|The Hospital]] by [[Wikipedia:zh:侯文詠|Ho Wen Yong]] 侯文詠
*'''Producer:''' [[Tsai Yang Ming]] 蔡揚名
*'''Director:''' [[Tsai Yueh Hsun]] 蔡岳勳
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Wu Luo Ying]] / [[Peng Sheng Qing]]
*'''Music:''' [[Kay Huang]]

== TV Ratings ==

''Note: All ratings were provided by AGB Nielsen Taiwan and is not available in their website''

{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | date
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | episode
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | nationwide
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | taipei
|- align=center
| 2006-08-15 || ep. 1 || 17.9% (0.86%) || 17.7% (0.86%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-16 || ep. 2 || 19.4% (0.75%)|| 18.9% (0.73%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-17 || ep. 3 || 22.5% (0.95%)|| 22.0% (0.94%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-18 || ep. 4 || 24.7% (0.78%) || 25.6% (0.39%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-21 || ep. 5 || 24.4% (0.70%) || 25.5% (0.38%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-22 || ep. 6 || 26.8% (0.43%)|| 26.7% (0.43%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-23 || ep. 7 || 29.5% (1.67%) || 29.2% (1.65%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-24 || ep. 8 || 29.9% (1.69%)|| 29.6% (1.68%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-25 || ep. 9 || 31.0% (1.85%)|| 30.8% (1.83%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-28 || ep.10 || 34.1% (2.90%)|| 35.7% (2.98%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-29 || ep.11 || 35.5% (2.98%)|| 35.4% (2.96%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-30 || ep.12 || 36.7% (2.99%)|| 36.6% (2.99%)
|- align=center
| 2006-08-31 || ep.13 || 36.4% (2.99%)|| 35.9% (2.99%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-01 || ep.14 || 32.3% (1.88%)|| 31.9% (1.86%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-04 || ep.15 || 32.5% (1.88%)|| 32.0% (1.88%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-05 || ep.16 || 34.9% (2.97%)|| 33.8% (2.00%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-06 || ep.17 || 37.0% (3.00%)|| 37.1% (3.01%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-07 || ep.18 || 39.4% (3.88%)|| 39.3% (3.88%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-08 || ep.19 || 39.6% (3.88%)|| 39.9% (3.90%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-11 || ep.20 || 40.0% (4.98%)|| 39.9% (3.90%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-12 || ep.21 || 42.2% (5.17%)|| 40.7% (5.09%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-13 || ep.22 || 42.6% (5.18%)|| 42.9% (5.20%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-14 || ep.23 || 42.3% (5.17%)|| 42.8% (5.19%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-15 || ep.24 || 40.7% (5.09%)|| 40.8% (5.09%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-18 || ep.25 || 39.9% (3.95%)|| 40.1% (4.98%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-19 || ep.26 || 41.4% (4.92%)|| 41.7% (4.97%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-20 || ep.27 || 43.5% (5.86%)|| 44.4% (5.17%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-21 || ep.28 || 40.0% (4.98%)|| 41.7% (5.12%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-22 || ep.29 || 40.0% (4.98%)|| 40.2% (5.00%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-25 || ep.30 || 41.1% (4.92%)|| 42.6% (5.18%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-26 || ep.31 || 41.5% (4.92%)|| 43.3% (5.85%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-27 || ep.32 || 36.6% (2.99%)|| 38.5% (3.06%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-28 || ep.33 || 43.1% (5.84%)|| 43.9% (5.89%)
|- align=center
| 2006-09-29 || ep.34 || 40.6% (4.99%)|| 40.9% (5.01%)
|- align=center
| 2006-10-02 || ep.35 || 39.7% (3.95%)|| 39.9% (3.98%)
|- align=center
| 2006-10-03 || ep.36 || 42.8% (5.18%)|| 43.3% (5.87%)
|- align=center
| 2006-10-04 || ep.37 || 43.6% (5.84%)|| 44.5% (5.86%)
|- align=center
| 2006-10-05 || ep.38 || 44.8% (5.87%)|| 45.5% (5.88%)
|- align=center
| 2006-10-06 || ep.39 || 47.6% (5.90%)|| 48.0% (5.95%)
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! colspan="2" | average || '''36.3% (3.58%)''' || '''34.4% (3.50%)'''
|}

==External Links==
*[http://www.chinatv.com.tw/event/2006/the-hospital/ CTV Official Site]
*[http://the-hospital.com/ The Hospital Official Hompage]

[[Category:TWDrama]] [[Category:TWDrama2006]] [[Category:CTV]]