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An ACLS Instructor and an anaesthesiologist who abides strictly to the Good Pharmacy Practice Guideline. Tenacious in doing good and perceived as inflexible, also fears additional responsibility; where he mentioned that anaesthesiologists have no room for mistakes and that he does not want to become the Head of Anaesthesiology. Hsiao is one of the anaesthesiologist in Ren Xin Hospital and is the only anaesthesiologist of the day shift. Due to prolonged work hours and mental stress, he suffers from insomnia and thus treasures his off time. In the second episode, a patient died from a rare anaesthesia complication (Malignant Hyperthermia, MK) during a medical operation and Hsiao was blamed for the accident and suspended from duty due to his prolonged deprivation of sleep and alcoholism. In the fifth episode, he was framed for the murder of Zeng Guo Zhang. In the sixth episode, he was listed as a wanted criminal and helped in the life-saving of the bus accident at Min An Hospital. He takes a long vacation and is staying with psychiatrist Yang Wei Yu at the ending.

Hsiao used to be on the basketball team in his junior high school. Both his parents had died and it was mentioned that he was on duty when his mother died.

A psychiatrist who suppresses her own emotions for her profession. In the first episode, she almost bumped into Hsiao, one of her patient, while she was riding. In the third episode, she saw a depressed Hsiao and attempts to help him by getting him to face his past trauma. In the fourth episode, it was revealed that her family from her mother side has a history of depression, hence motivating her to become a psychiatrist. In the fifth episode, she helped to hide Hsiao when he was wanted by the police for the murder of Zeng Guo Zhang. She also mentioned to Hsiao that she faces speech and language impairment, hence she is unable to respond to Hsiao's complaints promptly. Admires Hsiao, and similar to him, likes to listen to Air on the G string in C major while jogging. In the last episode, she stayed by the side of the hospitalised Song Zhao Ying.

A 34-years old STS Insurance Company agent who frequents Ren Xin Hospital. In the fifth episode, it was revealed that Yeh was once a physician at Li De Hospital and also a student of Chen Hsien Rong, but was suspended because of an incident where a patient died because of the hospital's refusal to accept him. He is an enthusiastic insurance agent and often promotes insurance plans to La Mi and the other hospital staffs of Ren Xin Hospital. After the death of Madam Zeng, he helps Hsiao in clearing his name, while harbouring his own agenda. In the fourth episode, he exposed Ren Xin Hospital's misdeeds to the media, and also helped Zeng Guo Zhang by explaining the situation to Zeng's creditor. In the fifth person, Hsiao and Yang found out that Yeh was the one who murdered Zeng and Song Zhao Ying and also, framed Hsiao for the doings. It was also revealed that he helped Zeng in devising the insurance fraud, where it was also his revenge back at Chen. In the last episode, Yeh was reminded of the time when he received his junior, also a physician involved in the Li De Hospital embroilment, Lin Hong Ren's suicide note. He helped in the life-saving of the bus accident at Min An Hospital and turned himself into the police at the ending.

The Chief Physician of Ren Xin Hospital, Chen Hsien Rong places the improvement of the hospital as the utmost importance, even to the extent of sacrificing others to achieve his aspiration. A leading expert in the field of Nephrology and also a surgical professor. In the second episode, he sent an already dead Madam Zeng to the ICU to hide the fact of an unsuccessful operation, and also admitted to the cost-cutting of the hospital's expenses which results in the hospital landing into a problematic situation. He confessed to the media and resigned from his duty in the fourth episode. It was revealed in the fifth episode that he was once the Head Surgeon of Li De Hospital, and also caused the Li De incident. He sacrificed his students Yeh Jian De and Lin Hong Ren so that he is able to head abroad for advanced studies. In the last episode, he returned to the first hospital he worked at, Min De Hospital to serve as a physician on the night shift.

From the Li De Hospital incident six years ago till present, Chen has committed forgeries of operation reports and medicine expiration, where Yeh finds him already a part of the corrupted hospital system. After the entire incident, Chen is still in the line of duty as a Head Physician in another hospital.

Wang Chen Yu is Ren Xin Hospital's residing physician. In the first episode, he rushed to ask Hsiao to assist in the anaesthesia of the Councilman's wife during her labour, but was rejected by Hsiao who was handling an urgent case. In the second episode, he explained to Zeng Guo Zhang the death cause of Madam Zeng, but later on revealed to Yeh that the death cause was actually due to use of an expired anaesthetic injection Dantrolene as the hospital was cutting costs.

Assistant Chief Physician of Ren Xin Hospital, Wu Tzu-Chiang is the Chen Hsien Rong's junior. He often speaks in favour of Chen and has a good relationship with the Councilman. In the third episode, Wu hands in his resignation letter over the Dantrolene incident but was rejected. He then became the Chief Physician in the final episode.

Song Zhao Ying is the girlfriend of Zeng Guo Zhang, but was never accepted by Madam Zhang. The medical operation of Madam Zhang reunited her with former schoolmate Hsiao Zheng Xun, hence reminding them both of their traumatic past. In the fifth episode, she was hit on the head by the intruder who murdered Zeng Guo Zhang. In the final episode, her condition worsened but was saved by Wang Chen Yu, and woke up from coma in the finale.

Zeng Guo Zhang is the boyfriend of Song Zhao Ying. He lost his mother in a failed medical operation, and thus harbours resentment towards Hsiao, who was blamed for the death. He is the client of insurance agent Yeh Jian De. In episode four, Song Zhao Ying discovered that Zeng's grandfather has died from Malignant Hyperthermia and that Zeng had purposefully hid the medical history in an attempt of an insurance fraud. He was murdered in the fifth episode.

Lin Hong Ren was a student of Chen Hsien Rong, and has a similar attitude towards saving lives to Hsiao. He took the blame of the Li De Hospital incident. Suffering from the stress of public opinions and the inability to find a new job or get reinstated in duty, he committed suicide at the age of 27.

Ren Xin Hospital's anaesthetic nurse, also the working partner of Hsiao. Because of the shortage of manpower at the hospital, she has to help out at the nursing station as a receptionist.

A teenage Hsiao was forced to rape her, but he turned berserk and attacked the bullies, thus saving them both. She transferred school immediately after the incident, which caused a trauma in Hsiao.

Was forced to rape the teenage Song Zhao Ying, which caused him nightmares ever since. It was revealed that he was the one who informed the school authorities about school bullying, and that he went berserk and attacked the bullies which resulted in him being injured.