At Fifty-Five, I Put on the White Coat Again
Bai Yuwan, a 55-year-old village doctor, discovers that her husband has used their 200,000 yuan retirement savings to buy a shared burial plot for himself and his first love. She resolutely divorces him and stays on alone at the village clinic. Reclaiming her identity as Doctor Bai, she restores proper medical procedures, exposes a fraudulent health supplement scheme exploiting her name, and confronts her own mistake of missing a patient's call. Zhao Zhili, a retired medical equipment technician who understands the importance of boundaries, gradually becomes her companion. Her ex-husband and his first love struggle to look after themselves, while her children learn to stop making decisions for her. Bai Yuwan establishes clear boundaries between family and career, protects her work and sense of self, and lives out her later years with independence and composure.
Main characters: Bai Yuwan, Zhao Zhili
Supporting characters: Sun Zhenwei, Han Baoqin
Also known as: 五十五岁，我重新穿上白大褂
At Fifty-Five, I Put on the White Coat Again (44 episodes)
Bai Yuwan, a 55-year-old village doctor, discovers that her husband has used their 200,000 yuan retirement savings to buy a shared burial plot for himself and…
Bai Yuwan, a 55-year-old village doctor, discovers that her husband has used their 200,000 yuan retirement savings to buy a shared burial plot for himself and his first love. She resolutely divorces him and stays on alone at the village clinic. Reclaiming her identity as Doctor Bai, she restores proper medical procedures, exposes a fraudulent health supplement scheme exploiting her name, and confronts her own mistake of missing a patient's call. Zhao Zhili, a retired medical equipment technician who understands the importance of boundaries, gradually becomes her companion. Her ex-husband and his first love struggle to look after themselves, while her children learn to stop making decisions for her. Bai Yuwan establishes clear boundaries between family and career, protects her work and sense of self, and lives out her later years with independence and composure.
五十五岁，我重新穿上白大褂