What inspired you to pursue a career in respiratory medicine?

I didn’t aim to become a respiratory physician when I was a student, and I spent my first year as a resident at a city hospital that did not have a respiratory medicine department. As I rotated through various medical departments, I saw many patients with poor respiratory conditions, and vaguely wanted to become a doctor who could properly manage respiratory care.
During my second year of training in respiratory medicine at a university hospital, I was involved in various medical treatments, such as malignant tumors, interstitial lung disease, allergies, and infectious diseases, and I realized how diverse the field was. I was also attracted to the variety of procedures, such as bronchoscopy, thoracic drainage, and thoracentesis. I chose respiratory medicine because I thought that it would be easy to find a field that suits me and interests me, not just respiratory management, even after joining the hospital.