India, Oct. 20 -- South Korean actor Kim Ji Won is back on the small screen, trading the glamour of her record-breaking k-drama Queen of Tears for surgeries and hospital politics in the ongoing series Doctor X: Mafia in White. Adapted from the popular Japanese series Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon, the medical noir premiered on October 9 and recorded its highest nationwide rating of 18.5% by its fourth episode, according to Nielsen Korea.

Airing on Netflix, the series follows Gye Su Jeong (Kim Ji Won), a gifted freelance surgeon nicknamed the "mad dog of the operating room" for her fearless approach. Her latest assignment takes her to Guseo University Seonam Medical Center, where director Bu Seung Gwon is struggling to keep the hospita...