While watching Hospital Playlist, I had deja vu like moments that reminded me of Soul Mechanic. Both are showing the private and professional lives of people working in the health care system. They also both tell beautiful and sometimes heart-wrenching stories of the patients and their families. Many scenes are about the doctor visiting the wards in the hospital and interacting with the patients.
Although definitively different shows, there is a slice of life feel to both (much more present in HP). Primarily, the scenes in WTWIF that focus on the village and its people reminded me of the scenes in HP where we see the doctors and patients in the hospital interacting with each other in a way that isn't fully "necessary" to the overall plot. Both shows have a very calming effect while still dealing with heavy topics.
Hospital Playlist is a medical drama, much like Unsung Cinderella. I love both of these dramas because they are heartwarming and just very lovely in general. In comparison, Hospital Playlist is focused around a group of doctors, whereas Unsung Cinderella is more focused on one pharmacist. Hospital Playlist also has less detail about the patients and their stories, and more detail about the actual doctors and their lives. All in all, they are both amazing medical dramas.
I'm putting this recommendation specifically because of one of the romantic pairings in Hospital Playlist. It has a similar concept to the one depicted in Love So Divine: a guy practicing to become a priest is stuck in a bind when a girl starts making him feel some type of way ^^ This specific ship in Hospital Playlist (named Winter Garden) is a slow burn romance, much like the couple in Love so Divine. I watched Love so Divine after watching Hospital Playlist and couldn't help but think of Winter Garden while watching the movie.
