Ajou University Medical Center will then discuss with local authorities whether to move Oh to a military hospital. The most urgent task remaining is to fix his enterostenosis, or the abnormal narrowing of his intestine, which was caused by a bullet that penetrated the organ. Several government officials told the JoongAng Ilbo that Oh regained consciousness Monday morning. When doctors tried to talk to him, he blinked his eyes in response, but could not speak at the time. Oh began talking Tuesday, a government source said, when he suddenly cried, “Oh, it hurts!” It remains unclear precisely what rank Oh held in North Korea,  but the South’s National Intelligence Service told the parliamentary Intelligence Committee last week that it appeared he used to work in the JSA as a staff sergeant, given the uniform he was wearing when he defected. Pyongyang has not made any remarks on the case yet. During his first briefing to the press, Lee said an “incredible amount of parasites,” including roundworms, was found in Oh’s stomach, something he and his team have “never seen” in a Korean person before, which was complicating surgeries. The comment faced backlash from some critics, who accused Lee of violating medical ethics rules, which prohibit doctors from disclosing their patients’ personal medical information. Lee said Wednesday he had negotiated the entire process with the South Korean military and exposed only what the government had allowed, adding the general public also had the right to know about Oh’s conditions.