- Please switch with me. - Don't worry.
- I will do it here. - Switch with me!
- I said I'll do it! - Out of the way!
- Intestines spatula. - Yes.
- Suction. - Yes.
I will forbid you from performing any future acts of medical treatment.
Ain't this the long-awaited chance...
...for our genius doctor to do it?
What do ya do, Saburo!?
For excellent surgeons...
...their hands are so beautiful.
"You are not permitted to go back down the staircase."
For me, I still haven't...
...gone up that staircase yet.
- Director. - Yeah.
This means unless you allow the Deputy Director to do what he wishes from here on...
...then he's resolved to sell himself off to the police.
That's true.
We seem to be holding onto a ticking bomb.
A bomb, huh...
I'd like to confirm this...
...but since from here on out he'll be pushing the police at us...
...we should content ourselves with undertaking...
...some social restrictions on ourselves.
I'm sorry. I didn't hear that.
Understood.
"He's an unlicensed doctor!"
"That's a lie!"
"Saburo's Cell Phone"
Yes...
Ah... Sorry.
For not having called you in a while...
Truth is, the Director at the Mikotojima Medical Clinic collapsed.
It was sudden, and I couldn't contact you.
Akiko?
What's the matter?
I'm going to... lie down for a bit.
Ah, I see.
I'm sorry.
- So long... - Yeah.
Yeah.
"You're not gonna quit being a quack doctor, are you?"
"I'll put an end to this."
"Don't pull it out!"
I know you'll say that apologizing won't end this problem.
But...
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, too...
I understand at last.
That you want to protect Saburo-kun.
Will you be going back over there as well, Aki?
I'm certain he will...
...before much longer...
And when that time comes, I want to be at his side.
"My destruction..."
"...is just around the corner."
"Advanced Critical Care"
"For a New Obstetrics and Gynecology Department"
"If I'm going to fall anyway..."
"...it might as well be from a much higher spot..."
Heiwa Fansubs Presents: "Kumo no Kaidan" "Staircase of Clouds"
Episode 9: "Save My Wife and Fetus! The Last Operation Before My Arrest"
I'm turning off the fire.
"Maternity Handbook"
"Search Results Search Results - 0"
"Name: Aikawa Saburo"
I...
...heard all about it from Dad.
Just... who are you?
I've been... thinking all this time.
The day when I first met you...
...on that island.
Akiko...
When I was half-dead... on that island...
...and I was brought into that island clinic.
When I woke up...
...what I saw was your friendly face.
You who were dressed in a white coat.
Just who was the you...
...of that time?
Just who was it that saved my life?
That story is...
Have you been... lying to me ever since that time?
Who have I...
...been with all this time?
Who have I been beside?
Whose arms have been embracing me?
Was the you I knew...
...all a lie?
The saddest thing for me has been...
...not that you are an unlicensed doctor...
...but that...
...you have been...
...lying to me this entire time.
Does Akiko-san...
...know?
Has she known all this time?
You won't answer me anything...
I'm very sorry.
"Tasaka General Hospital"
What is the Deputy Director doing?
Dunno.
Seems he's been sleeping here the past few days.
"Was the you I knew... all a lie?"
"The you I met on that island..."
"I didn't see lies in you."
"Please don't leave me alone!"
"I'm scared."
Ah, hello? Saki-chan?
Yes.! What's up? Brother-in-law, you're at work, aren't you?
Yeah. If...
If possible, I wondered if you couldn't...
...be with Akiko.
- Are you coming here now? - Eh?
Look... Brother-in-law is worried, too.
You understand?
This is just your typical case of the maternity blues, right?
Want me to switch with her?
Ah, no, that's okay... That's okay.
- Thank you very much. - Don't worry.
Ah, sorry. I'm in the middle of making some food for her right now. So long.
Onee-chan, I'm envious of how much he loves you.
"Tasaka General Hospital Medical Care Reform Proposal"
"Reform Proposal"?
Deputy Director, what is this? What is this about?
I want to radically overhaul how this hospital should be.
How it should be?
What radical changes?
The first major change is on the next page...
We will turn this Tasaka General Hospital...
...into a Critical Care Center!
Another audacious thing.
Whatever kind of patient comes, we will accept them...
...because we will have implemented advanced medical technology.
However, given our hospital's current performance...
...our standing in the country is going down.
Therefore what is necessary...
...is that we aim to improve our current Emergency Center...
...and make it fundamental that we will not decline accepting patients...
...to both improve our performance and to raise our standing in the country.
In order to do this...
...do you know how much in personnel expenses that would take?
Approximately 230 million yen a year. ($2.6 million)
In addition, with the increased number of beds...
...the purchase of medical care equipment and parts...
...as well as renovations to our facilities, about 2 billion yen. ($21 million)
Scandalous...
If you think just by making this ridiculous proposal...
What's ridiculous about it?
Your analysis is excellent. Well then, what about the financing for it?
First off, by increasing the work that can be outsourced...
...we can save approximately 100 million yen a year.
I see. And then?
Next, our Todoroki branch does hardly any actual work.
We should close it.
And then after that, there is the Tasaka villa in Kawaguchiko...
That is in the hospital's name.
It should be sold.
Does our Deputy Director intend to turn himself into a Don Quixote?
Though you forbid him performing any medical care the other day...
...you'll let him do as he likes when it comes to reforming the hospital?
What's this all about?
It's none of your business.
We need to talk.
You're just in time. So do I.
What was that earlier?!
Did you two know about this?
No, not at all. I was astonished by it as well.
Just because he's the "Deputy Director"...
...you can't just let him do whatever selfish thing he likes, can you?
Director, why don't you say something?
- May I say something, Board Chairman? - What is it?
Truth is, neither I nor the Director can stop him.
What do you mean?
He is, for our hospital, a bomb.
A bomb?
Truth is, the Deputy Director is...
...an unlicensed doctor.
What was that just now?
Saburo-kun does not have a doctor's license.
Wait... That's...
That is correct.
Eh? It can't be, "That is correct," now can it?!
Dear!
Hisatsune-kun.
The Deputy Director has operated several times now...
...and was examining outpatient clinic patients nearly every day.
How could such...
What responsibility the hospital side has in this would be called into question, wouldn't it?
Well, that's why.
This is your responsibility.
The Board Chairman is friends with Secretary General Kataoka of the "People's Party."
We found out about this after he had performed the operation on that gentleman.
Then, even though you knew he was an unlicensed doctor...
...you still allowed him to marry Ako?!
If Ako knew...
Ako knows already.
Eh?
Saburo-kun is Ako's savior.
I'm sure this must be painful for her.
Director...
This is all your responsibility.
No, that's not true, Board Chairman.
Here.
"Contract for Employment" The one in charge of his employment...
"Tasaka Yoshie"
...and who signed his contract papers was you, Board Chairman.
What the...
It's certainly true I recommended Saburo-kun to you, but...
...you make the decisions when it comes to personnel matters.
The Deputy Director is an unlicensed doctor...
Ah... I see.
Onee-chan, what about your bath?
In that case, you should hurry and go to bed.
"Maternity Handbook"
I heard from Setsuko-san earlier.
She said the Director was coming along satisfactorily.
I see. That's great.
Thank you.
How's the wound on your arm?
It's fine.
Were you arguing with the Board Chairman at the meeting?
What are you trying to do?
You'll see.
I heard you haven't gone home for several days now.
Is that okay?
- Leaving Akiko-san all alone. - That has nothing to do with you, now does it.
I'm sorry.
She's...
...found out about...
...my identity.
Eh?
You're already... at your limit.
I know that.
"What can I be as a doctor?"
"Ako-san's life"
"Not yet."
"While... I'm the me I am..."
Well then, I will continue with my previous proposal.
That's...
...enough.
What do you mean?
I, as Board Chairman, hereby give my approval to...
...this reform proposal.
That's fine, isn't it?
That will be all for today.
She let it go...
Each and every one of them...
Deputy Director.
Up until now...
...I haven't given much consideration to your proposals.
But a Critical Care Center...
That's been a dream of mine.
Thank you very much.
No.
This is where I want the Emergency Entrance to be.
Make certain the width is large enough to efficiently and quickly bring them in...
...and I want the route to the Treatment Room to be a straight line.
Understood. And then...
Here are the plans for the first floor.
And these are the plans for the 2nd floor.
Please bring the location of the restroom closer to the 2nd Examination Room.
It's important they have a sense of security in their feeling of distance.
Here is the Treatment Room.
I had Sakiko go on an errand.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know all along either.
You don't have to just endure this.
This is so absurd.
Anyhow, please get divorced.
Okay?
And the baby, too...
To keep it even now...
No...
I absolutely won't do that!
Please calm down, Ako.
He's a fraud!
A criminal even!
Such a man is...
Anyhow, hurry and get divorced from him.
In that case... shouldn't you be turning him over to the police?
Well, there's...
...various circumstances...
To Mama...
...there's something other than people's lives...
...that you just have to protect, isn't there?
- There's this person I'm with, right... - Yeah.
Just how much I can trust this person I'm with...
...seems to be what I'm talking about.
What's this out of the blue about?
For example...
Whether I could share this secret I have with this person... is it.
Is there some secret you can't share with me?
How about you?
You don't?
I don't.
Ah, I see...
You're disappointed?
Then, I don't have one, either.
Yeah.
You can sell this apartment as you please.
Any personal belongings of mine that are here, just dispose of them as you see fit.
Whenever you run out of money, come tell me at any time.
I see.
You're organizing your affairs before entering the political arena.
Just what you'd expect of a woman with a good head on her shoulders.
Thanks for that.
A formal request to run for office came in to me today.
I was treated to the finest eel.
Ohh...
In other words, you're saying I'm a malignant tumor that needs cutting out, right?
"Malignant" is overstating things.
I'm...
...thinking of quitting as a doctor.
Hmm... Why?
I wonder if I'd make a good politician's secretary?
Can you find the back way?
Then, counting on you.
My information fee?
No thank you.
Thanks for your hard work.
Ehh...
I'll go off to some remote spot, too.
Maybe I'll even go to Africa.
So long.
The position of the ICU air conditioning should come out right above the bed.
Please try to contact the design office as soon as possible.
Even if this is for free, you're behind schedule.
We're sorry.
The interior will be completed soon.
It's incredible.
I've gotten approval to build...
...an Advanced Critical Care Center here across 3 years.
So I have to last for 3 years.
3 years...
Deputy Director, do you have a moment for the construction of the outer wall?
Here are the plans.
What is going on?
"Unlicensed Doctor"
"Hospital's Unlicensed Doctor" No way. What is this? What does it mean?
The Deputy Director is an unlicensed doctor?!
"Fake Doctor Island Medical Clinic"
There's an incredible number of TV station reporters outside.
Akiko-san, don't tell me you knew about this?
Please take care of it. I'll be going outside to have a look.
"The Deputy Director of a General Hospital in Tokyo, Minato-ku..."
"Suspicion of an Unlicensed Doctor" "...even though he isn't licensed as a doctor..."
"...was, without a doubt, practicing medicine..."
Seriously?
Won't our backgrounds be called into question because of this, too?
No way!
Where's Takamiya-sensei?
All her personal belongings are gone.
Her actions were too quick.
What'll we do?
"This means whenever something occurs..."
"...the trust from patients as well as trouble for medical care itself won't be there..."
"The man, who was previously with Tokyo's Mikotojima..."
Onee-chan!
Excuse me, um... Your phone keeps ringing...
Please just leave it.
Ah, it's okay for you to go home already.
Ako?
You mustn't! The press is surging around us right now...
Hello?!
Oi.
Where is he?
- Oh, ala! - Ah!
You're Deputy Director Tasaka, aren't you?
Please comment on this matter of you being an unlicensed doctor.
- Please! - Deputy Director!
- Is it true that you're unlicensed? - Please answer!
- Is it you? - Just a word!
Get in!
Hurry!
It'll be okay...
It'll be okay.
They'll probably sniff us out here before long, too, won't they?
What'll we do...
This is... enough already.
I don't intend to run away.
Aki.
Aki, are you in?
It's Takaoka-kun...
Takaoka-kun.
It's not too late even now.
You can fly abroad from "Haneda Airport."
Takaoka-kun...
You two run away. Run away.
Don't! You mustn't take it!
Turn off the power! Oi!
Yes?
Saki-chan... what's the matter?
I can't understand you if you're crying.
Onee-chan and Mama...
What's happened?
Onee-chan and Mama were in an accident!
An accident?
A scaffold from a construction site fell and...
Where's the construction site?
- At our hospital. - Eh?
Onee-chan and Mama were buried under it...
They were buried? Both of them?
They were brought in right away, but...
We'll examine them in the outpatient clinic.
Akiko-san, you'll be okay.
Director!
- Who else is around? - Only the Surgeon Fujiwara and myself.
Fujiwara and the interns are treating the lightly injured casualties.
Isn't there anyone else?!
They all ran away in the uproar over the Deputy Director!
Sakiko-san is trying to reach him right now.
Who?!
There aren't enough doctors.
There aren't enough doctors?
Nogami-san asked me to call you, Brother-in-law.
Please... Save them...
Saki-chan?
I'm no longer...
Onee-chan has been calling out your name all this time.
Saburo-san.
Saburo-san...
Stop this and go!
You'll get caught if you go there now.
Even the police will have started moving on you by now.
And not just you, Saburo-kun, but Aki'll get caught, too.
If you two run far away, you can live together.
I'll get a taxi to come.
With this...
...it will come to an end at last...
...Young Doctor.
I'm coming, too.
From the ultrasound, there's a suspicion of an abdominal hemorrhage.
If the bleeding continues like this, not only will there be a miscarriage...
...but the mother's body will be in danger as well.
The baby...
Understood. Then, I'll give the anesthesia.
Ako... Ako...
Ako...
She'll be fine! Nogami-kun is working on her.
Director! She's getting frequent arrhythmias!
- Okay, let's hurry with the operation. - Yes!
Out of consideration for the victims, please all of you don't come any further.
Could you at least tell us what the damage situation is?
Um, I know only a little about that as yet. As soon as I do find out, I...
Ah! The Deputy Director! Deputy Director!
Deputy Director! Deputy Director!
- Deputy Director! - It is true you are unlicensed?
It is true you are unlicensed? Deputy Director!
Please comment for us, Deputy Director!
Well then, I will begin the emergency laparotomy.
- Scalpel. - Yes.
Nogami-sensei! The Board Chairman has had a heart arrest!
I'll return right away.
It's a Vf!
- Lidocane, 1 amp. - Yes!
Is there anywhere else that's hurting?
- Are you okay? - Yes.
I wonder if by letting you through I become an accomplice, too?
Still, saving patients is my satisfaction.
Chief Nurse...
Hurry.
Switching with you.
I cannot allow you to operate!
Director.
Do you think Yoshie would want this?
Do you think Yoshie would want Tasaka General Hospital, with its 80 years of history she was protecting...
...or herself to be saved by an unlicensed doctor?!
It's fine that everyone knows about this.
It's fine if everyone says...
...that I'm a worthless, fake doctor!
Director!
Go to Akiko!
It's suspected that Akiko-san has an internal hemorrhage in her abdominal cavity.
She's all prepped. Please take care of her.
Akiko-san has a baby inside her.
Let's definitely save them.
We absolutely can't let them die!
What are her vitals?
Blood pressure, 80 over 43, pulse 120.
Here's her echogram.
Fully open her IV, please.
Akiko-san, let's do our best together.
"At that time, there was something I wanted to ask you."
Let's begin.
- Scalpel. - Yes.
"Would you, sometime during your life..."
"...one day..."
"...come to regret this?"
- Hook pin. Electric scalpel. - Hook pin.
I guess it is true about him being an unlicensed doctor?
- Just one word, please. - Please make a comment!
- Are you going to make an arrest? - Please comment.
You're going to make an arrest, aren't you?
- Retractor. - Yes.
Suction, please.
"At that time..."
"...there was something I wanted to ask you."
"Did you ever regret..."
"...having met me?"
This Drama is fictional. All names, including island and hospital names are fictional.
In addition, the practice of medicine by unlicensed persons is prohibited by law.
Ultimate Medical Love Suspense
Finally The Conclusion