What's the number one thing you doctors should do?
It's to determine a clean, simple treatment based on collected data.
So what the hell is all of this?
Can you quit it with this crap?
It makes me ashamed to be called a doctor.
Please let me join the Pathology Department!
I'll lend this to you.
Tell me what it's afflicted with.
If you can't do something this easy, we don't need you here.
Looks like the Pathology Department's trying to give the full diagnosis themselves!
You have to perform more tests to find out the type of cancer!
That's enough.
You trying to kill your patient?
No matter what...
He stands by his diagnoses with absolute faith.
There's no room for doubt.
There's a chance a larger tumour is present in the abdomen.
What the Pathology Department suggests is
you perform a CT scan on his abdomen immediately.
I just couldn't understand a thing.
All I know is how to treat patients.
I don't know how to save lives at all.
I'm sorry for letting you down.
You pass.
I pass?
If you want to give it a shot...
Then come to the Pathology Department.
I'll do it.
Please let me join the Pathology Department!
subs by kurokouchi on d-addicts/livejournal did you pay for this? you some kinda moron?
For every group of 1,000 people in Japan,
there are 2.4 doctors.
Without a doubt, there aren't enough of them.
So doctors are always pressed for time.
Whenever you try to tell a doctor what's wrong with you,
the truth is...
Most of those doctors...
... spend only 10 seconds thinking of the diagnosis.
Here's what a pathology report looks like.
The samples come from other departments and have to be checked under a microscope,
and it's our job to fill out the diagnosis.
Got it!
The departments' doctors then use this report as a basis to confirm their diagnoses and find the right treatment.
Right!
Good morning!
Mornin'.
Thanks a lot.
I'm sorry, Morii-san, but...
I know this is a stomach biopsy, so...
Isn't this in group III?
My talents as a lab technician include creating samples using machines and putting them into slides.
But not teaching you how to make diagnoses!
I can't teach squat either.
Good morning.
Good morning!
G'morn.
Dr. Miyazaki?
How's pathology working out for you?
Right...
I've got a whole bunch of stuff I have to memorise, but I'm trying!
That's Dr. Kishi for you.
As the only power in the Pathology Department, he's top class.
Isn't that right, Dr. Kishi?
Answer me, please.
Sure.
Don't "sure" me.
You're going to train this one well.
Right?
Well, up 'till now everyone who joined us quit immediately after.
While Dr. Kishi's diagnoses are highly accurate,
all these fights with the other doctors cause too much trouble!
Stop being such a bother!
Look what you did...
I'll keep that in mind.
The Pathology Department is the hardest to provide for.
So if you keep making trouble, whether you're the best or not,
you won't leave the hospital any choice.
I hope you mean what you say.
You too, Dr. Miyazaki.
Please cooperate.
Of course!
Stop making decisions on your own.
What's "leaving the hospital any choice" mean?
It's about dissolving our department.
Still, if this department goes poof,
pathologists are in-demand, so there's no need to worry.
Well...
If you got any skills, anyhow.
That's why you have to teach her properly!
You got it?
No, um...
But about this...
If things pile up, I won't be able to go home by 5.
I'm sorry?
"If teaching in-between work means I have to do overtime, then hell no,"
is what he means.
Well that's fine by me!
I'll do my best on my own!
Good morning!
Good morning.
How'd it go yesterday?
Poorly.
10 seconds in and I wanted to leave.
It was a blind date.
Isn't 10 seconds too quick?
Well, it only takes 10 seconds to figure out whether you'd like a person or not.
Right, Dr. Kishi?
Obviously I couldn't leave in just 10 seconds.
So I suffered for 5 whole minutes instead.
Wasn't it awkward?
You're a doctor, aren't you?
Yes...
When you're called straight from the hospital, you can't just leave.
Anyway, you're studying pathology, right? Can you do it?
Well, I can't say if I can handle it or not, but...
Say, tell me...
... when's the last time you had a man?
No, no! There's no-one in my life!
You're so easy to read! You cutiepie!
I like you!
Please don't tease me!
She's real easy to get, isn't she?
10 seconds, huh...
Yep! 10 seconds!
I'll go ahead.
Thanks for everything today.
Um, what am I supposed to do?
If you ain't got work, then go home.
Sure, but...
Thanks for today's help.
Here's to another long night.
Now, then...
Morii-san, can I borrow this?
It's fine, but...
I just want to compare my work with Dr. Kishi's, is all.
You're studying, huh?
I didn't get to accomplish anything all day, so...
I'll do my best.
Isn't it okay to take your time?
I'm just saying, like...
Well, your goal right now is to pass the exam and be a certified pathologist, right?
Just taking the exams requires 4 years of pathological experience.
So I'm saying it's fine to use that for studying.
After taking the specialisation exam...
You'll be doing pathology for the rest of your life.
I know.
Did you know?
The passing mark for the certification exam is 60%.
It's all right to get 40% of it wrong?
If it were real life, it'd be a misdiagnosis!
It's not like you need a perfect score to pass the general doctors' board exams, either.
I got 80% there.
Don't get cocky after getting 20% of it misdiagnosed.
I'm just teasing.
Give it your all.
Right!
Thank you so much.
We need a direct current!
We're on our way!
Doctor, we need you here!
Yoji Otsuka, 50 year old male.
His wife discovered him unconscious in their home.
Was it alcohol?
About how much does he drink?
I'm sorry, but I don't know.
It's likely acute alcohol poisoning.
Dr. Kuraki, come here please!
I'm coming.
I doubt he was drinking at all!
We haven't got any alcohol at home,
and we don't just buy it out of nowhere...
I'm sorry, but please wait outside.
Take him to line 2.
Give me a blood cell count and his biochemistry.
Yes, sir!
Take a CAT scan of his head, too.
Yes!
There's blood in his urine.
Give this to Pathology just in case.
Yes, sir.
Um...
Dr. Kuraki!
I'll leave it to you.
Right.
Yes, what is it?
What do I do...
Oh, no...
How long has Dr. Miyazaki been out back?
5 minutes should be fine for her.
Hurry and take an X-ray! There're more coming in!
I'm sorry, but right now I'm...
Stop wasting time!
I'm sorry!
Go and get it done!
Hand me that.
Here.
I'm pretty sure that's too tough a job for Dr. Miyazaki.
All she has to do is hand out a paper.
Even a kid can do something that easy.
Hey, Kuraki, does the guy really have an alcohol problem? Do us all a favour and check it out properly, will you?
Kishi
Do us all a favour and check it out properly, will you?
Kishi
How am I supposed to give him something like this?
Oh! Um...
Which one here is Dr. Kuraki?
Dr. Kuraki, you're needed here!
Coming!
I need some help here!
Here!
Excuse me, I'm Miyazaki from Pathology.
Pathology?
Right.
About Otsuka-san's exam, well, Dr. Kishi had a little something to say...
To me?
Yes.
A question?
Well, I wouldn't necessarily call it a question...
About who again?
Otsuka-san from last night.
He was diagnosed with acute alcohol poisoning, but...
About that...
You have 2 minutes.
2 minutes?
I'll listen for as long as I wash my hands.
But, um, about that, it's like...
Listen.
1 minute and 50 seconds left.
Right!
You know, Dr. Kishi, asking Dr. Miyazaki to go for you is only gonna end terribly.
What's terrible is that patient.
That might be true, but...
It's the usual case where a patient's diagnosed in 10 seconds.
We received a sample of urine with blood in it, but...
The information that you gave us wasn't enough for us to issue a proper medical record.
Alcohol poisoning is all it is.
We believe that alcohol wasn't the only cause here.
You didn't actually see the body, right?
Yes, but based on the acidity and the levels of gas in the arterial blood...
You didn't see the patient yourself.
I know that, but...!
If the guy really is just suffering from alcohol poisoning,
he'd have a higher blood acidity, right?
The values we found out for his blood don't match the disease at all.
So I wonder why this guy's so damn sure it's alcohol poisoning.
Well, there's nothing we can do about it.
It's always busy in the ER.
We're pretty busy here too, though.
I wonder whose fault that is?
Probably mine.
Otsuka-san, we're here to check up on you!
He's all yours, Doctor.
Otsuka-san!
How much alcohol did you drink last night?
Everyone knows you've been drinking!
Only a little.
But when they brought you into an ambulance, they said you really smelled like it.
I said I only drank a bit.
That's what they all say, huh?
Tell him the truth!
He already sees how weak you are!
This can only happen because you drank so much!
I did some minor work...
So I drank to celebrate.
Have you been hiding a drinking habit all this time?
What are you doing these pathetic things for!?
That you drink 'till you pass out should probably be brought up with Psychiatrics.
We'll transfer you over there.
Psychiatrics?
Um, Otsuka-san?
Has something changed lately?
No clue.
Maybe you've taken a new kind of medicine?
I said I don't know.
Answer her properly!
We're already bothering her enough!
Give me a second.
I'm sorry.
Dr. Kuraki, please--
You saw him, right?
It's the same old alcohol poisoning.
But his blood acidity isn't high enough for acidosis.
T/N: Acidosis is when the blood's acidity is too high.
That this is your typical alcohol poisoning is unlikely.
That's why we at Pathology suggest--
It must be nice being in Pathology.
Since you can always skip out on coming here.
Skip out?
Excuse me?
That's from Dr. Kishi...
Um...
What a bother.
Let's forget I ever got it.
That's just--!
There're patients who have it a lot worse here.
I know, but--!
Everyday we're at our wits' end!
He really pissed me off!
He called me someone who skips out!
I told him about the blood acidity!
And then he just threw the note in the trash!
The guy smelled like booze so now it's alcohol poisoning!
What the hell was that!?
Those kinda bullshit diagnoses get cleared all the time.
Ain't that scary?
Doctor?
You're smiling like a moron.
That's 'cause it's funny seeing her all pissed like this.
There's nothing funny about this!
What do you suggest we do now, then?
I'll go back and see Dr. Kuraki at a better time.
I just can't calm down no matter what I do!
You stupid?
Excuse me?
Are you stupid?
You think they'll change the diagnosis given time?
That's the ER for you.
They turn people over to Psychiatrics and rinse and repeat with every other patient.
So what're we supposed to do?
Morii-kun, didn't you tell her this? About what we do in this department.
We figure out what caused the disease,
and then we make a diagnosis.
I know that much!
So all we do is find evidence.
Evidence that the guy didn't collapse because of alcohol poisoning.
Evidence?
Yep.
The kind of stuff that, without a doubt,
can't be questioned.
Well!
It's probably impossible for you, though.
I get it!
I'll go find evidence!
I've got 2 hours free, anyway.
Where are you going now?
Dr. Kishi...
What'll you do if she stirs up trouble?
Always popping up where the patients are isn't part of a pathologist's job!
Isn't it fine?
She just loves seeing 'em face-to-face, anyway.
I'm sorry for coming so suddenly.
I'm from Sobokai Daiichi General Hospital.
I'm Miyazaki from the Pathology Department.
The Pathology Department?
Right.
We're doctors who mostly investigate cells and tissues.
The doctor from before?
I'd just like to ask one more time about when your husband collapsed.
I mean, there's a chance there was something else besides alcohol that caused it.
Like, maybe...
There might be some new developments.
Something new?
Is that so...
I'm sorry you had to come all this way!
It's fine.
This is where he collapsed.
You're not sure how much he drank, right?
Right.
It's impossible to tear him away from his liquor.
So he never buys it on his own.
I thought all the alcohol we had here at home was finished, but...
There was some over here.
Did your husband try saying anything at the time he collapsed?
Sort of...
He was having hallucinations.
Hallucinations?
While doing his work, out of nowhere the shelves got distorted.
And then this huge clock suddenly appeared on the ceiling.
Hallucinations?
Morii-kun!
They didn't write anything about hallucinations on the request form, did they?
Nope.
It's not part of their field, anyway.
Right.
It wasn't written at all.
All they said was that it was alcohol poisoning.
Since the doctor in charge had his hands tied,
they never mentioned this in particular.
At least now the diagnosis'll change.
But first: what poisoned him?
Think about substances.
Right.
Maybe they were anti-depressants or psychoactive drugs.
Or Toluene.
Hazardous drugs.
Pesticide.
After that we'll figure out which diseases have both the biochemical proof and symptoms of halluciantion.
It could be some disorder with his metabolism like uremia, or a mixture of more than one disease.
T/N: Uremia is when your blood has waste that the kidneys don't filter out and eliminate.
Right.
If we can't figure out the cause and he goes untreated, he could die from organ failure.
I'll investigate it right away!
Like how?
I'll see if there's any proof Otsuka-san was taking medicine at the place he fell.
You a detective now?
You're the one who told me to find evidence, Dr. Kishi!
Even though we pathologists never have to go see patients...
Excuse you, but I'm seeing the patient's family.
If you figure it out, you'll finally blossom into a woman.
Thank you so much.
Out of nowhere, a super-pathologist swooped in from the shadows!
Don't confuse that poor family too much, all right?
The patient's family supports me quite a bit, so I'm perfectly fine.
I used to be a physician, after all.
Well, if something comes up I won't be taking the blame for it.
Evidence that can't be questioned!
I'll definitely find it and bring it there!
Now if you'll excuse me!
She's going to find us some definitive evidence and bring it home, Morii-kun.
You're causing trouble again, huh.
What do you mean?
I'd like to look for evidence regarding whether your husband might've been taking medication.
Medication?
Yes.
Pharmaceutical drugs or others we might not be aware of.
So you can find them easily,
please look for any containers they could be kept in, like empty bottles.
Or maybe even little pouches that help organise the medicine.
Could it be...
The reason my husband wouldn't talk...
... was because he was taking illegal drugs?
In any case...
Shouldn't you be worried about your husband's health right now?
It's for his health that we have to find out the cause for it.
Right.
We didn't find anything in particular today.
When you say "today"...
I'll be going back tomorrow to make sure of it.
Better find something tomorrow, then.
Of course I will.
Morii-chan!
Professor Nakaguma!
About Zakki's welcome party!
When is it?
By "Zakki", you definitely mean Dr. Miyazaki, don't you?
Me?
Of course it's you!
So when is it?
You just want booze, right?
Welcome parties my ass.
Hey, you!
You know how many pathologists there are in Japan, right?
Only 0.7% of all the doctors.
That's about 2,230 people.
Furthermore, our average age is 52.4 years old.
Here's the ugly truth: pathologists are going extinct.
In order to prevent that, we need fresh, young minds!
Don't you think so, Zakki?
Um, right...
So the welcome party...
How's tonight sound?
I'm okay with that!
You're coming, too?
Be a good old man and stop sexually harassing the children!
You're as lovely as ever.
You know, back when this lady was Zakki's age, she was quite a charmer.
I wonder what in the world happened to you.
I'm free tonight, too.
And you, Zakki?
Yeah, I'm all right.
Don't we have to ask Director Sada?
He'll be fine with it, don't you think?
All right!
It's decided--we'll hold the welcome party tonight!
What party?
I'm sorry, but what party is this?
This is it for me.
Thanks for your help today.
But today is...
Thanks for today!
Tonight?
You did great today.
I'm asking what party's happening tonight?
Hey.
Learn to control your temper.
What're you talking about?
About your meddling.
Even I can't protect you forever.
I didn't ask you to.
Tell the chairman I said hello.
Is Dr. Kuraki in?
Could you come back later?
Is Dr. Kuraki...
... here right now?
Dr. Kuraki, you got a minute?
You woke me up.
Can I talk to you about Otsuka-san, the person you admitted yesterday?
I told you you woke me up!
What's with you!?
I'm Kishi. Pathology.
Apparently before Otsuka-san collapsed, he experienced some hallucinations.
Otsuka-san?
I turned him over to Psychiatrics.
Why don't you go over there?
Do you hand patients to other departments when you don't wanna deal with 'em?
The ER's a time-sensitive place. Patients keep coming in and we have to keep moving.
Please take your business elsewhere.
That doesn't mean misdiagnoses are acceptable.
I do all I can!
I haven't even slept in 3 days!
I don't get to go home everyday like you pathologists do!
Did Dr. Kishi really go home?
He sure did.
Don't mind him, though.
That's how he always is.
Right.
That's just the kind of guy he is, you know?
You're really amazing, though, Morii-san.
For being able to keep up with Dr. Kishi like that.
It took some time, though.
I heard this from Dr. Hosoki, though.
That you're called Super Technician Morii-san.
That definitely isn't true.
If there were more technicians like Morii-san,
it'd sure save a lot of doctors.
Zakki!
Aren't you something!
Say...
How long'll it be?
'till I blossom into a woman of the Pathology Department.
You really are serious, huh, Zakki!
Here you go, Professor.
And you really are still crap at reading the atmosphere.
I'm sorry!
You pour the next one, Dr. Miyazaki! What're you even...
Anyway...
About diseases, like...
If you don't remember the details about it,
then you can't make any diagnoses!
There's just too much to memorise!
We had that in neurology, too.
Diseases and stuff.
But you only memorise, like, 20 things!
They're, uh...
Brain tumours...
Brain aneurysms...
Strokes...
Multiple sclerosis!
Parkinson's, dementia...
But, like...
For pathology, it's the whole body!
That's why, like, all these diseases everywhere might not be detected and stuff...
It's a real pain!
But that's a doctor's job, right?
You made Morii-kun mad.
You've just got a grudge 'cause the doctors work you to the bone.
No, no, that's not it at all...
Dr. Miyazaki's perfectly fine, honestly.
All she wanted to do was plunge into Dr. Kishi's turf--which is fine, since he's a doctor, too.
She just jumped on board. Easy as that.
Well, it's true that pathology deals with the whole body, but...
A pathologist's greatest battlefield and challenge is...
Cancer, you know?
So true.
Anyway, I hope you manage to succeed, Dr. Miyazaki.
All right.
What made you go from neurology to pathology?
It was probably...
I was really tired of lying, or that's how it felt back then.
Lying?
To who?
To everyone!
That's why...
It was to Dr. Kishi that I...
She didn't join for pathology, she joined for him.
Disappointed?
I really am.
She fell asleep, huh.
Dr. Miyazaki, you can't go and do that. The Professor...
Just let her sleep.
I said let her sleep, okay?
She's out cold.
Whoa, there.
Excuse me!
Dr. Miyazaki?
I'm totally fine!
I'm telling you, I'm totally okay!
Don't come in late tomorrow!
Yes, sir.
Good night.
You did great today.
Super Tech Lad!
I'll be counting on you tomorrow, too!
She sure is a cute kid.
Even while she was sleeping.
How good do you think she'll be?
It's beyond me.
Since I stopped working with Kishi...
He never calls me up for anything any more.
It doesn't feel like you stopped, though.
What're you going on about?
I sort of get it, though.
Why that moron let her into the department.
'cause she's so cute.
Um, excuse me...
Yesterday, I...
You drank way too much.
That's true.
But...
I really can't remember a thing.
You passed out in the middle of it.
I slept?
How did I do it?
Did my mouth...
Was my mouth wide open?
Not at all.
Did I drool?
Nothing dripped out.
Did I sorta...
Did I say anything weird?
I was really tired of lying, or that's how it felt back then.
That's why...
It was to Dr. Kishi that I...
So I did say something!
No, you're totally fine.
Next time, you better wake me up, okay?
You got it.
Thanks so much.
Good morning.
Good morning!
G'morn.
All right.
Well, I'll be off!
You guys sure are noisy in the morning.
Thank you so much.
Good morning!
Good morning to you.
I'll be taking some coffee.
Feel free.
Is this for your hangover?
By the end of it you were just drinking alone back there, right?
What're you even...
Never mind that! It was a good welcome party yesterday, right?
You should've went along and joined us, Dr. Kishi!
Why don't you trying going out sometime?
For all you know maybe you'll stop picking fights with everyone.
Speaking of which, the head down at ER told me something interesting...
"Please don't take away my precious beauty sleep," is what he told me.
In any case, please keep to your job description, all right?
What with the fact that you're the only one Dr. Miyazaki has to look up to as a standard.
By the way, where is Dr. Miyazaki?
Morii-kun?
He's asking about Dr. Miyazaki.
Oh.
Yes?
Did you find anything?
I haven't.
Are you sure you're really looking for it?
Of course I am!
I even got his wife to go back to him and ask more questions.
So you're there all alone right now?
I am.
How're you feeling right now?
I promise I won't get mad, so...
I'd like you to answer me properly.
Hey...
Have you been drinking some kind of medicine?
I honestly won't get mad.
So if you're hiding something, please tell me.
This is so you can get better.
Hey...
Hey...?
Hello?
Hey!
Just...
Just tell me already!
I'm saying please!
This isn't a joke!
I'm doing this for you!
Say...
If you don't tell me, I'll file for divorce!
Are you fine with that?
Listen!
Are you even listening to me?
Get a hold of yourself!
You look miserable...
How miserable do you want to be?
It just serves you right.
So you're telling me you ain't seen shit.
Yes.
There isn't anything here he could've kept medicine in.
He's got eye drops, though...
Eye drops?
It's atropine.
How many bottles?
Just one.
You sure it's just one?
I don't see any!
He has 20 bottles of atropine?
That's right.
It expires soon, so...
I think we should take him to Ophthalmology.
Well, if he used a helluva lot of it then it ain't weird to say there might be side effects.
So the cause for it is atropine, right?
We really got the evidence!
I wonder if I should calculate the anion gap...
T/N: Measured by the amount of ions in serum, plasma, or urine and used to identify low blood acidity.
So you're gonna...
But I don't have to.
Is that so?
I wonder if this is what fucked with his acidity levels?
But...
I'm telling you, I don't gotta!
Can't you get that through your thick skull!?
Oww!
Oh, Dr. Kishi!
Why?
Um, doctor...
He probably drank that a lot.
You're drinking it?
Oh, no, I'm not--!
Sniff it.
This is...
This is how we solve the puzzle.
And here's our key piece.
Got it!
What was inside his whiskey bottle wasn't actually whiskey.
It was the fuel we use in alcohol lamps.
It's a mix of methanol and ethyl alcohol.
Alcohol lamps?
Yes.
Doesn't he use them when he works?
It's cheap at 440 yen per litre.
In the post-war era, some people who couldn't afford liquor drank this instead.
You can get drunk on it.
It smells just like medicine, though.
Don't you think maybe he was just trying to enjoy himself?
We believe your husband...
He got the fuel for the alcohol lamp,
and then poured it into a bottle of whiskey.
Compared to drinking actual liquor, drinking this doesn't raise blood acidity.
This matches all the symptoms he displayed.
He was poisoned by a mix of methanol and atropine.
As a side-effect, the formic acid in the methanol damaged his eyes.
This is what made his eyes bad.
Not knowing the true cause of it, he used atropine to fix his eyes.
Then his symptoms started showing.
Doing this to himself had a very high risk of causing blindness.
So it's a good thing we figured it...
He ended up drinking such a thing...
I just...
Is it because I wouldn't let him drink what he wanted?
No, that's not it...
This smells just like...
His favourite whiskey...
Before, he and I...
We used to drink a lot together.
So this...
Isn't this all my fault?
If you keep loafing around like that, you won't get anything done.
Quit being such a stick in the mud, Morii-kun!
It can't be helped!
It's just the two of us down here, after all!
You understand?
You have to do these too.
Didn't you just give me some of those?
I added some more because we keep getting more.
Looks like you're doing overtime.
I don't wanna!
You can't just say you don't wanna!
I'm saying I don't wanna!
You're finally back, Dr. Miyazaki.
I'm so stupid.
I found the real cause, but...
I got so caught up in the whole thing...
I didn't even stop to think about his wife's feelings.
I'm the worst.
When you make the right diagnosis...
Saving the patient isn't all that happens.
Sometimes it hurts.
Sometimes it pushes people to rock bottom.
Looks like I'm doing overtime today.
Jeez, I'm so tired...
Good thing we got a break.
It's been tough.
Who's that?
Beats me.
It's Pathology.
The ones who tear down conferences?
You all did well today.
Last night we admitted a 60 year old man.
Post-surgery his circulation's become stable, so he's definitely safe now.
And after that...
Yes, Dr. Kishi?
We haven't got time, so please hand us a written report.
Everyone.
I'm sure you've already forgotten this, but...
I'd like to talk about Otsuka-san, who was admitted two days prior.
Who?
There's no point bringing up something so old!
He was diagnosed with acute alcohol poisoning in the ER.
But we in Pathology believe he was poisoned by methanol and atropine.
What happens in the ER and Pathology are completely different!
We already finished talking about that!
It must be nice being in Pathology and only having to complain!
Is this a competition to you?
I'd just like for you all to cooperate.
Dr. Kishi, we really just don't have the time.
You're all aware of the 30-second rule, right?
To understand the circumstances, you interview the patient or their family.
For the first thirty-seconds, you let the patient speak without interrupting and give your full attention.
These days, none of you doctors seem to do it.
Why is that?
Because you're so busy.
Apparently 30 seconds is already too long for all of you.
More than that, all you doctors...
Only spend 10 seconds at a time thinking of diagnoses.
You interrupt patients when they talk.
And only ask questions to prove your own theories.
So what happens?
The patient shuts up.
About when the symptoms first appeared.
About background information.
About any discomfort.
And they can't put the urgency of the situation into words.
The point of all that...
... is so we can find hints to explain the mechanism of the disease.
It's only 20 more seconds.
You're fine with 10 seconds?
You'll see how big a difference 30 seconds makes.
Your inspections ain't worth shit
and your interviews accomplish nothing.
You know what my department does?
We solve all this in one big go.
When you talk about correct diagnoses...
It's 60% for the ER, and 80% for other departments.
Those're passing marks when you think about it.
60%?
That's just fine!
It is!
We have to keep moving on to new patients, after all!
It's always a race against time!
Is that what being a doctor is?
If 60% is the status quo,
then you have no right to call us out if we don't approve your records.
60% is expected!
With 60% being your standard,
do you really think you can save lives?
Humans can afford to make mistakes!
You're being absurd!
With 60% being your standard,
do you think your families can depend on you?
Why don't you try being there yourself!?
With your 60% success rate,
can you proudly say that you've been saving lives all this time?
With your 60% success rate,
can you really call yourselves doctors?
My department's success rate is 100%.
For as long as all of you are doctors...
My words are absolute.
When I was still in Neurology...
I specialised in brain tumours.
But I'd go to the outpatient ward...
And if there were patients that suffered from other issues, I couldn't say much.
Like if they had vascular diseases, or Parkinson's...
I didn't study enough of it at all, so I couldn't say anything, either.
Because brain tumours were my specialty.
Whenever my patients would be shocked about their results, I couldn't give more details.
That it was the right treatment...
That they had 5 years left to live...
I said those things so many times.
I feel like I cheated myself.
After telling the patients lies...
I kind of want to apologise to all of them.
I've thought this for a while now.
I joined the Pathology Department so I wouldn't have to do those things again.
I just ran away.
But...
Making sure that we keep our 100% success rate must be so difficult...
And giving diagnoses, too.
And the patients never notice us at all.
Whether I'm prepared for doing pathology or not is like...
It's scary thinking of how much I have to know.
It's scary, but...
I don't...
I don't want to lie any more.
I don't want to run away, either.
This came earlier regarding a 43 year old male.
I want you to sort it out.
Right.
What do you see?
The cells are reproducing a bit too quickly.
Like a strange pattern for atypical myeloid leukemia...
The nuclei are small, exposed...
This is from a bone marrow, but there're too many cells.
Negative on ITP.
T/N: ITP is a condition where you bruise or bleed excessively.
Is it acute leukemia?
Myelodysplastic syndrome?
T/N: When immature blood cells in the bone marrow don't develop or become healthy blood cells.
There aren't too many erythroblasts.
But there's a wide variety of sizes for them.
There're abnormalities in the three types of hemocytoblasts present.
That much is certain.
Myelodysplastic syndrome...
Based on your findings, what particular type is this?
7% of these are lymphoblasts.
It's type RAEB-1.
I believe that based on the data,
and the symptoms matching the patients' complaints, this is it.
Write that down.
There's a 20 to 30% chance it'll become true leukemia.
It might be because of DNA inhibitors or immunosuppressive drugs.
Transplanting bone marrows or blood from the umbilical cord is possible, but...
If they can't find the right donor...
How much time does he have left?
A year and a half.
Now that you know...
You definitely can't write any more lies.
Right.
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Hanabira ga kaze ni fukare
Petals are floating in the wind
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Inochi no you ni chitteiku
Scattered like many little lives
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Tada oikakete kanashimi mo naku
Go ahead and chase them let the sadness melt away
This happened because I kept nagging, right?
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Tohou ni kurerundarou
Isn't this how we reach the end of the road?
I'm so sorry.
Don't apologise.
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Namida fukanai to hora
Even if you don't wipe your tears away, look
I was the one who was wrong.
I'm still sorry.
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Sakura ga kirei dayo
The cherry blossoms are beautiful
Are you okay?
I should've known...
Only good things happen when I listen to you.
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Kowaresouna hodo
These fragile limits
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Mune ga kurushikute
Might twist your chest in pain
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Ashita ga mienakute mo
You might not see a hope for tomorrow
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Tada utau shikanakute
But for now, just keep singing
Hang on!
Doctor, we'll leave it to you!
You're at the hospital now. Do you hear me?
Aiko Yanagisau, 30 years old...
Can you tell us your name?
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Itsu no hi mo kaze ni utare
That one day, too, the wind was strong
Aiko!
You're her husband?
That's right.
She has a slight fever and pain in her lower right abdomen.
Could it be appendicitis?
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Kodomo no you ni naiteta
And like a child all you did was cry
Take her to a bed!
Yes, sir!
In the mean time, please wait over there.
Support her head!
Right!
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Omoidashite mo atokata mo naku
I remember it, even if there isn't a trace of it left
Sir?
How did it happen?
Please give as many details as you can.
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Sora ni tokete ikundarou
Didn't the sky melt that day?
All right.
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Boku no kokoro no you ni
Much like my heart
Good morning!
Good morning.
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Sakura ga yureteru
The cherry blossoms are fluttering
How'd yesterday's blind date go?
You went to another one?
Well, with blind dates...
I tried using the 30-second rule.
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Kowaresouna hodo
These fragile limits
I let him talk for 10 seconds,
and for 30 seconds I did my best to find something good about my partner!
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Mune ga kurushikute
Might twist your chest in pain
How'd that work out?
You can't apply the 30-second rule to men.
If they seem useless the first 10 seconds, then they really are.
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Ashita ga mienakute mo
You might not see a hope for tomorrow
Isn't it fine as long as he's decent?
G'mornin'.
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Tada utau shikanakute
But for now, just keep singing
Good morning!
Thanks a lot.
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Yurari yurari yurari yurari na
Floating, floating, floating, floating
It means, "Congrats."
"Welcome to the Pathology Department."
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Yurari sakura saiteru
The cherry blossoms in full bloom are floating
I'll gladly take it!
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Tashikani ikiteiku
No matter what, keep on living
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Ano sakura mitai ni chikara tsuyoku
Become stronger just like those cherry blossoms
Thanks for the food.
Thanks for this, yeah.
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Kotoba janai mono ga
It isn't something you can explain with words
Where's mine?
Hey!
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Kokoro ni saki hokore
Let your heart bloom proudly
Won't you let me have a bite?
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Ano sakura mitai ni
Just like those cherry blossoms
How's it taste?
It's really delicious!
Teriyaki?
That looks so good! Let me have some!