Doctor X 5 (Dokuta X Gekai・Daimon Michiko / ドクターX　～外科医・大門未知子～)

Freelance Surgeon Daimon Michiko

Kanbara Referral Agency Kanbara Akira

Michiko...

Freelance Anesthesiologist Jonouchi Hiromi

Daimon-san...

- (KANBARA) Hiromi! - (HIROMI) Akira-san!

Michiko...

Why is this happening?

This is the result of Daimon-san's medical assessment.

Ah!

I slept well.

- Morning! - (HIROMI) Morning.

Are you okay? Do you want to sleep again?

I'm fine.

Show me.

- Huh? - What?

The one behind you.

Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Stage III.

Retroperitoneal Sarcoma

A tumor is wrapped around the abdominal aorta.

Abdominal Aorta

In this case...

I'll have three months left.

Daimon-san...

Michiko...

I'm surprised.

Hey, don't you have any symptom?

Not at all.

A silent killer.

You have a cancer without symptom.

This is impossible in Japan.

Let's go outside and look for a doctor, Michiko.

I'll try my colleagues in America, too.

I can beat this.

This is the story of a lone wolf female doctor.

In 2017...

...the university medical system regained its once-lost authority...

...and the system on which lives depend strayed away from what it should be.

Esophageal Cancer Stage IVa. It's quite serious.

It has spread to lower aorta.

Resection surgery is very difficult.

- (HIRUMA SHIGENOBU) Can you do it? - What?

Can you do this operation?

Totei University Hospital Director Hiruma Shigekatsu

I don't think anyone can do it apart from Daimon Michiko.

I agree.

Vice Director Surgery Torii Takashi

Vice Director Surgery Ebina Takashi

Vice Director Surgery Inomata Takashi

But we have suspended her agency's contract.

What's more, this patient...

...specifically refused Daimon Michiko.

- Refused? - (HIRUMA) Yeah.

Does this patient know about Daimon?

Yeah.

Who is this patient?

JDC Chairman Uchikanda Kagenobu

I'm Japan Doctors Club's Chairman.

Just because I have a cancer,

doesn't mean I'll allow a freelancer to treat me.

I want you, Totei University, to save my lfie.

You mean...

Chairman Uchikanda's operation...

If it fails,

that means he'll lose his life.

- (ALL 3) Gyoi. - By the way,

he asked to do this risky operation.

He's a brave doctor from Totei University Hospital.

- From our Totei University Hospital? - (HIRUMA) Yes. Let him in.

Yes.

Come in.

Sorry to make you wait.

It's been a long time, guys.

Kaji-kun!

Surgeon Kaji Hideki

I don't think an introduction is necessary, but,

he's a wizard of laparoscopy, Kaji Takashi-kun.

- It's Hideki. Kaji Hideki. - (HIRUMA) Oh, that's right.

It's surprising.

Japan Doctors Club's Chairman Uchikanda has a cancer.

In the midst of this, doctors free from any establishment emerged.

Freelance doctors, in other words, lone wolf doctors.

Ben Casey

Esophageal Cancer Stage IVa.

If this operation is successful,

I can be the Surgery Director at Totei University Hospital.

That means I'll outrank those three.

Dr. Kaji, did you agree to do this surgery just for that?

Nobody wants to do this surgery.

I asked for it.

To go up, some gamble is necessary.

- It's Ben Casey's turn. - (MEOWS)

- Is this okay, Ben Casey? - (MEOWS)

There.

But, this surgery is impossible for you, too.

I know that. That's why I'm here.

What do you mean?

- How about you lend me your skill? - Huh?

I can do a perfect operation with you.

My gamble is not a gamble anymore.

Next is this piece. There.

Of course, when I became the Surgery Director,

I'll take care of your agency's contract suspension.

I won't do it.

Why? Could it be...

Is it because you hate Chairman Uchikanda?

I'm going to Boston!

The hospital in there is waiting for Michiko.

Sorry about that.

Seriously? Are you going to work in Boston?

Will you get a lot of money?

Ron! Tanpin Sanshiki Dora Ichi Mangan!

Oh! Yay!

I'll give you more than Mangan.

Help me with this operation. Aren't we friends?

- I won't do it. - (KAJI) Please, Demon.

Please do it! We're friends! This is what friends do!

- Shut up, you're annoying! - (KAJI) You...

I'm very sorry.

After deeply considering it, I came to my conclusion...

...not to do Chairman Uchikanda's operation.

What do you mean?

Did Daimon Michiko turn you down?

Yes. Oh, no. Who is that Daimon Michiko?

I don't know any female freelancer like that.

You went and asked her, didn't you?

I've already guessed it, Kaji-kun.

You're hoping Daimon Michiko would become your shadow surgeon.

It's to be expected.

I've prepared for the next step.

What do you mean next step?

Nishiyama-kun, please come in.

- (NISHIYAMA NAOYUKI) Yes. Excuse me. - (HIRUMA) Yes.

Who is this boy?

Nishiyama-kun,

please do Chairman Uchikanda's surgery.

No.

- Why him? - (KAJI) Who is this boy?

Totei University Hospital Surgeon Nishiyama Naoyuki

Nishiyama-kun is Chairman Uchikanda's...

...son.

His son!? Really?

A young surgeon attempted a challenging surgery to save his father's life.

How's that?

I see. It's a great story.

- I decline. - What? You decline?

Yes. I can't do this operation.

If you don't do this operation,

there's nobody else who can.

You'll kill the patient.

- Daimon! - (INOMATA) You're banned!

I'm the only one who can do this operation.

I'm the only one... You said you're not going to do it.

Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Stage III.

What's that?

Chairman Uchikanda has an Esophageal Cancer Stage IVa.

The one with Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Stage III...

- ...is me. - What?

- You're... - Wait a second.

You have the Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Stage III?

A 13cm tumor wrapped around my abdominal aorta.

Is that why you refused this operation?

I cannot stand for long time in the OR with my condition.

But if I used opioid to suppress the pain,

Opioid

I can do the surgery.

Can you do it, Daimon? Chairman Uchikanda's surgery.

I'll do it.

You can't do it in this condition!

Well done, Daimon! Well done!

I'll cancel the freelance contract suspension.

Welcome back for now.

This woman, for example.

Despising the herd mentality, authority and institutional restraints...

Her solo weapons are her license and the skills she has acquired.

Surgeon Daimon Michiko.

Also known as Doctor-X.

Surgeon Daimon Michiko

Does Dr. Daimon really have a Retroperitoneal Sarcoma?

Totei University Hospital Surgeon Hara Mamoru

Totei University Hospital Surgeon Morimoto Hikaru

Doesn't she need a treatment?

She won't listen to us.

Well, then,

let's start our confidential conference with Japan Doctors Club's Chairman Uchikanda.

Confidential Conference

Diagnosis is esophageal cancer Stage IVa.

A 7cm tumor in the middle part of his chest.

We suspect it has spread to lower aorta.

We'll reconstruct the mediastinum after the esophagus' subopia.

Two and half hours for tumor resection with thoracotomy.

One and a half hours for gastrointestinal reconstruction.

We'll try to finish under four hours.

Four hours... It's crazy!

What will happen if it takes four hours and one minute?

I'm sorry.

We'll need a hybrid artificial blood vessel as well.

Hybrid Artificial Blood Vessel

A hybrid artificial blood vessel?

It's the latest artificial blood vessel developed in America.