Dear Patient

Doctor Chiaki!

What's wrong?

I got it.

I got it.

Fine. I got it!

I lost my sleeping pills...

Please prescribe it to me again.

What do you mean that you've lost it?

I can't sleep without my medicine.

I'm lacking of sleep,

and should my mother have any problems, will you take responsibility for it?

If I'm going to prescribe it,

it will be determined from the health insurance examination as excessive prescription...

I said it was stolen!

I couldn't find it!

She's bound by some strange rules,

and doesn't have the courage to give patients what they really need.

An incompetent doctor.

Her name is Ma no Chiaki.

I'm Hirose Mayumi but I've been waiting for about one and a half hours.

Was my turn got skipped?

I understood.

- We will look into it immediately. - Okay.

I'm sorry. Thank you for your patience.

I waited. I have waited for so long.

The patients keep waiting for so long,

so is there a problem with the appointment system,

or is there any problem with the doctor's skills?

I'm terribly sorry.

I have to get back to my work,

so please speed up.

Okay.

Hirose Mayumi, it's your first visit here.

What happened to you today?

HIROSE MAYUMI

I'm suffering from constipation.

Please give me some medicine.

When did you last have your bowel movement?

About a week ago.

That's painful.

One week is common.

It should come out once a week.

If it doesn't come out for 10 days. I have to use enema and force it out.

When did you start having constipation?

About 10 years ago.

I see.

Are there any medications you were currently taking?

I've been taking anthraquinone-based...

...and diphenylmethane-based stimulant laxatives,

but since I took it for a long time, I've become resistant to those,

so I couldn't feel their effect at all.

The same goes with or without salt laxatives,

such as magnesium oxide or magnesium sulfate.

Even if I use enema, it doesn't come out clean.

You've been trying a lot.

It's possible that your intestines are not working properly.

Let's take a CT scan and examine it in detail.

All you have to do is confirm if there's a lot of stools based on the CT scan.

Anyway, please give me a medicine that works!

There could be other underlying sickness other than constipation,

so detailed examination must be...

I'm very much healthy except for constipation.

But...

That is...

- I have a question for you, Doc. - Yes.

Yubari City, Hokkaido, is in financial failure,

and the only general hospital in the city is closed.

Then, due to the growing health awareness of the citizens,

the sales of certain foods went up.

What exactly do you think is that food?

What?

Food.

Was it yogurt?

It's banana.

Oh, I thought it was one of those.

As a doctor, you made a mistake with such basic information.

Were you just idle about it?

Career history of Dr. Mano Chiaki?

I doubt her level as a doctor!

Episode 4 Mind and Body

Please disclose her background!

She has her profile.

It's on the homepage.

Oh, you don't want to talk about it! Please call the higher-ups!

Please wait.

Nobody from the higher-ups won't come out from here.

Mano Chiaki is really a doctor.

Do you know her?

She's my doctor.

She's just reasoning out that she can't give the medicine.

Me too. I didn't get the medicine I wanted.

That would be a problem.

"Sasai Memorial Hospital doctor Mano Chiaki...

...is an untrustworthy doctor who is reluctant to prescribe necessary medicines."

Oh, Doctor Mano.

Oh, Numata-san. Thank you for your hard work.

You see, it's very difficult to say this,

but General Secretary Takamine left a message for you.

Chiaki-chan, are you going to be called at the court trial?

Tomorrow is Patient Priority Committee, isn't it?

Hang on.

What did Doctor Chiaki do?

It's about Zama-san's blog.

Her name is Ma no Chiaki.

What's this?

"Sasai Memorial Hospital doctor Mano Chiaki...

...is an untrustworthy doctor who is reluctant to prescribe necessary medicines."

General Secretary Takamine seems to be angry upon hearing of it.

He forced himself to have excessive prescription of his medicine,

and it was one-sided, so he shouldn't have written bad things about Chiaki.

But he's a dangerous guy when he is stimulated.

Why?

He have written about her mother's nursing care records.

It's natural for a child to care for his or her old parent!

A divine punishment by dying in the gutter is given to a devil...

...who throws his or her parents that needs nursing care into a facility!

I will never forgive them!

Somehow, it's worrisome.

I'm on my day-off tomorrow.

Doctor Yoko, isn't it?

Explain to them that Zama-san was the one with the problem,

and it's better for him to ask for help.

That's right,

It's almost time for a round visit, okay?

No!

I'm going home!

Saionji-san, hello.

What is it?

Oh, a rare beauty in this hospital.

I came in place of Doctor Mizoguchi.

I'm Hamaguchi.

How about you?

I'm Mano of Internal Medicine.

Thank you.

Gather the 5 billion.

If you can't do it, you'll die.

Saionji-san!

Doctor Chiaki, are you okay?

Yes.

Doctor Mano, can you go at the court trial?

The slander has been posted online.

After all, being a doctor is tough.

Even you, Seto-kun, are having a tough time. We're just the same.

Today is boiled egg onigiri.

I'm giving it up.

I have no appetite.

That's when you have to eat it.

If you eat, you will be able to manage it.

I guess so.

Then, I'll enjoy this.

Patient Priority Committee Meeting

Doctor Mano Chiaki of Internal Medicine, please come over here.

- What? Doctor Mano? - That's Doctor Mano.

Well, please observe silence.

Everyone, observe silence.

This is a blog written by a patient who was examined by Doctor Mano.

Doctor Mano.

Is what was written here true?

No. That's not true.

This kanja-san has...

It's kanja-sama, Doctor Mano.

The patient said that the prescribed medicine was "stolen" or "snatched",

and he asked me for re-prescription many times.

But, the repeated thefts he said were not credible,

and it would have resulted to over-prescription.

therefore, I decline the prescription.

And so what is this "meal cost"?

I didn't ask him to treat me.

He got the bill and paid for it.

When I tried to return it during his examination,

the coins were thrown back.

Thrown back, you said?

Yes.

I have already asked the Secretariat to return this pilaf cost that's worth 450 yen.

I have went there.

You placidly asked for a refund.

Placidly...

I am sorry I couldn't return the money myself.

However, it's unusual for a patient to throw back those coins.

It was your handling mistake that pushed him to that point.

General Secretary.

Do you believe in this guy's blog and not in the staff?

How cam you call the patient as this guy, Doctor Kaneda?

But Zama-san entered the hospital unnaturally at night,

and I was having trouble as he behaved unpredictably.

I wanted to help him.

What made him do that...

...is because you made him, the patient, anxious, isn't it?

No way...

General Secretary.

Director, what is it?

If this goes on, Doctor Mano cannot concentrate on providing medical care.

Regarding this blog, please contact the secretariat together to solve the problem.

Director, thank you so much.

Of course, we also support that.

However, Doctor Mano...

...has received severe opinions from a patient named Hirose Mayumi.

It has been half a year since you joined the company,

but you don't seem to understand the patient-first mindest of our hospital yet.

Doctor Chiaki.