Tokyo Literary Godfather

Yada Toshimura, a professor of surgery at Waseda Medical College, has often heard the words "white tower" recently.

The medical students under my command were discussing and even communicated with people from the Osaka National University School of Medicine during academic seminars. The other party also said that there was a crew filming in their hospital recently, and the leading actor was a very famous person. The actor who originally played "Hansawa Naoki".

After asking about it, at first I only knew that it was the name of a recently popular medical TV series and didn't pay much attention to it. In his opinion, TV dramas have always been fake and empty. It's fine for outsiders to watch, but once the content involves his own field, he will find it fake and ridiculous.

But what he didn't expect was that the influence of this TV series seemed to be greater than he thought. In the lecture, some students even asked him in person whether, in reality, there are more doctors like Goro Zaizen or Satomi. Doctors in Xiuji have more problems like this.

Also, he suggested that medical students become Goro Zaizen or Shuji Satami.

Although Toshimura Yada has not watched this drama very much, and he is not sure who these two are, he learned from the explanations of the students who asked the question. These two people are the protagonists of "The White Tower" and represent the two values ​​​​of medical practitioners.

What can Yada Toshimura say, what does he dare to say? Are you all going to be doctors like Goro Zaizen who only care about status and fame? An idealistic guy like Satomi Shuji would suffer a lot in a real hospital. Can he say that? Even if you really think so, you can't say that.

So I can only bite the bullet and say that I hope everyone can be a good doctor like Shuji Satomi, this kind of scene.

And, when a student asked what the criteria for young people’s promotions were in the huge white tower of the hospital, he just said, “As long as they can fulfill their duties, save patients’ lives as much as possible, and contribute to the advancement of medicine, You will get promoted.”

Of course, such a scene is not very pleasant to hear, and the audience was a little cold for a while.

In fact, it is difficult to answer this kind of question directly. You have to consider both sides and be persuasive. It is best to use some humorous expressions. It will test the eloquence of the answerer. However, Yata Toshimura was completely ignorant of this TV series and had no preparation, so his answer was not good. After leaving the lecture room, he felt a little depressed.

Back in medical school, other headaches arose. A subordinate told him that public opinion seemed to be somewhat unfriendly to the hospital recently. The reason was that a female patient was persuaded by the hospital to leave home and wait to die when her condition reached an irreversible level.

And this woman, who has neither family nor lovers, is the most miserable kind of patient and can only wait for death silently in loneliness.

A group of college students accompanied the woman through her last days. After the woman's last words were published by a magazine, NHK TV station responded instantly, causing a huge response from the public.

Some people feel that it is too inhumane for Waseda Medical Department to kick out such helpless patients. Are all Japanese doctors like the doctors in "The White Tower", unsympathetic?

This is indeed true, any hospital has limited beds. It is understandable to reserve beds for patients with no hope of cure for those who have hope of cure. Any hospital in the world would do this, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare can't find fault with it.

But the general public will be much more emotional when looking at the issue, and think you are cruel and inhumane. How pitiful it is for a girl to die alone!

At the same time, some media also raised a question, that is, does our country's hospital system have plans for end-of-life care for patients? Why did the hospital fail to do its job and instead a bunch of non-medical students did it?

Compared to these students, the hospital really has no sense of social responsibility and compassion...

"Maybe the hospital is busy with medical tasks, but I know with my feet that if you are a big shot, rich and powerful person, even if you are terminally ill, there is no chance of cure. The hospital is also very happy to let this person stay in the comfortable ward of the hospital. , enjoying medical care and humanistic care until the last moment of his life."

In a chat program on TTV, the host pushed up his glasses and said, "Of course, I also know that the real world is not a fairy tale where everyone is equal. It is inevitable that people with different weights enjoy different treatment, even if they go to When withdrawing money from the bank, people with 1 billion in deposits drink different tea from those with only a few million. It is normal for hospitals to be exempted from this."

"However, through the last words of the woman suffering from cancer and the experiences of those kind-hearted college students, we know that helping a deceased person to spend the last days of his life peacefully does not seem to be a costly task. Resources, as well as professional talents. This matter is not difficult. This is not a difficult matter, why have our country’s hospitals not spent a little effort on it? Why is this? "

"To put it bluntly, small people are not worthy of the precious energy of the medical elite."

"It really deserves to be...a giant white tower."

Such heart-wrenching words...

Such remarks not only appeared on the show, but also appeared in newspapers.

After Yada Toshimura saw such remarks, fine beads of sweat could not help but secrete on his forehead.

The actions of those students have drawn widespread praise from the community, as well as criticism of the medical system's inability to provide end-of-life care.

At the same time, he also realized that so many things recently, whether students expressed concerns about the hospital's personnel system in lectures or the media criticized the hospital for not doing a good job in end-of-life care for patients, all came from the same source - the recently popular TV series TV drama.

Toshimura Yata doesn't usually watch TV dramas, and medical dramas are no exception, but now, he is curious about this influential TV drama.

"The White Giant Tower" is divided into two parts, the upper part is broadcast in the autumn, and the upper part has not been broadcast yet. So he specifically asked his students if they had recorded the TV series "The White Tower" and lent him the video tape.

Most people said no, only a newly graduated student slowly raised his hand and said: "Professor Yata, I enrolled..."

The next day, the student brought the videotape to Yata Toshimura. Looking at the videotape in his hand, Yata Toshimura couldn't help but feel itchy in his throat. He wanted to criticize the student for not spending his energy on medical research. It is used for watching TV series.

Yada Toshimura himself is a workaholic. Most of his daily time is spent either working or studying, which is why he has achieved his current position in the industry. Therefore, he also has the same requirements for students. He hopes that they can give up those leisure activities that are of little significance, such as spending a lot of time watching TV series, reading comics, playing small steel balls, etc. The medical books are also very good. Wouldn’t you like to read more of them if you have nothing to do?

But I finally endured it. It felt a bit too pitiful for someone to borrow your video tape and get scolded instead.

"Okay, thank you." Yada Toshimura said as he took the videotape.

A group of young doctors were discussing in the cafeteria at the moment: "Tanaka, you are too naive... Next time Professor Yata asks you to ask for a TV series video tape or something, don't say that you have it. Otherwise, this old man will definitely find an opportunity later. Criticizing you for wasting your time on TV series..."

The young doctor who lent the video tape couldn't help but open his mouth: "Is Professor Yata such a person?"

"What do you think? Those of us who are senior brothers and sisters have learned from the past. Just wait. When he returns the videotape to you, he will definitely chat with you for a long time and give you homework."

""The White Tower"? Is this show good to watch?" At this time, the young female doctor who was eating silently next to him suddenly asked, chewing fried shrimp in small bites.

"It's great. You haven't watched this show? As a medical worker, you missed this show. It's really remiss of you."

"Don't you watch TV series?"

"Look, but I haven't watched this recently. I'm already suffering from post-traumatic stress at work, and I don't want to watch TV dramas related to the medical industry." The young female doctor shook her head as if she had a headache, and then her eyes lit up. , "But the TV series I watched recently is also very good. It's called "Blue Life and Death Love". It talks about the love between [brothers and sisters]. I recommend it to you."

"It's unethical..."

"No. They are not siblings."

"No, I won't watch that."