"Today, Jimmy is in a good mood and has been laughing since the morning. I wanted to go home early, so I ate breakfast very early. 』\

On that day, I was scheduled to leave the hospital in the morning, so my husband had an important meeting for the first time in a week. At the New Otani Hotel, there was an important meeting with Russian guests. Also, because it is called December and there is a year-end party for work, I cannot return to the hospital on this day. The next day, from the 29th, I made reservations for hot springs on the way to celebrate the New Year in Kyoto.

However, the content of the second call from my husband was terrible.

The husband was arguing with his son's doctor, Dr. Reiji Kojima, over the phone.

The reason is that Dr. Reiji Kojima suddenly told the husband who was planning to leave the hospital and was packing his luggage, saying, "Dr. Wakamatsu is out at an academic conference until the evening, or he is in the hospital, but he cannot be contacted." I can't leave the hospital today because I don't have Dr. Wakamatsu. Was said.

It's no wonder my husband is surprised.

The fact that the attending physician is unknown does not mean that we are faulty.

In that case, the other person in charge should give the decision of discharge consent.

However, for some reason, he stubbornly refuses to leave the hospital.

My husband: I can't believe I can't leave the hospital until the 4th of the new year because I don't have my doctor. I don't have an attending doctor, so spend the New Year at the hospital. I've never heard of a hospital. 』\

Kojima: You can't leave the hospital without your doctor. That's the rule. From tomorrow, I will not be able to make payments because it is a New Year holiday. You cannot leave the hospital until the 4th. 』\

My husband: "I don't have a doctor, so I have to spend New Year's holidays at the hospital. Unthinkable. It has been said two days ago that he was discharged from the hospital today. It's not my fault that Dr. Wakamatsu didn't prepare. I'm going to Kyoto with my son from tomorrow, so I definitely want to leave the hospital. My son is looking forward to going to the hot springs. I don't know why I have to be in the hospital for this flu-prone New Year. 』\

Kojima: Then, shouldn't we have been hospitalized? 』\

While listening to the conversation, I was distrustful of Dr. Kojima's contradictory conversation and told my husband to take over the phone.

Dr. Kojima said that Dr. Wakamatsu wasn't there until the evening at the conference, or he was in the hospital, but he couldn't get in touch. And often the story changes. However, I cannot be discharged from the hospital. It is a single point.

I said, "My son has been hospitalized many times, but if he doesn't have an attending doctor, another doctor can get permission to leave the hospital. I consulted and called back, and said that I would call and hung up.

Who do you talk to? I felt strange, but in the end, "I really need the permission of my doctor. After all, I was discharged the next day.

At this time, the appearance of Dr. Kojima is unnatural for the husband. I said many times.

"I'm screaming in an upright and immovable state. "It said.

The same was true later when I explained to me what my son was doing, but it certainly felt unnatural to Dr. Kojima's situation. He was upright and immovable, talking without looking at me.

You can see this kind of unnaturalness by listening to the recording tape.

If I doubted the hospital's response at that time, and my husband said, "Dr. Kojima's attitude is completely different from usual. It is upright and immovable and makes a loud voice. If I listened to the story more seriously, I think my son would not have met such a miserable situation.

My husband had no choice but to ask his son because the meeting time was approaching.

"Jimmy-chan. I can't leave the hospital today. But tomorrow is a hot spring. Dad will pick you up first thing in the morning. I promise. 』\

After saying that, he cut his fingers and came back.

He said that his son had a very uneasy face.

Even after my husband came home

"strange? It's the first time I've ever been unable to leave the hospital because I don't have an attending physician. I just can't think of hospitalizing a patient who is in good condition just because there is no doctor in charge. 』\

I was distrustful of the hospital, but at this time I was still unaware of the crimes of the National Defense Medical College Hospital.