"The Glory of Batista" tells the story of a team of seven cardiac surgeons who specialize in performing the alternative heart transplant surgery "Batista", creating the only miracle in history with a 100% success rate of surgery. The media hailed it as "Team Batista". Unexpectedly, this glorious medical record was suddenly shattered—suddenly, three patients died one after another during the operation.
Is it simply medical negligence or murder under the scalpel? The genius surgeon Kiryu, the silent first assistant Kakiguchi, the outstanding pathologist Narumi, the calm anesthesiologist Himuro, the young and confident second assistant Sakai, the seemingly gentle engineering technician Haba, and the new nurse Otomo who joined the team. What is the other face hidden behind the glorious Batista team?
In order to save others, you must first kill.
But... what if the patient never wakes up?
A rookie doctor who is entrusted with the important task of investigation but is at a loss, and a weird detective who is hilarious and nonsensical. After two rounds of inquisitive interrogations, the intricate relationships among the elite doctors gradually surfaced, and cold murderous intent emerged!
Can the mysteries of the crisis at the medical scene, the medical system on the verge of collapse, and the scientific progress brought about by the regression of human nature be revealed one by one? All the secrets start from the moment the patient lies down... He is called in critical condition
Taguchi Taikoo, director of the "Unexplained Illness Conversation Clinic" of the Department of Neurology, is a long-standing lecturer at Dongcheng University Affiliated Hospital. Unconcerned with the world, he was suddenly summoned to the office by the senior dean of the medical school one day. Cheng rushed to the office that symbolized power in panic. Before he could take a breath, he received a jaw-dropping order - to investigate Kiryu's surgical team.
Kyouichi Kiryu, assistant professor of cardiac surgery, returned to Japan from the United States after accepting a high-profile appointment at Tojo University School of Medicine. He personally selected 6 assistants to form an elite team specializing in "Batista Surgery" team. Battista surgery, whose official academic name is "left ventricular reduction plastic surgery," involves removing part of the enlarged heart and reshaping it. It is extremely difficult and risky. The average success rate is about 60%. The team led by Kiryu actually achieved a miracle of 26 consecutive victories and was hailed by the media as the "Glorious Batista Team". Unexpectedly, this glorious record of 100% success was broken by three consecutive cases of patients dying during the operation.
Although he is a layman in "surgery", Dr. Taguchi reluctantly accepted this "unpleasant" task because he owed a favor to the senior dean. Only in this way can the investigation of the operation and the team not disturb the powerful "Risk Control Committee" in the hospital, and can it be possible to get to the core of the truth. However, Dr. Taguchi never expected that the real client of this task would be the usually aloof Kyouichi Kiryu.
The elites gathered
Possessing the "Sword of Shangfang" given by the senior dean, Taguchi met with the seven elites of the "Glorious Team" one by one in his clinic. The first assistant Yuji Gakitani is a silent man. Through a few words of dialogue, Taguchi discovered that he pointed the reason for the failure of the operation to Otomo, a new nurse who joined the team, on the grounds that she did not get along with the entire team, and the cases of surgical deaths began after she joined the team.
Second assistant Toshiki Sakai is an overconfident young man. He always looked aggressive, but when he talked about the three cases of surgical deaths, his emotions popped out tremblingly like a newly fledged cicada. Not only did he oppose Dr. Kakitani's conclusion, he even believed that the culprit who caused the death during the surgery was Kakitani himself.
In his opinion, Dr. Kakitani’s surgical skills are very poor. As the first assistant, he spends all his time fishing, which has become a serious burden for Dr. Kiryu. As for why he was like this, Sakai provided the best reason: Rumor has it that if Kiryu hadn't "parachuted" to Dongcheng Hospital, Kakitani would have been successfully promoted to an assistant professor of cardiac surgery.
The intensity of nurse Naomi Otomo's reaction when being questioned was far beyond Taguchi's expectation. Before she could say a few words, she shed big tears. Since the resignation of the former nurse Ms. Hoshino, Otomo, a senior nurse who has worked for seven years, has joined her long-awaited Batista team. But she didn't expect that not long after she joined, three cases of surgical death occurred in succession. She felt deeply remorseful and believed that all of this was caused by her unskilled technique of handing the equipment, and that her slow rhythm disrupted the tacit understanding of the entire team. When Taguchi told her that someone did think she had something to do with the failure of the operation, Otomo burst into tears.
After sending away Nurse Otomo, Dr. Taguchi realized what a stupid decision he had made by hastily accepting this investigation task. Everything was far from as simple as he imagined. But the matter has come to this, so we can only bite the bullet and continue.
Suspicions abound
The fourth person under investigation is Haba Takayuki, the instrument technician responsible for activating the artificial heart and lungs during the operation. The questioning of Haba was difficult, and no matter which aspect Taguchi asked, Haba answered the question in a flawless manner, and he calmly denied Taguchi's mistaken assumptions about all non-medical personnel (i.e. nurses, anesthetists, clinical engineers, etc.) . Taguchi had no choice but to ask about Hanba's medical research direction, but unexpectedly he got an unexpected harvest.
It turns out that Haba is doing research with Dr. Narumi Ryo, and Narumi Ryo is not only the pathologist of Batista's team, but also the brother of Dr. Kiryu's wife. Haba said that although they are only brothers by marriage, sometimes they are more similar than biological brothers, and can even be said to be spiritually identical twins. But to be precise, they are no longer brothers, because Dr. Kiryu divorced his wife when he returned to Japan. The reason for the divorce turned out to be just because his wife refused to return to Japan. Will any couple divorce over this kind of thing? Taguchi put a big question mark on his record book.
Kouichiro Himuro, an anesthesiologist on Batista’s team. He was a quiet man, making no noise when he entered a room or sat down. Taguchi believed that although Kiryu was also a quiet man, he would make his surroundings white-hot, which was in perfect contrast to the silence of Himuro, just like the silence of a midsummer afternoon and the silence of a cold winter night. Aside from complaining about the anesthesiologist's heavy workload and expressing his absolute admiration for Dr. Kiryu, Himuro's answer failed to bring any useful information to Taguchi. Taguchi can only hope for the next heavyweight opponent.
With the arrival of Dr. Kiryu, the inquiry and investigation reached a peak in Taguchi's mind. When faced with inquiries, Kiryu was always as alert as an eagle circling high in the sky. He denied all previous speculations. In his opinion, Otomo Naomi was a very good nurse, but she pushed herself too hard because of too much pressure. Anesthesiologists and clinical engineers are also an absolutely trustworthy pair. As for Kakitani, Kiryu's evaluation was unexpectedly high. In his opinion, Sakai was unable to understand the value of Kakitani due to his inexperience. Sakai's repeated accusations against Kakitani just revealed that he was not qualified to be a surgeon. Kiryu's words plunged Taguchi into the chaos of the investigation again, but he thought he had at least seen one thing clearly, that is, Kiryu was a great doctor with professional ideals.
Bombshell
The day after the conversation with Kiryu, Taguchi visited a high-profile operation performed by Batista's team, and the patient was a child. The operation was thrilling, but it ended successfully. After the operation, Taguchi finally had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Narumi Ryo, who was responsible for the autopsy. This is a man who exudes pride. The slender body is as slender as a whip, like a willful Persian cat. If you reach out and touch it casually, you will probably be ignored by him arrogantly. Regarding the three cases that resulted in the patient's death, his account was almost the same as Kiryu's. What's even more frightening is that he actually asked Taguchi questions on his own initiative. Fortunately, Narumi is very talkative. In Narumi's description, Taguchi saw the members of Batista's team, all of whom were devoted to Kiryu and pledged their unswerving loyalty. He was secretly in awe of the strength of Kiryu's attraction. At the same time, he also discovered that Narumi was definitely not Kiryu's shadow. He was a mirror. Although he could reflect the other person, he would never reveal his true identity. If you want to see clearly Narumi's inner world, you may have to break the mirror. But by then, Narumi himself may be shattered to pieces.
Everything that should be done was done, and Taguchi handed in his own investigation report: the three cases of patient death during surgery were not suspicious, but were just simple surgical errors. Unexpectedly, the terrible fourth intraoperative death occurred immediately. When both Kiryu and Taguchi fell into deep helplessness, a legendary figure - Keisuke Shiratori, an investigator from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, came to investigate. This guy, who was a bit "shameless" in his words and deeds, directly dropped a bombshell, which made the already uneasy crowd explode. He believed that this was completely a case of deliberate murder, and the murderer was in the team. among members.
Mysterious Videotape
Everything is moving in an unknown direction, and a new round of member questioning hosted by Shiratori begins.
Shiratori attacked first like Nurse Otomo and Sakai. He forced Dayou to admit that he was the culprit who killed the patient because his skills were so poor. Nurse Otomo burst into tears. Sakai couldn't stand it anymore and yelled at Shiratori in an attempt to defend Otomo. However, he was knocked to the ground by Shiratori's words, "The reason why you protect Miss Otomo is because your skills are as bad as his." " Even so, Shiratori still refused to let them go, and continued: "Dr. Kakitani is a slow tortoise, Dr. Sakai is a follower, and Miss Otomo is a fat ostrich..." Before he finished speaking, Sakai rushed forward. , punched Shiratori hard.
After being beaten, Shiratori did not restrain his aggressive cross-examination at all. He continued to "attack" Kakitani and Himuro. Unexpectedly, he cited a lot of evidence, claiming that Kakitani and Himuro worked together. They poisoned the patient and killed the patient, and the reason why they harmed people was... Unexpectedly, both Gakitani and Himuro looked at his words with cold eyes, and negated Shiratori's judgment in an understatement.
Without any gain, Shiratori didn’t seem depressed at all. He then invited Kiryu and Narumi to re-watch the video tapes of all the surgeries. Kiryu’s expression was solemn, but Narumi always disagreed. Gradually, Kiryu discovered that the sequence in which Shiratori played the surgical tapes showed that he had seen through his hidden secrets. He wanted to admit something, but Narumi stopped him.
But when Shiratori put the last video tape from a few years ago into the VCR, and flashing black and white images and chaotic screams appeared on the TV, Narumi's face turned red and he rudely tried to take it back from the VCR. A videotape, while Kiryu covered his face with his hands helplessly...
Why did Sakai protect Nurse Otomo? What is the relationship between Kakitani and Himuro? What secrets does the upright Dr. Kiryu hide? What is the fact that he and Narumi are trying so hard to hide? What is the story in that videotape? Who in this group of seven dares to carry out his murder plan in the secret room of the small "operating room" in full view of the public? Or maybe, under the shadowless lamp, no one is innocent.
Is everything you do with the dream of being a doctor ultimately responsible for your life? What is the ultimate answer to the ultimate question about life and the profession of a doctor?