Say Hello to Black Jack 13

Say Hello to Black Jack, Volume 2, Chapter 13 (pp. 109~128)


<109>
WHOOSHHH
=This will just be for a short while...

BATHUMP

=I'll find you a good doctor no matter what it takes.
=Please rest quietly at home until I contact you...


<110&111>
#13: Surgeon

[building sign]Minrinkan Hospital
[sign]Rental Boats


<112>
=Dr. Kita—!
=You've got a visitor—!


<113>
=The days feel long now that I've laid down my scalpel...

=Surgery isn't a doctor's only job, of course...
=But I've never spent a day feeling this relaxed ever since I became a doctor...

ZWISH..

=U-
=Umm...

=Would you be willing...
=To operate again...?


<114>
=No.

ZWHOOSH

=Mr. Miyamura, the patient I mentioned to you before...
=He's checked out of Eidai Hospital on his own accord.

=I made a promise to Mr. Miyamura.
=I promised I would find him a reliable doctor...

=There isn't much time!
=Mr. Miyamura's heart could stop functioning at any moment!

SHUCK...


<115>
=What makes me so reliable?

=Uhh... I called up a lot of other hospitals, but...
=Most of them told me they didn't want to mess with an Eidai patient...

=You didn't refuse because he was an Eidai patient...
=I mean... That's not the only reason, but...

=Kiddo...
=Are you skipping work? Showing up at this time of day...

=That's none of your business...
=Please leave me alone...!


<116>
BWHOOSH

=Why are you doing so much for that patient...?

=Because...
=I want to see Mr. Miyamura smile...!!


<117>
=Please!
=Operate on Mr. Miyamura!!

[sign]Minrinkan Hospital


<118>
=Alright...

=Bring Mr. Miyamura here immediately.
=I'll arrange for an operation...

=But I won't be the surgeon.

=Heart surgery is all about medical teamwork.
=You see, I was able to retire so quickly because I had someone ready to take over for me...


<119>
=Allow me to introduce you to the current "ace" of this hospital.

=B-But...
=I came to request an operation from Dr. Kita, and...

=My top apprentice not good enough for you?
=He's a reliable man.

=I know!//He's probably a great doctor, and I'm grateful!
=But... It's just...

=Just...?


<120>
=I just don't like it!

=If I were Mr. Miyamura...
=I wouldn't want anyone besides Dr. Kita to operate on me!

=I did all this because I trusted you, and...

=A doctor's personality has nothing to do with their reliability.
=Ability is all that matters.

=If you really think it has to be me, then...
=That's just your ego coming out...


<121>
=Get in contact with Mr. Miyamura.
=I'll introduce him to his surgeon.

=Th-
=Thank you very much!!

=Yeah...
=Everything turned out alright...

=I needed a doctor for the operation...
=I should be happy right now...


<122>
=Mr. Miyamura...
=The hospital's agreed to take on your operation.


<123>
=Hello,
=My name is Ichiro Tori. I'm going to be the surgeon for your operation.

=To be honest, an operation using a Heart-Lung Machine,
=Would cause irreversible damage to your liver.

=However...
=An "Off-pump" surgery would lower this risk considerably.

=The technique hasn't found widespread usage as of yet, but...

=Cardiac surgery is usually performed while the heart is stopped.
=During that time, the Heart-Lung Machine takes over for the heart, pumping blood through the body.


<124>
=Off-pump refers to—
=An operation performed directly on the beating heart. Without use of the Heart-Lung Machine.

=Surgery on a beating heart, will of course...
=Be far more difficult than an operation where the heart is stopped.

=However, this avoids the vast majority of post-surgical complications that can occur after using a Heart-Lung Machine.

=We can operate as early as 2 days from now.
=Let's try our best to get through this together.


<125>
=Dr. Saito...
=It wasn't the Dr. Kita you were telling me about.

=Don't worry.
=Dr. Kita has complete faith in his skills.

=Yeah...
=Can't get too greedy now, can I...

=I did ask Dr. Kita, but...
=He told me he just couldn't do it this time...

=This time...?


<126>
=So there's gonna be a next time!?

HUFF
HUFF...

=S-
=Sorry...


<127>
=The day after tomorrow, they're gonna put me to sleep for the surgery...

=And if things go bad, I'm never gonna wake up again.

=I don't want to leave...
=Any regrets...!!


<128>
=Smile...