13 Season
259 Episode
Hometown Stories - Season 9 Episode 11 Being There for Foreign Patients (2024)
Watch Hometown Stories - Season 9 Episode 11 Being There for Foreign Patients Full Episodes Online Free Streamings FMovies. A hospital near Tokyo gets many patients from abroad, including tourists, local workers and even people in Japan illegally. Dr. Asaka Tomomi is responsible for them. Her overseas experience as a surgeon led to her appointment as head of a new department for foreign patients. Instead of using her scalpel to treat patients as she once did, she now translates, negotiates medical fees and deals with embassies. Though frustrated at the gulf between her ideals and reality, she continues to help alleviate the suffering of people far from home.
- Country : Japan
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : NHK, NHK WORLD-JAPAN
- Keyword : way of life, hometown, culture, community spirit, social awareness, life story, working life
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- Cast : lae astra
