Childbirth isn't an illness, so under normal circumstances, insurance won't cover it. Delivery staff doesn't cure disease or treat injuries, so there's no need for a doctor...unless, of course, circumstances aren't normal. This smash-hit drama gives a look into the lives of the men and women who work to welcome 1,000,000 new lives into the world each year in Japan. Includes four arcs: Doorstep Mother, Threatened Miscarriage, Gonorrhea and On Call.
In “Rubella,” Dr. Sakura Kounotori meets a little girl who has congenital cataracts and a hole in her ventricular septum. The cause? Congenital rubella syndrome, a disease suffered by babies who catch rubella in the womb. Japan’s the only developed country in the world that still has a rubella problem because the rate of inoculation against the disease remains low. This volume also features the story “Domestic Violence” and the conclusion of “Accident & Emergency.”