Tokyo Unnatural Forensics

Chapter 145, Graduate from the School of Medicine
It's cherry blossom season again.

In the second year of the Uesugi calendar (the second year after Uesugi Sosetsu's awakening), the graduation ceremony of Tokyo Medical and Dental University was officially held in the university auditorium.

Professor Ukai, Dean of the School of Medicine, delivered a speech on the stage, congratulating the medical students who successfully graduated this year, and educating and admonishing future generations with the attitude of sages to have medical ethics, to abide by the Hippocratic Oath, to promote traditional culture, to carry forward the Yamato people's spirit of hard work and perseverance, to build a medical system with Japanese characteristics, and so on.

Uesugi Sosetsu, who had just completed his graduation thesis defense, sat below and listened. He had changed into a serious suit, but his face did not look very serious.

Because he was the only forensic doctor in the entire auditorium.

Watching the happy and proud classmates in the front row go up to the stage one by one to receive their graduation certificates, Uesugi Sosetsu couldn't tell what he was feeling. He didn't know whether he was relieved or frustrated, happy or annoyed.

Even dogs can’t learn forensics!
Even though he has achieved success and fame now, and even though he has become a celebrity because of his abilities in the other world, Uesugi Sosetsu still feels that since he came here to study medicine and finally got into medical school, he should never touch the field of forensic medicine if he can avoid it!
Doctors in Japan are expensive.

This is expensive in two aspects.

The first reason why it is expensive is that the tuition is very expensive. It costs a lot to become a doctor (that is, the tuition in the medical school is expensive). The second reason why it is expensive is that it comes in the form of dignity. Once you become a doctor, you have a high social status and make a lot of money.

Taking Tokyo Medical and Dental University as an example, the admission fee is approximately 28 yen, the tuition for each academic year is approximately 53 yen, the annual textbook fee is approximately 20 yen, and there are also various equipment fees, experimental fees, medical and pharmaceutical fees, living and accommodation expenses, equipment usage fees, and insurance premiums.

Uesugi Sosetsu went to school like a rich boy. He did not work part-time or save money, and his family spent 2500 million yen during his five years of college.

Is this a lot of money?

No, this amount is not much to study medicine in Japan, because Tokyo Medical and Dental University is a public university! The tuition is cheaper!
If you go to a private medical university, this number may continue to rise. As far as Uesugi Muneyuki knows, even the cheapest private university, the International University of Health and Welfare, has a tuition fee that is twice that of the Tokyo Medical and Dental University. A five-year medical career will cost at least 3500 million yen.

Therefore, the rumor among the Japanese people that you need to prepare 5000 million yen to study in the medical department of a private university is not a joke, it really costs that much!
Ordinary working-class people simply cannot afford to send their children to study medicine. In Japan, the father of a doctor is often a doctor.

At the same time, it is difficult to pass the medical school entrance examination.

Every year, nearly 30000 people apply for the medical schools of national and public universities, but the Japan Medical Association only allows a quota of 4227 people for all medical schools of national and public universities. Every year, more than 100000 people apply for the medical schools of private universities, but the Japan Medical Association only allows a quota of 3026 people for all medical schools of private universities.

Yes, the number of doctors who can enter the medical field each year in Japan is fixed. There are only so many people, and the number of students is not easily expanded. The number of medical students admitted each year is the result of consultation among multiple parties.

Some of Japan's systems are designed to prevent internal competition within the industry, but what is reflected is that the medical school entrance examination itself is extremely inward-looking. The deviation value of the famous Tokyo University School of Medicine is as high as 75, which means that only 0.5% of students can get in. The deviation value of Kyoto University School of Medicine is as high as 70, which means that only 1% of medical students can get in.

The difficulty of passing the exam is a high threshold, and the huge tuition fees are another high threshold, not to mention the enormous academic pressure and the excessive physical and psychological burden as a trainee doctor (also known as regular training). I won’t elaborate on this part.

So, if it is so difficult to pass the medical exam, it costs so much, and the pressure is so great, why do so many people still flock to it?
The answer is: high income, high status, and extremely long careers.

If they can overcome the first few hurdles and complete two to three years of regular training, as long as they become a certified doctor like Uesugi Sosetsu, their annual income will be more than 400 million yen. After five years, they will become specialists and their annual income will easily exceed 5 million yen. Generally, if they have been practicing medicine for more than ten years and have a relatively smooth journey, their annual income will have reached 600 million yen, and at this stage they are only about 1000 years old.

This is the real high-income group.

Not only that, doctors have a high social status, and the Japanese respect doctors very much. In Japanese society, people in several professions such as "teachers, doctors, lawyers, and politicians at the parliamentary level" are called "Mr.". Among them, teachers and doctors are "lifelong Mr.". Patients often respect them very much, and when they go out to socialize, as long as they mention that they are a doctor, they will instantly gain everyone's respect.

At the same time, doctors have exceptionally long careers.

There is a saying in the Japanese medical community: (Doctor) Life begins at sixty, fifty is still in the cradle, seventy is not old, eighty is just right, and ninety is incredible.

The Germans, who are from one of the three East Asian countries, should have a deep understanding of this point: an old bald doctor with a wrinkled face and white beard is more reliable than a young doctor with thick hair and a hairy mouth.

The impossible triangle in medicine: treatment, efficiency, and fairness.

China chose efficiency and fairness, while Japan chose treatment and fairness.

As for the United States, it seems to be neither efficient nor fair. The only thing left is the treatment. I don’t know what Americans are thinking.

This is why no one studies forensic medicine - after finally getting into the medical school, who would be stupid enough to become a forensic doctor? After ten years of practice, other doctors have earned 1200 million yuan a year, but I'm still only making 500 million! And it's dirty, smelly, tiring, and looked down upon by society!
One by one, the students came up to the stage to be awarded their degree certificates. Each of them was meticulously dressed in a suit, with a smile on their face, full of awe and trepidation. Successfully graduating from the medical school is a great victory in life, but it is also just the beginning of a career.

Uesugi Sosetsu remembered that some universities, such as the University of Tokyo, had a very strict academic atmosphere. At the graduation ceremony, every graduate had to wear suit pants for men and suit skirts for women. However, some schools, such as Kyoto University, had a very open academic atmosphere. The graduation ceremony was a cosplay convention. "Luffy", "Naruto", "Conan", "Ultraman" and "Pikachu" went on stage one by one to receive their certificates. Some even wore sumo suits and Hokkaido Ainu native costumes, and the school did not care.

"Forensic Pathology Department, Mr. Uesugi Sosetsu." At this moment, Dean Ukai read out Uesugi Sosetsu's name.

Uesugi Munesetsu then came to power.

His appearance set off the entire auditorium, and many male medical students then remembered that this guy was the Chinese man who had been in the limelight in recent years and had a big scandal with national actress Mai Shirakawa?

Oh, damn, I'm so envious! Large groups of male graduates looked at Uesugi Sosetsu's dignified, solemn and stern back with envy and hatred.

"Is this Uesugi?" Most of the men who were able to pass the medical examination were a bit arrogant: "Huh~ I don't know how many drugs Mai-dono took. He actually had lunch with him and visited the shrine together. He doesn't look that great, does he?"

"No, they are very good at autopsies."

"No matter how good he is at autopsy, he is just a forensic doctor. Just wait and see. In ten years, we will far surpass him. We may not be able to get the Mai Palace, but he will definitely not be able to touch it!"

"Hey, Kanai, do you like Mai-dono? I like YKC48's Sakura more!"

"Oh? The one in Kagoshima, Kyushu?"

"Yeah, Miyawaki Sakura, so cute, Sakura Knights, activate!"

"By the way, do you know about the recent incident where the Fujidai Odaiba building is haunted?"

"Ah? I think I've heard of it!"

"It is said that someone saw Hironaka Mariko wandering around on the second basement floor of the Odaiba building!"

"Wow! Is it really Hironaka Mariko? The female anchor in the wall?"

"It's true. Someone witnessed it, more than once!"

Uesugi Sosetsu ignored the noise from below. He strode onto the stage and faced Dean Ukai, who was smiling but not smiling.

"Congratulations, Uesugi-kun! You are truly amazing. Your presence is a credit to our entire university!" Dean Ukai smiled as he presented the graduation certificate to Uesugi Muneyuki: "How are you? Are you feeling energetic?"

Dean Ukai has a mixture of love and hate towards Uesugi Sosetsu. What he loves is that this guy's superb forensic skills have not only brought huge benefits to Tokyo Medical and Dental University, but also made him famous at home and abroad. What he hates is that this guy is always making trouble and disobeying orders, and that inexplicable night shift attack caused trouble for the school and forced him to delay his bid for the position of president for two years.

However, this guy's positive returns are obviously greater than his negative returns.

"Thank you, Dean. I feel fine." Uesugi Sosetsu lowered his head and took the graduation certificate: "Regarding the certification of my specialty..."

"Oh, I have discussed this with Mr. Ohkouchi. The hospital can assign you an assistant as long as you pass the exam." Dean Ukai said with a smile: "The hospital will fully support Uesugi-kun's career in the Metropolitan Police Department."

In other words, the hospital does not intend to support its forensic work?
Uesugi Sosetsu instantly understood Dean Ukai's subtext.

This old fox!
However, the affiliated hospital has indeed faced a troublesome matter recently. Uesugi Munesetsu turned his gaze to Professor Zaizen of the First Department of Surgery who was sitting below. The family of the deceased, Sasaki Yohei, filed a lawsuit against the hospital based on the autopsy report of Uesugi Munesetsu and Professor Okochi.

Professor Zaizen was forced to appear in court repeatedly, making this once famous and skilled first-class surgical professor embarrassed.

Dean Ukai was very angry about this matter, but he couldn't do anything to Professor Okouchi and Uesugi Sosetsu.

This troublemaker should not stay in the hospital anymore, go to your Metropolitan Police Department for an autopsy!
Just like that, in the season when cherry blossoms were falling, Uesugi Sosetsu officially graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and became a glorious official forensic doctor who had only been in training for two months!

Immediately following graduation is a series of examinations including oral examination, written examination and practical clinical operation for specialist medical certification at the end of March.

Uesugi Munsetsu passed all the exams in one try.

In this way, 23-year-old Uesugi Munsetsu has completed the triple jump of training medicine, certified medicine, and specialized medicine one year from the time he switched to forensic medicine.

It is simply the fastest legend in the Japanese medical field!
If a clinical medical student did this, the entire Japanese medical community would be in an uproar, and all kinds of elderly people, academic authorities, and pharmacology masters would come out to stop it, shouting slogans such as "Japanese medicine is dead" and "The end of a defeated country", and would be attacked by everyone.

But Uesugi Sosetsu is a forensic doctor.

Forensic doctor, then it's okay.

As Uesugi Sosetsu officially passed the specialized medical examination, the proposal to establish a special medical department was officially put on the agenda at the Metropolitan Police Department.

On a bright and sunny spring morning, Miss Minami formally brought the proposal for the establishment of the Special Mission Department to her father's desk.

She has been waiting for this day for a long time!
(End of this chapter)