"It's broadly true that Professor Kurokawa's ghost can treat cancer. But we need to keep this confidential for now. It shouldn't be publicized. Professor Nor iuchi, would that be acceptable?"
The hospital director, who was chairing the meeting, first set the tone for the whole affair. After a moment of silence, Professor Nor iuchi nodded in agreement.
The dean of medicine was the head of the faculty of medicine at Japan Medical School, a university position.
A university could have more than one affiliated hospital, so in theory, the director of an affiliated hospital answered to the dean of medicine, who in turn answered to the university president.
The dean of medicine ranked higher than the affiliated hospital's director, but their jurisdictions and duties overlapped in some areas and differed in others. It was not a direct supervisory relationship, and in practice, the two held roughly equal power at the Medical University Affiliated Hospital.
Professor Nor iuchi was reluctant to acknowledge this incredible supernatural incident. Deep down, he resented the fact that his bitter rival, Professor Kurokawa, could still outshine him after death and cure late-stage cancer that even he could not treat.
But facts spoke louder than words. This time, there were both witnesses and physical evidence.
After the ghost doctor incident the previous night, the head nurse had reported it overnight. Her testimony carried more weight than that of Doctor Satomi and the other nurses, and the footage had clearly captured Professor Kurokawa's face. At last, the Medical University Affiliated Hospital had taken notice.
Before regular working hours began, calls had dragged the diagnostic department's staff out of bed. A group of doctors and nurses had stood waiting beside the old woman's bed in Room 1302, and the moment she woke, she had been scheduled for specially arranged