After School Doctor Episode 1

Introducing new school doctor

Dr Makino is replacing the local school nurse while she’s on maternity leave. He is an excellent diagnostician, but he severely lacks bedside manner. For this reason he has been assigned to the school so that he will learn how to communicate better with people in general. His first case is a boy who snuck into an off limits area. He suffered from shrub typhus and got help thanks to two other boys who were out sneaking with him. The more serious case was a little girl suffering from narcolepsy. Those around her thought she just wasn’t sleeping at night and goofing off to get out of class etc. As her condition worsened, Dr Makino was the only one who understood what was going on and strongly admonished her class to quit bullying her about it. Even her teacher was surprised the next morning when the little girl commented how Dr Makino was the only one that saw the real her…even if he was weird 😂 The actors made this slice of life classroom experience feel very real. The children in particular do an excellent job making all their maladies real and showing the dynamics of student relationships. Although Dr Makino still fails to communicate kindly, his notice of their real situations is winning the respect of his patients and their families. He is struggling with the simplest of social skills, but his new friends are teaching him how to communicate. 😁 There is a surprise twist at the end of the episode.

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