Unsung Cinderella, Midori, the Hospital Pharmacist (2020)

7.6 (5 votes)

1 Season

July 16, 2020

Japanese

Drama

Synopsis

Aoi Midori is a pharmacist and in the 8-year span of her career, she has worked according to her strong belief that "One must know the patient well in order to prescribe the correct medication as medicine is the bond that connects the patient's today to his/her daily life henceforth". Due to that, Aoi usually takes a long time in her consultations with the patients, and this causes her to be complained by her colleagues for being too inefficient in her work. Aoi shrugs off the complaints as her goal is to help the patients regain the daily life that they once took for granted.

Network

Fuji TV

Episodes

Acted Beyond Authority

Jul 16, 2020

54 min

9.0

Midori Aoi is a pharmacist working in Takatsu Hospital. She cares about her patients and she doesn't mind confronting doctors for the sake of her patients. While packing medicine, Aoi notices that the medicine is wrongly prescribed as the patient is a pregnant lady. She goes to see the doctor in charge to confirm the prescription but the doctor refuses to listen to her. She reminds the doctor repeatedly, but the doctor ignores her. The patient's condition becomes critical and Aoi confronts him. The doctor thinks that Aoi acts beyond her authority and lodges a complaint against her. [Source: VIU]

Self-Satisfaction

Jul 23, 2020

54 min

8.0

Narcotics Control Officer from the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare is coming to the hospital to check if narcotics management is correctly done. While checking the stock, Ms. Handa notices that one ampoule of fentanyl has gone missing. Everyone in the department looks for it worrying that they will be punished for losing it. Aoi leaves the hospital during office hours without permission to save Mr. Omiya. She goes to his house with the hopes to find out why he has an irregular pulse. [Source: VIU]