Opposition to the Olympics is a Proof of the Left Wing

It seems that my ancestor were hidden Christians ("Kakure Kirishitan") around Nagasaki. Moreover, I know that my Kyoto ancestors are the chief priests of temples that have become tourist destinations. The story of ancestors and religion deviates from the main subject of this article, but the story of the Edo Shogunate using "fumi-e" to identify hidden Christians is notorious.

It is Japan, my lovely home country, that the followers of a specific idea are identified by a similar technique even in modern times. For example, in a hot topic these days, "opposition to the Olympics" is a proof of the left. Again, I have to explain the complexities of Japan's left, but they are pro-China and pro-Korea. According to people on the right side of Japan, China and South Korea are said not to want Japan to succeed in the Olympics.

So it seems that the Japanese left wanted to cancel the Tokyo Olympics. Hence, "Olympic cancellation" is a proof of the left wing.

Another proof of the left wing seems to be the words and deeds that support the "homeless people" mentioned in the last two articles on this blog.

I think it's unlikely to be misleading on the English web, but I'll clarify my position. I am a non-political person who is neither a right wing nor a left wing. However, let me reveal that when I was young, during the Cold War, I sneaked into communist countries as an economic animal minion and corrupted local officials. I'm trying to novelize that story, but it's still incomplete.

There is a "Cruising" Ambulance in Osaka city - You can't stop it even if you raise your hand, how can you get on it?

I live in Osaka city, and even if I travel by taxi, it is often a short distance. Therefore, I often avoid taxis that are parked at taxi stands and catch cruising taxis. In fact, "cruising ambulances" are also running in Osaka city (there may be "cruising ambulances" in cities other than Osaka, but the author has confirmed the existence of "cruising ambulances" only in Osaka city).

If you are from abroad:

There are few cruising taxis in Tokyo these days. Cruising taxis are freely available only in local cities such as Osaka.

However, the "cruising ambulance" will not stop even if you raise your hand. So if you happen to have a car accident there, will the "cruising ambulance" stop to save you? The answer is probably "No". This is because the driver of the "cruising ambulance" is not running on the assumption that he may encounter a traffic accident site.

Many people may think, "Well, ambulance drivers who ignore when they encounter the scene of an accident are negligent in their duties." However, the "cruising ambulance" does not belong to the fire department in the first place. Drivers and crew are not civil servants.

A “cruising ambulance” is an ambulance that belongs to a particular private hospital. However, even though hospitals often own their own ambulances, not many hospitals operate their ambulances as “cruising ambulances”. If you read this continuation, you will understand why.

If you are clearly ill, your consciousness is stunned, you speak unintelligible words, or you are completely unconscious, they will put you on a stretcher and take you to the hospital. It is by no means a philanthropic activity that hospitals operating "cruising ambulances" are accommodating patients who have fallen over in this way.

It's a solid business. The detained patient does not need to have health insurance. The hospitalization fee and treatment fee for the patient who has fallen over will be paid by the local government (in Osaka city, of course, it will be Osaka city). Since the local government will pay the examination fee, the detained patients will undergo various examinations.

This is one of the causes of the infamous Osaka city's deficit finance, but it is not well reported. The medical association may or may not be putting pressure on the press.

Patients who are accommodated while lying down on the street in this way are called "Koro-san" in field terms. There may not be many hospitals that accept Koro-san, but they are scattered throughout Osaka City. Some hospitals specialize in Koro-san, while others accept both general patients and Koro-san (it seems that the latter hospitals mainly operate "cruising ambulances". In the case of Koro-san specialty hospitals, it seems that patients are often transported by ambulances from the fire department).

Some hospitals name him or her "[lastname], [serialnumber] Ro" if they don't know the identity of an unconscious Koro-san. The name of the hospital is entered in place of [lastname]. For example, if he or she is the 50th ("Goju" in Japanese)in a "Splendid" hospital, he or she is named "Splendid, Goju Ro". The [serialnumber] part is a kind of serial number. Next time when another unconscious & unidentified [Koro-san is brought in, he or she will be named "[lastname], [next-serialnumber] Ro". For example, the real name of former major leaguer Ichiro is "Suzuki, Ichiro". Ichiro means that the [serialnumber] in "[serialnumber] Ro" is 1 (“Ichi” in Japanese).

Discovered unconscious on the street, Koro-san are connected to a life support system in the hospital room and continue to sleep unknowingly when they will wake up. The longer they sleep, the more money they will receive from the municipality. In other words, the citizen's blood tax is poured indefinitely.

However, these hospitals should not be categorized as scams. After losing the place where Koro-san live, it is absolutely necessary to save ther life as they become weak on the street. However, I haven't seen any detailed information in the text, perhaps because it is taboo to touch these facts. I covered this story in Japanese more than 10 years ago, but was disturbed by suspicious people. So now I'm telling this story in English. No matter where you look on the web, you won't find similar information, except for my Japanse blog.

However, any medical professional who has traveled around Osaka should know this story. In fact, the story I heard directly from such medical professionals is the basis of this article.

As mentioned above, there are cases of unconsciousness, but in reality, many of the hospitalized Koro-san are getting better and eventually being discharged. After recovering to some extent in the hospital room, many patients become restless,wanting to return to their original "free environment."

A long time ago, a subordinate of a friend who works for a listed company was hit by a car and taken to a hospital. The destination hospital was the one that accepted Koro-san and others. And, as expected, the subordinate was put in a shared room with Koro-san and others. He was conscious, but had a complex fracture in his leg.

If you think in common sense, this young man, who is a first-class company employee, may feel uncomfortable with the appearance of the patients around him and appeal for a transfer. However, he also had the experience of wandering around developing countries around the world, and he completely blended into the atmosphere. When a visitor recommended a transfer, he stubbornly said, "I like this place." It is said that he spent about a month and a half until his feet healed happily in the hospital room with a strange atmosphere, just like "To every bird, his own nest is beautiful."

Urban legend about Osaka homeless hospitals

Mr. K, a university student who started a part-time job at a caterer in Nishinari Ward, a labor district in Osaka City, went around the customers' premises, such as small town factories and construction sites, to collect the used lunch boxes. Only one hospital was included in those customers. He also thought that the hospital that took lunch boxes was uncommon. The staff at this hospital do not eat lunch in the cafeteria, but instead eat the lunch boxes delivered by the caterer.

The hospital he visited for the first time stood on the side of the road without a garden. He was told by his seniors, "There is no entrance, so go in through the outpatient entrance." He wanted to do exactly that. However, on the contrary, it seemed that there was no entrance and only a doorway. Moreover, it is guarded by an iron grill. Is this the front door?

He was able to get in at the right time, as a person who looked like a staff member came out from inside. But he thinks. It's not like a hospital. Even if the outpatient reception is open only in the morning, if it is before 2:00 pm, there may be people who have not completed the accounting and usually there are many people in the lobby. No, in fact, there was only a small space that couldn't be called a lobby.

He passed by a woman who seemed to be leaving the hospital as he tried to retrieve used lunch boxes. But the woman, who looks around 50 years old, shook her legs and dropped the paper bag she had in her hand on the floor. Dozens of 500-yen coins spilled out of her.

The friendly K-kun was sorry that he was in the way and helped to collect the 500-yen coins. The woman thanked him and she laughed, but her teeth were missing.

A middle-aged man appeared and said, "You're a new part-time worker at the caterer. Given the cost of collecting the lunch boxes, I think it would be better to use disposable lunch boxes. Well, our hospital costs 7,000 yen for one washbasin."

"What? Is it such a high-class washbasin?" K responds unintentionally.

The man answers. "Oh no. There are so many things in the world, you know? The people who come in here leave the hospital without paying any money.The weird woman just made money and was discharged from the hospital instead of paying, so it's not normal. "

"Huh?"

"People who are hospitalized here usually only have a few tens of yen in their pockets. To put it bluntly, they specialize in people who have fallen over. In industry terms, they specialize in "Koro" homeless people. Well, you will learn the truth of society that you couldn't study at school. Hahaha ".

The man is gone. Mr. K is full of doubts. At a hospital where only people who don't have money come, is a washbasin 7,000 yen? It was strange, but why did the woman just have so many 500-yen coins?

When Mr. K returned to the caterer's office, a senior part-time student approached him. "Isn't that hospital a little surprising? The patients' hospitalization fees are all paid from our tax. I don't pay much tax, though. Those who are, and who are unlikely to have a health insurance card, that is, homeless sick or injured, are brought to that hospital. They are called 'Koro san'."

"What is a 7,000 yen washbasin?"

"If you are hospitalized there, you will be given various tests. Even if you are debilitated due to malnutrition, you will always have a CT scan and a gastrocamera test.

"The inspection fee alone is tens of thousands a day. It costs money anyway. So, the hospital charges it to the national government or the local government.

"The hospital gives every patient a set of washbasins with toothbrushes and towels, and the price is 7,000 yen, which is more than 10 times the market price."

However, even if the mystery of 7,000 yen is solved by this, the mystery that dozens of 500 yen coins spilled from the paper bag of the woman who should have been hospitalized there because she does not have money is not solved yet. .. When I talked about it, his senior grinned.

"I wish you were taken care of," he said, and the momentum was such that laughter was about to spill out from his senior's mouth. "That middle-aged woman seems to be a regular at that hospital, but she seems to be doing business on the roof when she is hospitalized."

"What is business?"

"You look well-bred. Are you still a virgin? That woman usually operates in the corner of a park, but when she is hospitalized, she operates on the rooftop. It's 500 yen each time. It's a one-coin prostitution. "

This is one of the crazy anecdotes of my beloved hometown, Osaka.This isn't really an urban legend, it's a true story I've heard from someone close to me. In Japanese, it seems that some people overreact to this article, which is annoying, but in English, it's probably okay.