A Gangster

     My hospital was open overnight for emergencies last night and all the staff were working around the clock.  At midnight a gangster (we call them yakuza) called my hospital.  Believe it or not, he wanted to cut off his left, little finger at the distal joint and then see a surgeon, if you please.  I've no idea about his intention. I explained to him that no medical insurance covered self-inflicted injuries and he needed 60,000 yen for his treatment. I couldn't understand exactly what he was saying. It seemed that he had made a mistake and wanted to ask for permission from his boss or someone with cutting his own ring finger off.  I've treated many cases of amputation of fingers of Yakuza. Those yakuzas used to cut their finger off without thinking of the after-care of fingers. I thought he was not a real gangster and just playing cool among his buddies. Anyway he didn't show up at my hospital.