I joined the second Round of the Japan Rally Championship on Apr. 27th. There were many spectators, press members, service crews, food stalls,,,. A calm mountain village had completely changed into a popular theme park like Disneyland.
My role was standing by to do emergency care in the case of accidents. I was driving rally cars in my university days and am interested in the rally now. I joined it last year and was asked to join it this year.
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I'm going to attend Rally Japan, one of the World Rally Championship Series, that will be held in Hokkaido next fall as an emergency doctor.
(Vocabulary)
stand by 待機している
We have a helicopter standing by when you're ready to go. ご出発に備えてヘリコプターを待機させています．
stand by to do sth …するために待機している
Buses were standing by to take guests to the airport. 客を空港まで送り届けるバスが何台か待機していた．
(KW: 全日本ラリー選手権)
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Posted by: KUMO | May 13, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Dear Dr. Kumo,
I was reading the blog of a US emergency room doctor. He was talking about health care systems in different countries, and said that:
"Japan was probably the most scary to me. Government (i.e. “single payer”) sets prices. Insurance companies are prohibited from making money. Sewing up a laceration gets paid $4.50 and a hospitalization in a room with 4 other patients is $10/night. MRIs cost a rocking $95. Patients love the system."
The doctor then concluded that therefore, doctors in Japan get paid about minimum wage. Is that true? Surely it isn't, since if it was people wouldn't be able to afford to go to medical school. So what is the system in Japan like?
Thank you for your time.
Jessica
Posted by: Jess. Y | May 12, 2008 at 04:44 AM