Synopsis

“Team Batista” is a group of medical specialists who successfully performed 26 consecutive high-difficulty heart surgeries. However, they suddenly experience three consecutive surgical failures, with all patients dying. Psychosomatic medicine physician Taguchi (Takeuchi Yuko), who undertakes the internal investigation, is unable to determine the truth and attempts to conclude the incidents as accidents. However, Shiratori (Abe Hiroshi), a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare official who remains unsatisfied with the report, launches his reinvestigation into the mysterious surgical failures.