TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room — Season 1, Episode 1: A life that cannot be saved by waiting

Episode synopsis

Tokyo MER was launched to save the lives of patients by rushing to the scene of accidents, disasters, and incidents. There are 7 members of the emergency team: Chief Doctor Kitami, Resident Tsurumaki Hina, Nurse Kuramae Natsume, Vietnamese Nurse Hoang Lan Minh, Anesthesiologist Fuyuki Jiro, civil engineer Tokumaru Motoichi, and the bureaucrat and doctor Otowa Nao. All of them are life-saving medical specialists. During the inauguration ceremony, the team have to rush to the of a serious bus accident. There were many patients waiting and the team takes on the mission of operating on multiple patients at the scene of an extremely dangerous accident. Kitami's life-saving act, transcending the common sense of doctors, is regarded as a problem by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Tokyo MER, which faces the crisis of dissolution soon after inauguration is faced with a difficult decision when a factory explosion occurs.

About TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room

TOKYO MER is formed by order from the Governor of Tokyo. The name of the group stands for TOKYO Mobile Emergency Room. The members are emergency care professionals and they are to go to sites of dangerous accidents and disasters by ER car. Their ER car is a large vehicle equipped with the latest medical devices and an operating area. There, TOKYO MER saves lives of the injured. Kōta Kitami is a doctor for TOKYO MER and its leader. He holds a strong conviction that, regardless of the dangers, he will go to accident sites to save lives.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2The "trial of life" for a young doctor
• E3Barricade case! Save the hostage girl!
• E4Tunnel collapse! Time limit of life for transplant surgery
• E5Flames approaching a pregnant woman! Save the lives of mother and child in a closed room of desperation.
• E6Mysterious mass disappearance of elementary school students in the mountains, save the bond between parent and child
• E7The new enemy is the police! Save the trapped and vulnerable people
• E8The forbidden past is revealed! The end of the bond between friends!
• E9An accident at the embassy! An international problem if you go in! The ultimate choice!
• E10Final Chapter Part 1 - Who is dead? The person he wants to protect more than anyone
• E11Heroes who disappear into legend, MER's final battle