【TV Documentary】A story of Dr. Imagawa living with Silence. Japanese Deaf Doctor「Yorisoi」

Is it really possible a challenged doctor carry out his job?
Ryuji Imagawa has a congenital hearing deficiency. He was deeply aspired by Japanese comic “Black Jack” in his young age however Medical Practitioners Act set up as “the one with visual impairments, hearing deficiency or speech defect cannot be licensed as a doctor”.
His turning point was legal change in 2001. “Hearing deficiency” was deleted from the article and Mr. Imagawa set out to be a doctor.
Currently, he works for Owase General Hospital in Mie prefecture as a physician and communicates with patients and staff by lip reading. All staff takes off their masks to talk to him. His stethoscope is connected to a smartphone and he checks patient’s condition from wave pattern. Every time he receives in-house call, he dashes to who called him. While he is on duty for a night, he puts a sock over his left hand with a mobile phone and wakes up by vibrating alarm. In case study meeting with his colleagues, he also works with writing but it is still hard to grasp the whole discussion.
However Mr. Imagawa believes he can conquer the barrier with creativity.
Human Documentary 「Yorisoi」