[sumo] Asashoryu Update from NHK

[Joe Kuroda]

NHK News has reported that Sumyabazar, Asashoryu's
brother, indicated that Asashoryu would be back in
Japan in three weeks after talking to him (on phone)
yeseterday.

He said Asashroyu has been improving that he told him
that he should be good enough to go back to Japan in
three weeks time.

Since he has hardly had any treatment at all in
Mongolia and this is coming from the patient himself,
I am not sure how this could come about.

First it is surprising that Asashoryu could make a
decent conversation with anyone when all we knew was
he could barely respond to his doctors with just
"ahh..." and "ooh..". 

Second, his return to Mongolia was only approved by at
least some of Kyokai directors because they were told
by his attending psychiatrists how serious his
condition was. This would make the diagnosis a total
joke and I'd bet those directors would be extremely
unhappy when they hear of this. Of course the
physician's reputation may have been tarnished
severely.

Third, Kitanoumi oyakata and others have insisted that
Asashoryu could only come home when he is fully
recovered and diagnosed to be healthy by their
physician (or one appointed by them in Mongolia). 

The overall question is how can a patient declare
himself to be healthy by himself and get himself out?
It's like you are admitted to a mental institution and
then saying you are all fine and and leave there.

More doubts linger. 

.....Jonosuke 
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