The first one was that the common theme of the discussions we had were hospital budgets and cost-cutting, and the second thing, which really bothered me, actually, was that several of the colleagues I met, former friends from medical school, who I knew to be some of the smartest, most motivated, engaged and passionate people I'd ever met, many of them had turned cynical, disengaged, or had distanced themselves from hospital management.
２つのことに驚きました １つめは 主に私たちの話題にのぼるのが 病院の予算 そして 経費削減だということでした ２つめ これは問題だと思ったのですが 同僚たち— 医科大学時代からの友人であり 最も頭脳明晰で 意欲的で 仕事に情熱的に打ち込んでいた人々 仕事に情熱的に打ち込んでいた人々 彼らの多くがシニカルになり 意欲を失い 病院経営から距離を置いてしまっていたことでした