Dr. Chou personally performed five operations on Chung's afflicted leg. Recalling his first impressions of Chung, Dr. Chou said: "His skin was dark and he looked undernourished. He could speak neither Mandarin nor Amoy dialect clearly. He was very weak and nervous."
回溯去年十月間第一次見到鍾榮兵的印象，周主任說：「他當時又瘦又黑，似有營養不良的現象，國語、台語說不清楚，識字不多，情緒也不太穩定。」