When he began his ICU duty, he was upset about the undisciplined manner of the local doctors and nurses, but after a month, facing death on a daily basis, he found that he too started feeling numb, just like those doctors and nurses. His first thought when seeing a newly admitted patient was to assess whether the person would live or not, and what resources to allocate toward treating him.
初到加護病房服務，他曾因當地醫護人員的散漫態度而生氣，但是一個月後，天天面對死亡，他發現自己也開始感到麻木，甚至跟醫護人員一樣，看到入院病人的第一個念頭，就是評估他到底還能不能存活？該花多少資源去救治？