Also, Hoping Hospital originally had more than 400 nurses, yet when the hospital was cutting personnel costs it made certain to first cut the nursing budget so that one third of all nurses became contract hires with no work guarantees. The percentage of those leaving the profession surpassed 60 %, and Head Nurse Chen now has no choice but to train a never-ending stream of new personnel.
而原本和平醫院有四百多位護士，但醫院刪減人事費時，一定先砍護士預算，造成三分之一的護士為聘僱人員，工作沒有保障，離職率超過百分之六十，她只能不斷重複訓練新人。