"Some patients in Taiwan have no sense of public ethics, and no notion of etiquette," says Lai. When he first began working at Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, it was as a clinical instructor. He would see only six or seven patients in a morning. After obtaining the permission of a patient, he would proceed, while discussing the case with medical students.
「台灣有些病人沒有公德心，也沒有禮貌，」賴其萬說，自己一開始在慈濟醫院開的是教學門診，一個早上只看 6、7 名病人，並在徵得病人的同意下，一邊詳細問診，一邊與醫學系學生討論病情。