She rushed to the Jiaotong University Affiliated Children's Hospital, a decrepit building without air conditioning. There, a doctor pulled a blackened wooden tongue depressor made from a section of bamboo stem, and stuck it into her daughter's throat. After examining her throat, he performed a blood analysis. Twenty minutes later, the report came out, with a diagnosis of tonsillitis.
她又奔波到上海交通大學附屬兒童醫院，一棟沒冷氣的老舊建築，醫師從竹筒拿出一根黑黝黝的木片，伸進女兒喉嚨，看完後去驗血，20 分鐘後報告出來，判斷是扁桃腺發炎，開了藥，吃了兩天比較好了。