Chapter 939 - 940: Being Looked Down Upon
In other areas, a crowd quickly gathered, and the students started getting busy. However, the Traditional Chinese Medicine section remained eerily quiet. Even when a few people approached occasionally, they mostly inquired about basic wellness tips, with hardly anyone genuinely intending to seek medical help.
At this moment, one of the students said, "It’s always like this. These days, very few people truly trust Traditional Chinese Medicine. Sigh, being assigned to the wrong major ruins lives."
"Exactly. We were all deeply affected by being reassigned. Back then, I didn’t even choose the Traditional Chinese Medicine major, but I was assigned to the Traditional Chinese Medicine College—it’s simply awful."
Many students at the Traditional Chinese Medicine College had not initially chosen the Traditional Chinese Medicine major while applying to Ningjian Medical University. However, to avoid being left without a placement, they had opted to accept reassignment. Consequently, around eighty percent of the students ended up in the Traditional Chinese Medicine College this way.
Thus, genuine enthusiasts of Traditional Chinese Medicine were extremely rare. Most of the students were simply aiming to earn a diploma, without hoping to become renowned doctors. They merely wished to use the diploma to secure a job in the future.
Seeing how neglected the Traditional Chinese Medicine section was, many of the students increasingly lost hope for this major.
For this voluntary clinic event, other majors required a rigorous selection process to qualify, whereas in the Traditional Chinese Medicine College, anyone who wanted to participate could—but there still weren’t many willing to show up.
At this moment, a fifty-something professor approached with a group of students. He turned to the old professor on the Traditional Chinese Medicine side and said, "Professor Wang, why don’t you give up your spot to us? Hardly anyone is visiting your section, yet you’re occupying space while our students are overwhelmed, and the area is too small for us."
Professor Wang Qing, from the Traditional Chinese Medicine College, immediately darkened his expression and retorted irritably, "Out of the question."
"Come on, Professor Wang. I know you’re upset, but the fact is Traditional Chinese Medicine really can’t compare to Western Medicine. You’re like the cuckoo occupying the magpie’s nest here. We’ve got so many patients waiting for us—how can you justify preventing them from getting treated?"