After I Quit Over a Hospital Dispute, the Patient’s Family Panicked

After sitting for too many days in a row, I strained the muscles in my lower back. I took advantage of a break to treat myself with moxibustion, only to be jointly reported by the families of my patients. [How can a doctor slack off and enjoy themselves during work hours? So irresponsible!] [Since when do doctors get days off? What are patients supposed to do when doctors take a break? You have no medical ethics!] [And you're the director of the Chinese medicine department? You're nothing but a quack. People like you don't deserve to be doctors!] I was consumed with rage. For twenty years as a doctor, I'd studied medical texts day and night and saved lives, all to restore the reputation of Chinese medicine. And in the end, I was accused of being a fraud! When my patients found out I'd been smeared, they all demanded their money back. I was forced to resign. But a few months later, those same patients' families knelt before me and begged, “Doctor, please come back.”