Kids' docs feeling pressure, fall short of demand

Pediatricians fall short of demand in China, and they are under great pressure, Song Shuli, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Health, said at a news conference on Thursday.

Song's comment came a week after a staff member of Shenzhen Children's Hospital put up a notice on the window of the registration office, informing the patients that they would have to wait for six to eight hours before seeing a doctor.

The staff member, who worked at the registration office, quarreled with a parent who was waiting to register at around 8 pm on May 19.