Breathing new life into the healthcare system

As China moves to boost the private sector, many doctors employed by public hospitals are taking advantage of changes in the rules to work part time in non-State-run establishments, as Wang Xiaodong reports.

Zhu Gang, a urologist at a public hospital in Beijing, initially sought part-time work at Beijing United Family Hospital in 2004 to maintain his English, because many of the hospital's doctors and patients come from overseas.

Although he didn't know it at the time, Zhu was a trailblazer, and now the government is encouraging other doctors to follow his example