Designated day for doctors will raise their status

THE STATE COUNCIL, China's Cabinet, recently approved Aug 19 being observed as Chinese Doctors' Day, beginning next year. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

Some say that Chinese Doctors' Day might not be as meaningful as expected, because doctors will not gain anything from it: no additional holiday, no additional pay, not even gifts.

Yet as Chen Jingyu, a senior doctor from Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, who had long been advocating a designated day for doctors said, it will help establish more harmonious relations between doctors and patients.