Forty-six medical school graduates from across the mainland took part in a programme to serve in 100 rural health centres in Zhuhai .
The programme was started in January last year by the Zhuhai government. It aims to improve the health service network at the grass-roots level.
Ye Peiyu is a recent graduate from Guangdong Medical College who majored in clinical medicine. She said patients did not accept her at first because she was a fresh graduate. But she convinced them with her medical skills.
'The patients are simple and honest,' Ye said.
'If you are able to cure them, they will come to you again. They won't mind if you are a fresh graduate with little experience.'
She joined the programme two months ago and was assigned to the Doumen Xiwan centre. She said her hard work had paid off - some patients asked to be treated by her after her two-month stint.