There were many short - term and long - term rental houses around the hospital. The conditions were average, but the price was cheap, and it was not far from the hospital. Therefore, most of the people who came to the capital to seek medical treatment would stay here to cope with this difficult time.
The conditions were very poor, but there was no other good place to choose.
The cheapest express hotel nearby, the kind with a basement and a public bathroom, cost 400 Xun and 500 yuan a day.
For the ordinary patients and their family members who did not know when they would be able to line up to be admitted to the hospital, this was an unbearable cost.
The further it was from the downtown area, the cheaper the price of a short - term rental. It was common sense that the worse the conditions of the land, the lower the price of the house.
