On September 13th, during freshman registration at the Zhongdu Campus of Shanxi Medical University, it was discovered that the loft beds with desks underneath were not equipped with climbing ladders. Freshmen are required to purchase them themselves at a price of 200 yuan each, sparking questions from students and parents about profiteering. Older students reported that previous cohorts also did not have ladders.
On September 13, 2026, a netizen posted a video claiming that when freshmen at the Zhongdong Campus of Shanxi Medical University registered, they found that the loft beds with desks underneath in their dorms were not equipped with ladders, and that freshmen needed to buy a ladder costing about 200 yuan each to get into their dorms.
Students in the dormitories at the Zhongdu campus of Shanxi Medical University have upper bunks with no ladders. Parents have to buy a ladder from a shop off campus for about 200 yuan and bring it into the school to install it, and the university only allows parents to enter campus on the day of registration. Netizens question whether the school is working with merchants to fleece parents.