The Covid 19 has caused a lot of stress and also taken some lives either through the effect of vaccination or the pandemic itself. Medical professionals have their hands full in caring the infected yet a little number of young physicians taking leave at the beginning of the pandemic to stay away from the possible virus surrounding. Dr. Wu, the superintendent of Taiwan University Hospital, witnessing this phenomenon has written a letter to call all medical professionals to reflect on their professional mission. This short article is a response to Dr. Wu's appeal to re-think the importance of medical humanities and advocate that the spirit of medical humanities must be implemented in medical education to instill the future physicians with the mind of compassion and empathy in their medical practice. In the meantime, this article will also discuss briefly what the spirit of medical humanities is about.