Minitrue: Do Not Repost News on Zhejiang HIV Infections
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
medical malpractice
Baidu Probe Exposes Chaos of China’s Medical System
On Monday, Chinese authorities launched an investigation into Baidu’s unethical search...
Minitrue: Inner Workings of Shady Medical Business [Updated]
Tweeter @beidaijin has shared the following propaganda directive, also posted to CDT Chinese: #Ban...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Baiduing “How to Treat The Party”
Badiucao responds to the death of college student Wei Zexi, who died of cancer in April after...
Infant’s Death Inflames Health-Care Tensions
The death of a 12-day-old infant in an incubator at a Fujian hospital has fanned already widespread public distrust of China’s healthcare system. From Shangjing Li at China Real Time Report: Hospital authorities and the...
Mainland Justice Blind to Plight of the Powerless
Shanghai resident Lu Weiming and his wife blame a local waste collection station for their son’s disability and their daughter’s death. South China Morning Post reports the couple’s repeated legal defeats in...
Hospital in China Fends Off Angry Mob
Professional mourners have long been a part of funerals in China. Now, the bereaved can also hire mobs of pitchfork-wielding protesters to add teeth to demands for compensation, while beseiged hospital staff are taking up arms...
China Accused of Selling Bad Vaccines
A report by well-known investigative journalist Wang Keqin has shed light on the mishandling of vaccines which has rendered them ineffective or dangerous. From the New York Times: Mr. Chen said that the center, which is part of...
Beijing’s Poor Visit Illegal Clinics
The BBC reports on illegal medical clinics set up on the outskirts of Beijing set up to serve migrant workers and the poor: The clinic we visited, in the village of Jinzhan, had been open only for 10 days, according to the man...
Baby in China Dies While Doctor Plays Online Game
In Nanjing, a 5-month-old baby has died due to a doctor’s prioritizing online games over his hospital duties. The doctor has since been fired. From Associated Press: A 5-month-old baby died in a hospital amid pleas for...
Hefty Medical Bills Bought Kids’ Deaths – News Probe/CCTV
An Oct. 16 program of CCTV’s News Probe (Chinese) tells a story about devastated parents, some of whom sold all their property and ran into big debts to come up with hefty bills for as much as 900,000 yuan ($11,000) to treat their little kids’ thalassemia (Âú∞‰∏≠ʵ∑Ë¥´Ë°ÄÁóá) at Guangzhou Zhujiang Hospital (ÂπøÂ∑ûÁè†Ê±üÂåªÈô¢). They were among […]
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