From MSNBC:
Former physician Chen Xiaolan has made a name for herself exposing some of the many medical quacks in China, along with their bogus cures. Last year she persuaded government officials to close down a company in southern China that was selling a bogus remedy for fevers. Chen learned about the treatment, a bunch of herbs packed into a patch for the forehead, when doctors at a Shanghai hospital convinced her aunt to purchase one.
Chen wasn’t always a professional patient advocate. But when doctors foist fake remedies on vulnerable patients to pad medical bills, she takes it personally. Chen once practiced traditional Chinese medicine in her hometown of Shanghai. She made plenty of money”but in the late 1990s, Chen, now 53, discovered that her employer, a state hospital, was injecting patients with a worthless serum. After undergoing the treatment herself, she exposed the fraud. Forced out of her job, she’s now a full-time whistleblower, aided financially by her family and supportive government agencies….[Full Text]