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120m patients came to Beijing hospitals

(Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2009-08-20 18:05

Only 1.5 percent of 120 million patients who came to Beijing to see senior doctors made it, highlighting the demanding tasks of Beijing doctors, the city’s health chief said, according to the Chinanews.com.cn yesterday.

The website quoted Fang Laiying as saying that patients and their families even had to pay 1,500 yuan ($220) to buy registration tickets from scalpers, Fang said.

Beijing has the best medical resources in China, so patients from all over the country come to the capital for better diagnosis and treatment, but with a limited number of doctors, the city has been struggling to provide adequate medical resources to people.