Reply #1909 flaemmlee's,#1910 xavierkk's, #1911 stomachache's posts
Thanks for your well wishes for my friend - and yes, she seems to be OK, just a bit pale as those antibiotic drips are just too invasive and potent; it kills all the bacteria - bad or good - in one's body and IMHO serves to weaken one's own immune system.
And the only reason why Chinese clinics/hospitals insists on using them instead of prescribing an oral course of antibiotic pills is that it forces the patient to come back and of course pay daily. Its gone on to be so de-rigeur there that most of the Chinese there actually insists on getting a drip instead of just the oral tablet course - in the mistaken belief that only such a course of drip will cure them.
What I find particularly galling with such scams is that it is carried out by the very and only people we SHOULD be able to trust in cases of life and death. I mean, what is more precious than our health??
I have been to hospitals in China where a whole wing is equipped not only with the latest state of the art medical equipment, but each patient room are suites with separate living, Dining, full Kitchen, patient bedroom, guest bedroom and the bathrooms resplendent with both a jacuzzi as well as a steam closet. And yet, at the very same hospital, I would see "ordinary" sick patients just waiting around desperately in unsanitary, fly and cockroach infested reception areas....and the doctors putting them through all sorts of unnecessary - and expensive - tests, courses of medicine etc - just to gouge these poor people.
I mean the amount of money they spent to equip/furnish the lavish VIP wing - shouldn't they NOT have spent such and instead use the money to be less mercenary to the less well off? For the books of these hospitals reveal that the majority of the income is from the general patient and NOT from the VIP patients. Yes, the VIP's absolute RMB amounts are large, but the MARGIN on treating VIPS are NOT as high as those to treat the general public. That is how screwed up the system there is.
The medical community is truly a disgrace for China....and this ZhongYan clinic is but a prime example as to how mercenary, merciless and actually cruel they can be.
Sorry to be so bitter - but I hope you here can at least be aware - and somehow be prepared - for medical emergencies if it unfortunately occurs whilst you are in China.
SEAJ
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