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//english.dbw.cn 2016-01-29 09:26:36 |
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A photo shows the lines of patients waiting to book an appointment at Guang'anmen Hospital in Beijing on Januarary 27, 2016. [Photo: news.haiwainet.cn] Beijing police have arrested 12 people scalping outpatient appointments in three downtown hospitals so far this week. Police say they will continue the crackdown on scalpers, or ticket touts, together with the health authorities. The move follows the appearance of a viral video that showed a furious woman at a hospital blaming scalpers for her failure to get a ticket. The lady in the video said she had been waiting in the hospital for an outpatient appointment for two days, and still could not get a ticket. A scalper offered her an appointment for around 680 U.S. dollars for a booking originally priced at no more than 50 dollars. The top medical authority in China has said that it will investigate and punish the scalping of hospital outpatient bookings. Zhuang Yiqiang is the vice secretariat of the Chinese Hospital Association. He believes that the root reason for the issue is the unbalance of medical resources in China. "The fundamental reason behind the case is not the scalping, but the low-quality of China's grassroots medical system. If local hospitals were capable of offering the treatment, then patients would not believe the only way to get cured is to go to a hospital in Beijing." Ticket scalping has become a major problem for hospitals and railway stations during holiday seasons. Well-equipped hospitals in Beijing attract patients from across the country, which leads to overcrowding and increases the problem of getting an appointment. Though telephone and Internet reservations have been introduced to make bookings more convenient, scalping is still rampant in large hospitals in major cities. |
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| Author： Source：xinhua Editor：Yang Fan |
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