Health-care reform is upending the lives of China’s doctors
As a result, many are looking towards the private sector
When Cheng Yingsheng, the director of one of China’s top university hospitals, was placed under investigation for alleged corruption in June, it marked a difficult spell for doctors in China. The authorities have recently rattled them with a string of high-profile arrests of leading medical figures. But that is not the doctors’ only worry. The government is also pushing through a health-care reform that is upsetting many of them.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Going private?”
From the June 29th 2024 edition
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