Would you do a brain scan in China?
A good friend just passed by, his face somewhat in tatters. A few days ago he fell while playing soccer in Beijing on the tarmac and was a few seconds unconscious. Now he needs to get a brain scan, since he still feels a bit dizzy and his family wants to be sure nothing is wrong.
Now, there is no shortage of brain scanning equipment in the Chinese hospitals. Doctors love to buy it, since it is a fast way to get some money under the table. Only nobody uses them, because they are too expensive. The doctors have very little experience and lack the skills of interpreting the results. So my friend decided to go to Hong Kong for the scan, despite the extra costs.
What would you do?
1 comment:
Seeing as a group of Chinese journalists just tested a group of Chinese hospitals by submitting tea as urine samples in which 6 out of the 10 hospitals recommended expensive treatments for "bladder infections", I would have to say that going to Hong Kong, despite the cost is a good idea.
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