Shi Lianzhen, a 79-year-old villager from rural Beijing, has been suffering from coronary heart disease and myocardial irffarction. On October 15, 2003, she unexpectedly received 10,064 yuan (US$1,215) in subsidies fo...Shi Lianzhen, a 79-year-old villager from rural Beijing, has been suffering from coronary heart disease and myocardial irffarction. On October 15, 2003, she unexpectedly received 10,064 yuan (US$1,215) in subsidies for her diseases from the local government department in charge of rural co-operative medical care. This old female farmer, without any income source, was so excited that she couldn’t put her feeling into words. For the first time in their life, Chinese farmers can enjoy medical care insurance like those wage workers in dries, when their health fails them and their lives are in the menace of death.展开更多
We have a scarcity of health care professionals in the rural areas and therefore we can offer medical services from a distance to the underserved rural population.
文摘Shi Lianzhen, a 79-year-old villager from rural Beijing, has been suffering from coronary heart disease and myocardial irffarction. On October 15, 2003, she unexpectedly received 10,064 yuan (US$1,215) in subsidies for her diseases from the local government department in charge of rural co-operative medical care. This old female farmer, without any income source, was so excited that she couldn’t put her feeling into words. For the first time in their life, Chinese farmers can enjoy medical care insurance like those wage workers in dries, when their health fails them and their lives are in the menace of death.
文摘We have a scarcity of health care professionals in the rural areas and therefore we can offer medical services from a distance to the underserved rural population.
