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Beijing Blood Shortage Exposes Risks in China’s Hospital System

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Beijing’s end of the replacement blood donor policy left some patients struggling to obtain blood for urgent treatment, exposing deeper risks in China’s hospital and blood-supply system.

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The Patients in Despair

Pu Baozhen was a patient with aplastic anemia. On February 6th, 2018, her bone marrow transplant surgery was stopped after 10 minutes. Nobody has found the unexpected worse part is coming – Blood Shortage in Beijing. That morning, the hospital received a document. It stated: From February 10th, 2018, the “Replacement Blood Donor Policy” would be abolished officially in Beijing. This put many patients who were in need of urgent blood transfusion in a bloodless situation. Read more
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Beijing Flu Season Story Exposes Strain in China’s Hospital System

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A Beijing family’s flu-season story revealed the strain of hospital access, ICU care, oxygen supply, medical costs, and emergency decision-making in China’s health system.

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Name a fatal disease? The answer could be cancer, heart disease, or even AIDS. But how could flu kill people in such a short period? What is living in the flu season in China like? The flu has never been so brutal like what it was this winter. Globally, 2018 has definitely been a bad year for flu patients: both influenza A and B strains are circulating at the same time; flu vaccines are less effective than expected. 170 children were killed this season so far, and the number still seems to be increasing. Read more
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