IMC Beijing Winter Warmer: Enjoy a Festive Get Together
If there wasn’t already lots of festive fun to be had, we have another Christmas…
If there wasn’t already lots of festive fun to be had, we have another Christmas…
Around four months ago I wrote the tenth installment of Big in Beijing, in which…
Beijing is one of the safest cities in the world, but Sunday’s cleaver attack on…
Previously, we reported how China lacks pediatricians, causing rural and small town residents to flock…
Recently Sixth Sense reported that Shanghai hospitals lack pediatricians, highlighting the dilemma from the physician’s perspective. In their article, we are told of all the reasons why young graduates avoid the pediatrics departments of public hospitals, or quit shortly after joining. The main causes being: low salaries, overtime hours (to compensate for low salaries), the large daily influx of patients that causes doctors to have a tight schedule and short window for diagnosis, and the physical violence directed at pediatricians when their diagnosis is wrong or insufficient.
Healthcare in Beijing is largely hospital-based, which can be a real hassle if you…
A week before Chinese New Year (CNY), I was all set to depart…
Slate is on fire this month! Hot on the heels of a feature about C-sections,…