From Tianya:

A Hong Kong compatriot’s feelings about medical accidents in mainland

Summary: A Hong Konger describes her positive experience with the health care system in Hong Kong.

[The actual description was pretty lengthy so I have summarized the main points.]

• While out with her father, she had a bad fall in a shopping mall at Causeway Bay. Within 1 minute, 2 security guards appeared and showed her a lot of attention even though she said that the accident was clearly caused by carelessness on her part. The guards replied that they had the responsibility to attend to her as the incident occurred in the mall, and even said that the mall management will take responsibility for this incident if need be.

• Eventually, seeing that the injury on one of her legs was pretty serious, the guards called for an ambulance which arrived in about 5mins. The LZ and her father thanked the guards, who said that they will call her that night.

• Entering the hospital, the LZ was reminded by some nurses that if her father was a civil servant, she (as a family member) need not pay the basic 100元 fee, to which she replied that her father had retired and thus she had to pay.

• At the ER, she was classified as a 2nd priority emergency patient (there were priority classes) and she waited for about 30mins before being called.

• At the treatment room, a nurse checked her medical records which indicated that she took her last tetanus shot 20 years ago, and decided to give her a strengthening shot. Following that, a female doctor came in, examined her feet, thought it was fine and sent her off for an X-ray, but not before insisting that she took some painkillers.

• After reviewing the X-ray results, the doctor said that her leg was basically fine, got a nurse to help clean her wounds, issued her some painkiller, ointment and papers which allowed her to return to the hospital to clean her wound (everyday for 2 weeks), for free.

• The entire process took about 2.5 hours. By this time, she could already stand, and when her father received her, he said that the 2 guards from the mall called awhile ago and inquired about her condition.

• That night, while she was speaking to a friend from the Mainland via MSN:

Friend: Why are you so late tonight?

Me: Ohh, a lot happened today… (then I described the whole incident)

Friend: Are you OK now? Do take care in the future!

Me: You often say, there ain’t much difference between XX (the city my friend lives in) and HK. Don’t mind if I ask, if the same thing happened in XX, what would be happen?

Friend: I doubt anyone would bother.

Me: What about the hospital? Would it be the same both in XX and HK?

Friend: Hehe, we have a lot of private hospitals in XX which will be able to provide the same level of service and medical expertise!

Me: But today, I went to a public hospital, paid 100元, and enjoyed all this. Had I stayed there overnight, it would still be 100元. Do the common people in XX have access to such levels of welfare? Could they all have afforded treatment at a private hospital?

Friend: 唉 [Sigh]

Me: Good medical care should be a welfare given to all, not a privilege enjoyed by some! I hope that in the future, our friends in the mainland will not need worry about falling sick!

Friend: …唉 [Sigh]

Comments from Tianya:

k800k:

No wonder so many are doing everything they can to emigrate to HK.

司空仪:

HKers are so blessed.

刘秋珍:

Seeing this, I cried, crying with mixed emotions (18 to be exact)

北园一翁:

No comments. I cried. As we say over here “having no illness is a blessing”. I look down on illness.

香港女同胞 (Note: She’s the thread starter or LZ):

Sorry to make you cry. Let me tell you, I cried that night after speaking to my friend. Yes, China today is strong and powerful, especially her economy and a small portion has prospered. But life remains hard for a large majority, medical care is expensive, and good treatment is not guaranteed even after spending some money. I do not want to criticise the government (and have this thread removed) =.= I only wanted to share my little experience. Should a day come when every Chinese citizen is equal, receives fully covered emergency treatment for 100元, that is the day when we have truly stood up.

天边一只雁2:

Socialism is the initial stage of communism. When we attain a communist society, we would be 10,000 times better off than HK!

梦想去飞翔:

How many cancer patients in HK have experienced delays while waiting to be transferred over to specialist doctors? How many patient’s condition had worsened while waiting in line for a bed at the public hospitals? Can the LZ comment on this? Most importantly, can the LZ tell everyone how much the HK government spends on medical treatments? How high is the medical expense per capita? And will the Chinese people be willing to subsidize this much? There are no free lunches in this world!

好人经常领卡:

I admit that the difference welfare standards between the mainland and HK are incomparable. But it doesn’t feel as if the thread was written by someone from HK. I don’t even think she’s from GuangDong.

natty26:

Why does this thread feel weird and kind of sour?
The purpose in writing this thread? To show off? To deal a blow? Criticism?  Or 标题党？
You mean to say there have been no medical related incidents within HK?
Every country has a rich-poor gap, please do not take a part for the whole.
At least within my circle, no one has vexed over medical expenses.

金成日(in reply to the above post):

Are your servants living in Zhongnanhai? [Note: Zhongnanhai = CCP HQ]

affluent1:

No need to cry, HK is now our underling, it would be like the mainland within 50 years, no need to worry.

马甲第四季:

So you have to take an tetanus injection in HK if you happen to trip, kinda troublesome.

要雷就雷潜水员:

I’m willing to unconditionally accept and be administered by the HK government.

iguitar:

In mainland hospitals, even when you are almost breathing your last, you still have to pay a deposit first, else they would rather watch you die.

tiancai0597:

Too many mainlanders, hence the low worth.

joyalion:

I must study hard, work hard, bring my wife and children, and determinedly in the most crowded/busiest area of Hong Kong have a great fall.

无眼睇咯:

China is great, the people are rich and do not want to trouble the country, and our country does not want to bother us too.

迷失小妖:

HK, open some branches in the Mainland.

牛魔王巡山:

Let England rule over us then.

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From Tianya:

So what if you are rich! Footage of  “Audi Lady vs BMW Guy”

On the way to Beida Gynecological & Pediatric Hospital, I happened to witness an incident  which I have videotaped.
Actually it was a straightforward incident, simply a confrontation between the owners of an Audi and BMW over something as trivial as a parking. However, after giving the BMW Guy a piece of her mind, the Audi Lady locked her car and left, leaving it blocking the entrance/exit.

As a result, no vehicles could get in nor out, including 2 ambulances (one of which was carrying a women in labor, who was finally carried into the hospital, leaving her relatives very agitated over the whole incident).  Later on, the police arrived and the lady returned. When the  police asked for her driving license, she became uncooperative, saying stuff like “Why should I give it to you?”. Thereafter, a huge quarrel between the surrounding drivers/crowd and her ensured. In the process, she even accused some among the crowd as people “lacking in character” and challenged them to “summon 500 more people here” (evidence in the video).

As those who visit the hospital are in need of urgent attention, I felt that her behavior was really too selfish and amoral.  I’m not trying to blow up the matter here nor do I want to spark off another round of “human flesh search”, but rather to make a stand against such an irresponsible and amoral act.

Comments from Tianya:

塞外小猪:

I’m can only see a bunch of guys scolding a lady…not to sure about the rest.

关公赵:

Send this lady to a whorehouse and see if she can continue this filppant act.

绿粹:

What comes to mind when I think about Beijingers,  a considerable portion of them are still animals.

卧槽泥马B:

I hate AV and those who watch it. Speaking of those AV actresses like 武腾兰、吉泽明步、苍井空、松岛枫、神谷姬、小泽玛莉亚、高树玛丽亚、山本梓、樱树露衣、濑户由衣、树麻里子、星野光、白石瞳、忧木瞳、白石日和、相田 桃、浅仓舞、小林瞳、夕树舞子、美穗由纪、小室友里、黑木香、朝冈实岭、美里真里、饭岛爱、北原梨奈、秋元友美、原千寻、川合里美、细川百合子、麻生早 苗、松阪季实子、川岛和津实、小泽奈美、叶山丽子、金泽文子、凉木桃香、小泽圆、铃木麻奈美、白鸟智香子、中谷香子、市川香织、蜷川香子、上杉美香子、吉 田美香子、长谷香子、岬崎香子、立花里子、上原多香子、石川施恩惠、大泽右香、南波杏…. never heard of them! Not at all! [Note: All the names listed above are those of famous AV actresses.]

jbsas:

No wonder I’m still driving crappy cars,  I can’t scold as well as her.

wzm219:

0.4% of the top officials control 70% of the wealth in our society and this is what you get, more and more of those coming from good backgrounds who develop increasingly obnoxious attitudes.

低调去华丽:

Po Fu (Shrew), I suppose your mum got stuck and gave birth to you outside the hospital too? Pity she did not suffer a miscarriage.

性感大腿:

My neck is bent.

aszdaa:

Might be a certain government official’s “wife or mistress”?

臭豆腐莫闻味:

In this time and age, money buys you character, money buys you status, money buys you class.

Note from Fauna: How many “sha bi” can you count in the video?

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From NetEase:

Netizens expose a certain company’s job requirement: “Willing to be a sex partner”

Summary: Recently, a certain tech company in Beijing has apparently included a hiring requirement in their job posting which has created an uproar on the web. Included among the various hiring requirements that were listed was one that read “Willing to become the manager’s temporary sex partner”. A reporter’s investigations revealed this was in fact a case of identity theft and that the company did not post this. It was believed to be a set-up by somebody else with the intention of framing them.

Comments:

If the manager is a woman, then I’m willing!!!

I think the recruitment must’ve been a success…

Aren’t the majority of secretaries sex partners these days? This piece of news merely makes public an unspoken rule. As they say, one party wants it while the other is willing.

Wherever there are humans, there will be lust. Such a situation is understandable, since males greatly outnumber females in China. There are quite a number of “excess” women out there anyway, we ought to let them demonstrate their prowess.

One look and it’s obvious this is ploy, probably a publicity stunt by the company. Now everyone in the country knows “Beijing San Ling Ji Ye Ke Ji Development Company, Ltd.” The plan has been a great success, this is shameful!!!

All they did wrong was say the truth.

If there’s work, the secretary does it. If there’s no work, do the secretary.

Probably fake.

Temporary partner / Temporary sex partner [a netizen commenting on the 2 possible meanings that could be interpreted depending on how one reads the article.]

I’m willing, but I’ve AIDS.

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