Comments on: Health Care during the Mao era http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/ Looking at China from an outsider's point-of-view. Thu, 16 May 2013 22:47:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Lloyd Lofthouse http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/comment-page-1/#comment-15925 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:37:10 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11358#comment-15925 That’s the first I’ve heard of that about Japan. Trains for women only? I wonder why? Maybe so men cannot grope them?

]]> By: merlin http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/comment-page-1/#comment-15923 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 07:21:14 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11358#comment-15923 True. As much as I hate seeing inequality, but it exists in other countries such as Japan. Today when I quickly hopped on the subway before realizing by the 2nd stop something was different. For a minute I thought I must’ve died and gone to muslim heaven. I look to my right, there’s women. I look to my left, there’s women. A few stared at me. When I looked back at the door and as we’re flying down the track and stop, I see a pink sign on the station. i thought, oh that’s just a joke or something, until I looked at the small pink sign pasted to the crack of the door, “WOMEN ONLY”. I jumped off at the next stop fearing that the harmless women might be secretly trained kunoichi preparing to throw me through a window. I’ve yet to encounter the same results for men only capsule hotels, but at this rate I might be looking at living in one for awhile.

]]> By: Lloyd Lofthouse http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/comment-page-1/#comment-15921 Fri, 17 Aug 2012 03:08:41 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11358#comment-15921 They may not do this with foreigners but I’ve heard often that Chinese are often treated different.

]]> By: merlin http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/comment-page-1/#comment-15917 Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:25:31 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11358#comment-15917 It’s not possible. I’ve been to one to check my blood pressure and stuff after a small bout of dizziness possibly from malnutrition (I ate snacks once a day as a meal). They charge you a small fee to get the paper to give to doctor. When doctor checks you out, take the paper, pay another fee, and that’s about it.

]]> By: Lloyd Lofthouse http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/comment-page-1/#comment-15914 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:27:29 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11358#comment-15914 Too bad the barefoot doctor medical program isn’t still around (except for that three tier payment plan it had–I didn’t like that).

These days, I’ve heard that medical costs in China are skyrocketing as is most things. In addition, doctors now require cash payments (bribes since this is illegal according to Chinese law) before they will treat a patient. No cash. No treatment. Sort of like the US if one doesn’t have medical insurance. However, in the US, we can still go to a hospital emergency room and be treated without insurance. I do not know if that is possible in China.

]]> By: merlin http://ilookchina.net/2012/08/14/health-care-during-the-mao-era/comment-page-1/#comment-15910 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:58:12 +0000 http://ilookchina.net/?p=11358#comment-15910 barefoot doctors sound similar to the Red Cross that get basic medical care training such as CPR.

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