A doctor and a patient died following a fight in a central China hospital on Saturday morning, local authorities said, fanning the flames of already heated doctor-patient relations in China.
The tragic death of an 11-year-old boy at the hands of an unlicensed village doctor earlier this week has once again brought into spotlight the lack of qualified doctors in rural China.
Chinese authorities handled 6,833 cases of illegal fetus gender tests and abortions in roughly one year, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) announced on Monday.
A Chinese man who acted as a "human sandbag" outside a busy Beijing subway station to raise medical fees for his son has evoked both sympathy and reflection across the country.
The Chinese government's green-lighting of wholly overseas-funded private hospitals this week will have brought a smile to the faces of people like Benny Li.
A 35-year-old Nigerian woman who was traveling from Nigeria to India for cancer treatment has died in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after showing symptoms similar to those of the lethal Ebola virus, Abu Dhabi's health authority said on Sunday, according to UAE's state news agency WAM.
China is continuing its efforts to help western African countries combat the latest round of Ebola epidemic outbreak, having sent three teams of experts and medical supplies to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in spite of a high risk of infection.
Chinese disease control experts will leave for three West African nations affected by Ebola on Sunday evening and Monday, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said on Sunday.
China will severely punish people who insult medical workers or set up shrines to late patients in hospitals, according to a guideline issued on Thursday.
Chinese medical workers are under pressure from growing doctor-patient disputes, according to a survey released by DXY.COM, an online community for medical staff.
Chinese authorities unveiled a package of healthcare measures on Wednesday, which consist of relaxing price controls covering non-public hospital services and encouraging the private sector to build health institutions.
The Chinese government on Monday unveiled a revised regulation on the supervision of medical equipment in a bid to enhance its safety and effectiveness and safeguard public health.
A senior political advisor in central China's Hubei Province has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) and removed from public office for suspected dereliction of duty and taking bribes, the CPC's discipline agency said on Friday.
China's National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) said on Wednesday that illegal medical practices have been contained after a three-month crack-down.
China has further opened its health service sector by allowing more overseas investors to set up hospitals and streamlining approval procedures for health-related institutions.
The 920 medical bamboo slips, together with other historical relics of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC- 9 AD), were found in a subway construction site in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Senior UN humanitarian officials have launched a fresh appeal for the protection of medical facilities and secured access to medicines, vaccines and other vital humanitarian aid in Syria, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.
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