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'Companions' Ease Pain Of China's Bustling, Bamboozling Hospitals

Ease Pain
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Fews App Post Time 17h ago

Patient companion Meng Jia with patient Gao Yingmin at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital in Beijing AFP At a bustling Beijing hospital, Tian Yigui hands over some of his elderly wife's paperwork to Meng Jia, a "patient companion" hired to help navigate China's stretched and bureaucratic healthcare system. Yawning funding gaps and patchy medical coverage have long funnelled many Chinese people towards better resourced city hospitals for much-needed care. Sprawling, overcrowded and noisy, the facilities can be exhausting for patients and their families, especially the elderly.

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