31-Oct-16 Chinese cancer patients who cannot afford a hospital bed live in refugee camp-like hotels, awaiting treatment unavailable in their local hospitals. Some of them spend months hoping to be seen by a reputable doctor. "Good doctors don’t want to work in small places," explained a man who cares for his wife in one of Beijing’s cancer hotels. [image: flickr @Jacksoncam / Asean Today]

28-Oct-16 Shanghai's first international hospital specializing in cardiovascular diseases has opened, providing a high quality health service to both expatriates and local citizens. The DeltaHealth Hospital is the first such facility in China and is being run in cooperation with Columbia HeartSource. The hospital’s first phase of 200 beds is completed and 350 beds are planned. [image: Shanghai Daily]

26-Oct-16 Columbia China is reopening the 232-bed Shanghai Kaiyuan Orthopedic Hospital, after spending USD75 mn to acquire and retrofit it. Columbia China plans to expand through acquisitions and greenfield projects. “Shanghai Kaiyuan Orthopedic Hospital is positioned to be the Orthopedic Center of Excellence in joint, spine, minimally invasive surgeries and sports medicine,” said Bee Lan Tan, President of Columbia China. [image: Columbia China]

17-Oct-16 India is looking at ways of persuading Chinese medical tourists to go to India. Having attracted patients from Saudi Arabia and the Middle East, India is now targeting the Chinese market. More Chinese are suffering from diabetes and cancer, lifestyle diseases. The traditional “Come to us as we are very cheap” approach will not work in China. [image: IMTJ]

22-Oct-16 China's has plans to develop a far-reaching social credit system, a plan that the Communist Party hopes will build a culture of “sincerity” and a “harmonious socialist society". The plan attempts to control China's poorly regulated market economy, to punish companies selling poisoned food or phony medicine, to expose doctors taking bribes and uncover con men. [image: Independent]