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January 4, 2007
"Just Like an Airplane"
Here is an insight into private hospitals in China from the WSJ:
Hospital Caters to China's Wealthy and Poor
Tianjin, China- At the TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital just outside Beijing, patients can choose from six levels of service.
At the lowest end, for about $6.70 a night, patients must share a small room with others. The biggest suite at the hospital, on the other hand, costs about $3,200 a night and occupies half the floor of a building. It offers satellite television, an indoor garden, a conference room, two bedrooms, a massage chair and a private gym.
"It's just like an airplane," says Liu Xiaocheng, the hospital's president. "In the front of the plane, they have the first class. In the middle, business class. At the end they have the economy class. But they're all going to the same destination. It's the market!"
Posted by Peter Mork at January 4, 2007 9:38 AM
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