(Source: Beijing Municipal Government) Patients' families sit at the emergency room of Fuwai Hospital in Xicheng district Tuesday night. Photo: Li Hao/GT A new regulation will compel Beijing's overwhelmed large hospitals to accept emergency patients to fix the deadly problem of people being turned away because there are no free beds. But experts said Tuesday that the proposed rules will be of little use because they do not address the fundamental problems the hospitals face: they are flooded by people from around the country seeking the best care available, and elderly people with chronic conditions are using the top hospitals for long-term care. Li Zi, an editor at the...
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