[NTDTV, Beijing time, January 15, 2022]Xi’an officials ordered two private hospitals to shut down for three months on the grounds of delays in treating patients who died. Netizens questioned why public hospitals that refused to admit patients were not punished, and condemned the closure of hospitals as punishing patients.
The Xi’an Municipal Health Commission issued a notice on Thursday (January 13), imposing penalties on the Xi’an High-tech Hospital, which delayed treatment and caused miscarriage of pregnant women, and the Xi’an International Medical Center, which caused the death of myocardial infarction patients. Both hospitals were fined to suspend business for 3 months for rectification, and the heads and heads of several departments were dismissed.
In addition, the authorities ordered the closure of the hospital, but instructed the hospital to “pacify” the many affected patients and their families.
The two hospitals punished are private hospitals under Xi’an International Medical Investment Co., Ltd. At the same time, in many cases of miscarriage or death caused by delayed treatment in Xi’an, many public hospitals that refused to receive treatment and delayed treatment were not punished.
According to online reports, most of the many patients in Xi’an who had an accident went to a public hospital for treatment and ran into obstacles, and finally had to go to a private hospital for treatment. So did the two patients who led to the punishment of the two hospitals mentioned above.
Weibo comment big rollover
Authorities punished two private hospitals in an attempt to appease the outrage over miscarriages and deaths of patients. However, after the announcement of the punishment measures, it attracted more public condemnation.
CCTV released relevant news on Weibo, and encountered a one-sided “rollover” comment in the comment area.
Netizens have accused the first few public hospitals of refusing treatment, but the private hospitals that received treatment were fined. Others said that those who should be punished the most are official institutions such as the National Health Commission, which formulate a “one-size-fits-all” epidemic prevention policy.
The Xi’an High-tech Hospital that was punished is the only tertiary hospital in the High-tech Zone. Some local netizens asked, under the tense situation of the epidemic, the hospital was closed, where can ordinary people go to see a doctor, and what should happen to the patients treated in these two hospitals?
Public opinion of the authorities maintains stability and private hospitals “take the blame” and patients suffer
Radio Free Asia, citing an anonymous source, said that they had received inside information that public opinion caused by the miscarriage of pregnant women and the death of a patient in Xi’an had reached high-level officials, and Beijing had sent officials to Xi’an to deal with the matter. Although the punished private hospitals were compelled by the official death order to strictly prohibit “hospital transmission” and did not dare to accept patients, but now the government needs someone to take the blame, they have become scapegoats.
After the official punishment notice was issued, the stock price of Xi’an International Medical, the parent company of the two punished hospitals, quickly fell by the limit and was issued an “other risk warning”. The official also listed the stock as ST (Special treatment “special treatment”) that night, facing the risk of delisting. More than 140,000 shareholders were quilted overnight.
In addition, according to people familiar with the matter, the two hospitals were suddenly closed, and thousands of patients who needed dialysis (kidney dialysis) and surgery, as well as other hospitalized patients, were immediately put into trouble. But at present, neither the hospital nor the patients, including the health and health commissions at all levels in Shaanxi, have taken measures to deal with the aftermath.
A source from Xi’an High-tech Hospital told Radio Free Asia that the hospital has closed down, and the hospital is counting how many patients are affected, and the solution is not yet clear.
The staff of the Shaanxi Provincial Epidemic Prevention Headquarters responded that Xi’an High-tech Hospital was one of the designated dialysis hospitals in Xi’an during the epidemic, and closing the hospital would lead to the transfer of a large number of patients to other hospitals. At present, officials may plan to add dialysis wards at the affiliated hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, or allow the two closed hospitals to retain some patients being treated, but all these are inconclusive.
(Reporter Zheng Gusheng comprehensive report/responsible editor: Xu Gengwen)
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