Minister: Health system in poor state (Agencies) Updated: 2005-08-07 08:41
China has failed to provide adequate health care to most of its citizens and
the national health system is unable to properly cope with large-scale epidemics
and diseases, Chinese health minister Gao Qiang said in a report shown on the
ministry's official website.
In a 11-page report, Health Minister Gao Qiang detailed a list of serious
problems plaguing the sector and expressed concerns about its ability to deal
with unexpected crises.
Gao blamed many of China's health crises, including the outbreak of Severe
Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), on its ineffective healthcare system, due
mainly to insufficient government spending.
"The spread of SARS in 2003 has exposed the backwardness of our country's
health sector... and its inadequacy in dealing with emergency public health
problems," Gao said in the report.
SARS emerged in China in late 2002 and spread globally to infect more than
8,000 people and kill some 800 worldwide, including 349 in China.
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