Hospital sells fake medical reports to hep B carriers |
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| A doctor at Danzhou First People's Hospital gives a phony medical report to a hepatitis B carrier. [File Photo: hinews.com] |
| Feb.9 - A local hospital in Danzhou in southern China's Hainan province is selling phony medical reports to hepatitis B carriers.
A report on Hainan Daily says hepatitis B carriers can pay 200 yuan or 25 US dollars for a negative report from Danzhou First People's Hospital without undergoing any tests.
According to a doctor in the hospital, they usually sell five to six phony reports a month to virus carriers.
China has an estimated 120 million people infected with the hepatitis B virus, roughly 10 percent of the country's total population. Most of them face barriers and social discrimination in finding a job and attending school.
Chinese scholars have called for improved protection of the labor1 rights of hepatitis B carriers, since many are unable to secure jobs with local governments and companies.
Li Kungang, associate professor at the law school of Beijing-based Renmin University of China, said he has seen a number of reports on job discrimination against hepatitis B sufferers in recent years.
He said it's a huge waste of human resources and will exacerbate2 social tensions if this massive group of people is not provided with proper jobs.
Ye Jingyi, a professor at Peking University's law school, said under China's previous system, companies had to foot the bill for all medical expenditures3 of hepatitis B carriers. They run a greater risk of developing liver cirrhosis and cancer.
She observed society shouldn't ignore the plight4 of carriers, adding the government should rapidly enact5 laws against job discrimination.
In April 2004, Zhao Xiaohua won a lawsuit6 against the personnel affairs bureau of the Wuhu government in eastern China's Anhui province after being rejected for a job because he was a hepatitis B carrier.
It was considered a landmark7 case, since it gave carriers a lift in their fight for equal employment opportunities.
While there are no national laws or regulations forbidding hepatitis B carriers from joining the public service, many local and central government departments have issued their own regulations to bar them.
However, some local administrations, including those in central Hunan and southwestern Guizhou provinces, have lifted the ban on employing hepatitis B carriers.
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labor
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| n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦 |
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- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
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exacerbate
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| v.恶化，增剧，激怒，使加剧 |
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- WMO says a warming climate can exacerbate air pollution.世界气象组织说，气候变暖可能会加剧空气污染。
- In fact efforts will merely exacerbate the current problem.实际上努力只会加剧当前的问题。
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expenditures
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| n.花费( expenditure的名词复数 )；使用；（尤指金钱的）支出额；（精力、时间、材料等的）耗费 |
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- We have overspent.We'll have to let up our expenditures next month. 我们已经超支了，下个月一定得节约开支。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures. 年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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plight
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| n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定 |
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- The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
- She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。
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enact
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| vt.制定(法律)；上演，扮演 |
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- The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
- For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。
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lawsuit
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| n.诉讼，控诉 |
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- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
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| n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标 |
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- The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
- The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。
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