Ministry, hospitals clash over fees for cancer surgeries
Social affairsSept 6, 2011
General hospitals and the government are at odds over discounted fees for a state-of-the-art method of gastric cancer surgery, with hospitals cancelling scheduled procedures because of reduced revenues. Concerns are mounting over whether cancer patients will be able to get the surgery that involves a minimum incision, bleeding, pain and complications. According to medical insiders and news repo...