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Major hospitals must set aside a portion of appointments and beds specifically for patients referred from local clinics. They must also establish a re…
Whether a patient needs to travel elsewhere for treatment should, in principle, be evaluated by doctors holding the rank of associate chief physician …
Moving forward, tertiary hospitals will primarily handle emergency cases, critically ill patients, and complex medical conditions. Routine follow-ups …
If you’re unsure about any aspect of your treatment, you have the right to request that your medical records be sealed. Both you and the medical staff…
You have a legal right to access and copy your own medical records. This includes outpatient records, inpatient charts, lab results, imaging scans, su…
The state maintains an emergency medical assistance fund designed to cover emergency treatment costs for two groups of patients: those whose identitie…
The amount of compensation one receives depends largely on the disability rating assigned, which in turn reflects how much functional ability remains …
A disability certificate serves as a prerequisite for receiving disability-related benefits; it is not a medical proof of injury. It categorizes disab…
Offering money beforehand to “jump the queue” won’t work — allocating appointment slots, beds, scarce medicines, tests, or surgeries is strictly forbi…
Following national centralized procurement and price reform in 2023, the overall all-inclusive cost for a routine single dental implant dropped from a…
If a hospital states that a nationally negotiated medical insurance medication is unavailable or not stocked in the hospital formulary, this does not …
For established chronic conditions with stable clinical courses, patients can consult online and get prescription renewals directly through the intern…
During hospital admissions, patients have the legal right to receive detailed daily or periodic expense breakdowns displaying unit prices, item quanti…
For deaths caused by accidents, of unknown origin, or those found only after a long time alone, only the police can issue a death certificate. If the …
If the death occurs in a hospital, the hospital that treated the patient issues the certificate. For natural deaths at home, the community health serv…
Transport, storage, embalming, body preparation, and cremation can only be done by funeral homes. Hospital morgues are not authorized to handle funera…
If there is any doubt about how someone died, an autopsy must be requested within 48 hours after death. Hospitals with proper freezing facilities may …
In cities, you must cancel hukou registration before burial; in rural areas, you must do it within one month. Bring the death certificate and househol…
Transporting, storing, and cremating a body, holding a farewell ceremony, keeping ashes in storage, and eco-friendly burial options — all fall under t…
All these practices are explicitly listed as price violations under regulations: failing to display price lists, adding extra charges beyond the poste…
Intermediaries offering services like funeral planning, procurement of funeral products, event coordination, and information consultation must registe…
Heirs can withdraw the balance in a deceased person’s housing provident fund account; this money is not held in a regular bank account, so it is easy …
After a person passes away, their close relatives may, for their own lawful and legitimate interests, ask the platform to access, copy, correct, or de…
When a debtor dies, their debts do not automatically evaporate. However, surviving family members (children, spouses, parents) are legally obligated t…
