Doctors and other personnel attached to hospitals who are found
to have overcharged patients more than 10,000 yuan (US$1,250) will
be removed from their posts with immediate effect, the Shenzhen
Economic Daily reported yesterday.
The new regulation is part of a series of measures taken by the
city's public health authorities since late last year to curb
hospital irregularities, which have drawn frequent complaints from
residents.
Doctors' income should not be tied to hospital revenues earned
from medicine and medical checkups, the authorities said.
Previously, some doctors were found to have been writing
prescriptions that included unnecessary medicines and medical
checkups, as some hospitals tied doctors' income to the
revenues.
The authorities said doctors' income should be set according to
their positions, employment risks and the quality and quantity of
their work.
(Shenzhen Daily May 17, 2006)
