CHINA-INTERNAL: PROTEST BY DOCTORS IN HEILONGJIANG
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More than 100 rural doctors have resigned in northeastern China’s Heilongjiang province over unpaid public health subsidies and alleged unfair treatment, following a first wave of departures in the central Henan province over similar issues. Doctors in Yilan county said in a joint resignation letter that rural doctors each had to foot the bill for up to tens of thousands of yuan worth of medical insurance subsidies on behalf of the local authorities for villagers in 2018, and that the full sum had never been paid back. Additionally, the rural doctors said, they shouldered heavy workloads despite having a lower status and fewer rights than public hospital doctors, the rural doctors said.
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