A long and winding road to recovery
By Lan Tian, Song Jing and Liang Qiwen | China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-28 07:53
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A uremia sufferer, one of the 10 based in Baimiao village in Beijing's Tongzhou district, twists in pain. The group bought a dialysis machine and operate it manually to reduce their crippling medical expenses. |
Tears trickled down Hu Ailing's wrinkled, dark face as Beijing health officials confiscated three dialysis machines. Leaning against the open gate of the courtyard where workers were loading them onto a truck, the devastated 54-year-old could only repeat: "The machines are our kidneys. They are taking away our kidneys."
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