Cancer patient 'denied work'

Xiao Shen, a 33-year-old woman from Zhejiang province, has won a fight against kidney cancer but has lost a fight against an employer who discriminated against her because of her cancer history.

"I could only get a temporary contract even though I passed the exam twice for a permanent job as an midwife in my hospital," she was quoted by the Qianjiang Evening News as saying yesterday.

"This is unfair for cancer patients. Employers' discrimination is harder to take than being a cancer patient," she said.