Disabled get help paying hospital deposits

City and rural residents benefit from new policy

Poor or disabled Beijingers can check in and out of selected medical clinics citywide for free, it was announced on Monday.

Under a new policy, urban residents unable to work and with no income, as well as the people who care for them, are now exempt from paying admittance deposits or discharge fees at 51 designated hospitals. Countryside dwellers aged under 18 or over 60, or who are disabled, are also included.