Kids' emergency needs call for more funds

Two ambulances in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, refused to take a choking baby to hospital for treatment. After a public outcry, the hospitals concerned explained that such patient could only be carried by an ambulance with special equipment for infants, which remain in short supply in most Chinese hospitals due to the high maintenance fees. Comments:

For a hospital, it is an obligation to assign ambulances whenever there is an emergency, even if there may be risks involved or it may not be profitable. There should be a law in place that makes it compulsory for ambulances to take patients to the hospital in an emergency.

Nanguo Morning Post, July 6