This Day, That Year
Item from March 31, 1987, in China Daily: National People's Congress delegations from the medical profession take part in a panel discussion during the Fifth Session of the Sixth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. George Hatem (center), adviser to the Ministry of Public Health, speaks at the event. Hatem, known to many by his Chinese name Ma Haide, died in 1988. ...
The dwindling number of China's medical workers will create a serious lack of doctors within a few years, unless the government reorients its current medical policies.
Faced with demographic challenges and developments including an aging society and the latest family planning policy allowing for two-child families, authorities have been gearing up efforts to address the shortage of doctors and other healthcare professionals.
