This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2016-07-18 09:41
Item from July 18, 1984, in China Daily: A medical assistant from Beijing's Hepingli Hospital takes the blood pressure of a stroke victim at his home. In an effort to reduce the pressure on scarce resources, the hospital began a program last April of visiting patients at their homes. ...
The program was originally launched in Beijing in 1982. The Ministry of Public Health is encouraging other regions to follow suit.
China is planning to extend family doctor services nationwide by 2020 to ease the pressure on public hospitals, according to the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
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