Phones ease way to doctor - and bills

Patients needing a doctor can now make an appointment using a mobile phone and then pay for treatment and medicine with Alipay on the same phone at the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center.

Using a phone can save the time once spent waiting in long lines.

"I started coming to this hospital when it was established," a patient surnamed Zhou said recently. "The new technology has made things much easier."