The Chinese Government is raising the standards of health in the country  They intend on putting together teams of inspectors to keep all health institutions and personnel up to standard. They also plan to drop all wasteful projects being pursued in the field. The health minister said that there will be supervision of the putting up of hospitals and the expansion of already existent ones. The financial details of all these projects will be closely monitored especially when it comes to the loans involved. Records have shown that Chinese don’t fare well when it comes to paying their medical bills. They usually have to depend on their savings or on meagre medical insurance. The trend is that the equipment and treatment used is not always the optimum option for the patient . This tactic has been often used by hospitals go get more customers and hence to conduct more business.

A classic case is that of Weng Wenhui who was hospitalised for sixty-seven days. The hospital gave him a tab of five and a half million yuan. The authorities have said that they will penalise the hospital for scamming Weng Wenhui by charging for unneeded procedures and for changing his records. The expenditure per person in the nation reached four hundred and forty two yuan in ’02, 431 dollars up from eleven dollars per head in ’78. The same was simultaneous with a drop in the expenditure of the Government on the problem by a half to fifteen percent, down from thirty two percent.

A United Nations report stated that the nation was not heeding its falling health conditions and the government wasn’t doing anything about it. The health minister said that the government will rise to this situation and that fancy hospitals and equipment don’t spell better health. He said that the countrys medical establishments are trying to emulate the west in terms of medical facilities. A couple of hundred inspectors will be brought on and the services will be increased. The minister told hospitals to care for the patients first and then to care about the bills.