Hospital VIP section
Posted by John on October 10th, 2006
We’ve been to many hospitals in Shanghai, and most of them have a VIP section. This is just a reception area where you tell them what you need, and they will assign a nurse to you who will take you to all different departments you need to go to: doctor visits, x-ray etc… These sections are the same ones everybody else goes to, the difference for VIP is that you don’t have to wait.
To get a VIP treatment you just pay more. I don’t think there’s a similar service in Italian hospitals, at least not most of them. But it makes sense here in China. There is a majority of people who aren’t wealthy, and who can barely afford a bike. So obviously they’ll be happy to wait a long time for their turn, if it costs less. On the other hand there are also wealthier families, who can afford to pay more for a faster service.
Another sign of the different culture.