The China youth daily: fair is more important than free of medical resources

Source: China youth daily

        Recently, the world health organization western Pacific regional office, head of the health system development Lin Guangmen accepted the media interview in Beijing, the government has a responsibility to create a kind of medical and health service system, make people access to basic health services when you want, but all the free medical care is not the responsibility of the government, also is not the ultimate goal of health reform, because it may cause waste.

        Lin Guangmen words caused some Chinese public criticism and criticism, don't think he is the Chinese actual treatment of the difficulties faced. In this controversy, from Lin Guangmen puts forward two concepts are needed to understand, it is a basic medical, 2 it is free medical treatment. If they are distinct, confused, will cause dislocation in understanding and the contradiction.

        Admittedly, Lin Guangmen interpretation is in line with the world health organization in 1978 proposed the purport of the declaration of alma-ata, namely the goal of health for all, namely basic medical care. Its content includes all citizens in each country can at least get basic health care and the first level referral facilities; All children get immunization of main infectious diseases; Basic drugs can be obtained when everyone is ill; All to the health of the people's government to take full responsibility, etc. This also means that the tiller as has, the disease is due also and medicine.

        Of course, the world health organization (who) has not offered to let the government on health all free or do, because this can lead to waste of medical resources, is unfavorable to arouse the people take up the responsibility to health. However, in some of China's public opinion, the world health organization's health for all basic medical is equivalent to free medical care. This is the main content of the free medical care, have to minor illness free medical care, and suffered from a serious illness seriously ill health care system can take big head, individuals can be a little less. This requirement is also some of the government in the eyes of the Chinese to take full responsibility for the content to the health of the people.

        The requirement with Lin Guangmen actually explain the essence of the content is consistent, namely the citizens sick, can't let people too much money, especially in critically ill patients, and the poor. Otherwise, the basic medical treatment is impossible. In this sense, the world health organization (who) the concept of primary medical treatment is not contradictory with the free medical care content of most Chinese requirement.

        More important is the world health organization (who) has repeatedly mentioned another problem: enjoy the medical resources of justice and fairness. The world health organization representative in China ShiHeDe explicitly pointed out that the countries are facing a big challenge, like the rich the poor if we can access to basic medical services. "Now the goal is to make consistent quality of service".

        On this issue, the reality of China may be more serious than the world health organization to understand. Due to the general public and the poor can't pay most enjoy the serious illness of a serious illness to public health services, hebei man Zheng Yan LiangCai it to sawing at home since the leg, guangxi PingGuoXian a eight ten-day old man has no money to cure cancer, oneself a person hiding in the toilet "surgery" died in caesarean section. In real life because there was no money for medical care and desperate.

        And in contrast, China has a few officials can get almost all the free medical care, some people's medical costs or even reached a staggering degree. So, just have the public put forward now that people can enjoy free medical care, why can't all provide free medical care for all citizens.

        , of course, there is no perfect healthcare system in the world, but in proportion to the public health expenditure increased year by year, on the basis of personal burden of medical expenses and reduced year by year, the basic medical care so as to realize everyone goals, should be the direction of the efforts, and all the free medical treatment does not conform to the reality. Zhang Tian can be

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