cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/29436532
Public anger in China over concerns raised by doctors that generic drugs used in public hospitals are increasingly ineffective has led to a rare response from the government.
Doctors say they believe the country’s drug procurement system, which incentivises the use of cheap generic drugs over original brand-name pharmaceuticals, has led to costs being cut at the expense of people’s safety.
But officials, quoted by multiple state media outlets on Sunday, say the issue is one of perception rather than reality.
One report said different people simply had different reactions to medicines and that claims about them being ineffective had “mostly come from people’s anecdotes and subjective feelings”.
The official response has done little to allay public fears over the reputation of drugs in public hospitals and pharmacies. It is the latest challenge to a healthcare system that is already under enormous strain because of a rapidly ageing population.
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Is it britophobic if you criticize the UK? And europhobic when being critical of the EU? - No one would likely say that, I’v never heard it.
It actually is something terrible. If it happens also in the UK and anywhere else doesn’t make it better (but feel free to post a new article here on the UK malpractice, I am curious whether there will be a similar whataboutery like, “But this happens also in China” - what do you expect?).
This is pure whataboutery, and it does not enhance debate culture here. This is why I end this discussion.