Shanghai to launch mediation system for medical disputes
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="introduce">introduce</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="directive">directive</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="ease">ease</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="tense">tense</span> <span word="relationship">relationship</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="resulted">resulted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="injury">injury</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="rule">rule</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="formulated">formulated</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="settle">settle</span> <span word="doctor">doctor</span>-<span word="patient">patient</span> <span word="disputes">disputes</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="problem">problem</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="parties">parties</span>' <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="maintain">maintain</span> <span word="order">order</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="institutes">institutes</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Liu">Liu</span> <span word="Ping">Ping</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="department">department</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="Dispute">Dispute</span> <span word="Prevention">Prevention</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Mediation">Mediation</span> <span word="Measures">Measures</span> <span word="feature">feature</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mediation">mediation</span> <span word="mechanism">mechanism</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="parties">parties</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="apply">apply</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mediation">mediation</span> <span word="committee">committee</span>. <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="institutes">institutes</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="cooperate">cooperate</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mediation">mediation</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p><span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="institutes">institutes</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="inform">inform</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="mediation">mediation</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="compensation">compensation</span> <span word="exceeds">exceeds</span> 30,000 <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($4,900).</p><p><span word="To">To</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="patients">patients</span>' <span word="trust">trust</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="procedure">procedure</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="advisory">advisory</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="professional">professional</span> <span word="consultation">consultation</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="disputes">disputes</span>.</p><p><span word="So">So</span> <span word="far">far</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="has">has</span> 922 <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="science">science</span>, <span word="law">law</span>, <span word="forensic">forensic</span> <span word="medicine">medicine</span>, <span word="psychology">psychology</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>.</p><p>"<span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span>, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="patients">patients</span> <span word="questioned">questioned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="justice">justice</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="investigation">investigation</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="partial">partial</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="now">now</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="backgrounds">backgrounds</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="credibility">credibility</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Zhao">Zhao</span> <span word="Yong">Yong</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Shanghai">Shanghai</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Family">Family</span> <span word="Planning">Planning</span> <span word="Commission">Commission</span>.</p>
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