One afternoon in 2017, while working construction in South China’s Guangdong province, Zhao Shi found that his right foot had swelled up to the point he could no longer stand. For the now-64-year-old, years of unmanaged diabetes had progressed into kidney failure, he told Caixin. With the long waiting list for a transplant, doctors told him he would die if he didn’t begin dialysis immediately.
In Depth: The Illicit Drug Trade Lurking Behind ‘Free’ Dialysis
2025年07月11日 18:16
Patients and staff at a chain of clinics in Sichuan province participated in a scheme to defraud the health insurance system by obtaining prescriptions for far more medication than they needed, which they sold on to middlemen
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- Wego dialysis centers are part of the Weigao Group, a top 500 company in China valued around 78 billion yuan. Photo: AI generated
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