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Newborn boy screened for HIV, syphilis
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July 12, 2010, Monday
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A ONE-WEEK-OLD boy was tested for HIV and syphilis in a hospital in south China Guangdong Province after being ill since birth, his father complained to today's Southern Metropolis Daily newspaper.
Lei Xu spent nearly 6,000 yuan (US$885.89) on his son's tests for 189 indicators in three days at the children's medical center in Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital city. Now the baby was out of hospital, the report said.
Lei's son was born on June 27 in Guangzhou's Panyu District, with pneumonia, hemorrhagic disease and jaundice.
He sent the baby to the children's medical center锛寃hich was unnamed in the report锛 on July 2 where he was told to sign documents to get treatment.
On July 5 the hospital told him the baby needed a blood transfusion, but Lei learned from other hospitals that it was normally unnecessary to do this for a patient like his baby. So he took the baby home that afternoon, after being handed the bill for the tests - including for syphilis and HIV.
Lei said he felt cheated.
But hospital officials said the tests were needed to ensure nothing was overlooked in a new patient.
Families of three sick children treated at the hospital told the newspaper they all paid 5,000 to 10,000 yuan for required tests that were never explained.
Lei Xu spent nearly 6,000 yuan (US$885.89) on his son's tests for 189 indicators in three days at the children's medical center in Guangzhou, Guangdong's capital city. Now the baby was out of hospital, the report said.
Lei's son was born on June 27 in Guangzhou's Panyu District, with pneumonia, hemorrhagic disease and jaundice.
He sent the baby to the children's medical center锛寃hich was unnamed in the report锛 on July 2 where he was told to sign documents to get treatment.
On July 5 the hospital told him the baby needed a blood transfusion, but Lei learned from other hospitals that it was normally unnecessary to do this for a patient like his baby. So he took the baby home that afternoon, after being handed the bill for the tests - including for syphilis and HIV.
Lei said he felt cheated.
But hospital officials said the tests were needed to ensure nothing was overlooked in a new patient.
Families of three sick children treated at the hospital told the newspaper they all paid 5,000 to 10,000 yuan for required tests that were never explained.
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