| [quote]For foreigners who cannot speak Putong Hua are unlikely to received the consultation as mentioned by JS in a public hospital. Some local hospitals has a special department for foreigner. You will get the same treat except the doctors speaks English. For that you're registration fee is RMB500 before you start talking to them :)[/quote] Not sure where the amount of 500rmb came from. in Shanghai, the Foreigner care clinic where English language service is provided at HuaShan Hospital, HuaDong Hospital and the XuHui & Chang Ning District Hospitals are all under 200rmb for registration. Of course after that, there are lab fees and speciaist fees that would be added regardless of whether youa re local or expat, BUT the foreigner clinic charges more b/c of teh VIP treatment in terms of not having to wait in many of teh regular lines for these tests and scans etc. When I got hit by a car last year, my I was given priority to get my xrays and ultrasound scans done...skipped right past teh line into a leather sofa waiting room for VIP's. Total cost of three doctor consultations, scans and xray, and pain meds for the broken rib cost me less that USD$150. 1100rmb for what one xray would have cost me back in the US. Of course I COULD have gone to one of the expat hospitals, but why spend $1100 when ¥1100rmb would suffice. |
Living Cost in Shanghai - Medicine