Should local hospitals accept non-local expectant mums
Posted on Sunday, March 20th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
In the recent years, more expectant mothers who come from Mainland China give birth in Hong Kong. This makes the tensity of Hong Kong hospitals stronger! This is a big problem in Hong Kong.
Although there are many hospital in Mainland China too, many of Mainlander choose to give birth through a harder way! They think the doctors in Hong Kong are more professional than in Mainland. And the gears of medical treatment in Hong Kong are also more advanced. The most important consideration is that they want their children to have the right of residence of Hong Kong so that their children can have more rights such as free education etc.
It is a big problem to let many Mainlanders to give birth in Hong Kong. First, some of them may behind in payment of giving birth in hospital, this may curse financial crisis on a hospital. Second, the finance of free education comes from the tax which is given by Hong Kong resident. Third, the space in many of public hospitals are not enought for local expectant mothers, Mainlanders give birth in Hong Kong would make hospitals more strenuous!
I suggest Mainlanders to pay on what they used!
Ref: 2011/03/21 (4E)
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