Government urged to ease financial burden on patients with rare diseases
By Wang Qingyun | China Daily | Updated: 2013-03-04 07:46
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A woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis holds her 1-month-old child. The prevalence of ALS, which is characterized by motor neuron degeneration, is three in 50,000. Zhang Meng / Xinhua |
Hospitals should improve their efficiency in screening for rare diseases, and the government should work to lower the financial burden faced by sufferers, said doctors and leaders of social organizations.
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