Hospital, search engine must change after patient's death

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In response to another public concern, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Monday it was cracking down on online applications that illegally change people's phone numbers as part of scams and fraud schemes. The ministry said its crackdown includes the establishment of a blacklist of software providers and the removal of offending applications from online platforms, as well as ending their online publication and promotion.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission has said local authorities must adopt a zero-tolerance attitude toward violence against doctors.It followed a serious assault last Tuesday morning in which a patient and two friends allegedly stabbed a doctor in the back and face before fleeing a hospital in the Shizhu Tujia autonomous county of Chongqing. On the same morning, a doctor named Xiao Zuke, at Jiangxi People's Hospital, was allegedly beaten by seven people who were relatives of a patient who had been pronounced dead. All 10 suspects from both incidents have been detained by police.

The National Development and Reform Commission, the country's top economic planner, intervened last week in a dispute between a trucker and an auto towing company that was accused of overcharging. Zhao Chenxin, an NDRC spokesman, said on Thursday that the towing company has been ordered to apologize to the driver and will be punished for breaking price regulations. It emerged the company attempted to charge 38,000 yuan for towing the truck along the Xiangtan-Leiyang Expressway in Hunan province following an accident on April 2. The company only towed the stricken truck for less than 20 km. Price regulations stipulate that the service should have been billed at around 12,500 yuan.