“Scam artists that are impossible to avoid
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http://news.cntv.cn/china/20111107/102386.shtml At Beijing Tongren Hospital, out of more than 9,000 patients who come for outpatient consultations each day, nearly half of them go there for eye-related issues, and most of these cases are complex and difficult to treat. Some patients come with only a piece of paper in their hands, on which is written just one doctor’s name; it is said that this doctor is the only hope for curing their eye problems. It is with this eagerness that these patients travel great distances to Tongren Hospital. However, in the eyes of some lawbreakers, the need of patients to receive medical treatment becomes a continuous source of \"business opportunities\" for them, with those in urgent need of treatment turning into \"lambs ready for slaughter.\" The patient wonders why it’s so difficult to get an appointment with an expert Before 7:30 in the morning, all the appointments with experts were already booked up. The \"lucky ones\" who manage to get such numbers do so by purchasing them from number scalpers, at costs ranging from a few hundred to over a thousand. Ticket scalpers are hard to identify; most of them disguise themselves as patients and even engage in a \"professional division of labor\" to exploit hospital resources. Doctors and nurses say that ticket scalpers drive up the price of appointments that would otherwise cost a few yuan or a dozen yuan to several hundred or even thousands of yuan; doctors claim it’s as if they are working for those scalpers. To identify the tactics of ticket scalpers, doctors and nurses have established various \"codes,\" and even doctors are threatened by them.
Driven by profit, people are willing to take risks and do anything. Yesterday, I posted a daily question, and I discovered that some people were cheating by posting fake replies. If people would do such things with virtual currency, then surely they would do the same with real RMB. . . A colleague’s mother went to the Beijing Tumor Hospital the year before last; despite making an online appointment half a month in advance, she was only able to get an appointment with a specialist of second tier. To address the issue of ticket scalpers in large hospitals, technology from the real-name ticketing system used during the Spring Festival travel rush can be utilized. By using the statistical functions of computer databases, it’s impossible for smugglers to find that many second-generation ID cards. Of course, certain systems and police forces are also needed.
I’m afraid the hospital doesn’t have that much authority to access identity databases.
It’s possible to do this without using the ID database! Just like when buying a house, isn’t real-name registration enough to solve the problem? As long as one is willing to put in the effort, no problem is insurmountable
The existence of ticket scalpers has, to some extent, helped solve certain employment issues: lol
With real-name registration, using an ID card is sufficient; once ticket scalpers see that there’s no profit to be made, they will move to another place to make money
The real-name system for train tickets hasn’t solved the problem of buying tickets either; ticket scalpers can place orders by phone, while ordinary people can’t :(
I watched this news piece yesterday as well – feeding a group of people, is that considered a good thing?
It’s true too; supervision over people and various supporting measures are still necessary