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The tea test

Have you heard this gem? Some reporters in Hangzhou decided to put a few city hospitals to the test. They submitted themselves for medical exams, and turned in vials of tea instead of urine samples. Six out of ten hospitals told them they had urinary tract infections, and recommended medications costing up to RMB400. I can’t put it any better than the China News Service did:

“It makes one shiver all over even though it’s not cold”.

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