Chinas Health Care Crisis

-Source-The New York Times- Well before dawn nearly a hundred people stood in line outside one of the capitals top hospitals. They were hoping to get an appointment with a specialist a chance for access to the best health care in the country. Scalpers hawked medical visits for a fee ignoring repeated crackdowns by the government. A Beijing resident in line was trying to get his father in to see a neurologist. A senior lawmaker from Liaoning a northeastern province needed a second opinion on her daughters blood disorder. Mao Ning who was helping her friend get an appointment with a dermatologist arrived at 4 a.m. She was in the middle of the line. Theres no choice everyone comes to Beijing" Ms. Mao 40 said. I think this is an unscientific approach and is not in keeping with our national conditions. We shouldnt have people do this right? There should be a reasonable system." The long lines a standard feature of hospital visits in China are a symptom of a health care system in crisis.