Netizen "fyliumin" has sent in the following vid to Youku.com with the following comment:
今天去看一个病人，六张床的病房，居然来看望的男男女女有二十多人，只见孩子哭的，抽烟的，大叫的，床下堆满了各式纸箱，大都是亲友送来的外表花哨，内里低劣的营养品。中国特色的看病人模式体现了中华民族深厚的家庭观念，仿佛只有这样才能表示亲友的重视，人堆人围着一个病人拉家长，拉得时间越长，表示越亲密。但这种模式确实不利于病人休养，不利于医院管理，更不文明，反正见怪不怪了。
Today while visiting someone at the hospital, I saw 20-over visitors crammed into a small 6-bed ward. There were men and women, children crying, some were smoking, some were screaming. Under the beds were various boxes -- all presents sent by relatives and friends, full of stuff that look good on the outside but full of cheap nutrients on the inside. The way the Chinese people visit people at the hospital reflect their perspective of family values. It is as though this is the only way to show kinship and closeness -- the more people the merrier, the longer your visiting time, the closer you will appear to be. Such a culture not only makes the environment unconducive for the patient's recovery, it also does not bode well for hospital management. Furthermore it is totally uncivilised. Anyway, what's new?! [Translation by Shanghaiist]
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Posted
Aug 27 2007, 05:36 PM
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Shanghaiist