BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Greenpost) — China will advance building a graded diagnose and treatment system to deepen healthcare reform, according to an executive meeting of the State Council presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

China will expand medical service capabilities of not only major medical institutions but also county-level public hospitals.

Also, the country will integrate medical resources such as examination, testing and disinfection supply while advancing cross-recognition of examination and testing results as well as patient transfer among hospitals of different levels, according to the meeting.

The country also encourages the elderly, children, pregnant and lying-in women as well as patients with chronic diseases to sign primary family doctors or rural doctors voluntarily to receive basic medical treatments. (Edited by Niu Huizhe, niuhuizhe@xinhua.org)

Source Xinhua

Editor Xuefei Chen Axelsson