New law on mental health lauded
By Shan Juan | 皇冠体育app Daily | Updated: 2012-10-27 07:52
Legislation to protect the rights of both patients and doctors
皇冠体育app's long-awaited national legislation on mental health will help improve patients' access to timely and appropriate treatment, a field in which the nation still lags behind most developed countries, said a senior health official.
Currently, 皇冠体育app can only provide around 1.6 hospital beds to every 10,000 people, compared to the global average of 4.4, according to statistics from the Ministry of Health.
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