A city in northeastern China has highlighted the strain of Covid-19 measures on local health systems, with authorities saying debts were rising far faster than their capacity to repay them.
The commission was responding to proposals to improve post-pandemic hospital funding submitted by neurosurgeon and Huludao consultative conference member Yi Tongjun. The city, home to 2.4 million people, reported more than 200 confirmed Covid-19 cases in February and March and introduced strict controls, such as partial lockdowns, online teaching and a ban on dining at restaurants, to stop the outbreaks.
But general expenditure was 8.17 billion yuan, up by more than half over the same period. This outlay included 870 million yuan in spending on health, an increase of 161 per cent.A National Health Commission report on the performance of public hospitals in 2020 found a general increase in operational costs and financial pressure in the system because of Covid-19 controls.
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