China detains 160 in Shanghai healthcare scam

Chinese authorities have detained 160 members of a criminal gang in the eastern city of Shanghai after the group swindled patients by luring them to fake medical clinics and selling them over-priced drugs, Shanghai police said on Tuesday. Corruption in China's healthcare system is rife, with a scarcity of doctors and bribery pushing up the cost of care and creating tension between healthcare workers and patients. Providing affordable, accessible healthcare is one of the key platforms of president Xi Jinping's new government, with China's healthcare bill set to hit $1 trillion by 2020, according to a report from McKinsey & Co. Over 600 Shanghai police launched a sting operation on April 2, after seven months of investigation, detaining 160 suspects in raids on gang members' homes around the city and seizing crates of medicine and fake firearms, the statement said.



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