Dying old woman ‘left for days’ in field in China

She later died in hospital and her fate has prompted comments online over who should be responsible for caring for the sick and elderly.

The woman as she was found in the field. Photo: Sinanews.com
The woman as she was found in the field. Photo: Sinanews.com


BEIJING --- The quilt on the ground in eastern Jiangsu Province, lying on the ground wrapped in dirty desk, Pzzx.com news website reported.

On the Internet with very sad images quickly and joint interventions, is that no one cared.

"Even if he abandoned the family, and about local government?" Wrote one.

Peugeot diagnostic woman died after being rushed to the hospital said in a statement that the local authorities in the province.

That the number of dead woman had died in the fields after police went to the scene.

Statement is not recognized as a woman, but the blood samples examined against a national database that can be named after her expected.

Residents of the village for several days in a woman is believed to have been abandoned, and that he was seriously ill, the news website reported.

Health care costs for the poor is a big problem in China.

According to state media last May a farmer in east Anhui Province suffered from frostbite, can not afford the medical expenses because they had to amputate his foot.

In previous similar unit, a village in Hebei province north severed his right leg and he was unable to pay medical bills, because after suffering a blockage of an artery with a fruit knife left foot.


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