Elderly patients lie on emergency department beds at a hospital in Wuhan on December 28, 2022, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases. Photo: Kyodo
Chinese medical equipment makers criticised by netizens for profiteering from Covid crisis
- As healthcare-related companies prosper on the stock market, some have been taken to task for raising prices during the current crisis
- Demand for medical equipment and test kits have surged amid a wave of cases as China stopped publishing infection data
Elderly patients lie on emergency department beds at a hospital in Wuhan on December 28, 2022, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases. Photo: Kyodo