E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has introduced a new 24-hour medicine delivery and online medical consultation service through its Taobao Marketplace retail platform. Photo: Alamy
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has introduced a new 24-hour medicine delivery and online medical consultation service through its Taobao Marketplace retail platform. Photo: Alamy
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Alibaba pioneers online doctor consultations, round-the-clock medicine delivery

New service offers support to China’s primary care system, which remains saddled by an uneven distribution of resources and lack of quality general practitioners

Zen Soo
Zen Soo

Updated: 6:30am, 31 Aug, 2018

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E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has introduced a new 24-hour medicine delivery and online medical consultation service through its Taobao Marketplace retail platform. Photo: Alamy
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has introduced a new 24-hour medicine delivery and online medical consultation service through its Taobao Marketplace retail platform. Photo: Alamy
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