A pregnant woman was sent to the Beijing hospital. Even though she didn't have any money, the hospital was willing to give a free operation as she and her unborn baby were in a critical condition. However, her husband refused to sign the operation... ...full story at Global Voices
from Global Voices on Fri, Nov 23 2007
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