对中国的医疗事业来说,2005年年底很可能会成为一段具有重要意义的日子——一起“550万天价医疗费”事件终于将讨论多年的医疗乱收费问题推到了风口浪尖上:一位恶性淋巴瘤患者因化疗引起全身多脏器衰竭,住进哈尔滨医科大学第二附属医院(以下简称哈医大二院),67天后去世。家属为此付出的代价是550万元医疗费。 For China’s medical industry, the end of 2005 is likely to become a day of great significance. The “5.5 million yuan price of medical expenses” incident has finally pushed the discussion of multi-year medical fees and charges on the cusp of an outbreak: a malignant lymph node. The tumor patient suffered from systemic multiple organ failure due to chemotherapy and was admitted to the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (hereinafter referred to as Harbin Medical University Second Hospital) and died 67 days later. Family members paid a price of 5.5 million yuan in medical expenses.