Friday 23 January 2015

China university 'expels student over genetic blood disease'

China has a long history of ostracising patients suffering from certain illnesses A student in Beijing is suing his university after he was allegedly expelled for having the rare hereditary blood disease haemophilia, reports said on Friday, the latest case in China's long history of medical discrimination. The student, identified by the pseudonym Zheng Qing, is suing the China Institute of Industrial Relations after he was officially expelled earlier this month, the government-run Global Times reported. The student's lawyer, Wang Qiushi, was quoted as saying that regulation referred to students who "cannot finish their studies or cannot take care of themselves". China has a long history of ostracising patients suffering from certain illnesses.




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