The Frist family, operating apart from HCA as a new company called CHC, is building a hospital with the Chinese government in Cixi, 100 miles south of Shanghai, slated to open in August 2013.

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The man is in a serious condition in hospital days after returning from the Chinese city of Suzhou, officials say.

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Its spread highlighted the difficulty of handling such emergencies when many Chinese were afraid of going to hospital because of the potential cost.

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Before that, we stopped and talked with a doctor in front of a small traditional Chinese hospital close to the People's Square.

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Luke's Medical Center in Manila, says the private institution is "better equipped than 90% of hospitals in the U.S." Bangkok's high-tech Bumrungrad Hospital has also geared up to meet this demand, as has the newly opened Beijing United Family Hospital, which caters to wealthy Chinese as well as expatriates.

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He had spent five months in a Chinese hospital, recovering from broken bones, neurological damage, and the loss of his kidney and spleen.

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One of the friends, named as Zhou Danling by Chinese TV, was said to be in a stable condition in hospital.

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