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Zero · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 1402

Those 2,000-yuan-a-month doctors are probably either not telling the truth, or they're giving you their monthly figure without accounting for bonuses, or they're profiting from some sort of arrangement on the pharmaceutical sales beyond their salaries. Or any combination of the three.

hiptoclip · Joined: 29 Jan 2008 Posts: 15

I have heard the same thing, in my town, a doctor that my friend knows makes 2,000 rmb a month.

arioch36 · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 3589

Depends where the doctor is. Certainly country doctors don't get much.

In the past (and still) doctors got extra income vis "hong bao" red envelopes you put money is and give on New Years or at weddings. In fact, when you go to a modern hospital you may see the signs for "please don't give hong bao"
A friend, former student, her father gave her a car, so so car, nothing greta. Bought it with his hong bao money. We went to a beijing "quality" hospital last year. Want that operation before you actually die? Hong bao!

Agreed that whenever we hear what a Chinese salary is, we need to take it with a grain of salt. Could be true, often many extra incomes added to their "salary"

Surfdude18 · Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 651 Location: China

SpedEd · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 143 Location: Shanghai

OP:

This post is so conceited. If it's wealth you seek go somewhere more westernized, i.e., where there isn't an oppressive regime in power. China pays by *far* the least amount of money of the other four countries I've been to and the lifestyle is better elsewhere too.
For a couple, 15,000 RMB isn't much money to get by on by Western standards. However, in China it's quite good, imo.

vikuk · Joined: 23 May 2007 Posts: 1842

Zero · Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 1402

Not sure how my post is conceited. My wife is Chinese, so it's not wealth we seek, it's just a question of whether we would/could return to her home. In order to do so, we feel there's a certain amount of income our household would need -- an amount that I think would be enough, but not one that I think would make us exactly wealthy. It's less than we make where we are now.

Anda · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 2199 Location: Jiangsu Province

Well lets see I am told that local doctors get 2,000 RMB a month. But lets take the doctor that I go too.

I go to a small clinic very near to where I live. He is open from about 8 in the morning to about 7 of later in the evening. He doubles as a dentist and his wife is a trained nurse. For me to make a visit and get three of four drip bottles stuck in me plus occupy a bed for two to three hours will cost me about 50 to 60 RMB all up. Tell where the big money is where I live?

I did a trip to a main hospital in Nanjing when I first go there and had test galore. I stayed overnight in a private room and all up it cost a bit over 500 RMB. The local hospital but is a real take as they are hungry for money. I get a much better deal at the clinic.