HCMC foreign clinics fearmonger to drain patients' pockets

Doctors in an operation. Illustration photo by Pixabay

Foreign clinics in HCMC, most of them Chinese, are conjuring up threats of deadly diseases to get more money out of patients.

A 54-year-old man with nocturia came to a foreign clinic in District 10 to get a diagnosis. He received injections worth VND22 million ($931.22), but his condition did not improve.

The man, unnamed, said he's heard of the clinic via social media. After making calls to the clinic for advice, its employees told him every day to go to the clinic soon or his condition could worsen and become dangerous.

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