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There are hospitals, and then thereare Beijing hospitals. My firstbrush with the medical professionin China was actuated by an emer-gency of sorts, when my girlfriend collapsedand blacked out briefly as she exited fromthe toilet of an Indian restaurant (the foodwas not the culprit, not this time). FlusteredChinese waiters revived her with water, butshe awoke to sharp, crippling pain in thelower abdomen. I called our landlady, andbless her sweet overflowing Chinese heart,she arrived within minutes and escorted us tothe nearest hospital.