Results tagged “huashanhospital”

Yes, it's hard hitting reporting like this that has people wondering how we avoid the censors. But we recently found ourself in need of an ACE bandage, known in some parts of the world as an elastic bandage. Back home, we would have just headed to the local drugstore to buy one, but we had heard some people having trouble finding them in Shanghai — so we figured we'd tell you how we found ours yesterday.

Of course, flipping though last Wednesday's print edition (we found it over the weekend while at Huashan Hospital ... inner ear infection) it is apparent that Shanghai Daily is in no position to refuse ads from anybody -- really, hardly any ads at all. Perhaps it is a wise business move for the paper to team up with an illegal DVD store that grossly overcharges its customers.

Since Shanghai's first human bird flu death was confirmed on Saturday, the city has "stepped up measures" to prevent the spread of the disease among people (which still hasn't been proven possible):