Nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations are often faced with a moral dilemma namely how to decide who is most deserving of their limited resources and who will they regrettably have to turn away.  Shangdi Hospital fortunately has never had to face that dilemma concerning access to their medical resources. They do in practice have a ‘no one turned away policy’ and never refuse medical treatment to patients regardless of their ability to pay.  What moved me most about Shangdi Hospital was the resident doctors who themselves hold a ‘no one turned away’ policy in their personal lives, for this is what is needed to make the sacrifices they have in order to serve the patients at Shangdi.
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