Pediatrician Yang Yang checks a child at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center in Guangdong province in January. [Photo by Zhang Ziwang/chinadaily.com.cn] Chen Jingyu, a deputy to the National People's Congress and vice-president of Wuxi People's Hospital, said during the ongoing two sessions that the tuition of medical students planning to become pediatricians should be exempted to lure more students into the field. Many hospitals across the country face a severe shortage of pediatricians, he said. The authorities set the target in 2016 that every 1,000 children in the country should have 0.69 pediatricians by 2020. However, there are now only 0.5 pediatricians for every 1,000 children in Wuxi, a relatively developed city in East China. In some developed countries the figure has reached 0.85 to 1.3. He suggested that a special honor should be given to reward the hard work and dedication of veteran pediatricians who have been working in the field for 30 years. A pension raise also should be given to attract more medical students to choose pediatrics as their careers. what are those rubber band bracelets calledcustom name bar braceletliver cancer silicone braceletsimages of rubber band braceletsred rubber bracelet
Taipei 101 [Photo/IC] TAIPEI -- The Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), a Taiwan think-tank, on Wednesday cut its forecast for the island's economic growth rate in 2019 to 2.15 percent from the 2.18 percent projected in December. The cut in economic growth forecast was due to a more-than-expected slowdown amid trade disputes between major economies and fluctuations in raw materials prices, the CIER said. The economic growth is forecast to be below 2 percent in the first half but to pick up to exceed 2 percent in the second half amid stronger support from domestic demand, said CIER president Chen Shi-kuan. According to the CIER's latest forecast, Taiwan's economy is expected to reach 1.75 percent in the first quarter, 1.9 percent in the second quarter, 2.31 percent in the third quarter and 2.61 percent in the fourth quarter. Earlier in March, Taiwan's monetary authority also lowered the GDP forecast for 2019 by 0.2 percentage points to 2.13 percent from its previous projection in December 2018, citing lower domestic demand, trade conflicts and restructuring of global supply chains.
