Video of Woman Yelling at Scalpers for Selling Overpriced Hospital Appointment Ticket Goes Viral

Jan 29, 2016 12:14 PM EST

(Photo : Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images) A viral videos of a woman yelling at hospital appointment ticket scalpers has pushed authorities to look into the practice.

A video of a Chinese woman who got fed up of scalpers outside a hospital in Beijing has became a window for the public to see how the appointment system in some hospitals in the country really works.

Patients who do not have emergency cases must endure the long lines to get a ticket before seeing the doctor.

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The woman, who lined up for two days to get an appointment ticket for her mother at the Beijing Guang'anmen Hospital, yelled at ticket scalpers for selling them more than twice their price.

The video was uploaded on Weibo, a Twitter-like social media platform, on January 25 and has since been viewed more than 2 million times and garnered more than 40,000 comments from citizens who experienced the same thing many times.

"They want 4,500 yuan for a 300 yuan ticket! At that kind of price, how can an average person even hope to get to see a doctor? We took the trouble to wait here all day from early in the morning, without being able to get registered," said the woman, who was almost in tears.

The woman was yelling at a group of scalpers in the hospital's waiting room. They wait to "snatch up" tickets and resell them for a ridiculous amount of money.

The woman, who is now back home with her mother, told Beijing Youth Daily that scammers have been threatening her since the video went viral. She and her mother travelled from a distant province and rented a small room near the hospital for ¥132 ($20) a day. CNN reported that she had to carry her mother on her back just to visit the hospital.

"My mother is still ill and paralyzed in bed. I need to take care of her and only wish to get her properly treated. I don't want that much attention," she said.

Witnesses said that the incident happened on Tuesday, January 19. The woman also accused the hospital staff of conspiring with the scalpers, but the hospital has dismissed this as false.

Guang'anmen Hospital said in a statement that there is no evidence of the staff's involvent in the scam.

According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Beijing's municipal health department will investigate the incident and hospital staff who are found selling tickets to scalpers will be punished.

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