A Notice from Guangzhou Health Bureau

Early January this year, Guangzhou Health Bureau passed a notice to forbid pre-employment blood test of employees for hepatitis B.

Two months past, it gave us hope and then took it away. Let me explain it to you.

In the notice, it says if any employee is required to take blood test for hepatitis B, he/she must sign an agreement. Obviously, the blood test is a lucrative business for hospitals and other medical centers. They can profit around 8$ per person every time. You can do math how big the cake is. Hospitals and other medical centers will make their way to circumvent the notice with all their efforts.

The outcome is that we lose, medical centers win. You may be wondering how they did it. Are our enemies too formidable to defeat? No. The reason is that the notice itself has apparent weak points and it's just a notice not law.

How did they circumvent the notice? Easy and effectively. Before the blood test, one will be required to sign an agreement. Ridiculously in some hospitals, the agreement is stamped with the hospitals' seal ahead of time, and you will be required to sign your name on the stamp. If you refuse to do so, you will be ruled out by HR. Therefore, you can't get the job or lose the job you've already had.

Although the notice turns out to be ineffective, we still are very grateful to Guangzhou Health Bureau. At least, there is a notice *on paper* to protect us in Guangzhou. Many other cities out there have NO any notice, let alone actions.

May God bless us!