A man in his 80s in Wugang, Hunan province, died of cancer after digging a hole for himself.
On December 12, a man in his 80s who lived alone in Wugang, Hunan province, was suffering from cancer. In order not to harm his children, he had himself dug a hole and waited for his death. The video immediately became a trending topic on Weibo, with mainland Chinese netizens angrily denouncing the Communist Party’s pension system, health care and corruption among government officials.
A 79-year-old man in a village in The town of Dengjiapu in Wugang, Hunan province, suffered from lymph cancer and was in great pain without his children, local media reported. In order not to harm the children, and afraid of no one after death, to find an excuse for people to dig a pit, and let people put a relatively large jar in the pit, and he prepared a number of burial clothes, drilled into the jar inside waiting to die.
The old man was reported to be near death and had cut his wrist when he was rescued.
Mainland netizens have left messages on Weibo, complaining about the old man’s sad experience:
“Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of his country; The caitiff carcase is sick, take care of it himself.”
“Health care goes up every year, but people don’t get any benefits at all! It’s all about cheating the common people!”
“Seeing a doctor is expensive now, some medical insurance is not universal, medical insurance is limited, at one’s own expense is not limited, ordinary work, do not have what money.”
A video posted by netizens shows the pit was dug in the middle of nowhere and later discovered by villagers. The villagers tried to rescue the old man, but he struggled and refused to come out. The old man’s left hand bled a lot. After being carried out by several men, the old man lay on the ground weakly, with many blood stains on his body and legs.
Comments from mainland netizens:
“Such a fate after so many years of public grain!”
“We will strengthen welfare, and the government will provide pension and medical insurance for everyone.”
“Medicare reimburses a lot of times, doctors are prescribing drugs that are not reimbursed. The road is a foot high, the devil is ten feet high, cut wool for soup.
“Cancer is a devastating disease for a family,” he said. “If you look at it, you’ll owe a lot of money.
“Anyway, when I was eating in the restaurant, I heard someone say that they don’t have a pension in their hometown and they want their children to take care of themselves.”
“But people can at least afford the disease. Even if they don’t have health insurance, they can go to the government for assistance. And if they pay after seeing the doctor, the bill will arrive to you in a month or so. Can’t afford to see a doctor in China? I’ll push you out of the ward in a minute.”
“The misery of old age! Do people born in the 50s, 60s or 70s imagine the same thing in their later years? !”
“To the hospital again, that sounds good. What about later? Who pays the hospital? I don’t believe you can still get free medical care.”
“It reminds me of eggshell flats and I can’t help but ask, what on earth have we done, poverty has been eliminated this year? Why am I poorer?”
“Not out of poverty? Why not?”
“I just saw a story about an old man hauling another old man to the hospital in a garbage truck.”
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