Inspections for hospitals using Red Cross name

Facilities must follow humanitarian principles in providing treatment

Chinese hospitals that use the Red Cross as part of their name will be examined in a June campaign jointly launched by the Red Cross Society of China and the Ministry of Health, said Zhao Baige, executive vice-president of the country's biggest humanitarian organization.

The final results of the first-ever rectification campaign on the mainland will be made public after it is completed, Zhao told China Daily in an exclusive interview. Hospitals that fail to meet requirements will be stripped of the right to name themselves after the Red Cross.