The old man took health care products as antihypertensive drugs and had a sudden cerebral infarction： the salesman called her ＂mom＂
The 80-year-old Huang Yueguo’s mother-in-law was admitted to the hospital with a sudden cerebral infarction. She was once obsessed with health care products and realized that a house full of health care products could not cure high blood pressure.
"The promotion of selling health care products, you don’t have to take antihypertensive drugs when you eat health care products!" Lu Yatang, Huang Popo’s eldest son, said that her mother took a variety of health care products for many years before the onset of the disease and stopped taking antihypertensive drugs for many years. The old man’s daughter-in-law sorted it out. "In more than four years, she bought almost 200,000 yuan of health care products, and there were more than 160,000 bills."
Onset/hospitalization of elderly patients with sudden cerebral infarction
In the early morning of the 22nd, Huang Popo, who lives in Hengyang Road, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, woke up and found herself bored and unable to get up. After taking out his mobile phone to call his son and daughter-in-law, he was sent to the Department of Neurology of Guanghan People’s Hospital for treatment.
The hospital diagnosis was cerebral infarction. Fortunately, the old man was out of danger after several days of treatment because he was sent to the hospital in time.
In the hospital ward, the reporter of Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star met Huang Popo. After this robbery, she was obsessed with buying health care products before she realized that "health care products can’t lower blood pressure." Speaking of the experience of buying health care products, the old man regrets it.
"At that time, he gave me a class and felt that there was still some truth in what he said. We don’t know what professors they invited, and sometimes they check on me. " The old man introduced that she was the first class she attended in 2015. The person who sold health care products told her that after eating health care products, she no longer needed to take antihypertensive drugs.
Just like Cai Ming Ge You’s essay "The Son Comes" in the Spring Festival Evening, after the first class, all kinds of health care products were promoted at Huang Popo, and the salesman called her "Mom" to fool the elderly with warmth. After that, the elderly gradually fell in love with buying health care products, and insisted on buying and using various health care products in many health care stores. She originally had high blood pressure and stopped taking antihypertensive drugs.
"I live on more than 400 yuan a month, and other money is used to buy health care products." Huang Popo introduced that in the past four years, the purchase of health care products almost used up her savings.
Regret/"Blame us as children for not stopping us"
The reporter then came to the elderly. The old man’s son and daughter-in-law collected many health products from all corners of the house and filled the whole living room.
Daughter-in-law Liu Xiaoqing introduced that the health care products purchased by the elderly in recent years cover eating, drinking, sleeping and using, and even so-called health care products such as five-element watches, meridian pens and jade beds. The reporter saw that many health care products have not been opened, some have passed the shelf life, and some have even become moldy.
"She is usually very economical, but she is very generous in buying health care products." Liu Xiaoqing said that the most expensive is the jade mattress, which sells for 22,000 yuan; There is also an oral liquid called "Crocodile Jane", which costs more than 10 yuan a bottle. The old man bought a product of more than 10,000 yuan at a time.
According to preliminary statistics, in more than four years, Huang Popo bought almost 200,000 yuan of health care products, and there were more than 160,000 bills. .
"Blame us for being children." Talking about his mother’s purchase of health care products, his son Lu Yatang and others regretted it. "People say that it is difficult to buy old music with thousands of dollars. We are children, and when we look at the old people happy, we turn a blind eye." At first, Huang Popo bought rice, tea, pillows and other daily necessities. Later, the things she bought became more and more expensive, and her family began to stop them and even quietly discarded some things. To this end, the two sides have had many disputes. The most serious one is that the old man even threatened to sue his three sons to the court for alimony.
For the old man’s actions, the family finally adopted a tacit attitude.
Action/department intervention to rectify health care chaos
On this matter, Huang Popo’s family has reported to Guanghan Industrial and Commercial Bureau, Food and Drug Administration and other departments, and provided the collected health care products samples, receipts and other evidence to relevant departments. At present, relevant local departments have been involved in the investigation.
"The purpose of reporting is to hope that the relevant departments will attack in time and rectify the chaos in the health care products market, so that no elderly people will be deceived." Lu Yatang told reporters.
On the day when the elderly were admitted to the hospital, the Deyang Municipal Government held a press conference on "Spring Thunder Action 2019" and the 100-day Action to Rectify the Chaos in the "Health Care" Market. "Spring Thunder Action" focuses on hot issues such as food safety, drug safety and quality safety, especially the chaos in the "health care" market. The action will be taken by the market supervision and public security departments as members, responsible for the cooperation and cooperation in joint law enforcement of major case clues, consultation and transfer of suspected criminal cases to the judiciary.
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