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Hospital, search engine under investigation after student death

By Shan Juan (chinadaily.com.cn) Updated: 2016-05-03 19:52

The National Health and Family Planning Commission announced Tuesday that it would launch joint investigation into the Second Hospital of the Beijing Armed Police Corps over the incident involving Baidu and a young who died after receiving cancer treatment in this hospital with the health division of the General Logistics Department of the Central Military Commission and the health division of the General Logistics Department of the Armed Police Corps.

Yesterday, the central government set up an investigation team to probe search engine giant Baidu, after the company was accused by a hospital patient, who since has died, of providing misleading medical treatment information.

The team is made up of officials from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce - the regulator of online advertisement.

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