Doctor's handwriting hard to read

A mother in Changsha city, Hunan province, looking to fill her daughter's prescription and find info about her treatment had trouble at the hospital due to the doctor's terrible handwriting, the Hunan-based Morning Herald reported on Friday.

The mother asked three different staff members of the hospital for help but only one was able to decipher the doctor's handwritten notes and case history.

Despite regulations by China's Ministry of Health in 2010 that stipulated standard medical terminologies and clear readable handing writing for case histories and prescriptions, the newspaper reports that most Chinese doctors still have indecipherable handwriting.

Related:

TCM doctor denies dodging diagnostic challenge