Migrant Workers in S. China City Go for STD Tests
2006-1-16 10:50:11 CRIENGLISH.com
Many migrant workers went to hospitals in the run-up to Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 29 this year, in this capital city of Guangdong Province, an economic powerhouse in south China.
Local doctors say most of migrants required check-ups for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) before returning home to their spouses for the week-long holiday.
They say many migrant workers, who spend long periods of time away from their wives or husbands, often engage in extra-marital sex.
"Around seven to eight people are coming to have venereal disease check-ups each day, up from the usual two to three cases a day," Lu Haoqiang, with the First Affiliated Hospital at Guangzhou Medical College, was quoted as saying by the Beijing-based China Daily.
There have also been an increase in the number of patients at other hospitals in the city, a local newspaper reported.
Lu said most patients are migrant workers who are returning home for Spring Festival.
Millions of men and women from other parts of the country work in Guangzhou, far away from their spouses.
Due to difficulties involved in having sex with their wives, some workers visit prostitutes to satisfy their desires, Lu said.
And many of these workers are worried that their sexual activities may have left them with a STD, which they could then pass on to their wives or husbands.
Lu said most of his patients had not been infected, but the check-ups eased their worries. Some of them even take the results home to show their wives.
Lu added that there was also an increasing number of local men visiting his hospital for an STD check-up when they return to Guangzhou following business trips.
"I'm glad to see that more and more people are having check-ups on their own initiative," Li Jihong, executive director of Guangdong Sex Study Society, told China Daily.
She added that the phenomenon shows more people, especially migrant workers who usually have relatively low educational backgrounds, are aware of the problems that can result from their sexual behaviour.
(Source: Xinhua)
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2006-1-16 10:50:11 CRIENGLISH.com
Many migrant workers went to hospitals in the run-up to Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 29 this year, in this capital city of Guangdong Province, an economic powerhouse in south China.
Local doctors say most of migrants required check-ups for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) before returning home to their spouses for the week-long holiday.
They say many migrant workers, who spend long periods of time away from their wives or husbands, often engage in extra-marital sex.
"Around seven to eight people are coming to have venereal disease check-ups each day, up from the usual two to three cases a day," Lu Haoqiang, with the First Affiliated Hospital at Guangzhou Medical College, was quoted as saying by the Beijing-based China Daily.
There have also been an increase in the number of patients at other hospitals in the city, a local newspaper reported.
Lu said most patients are migrant workers who are returning home for Spring Festival.
Millions of men and women from other parts of the country work in Guangzhou, far away from their spouses.
Due to difficulties involved in having sex with their wives, some workers visit prostitutes to satisfy their desires, Lu said.
And many of these workers are worried that their sexual activities may have left them with a STD, which they could then pass on to their wives or husbands.
Lu said most of his patients had not been infected, but the check-ups eased their worries. Some of them even take the results home to show their wives.
Lu added that there was also an increasing number of local men visiting his hospital for an STD check-up when they return to Guangzhou following business trips.
"I'm glad to see that more and more people are having check-ups on their own initiative," Li Jihong, executive director of Guangdong Sex Study Society, told China Daily.
She added that the phenomenon shows more people, especially migrant workers who usually have relatively low educational backgrounds, are aware of the problems that can result from their sexual behaviour.
(Source: Xinhua)
http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2238/2006-1-16/[email protected]