According to China Youth Daily's WeChat***December 23**, recently, in Shanghai, a case of college students forming a group to sue the hospital for the hidden charges of the nine-valent HPV vaccine was closed by the court by issuing a mediation letter.
In June this year, Xiaohu, a student at East China University of Political Science and Law, bought a nine-valent HPV vaccine** from a hospital in Shanghai, and the actual payment amount was 5,149 yuan, but according to the hospital's public announcement**, the total price of the three shots was 4,6605 yuan, and the actual charge of the hospital exists 488$5 difference. Xiaohu asked many times, but the hospital did not give a convincing answer. Feeling that "something was wrong", not long after, Xiaohu and other five classmates jointly sued the court for the hidden charges of the hospital. **, because the hospital concerned made rectification and was willing to actively return the compensation, the two parties finally reached a mediation agreement, and the appeal of Xiaohu and others was realized.
In recent years, the demand for nine-valent HPV vaccine has been increasing, and the phenomenon of "one vaccine is hard to find" has appeared in many places. Some hospitals and institutions take the opportunity to carry out ** sales, disguised mark-ups or hidden charges. The students who participated in the lawsuit said that they hoped that through this case, more consumers would be inspired to pay attention to the issue of medical ** publicity and fees, and know where they spent each money and whether they should spend it.
But the significance of this case does not stop there. 488.5 yuan is not a "huge amount of money", but it represents Xiaohu's rights and interests as a consumer that should not be infringed. The students who participated in the prosecution said that as law students, they are more sensitive to the unreasonable phenomena around them, but in many cases, non-legal professionals are not unaware of "things are wrong", but often because "the situation has always been like this" or with the mentality of "a little thing, forget it", they no longer delve into it.
It's always been the case" is not necessarily true. For example, in many cities, passengers need to pay a starting fare for entering and exiting the same station. This year, Xiao Luo, a university student in Shanghai, objected, arguing that if you enter and exit the same station and do not take the bus, you should not pay the fare. For this, she took the subway company to court.
Some people may think, for 3 yuan, is it necessary?Of course it is necessary. "The silent who do not protect the rights of the law" and "the law is not enough for themselves", not to mention the ambiguous acts and things that the law does not yet address.
For the law to work, someone needs to stand up and actively assert the rights——Dissatisfied with Shanghai Disneyland's ban on guests bringing food into the park, college student Xiao Wang put forward a claim;Because he felt that the Hangzhou Wildlife World "can only rely on facial recognition to enter the park" is unreasonable, Guo Bing, a university teacher, put forward an ideaBecause it is unacceptable that a 7 yuan article on CNKI must be recharged at least 50 yuan, college student Xiao Liu also put forward an ......
Almost all of these things can be classified as "small things", but aren't the vast majority of real life made up of small things?If people choose to regress and tolerate every unreasonable trivial matter every time, then no matter how many laws and regulations may become decorations, the rights and interests enjoyed by individuals may also be continuously eroded, and ultimately the rule of law process of the entire society will be affected.
Because of Xiao Luo's lawsuit, the Shanghai Metro recently issued a new rule that passengers can enter and exit the subway station for free within 10 minutes. Xiao Wang, Guo Bing and Xiao Liu, who are also "more serious", not only realized their own demands, but also promoted the change of relevant rules, so that more people can benefit from it. Now, Shanghai Disneyland no longer says "no" to takeaway food;"Swipe your face" or "swipe your card", you can choose freely in many places;CNKI's ** can also pay the next article for a fee of ......
Litigation is a highly professional and cumbersome process, and everyone cannot be required to have professional knowledge and ability. However, the emergence of each relevant case is undoubtedly a good opportunity to publicize the rule of law and a vivid lesson in rights protection. When more and more people have a clear sense of rights and are willing to do something about it, those things that have "always been so" but are unreasonable will be "rectified" little by little.
*: China Industry Network.