Flu Shot

After registering Kimberley to have flu shot at her kinder, despite all the signatures and waiver declarations (who says China is not getting legalistic?), and payment of Y69.50, the inhouse nurse told us Kimberley must goto a designated hospital for her flu shot. The kinder cannot administer flu shot for Kimmie because she being a foreigner 'does not have the Beijing health record book'.

Kimmie's kinder fee is 50% higher than her local kinder mates. The flu shot episode does categorise her differently. Maybe that is the priviledge of paying a higher fee. This 'higher fees for foreigners' is not a standard for kindergartens in Beijing. The kinder we visited in Fu Li Cheng, when we almost moved to last month, charges the same fees for all kids.
China has come a long way since the days when airfares for foreigners were twice as much as for locals, but some hard habits still exist deep down.

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