Is it illegal to find an intermediary to vaccinate?

When it was hard to get a ticket for the nine-valent HPV vaccine in the Mainland, a large number of mainlanders came to Hong Kong for vaccination. According to insiders, in recent years, a number of "injection agents" have emerged in the insurance industry, taking an appointment for injection at a local clinic as bait, and then "threading the needle" to induce customers to get vaccinated at designated clinics to earn kickbacks. Based on an average of 3,000 yuan per needle, after deducting the profit from the account splitting to the vaccine center, as long as 100 guests make an appointment to come to the door every day, they can earn 30,000 yuan a day. In addition, some "injection agents" will take the opportunity to promote different insurance plans, and the income can be described as considerable. However, people in the insurance industry reminded that the insurance law does not allow insurance practitioners to do part-time soliciting, and once problems arise, it will affect the operation and integrity of the insurance industry.

The mainland stipulates that the nine-valent HPV vaccine can only be vaccinated by women aged 26 and below. The shortage of supply has led many mainlanders to go to Hong Kong to get related vaccines. In the huge market, a number of so-called injection agents have appeared in the insurance industry. According to insiders, the number of cross-border brokers has risen sharply in the past five years, and one-fifth of insurance brokers are injection agents. They mainly establish good relations with some vaccine clinics in Hong Kong first, and then lure customers to designated clinics for vaccination on the grounds of booking injections at local clinics on behalf of customers, thus collecting commissions.

Promote high-priced medical insurance products together.

Even if the guest entrusts to make an appointment for vaccination in another clinic, a group of injection agents say otherwise, inducing the guest to inject in the designated cooperative clinic. The most common excuse is that the vaccine clinic I made an appointment for you told me that it was full today. You can't come for nothing. I know that there is another clinic that has a nine-valent HPV vaccine, and all of them have a cooperative relationship. I'll take you to get vaccinated!

It is reported that injection agents can get a commission of 10% for every successful customer. If an average needle costs 3,000 yuan, as long as there are 100 guests making appointments every day, the daily salary of the intermediary will be as high as 30,000 yuan, which is quite palatable. Although the drinking water in the clinic is very deep, it is not difficult to meet dozens of customers a day because of the shortage of vaccines in the mainland. Every weekend, business is really too much to catch up with.

During the injection period, some injection agents will take the opportunity to return to their old jobs and promote different insurance plans to make their income more substantial. A few days ago in Ta Kung Pao, as a mainland customer, I asked Miss Yang (a pseudonym), one of the injection agents, about the details of the nine-valent vaccine. At first, she was very aggressive: the supply of nine-valent HPV vaccine in the mainland was insufficient, and it was difficult to draw lots to give you an injection. I happen to be an insurance broker. I have some connections and am familiar with a medical examination center in Tsim Sha Tsui. Why don't I make an appointment for you and recommend some insurance plans that suit you? Later, she repeatedly suggested that I buy high-priced medical insurance and other related products to protect the health of my family.

Miss Jiang from Ann was introduced by a friend to Hong Kong Huanya Physical Examination Group for vaccination. She said that it was introduced by her insurance agent in Hong Kong before she believed that this clinic was reliable. I paid 7500 Hong Kong dollars. I was scheduled to get the second vaccine last Friday (10), but I noticed the book about vaccines that morning and was worried. I hope the Hong Kong Government will enforce the law as soon as possible.

Affect the operation and integrity of the insurance industry

However, Zhang Weiliang, president of the Hong Kong Insurance Professionals Association, stressed that insurance practitioners should be treated as medical treatment and insurance as insurance. The Insurance Law never allows insurance practitioners and intermediaries to get involved in other services and engage in other part-time soliciting, such as providing vaccination for guests, because any mistake will directly affect the operation and integrity of the entire insurance industry in Hong Kong. This method of cutting grain by boat is absolutely unacceptable. Instead of using this remedy to find customers, it is better to sell insurance seriously and professionally.

It is never true to contact the intermediary only by WeChat.

The source of the vaccine is unknown, and the people who inject it are in a panic. Go to the Jordan Clinic of Huanya Physical Examination Group to return the goods in a few days. According to the victims' experience, most people find intermediaries through WeChat or online intermediaries in community hospitals in the Mainland. They want to transfer the agency fee from 690 yuan to 65,438 yuan+0,200 yuan. After arriving in Central Asia, they have to pay the clinic an injection fee of HK$ 5,900 to HK$ 7,700 in cash. They have never seen a real intermediary. Some people were introduced to Central Asia by local immigration consultants.

Miss Zheng from Guangzhou injected three shots of HPV vaccine in Huanya, but she didn't believe the news at first. Until a few days ago, she personally called Merck (pharmaceutical factory) to ask, and the other party stressed three times that there was no supply from Huanya, so I left first. She has been in Huanya for two consecutive days to recover the price of three injections of unknown origin.

I didn't know that the agency fee could not be offset until I arrived in Hong Kong.

She recalled that in the middle of last year, she took her children to the vaccine station in the mainland, that is, the community hospital to inject children's vaccines. Someone told her to scan the official WeChat account with WeChat, saying that she had a parenting class to share. She quit because she was too annoyed. However, a friend added a doctor to the platform to promote an HPV vaccine intermediary, and the intermediary recommended Huanya and another clinic group. At that time, she claimed to pay RMB in 690 yuan first, but did not specify the agency fee. A friend transferred the money for her, and then the intermediary made an appointment for the first injection.

Miss Peng, who has been recovering for two days in a row, also recommended an HPV vaccine intermediary through WeChat, which is a large official WeChat account that frequently uploads information about Hong Kong. She transferred 1.050 yuan first, claiming that she could offset the injection fee of 1.200 Hong Kong dollars. I didn't know it was an agency fee until I came to the clinic, and I had to pay HK$ 7,700 for sexual intercourse.

Miss Luo, who came to Shenzhen, also said that she learned from her colleagues that there was vaccination service in Hong Kong, so she learned about the center on WeChat, but she knew nothing about the intermediary background.

Ms. Zhou, who doesn't want to be photographed, is a new immigrant from Hong Kong. When attending the seminar of Hong Kong Immigration Consulting Company's overseas home buyers, she met the person in charge of the organization, and then learned from his WeChat circle of friends that there was a vaccination service. At present, she has had an injection, but only two injections have been returned, which is very helpless.

It is illegal to encourage patients to test antibodies without a doctor's recommendation.

After the outbreak of suspected parallel vaccine, many mainland victims who had been vaccinated with nine-valent HPV vaccine worried that the vaccine was invalid and complained to the vaccine intermediary. However, some intermediaries are worried. If they are worried about whether the vaccine is effective, they can pay tens of thousands more and arrange for guests to have blood tests in the laboratory. Is it credible to detect antibodies? What should I pay attention to? And registered pharmacists will help you solve your doubts.

Su, a member of the Hong Kong Medical Service Fund Management Committee, pointed out that as long as you have been vaccinated with the nine-valent HPV vaccine, whether you have completed the three-shot vaccination or not, you can pass the test to find out whether there are antibodies in your body. If the vaccinator only takes the first and second injections, the antibody may not reach the level that can protect the body, but a lower antibody value can still be detected. Theoretically, after the third injection, the antibody is effective and there will be a positive reaction.

However, Su warned that the detection of antibodies should first be inquired and evaluated by registered doctors, and then doctors should write a referral letter to the laboratory for relevant tests. The public should not panic. I believe that the intermediary can arrange to go directly to the laboratory for testing.

He said: All tests in Hong Kong must be referred by doctors. Otherwise, it is illegal. Therefore, we must be vigilant and beware of being cheated.

The injured party's open letter hopes that the Department of Health will thoroughly investigate.

The victim of HPV vaccine sent an open letter to the Department of Health on Mother's Day.

I don't want to fight anymore, and I don't want to toss. This sentence has appeared many times among the victims of HPV vaccine, which also reflects the disappointment of some victims with the vaccine system. Spending time, energy and more money in exchange for unqualified vaccines, they began to lose confidence in vaccines and repeatedly complained to government departments that they failed to get a response. They wrote an open letter to the Hong Kong Department of Health on Mother's Day yesterday, hoping that the Department of Health could respond positively to the victims' grievances, thoroughly investigate the incident as soon as possible and protect Hong Kong's good reputation in the international community.

The opening of the open letter is addressed to mothers today and tomorrow. The victim mentioned in the letter that he hoped that the Department of Health could thoroughly investigate whether the HPV vaccine met the specifications, and investigate whether the vaccine met the legal requirements during transportation and injection, and severely punish offenders. At the same time, we should also investigate whether the injected vaccine is potentially harmful to human beings, and provide guidelines to inform victims how to deal with it and provide methods to test the effectiveness of the vaccine. We also urge the Department of Health to publish the latest progress and news of case investigation on social networks in the Mainland, and regularly publish the list of qualified hospitals and clinics.

They even said that we may have made a mistake since the vaccine was discovered. We didn't carefully check the packaging, expiration date and cold storage of the vaccine, nor did we investigate where the boss behind the scenes was from. We were injected with an unknown vaccine because we didn't do these routine tests that everyone knows to do before vaccination. Anxiety, regret, and all kinds of complaints at a loss pour into the hearts of each of our victims. Every time we think that these unknown vaccines may harm our health for a long time, it makes us sleepless.

At the end of the letter, they expressed their feelings to the Department of Health many times. These victims are now the children of others and will be their parents in the future. Today published on this website happens to be Mother's Day. We don't want them to refuse to vaccinate their children because of this painful memory. We are even more worried that if this matter is not thoroughly investigated, no matter what the victim died of, it will cause public panic, which in turn will lead to public vaccine panic.