淘寶網在20日宣布與掛號網達成合作，推出了一款生活應用醫院掛號，但這一做法遭到北京衛生局的質疑和反對。對此，淘寶網23日發布公告稱，鑒于北京預約醫院掛號平臺的強烈要求，與其合作的掛號網將暫停鏈接北京地區預約掛號平臺。
Hangzhou (ECNS) -- Taobao, China's largest online retail site, said Thursday that its hospital appointment service website had removed a link to Beijing's unified appointment booking platform.
Taobao had launched a free online appointment platform in cooperation with a non-profit service website (Guahao.com), allowing users to book appointments with 70,000 doctors at more than 600 hospitals in 18 provinces and municipalities, including Beijing and Shanghai.
But the move aroused dissent from the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau on Wednesday. Citing the existence of its own city-wide appointment booking platform (bjguahao.gov.cn), the spokesman of the bureau Zhong Dongtao said that no for-profit website, organization or individual is permitted to commercially exploit the platform.
Taobao's promotion has misled consumers, he added.
Taobao has since issued a notice that users can only book appointments with 18 hospitals in Beijing, in cooperation with Guahao.com directly.
Taobao also emphasized that it is eager to do things for the well-being of consumers, even if it is not profitable.
淘寶網在20日宣布與掛號網達成合作，推出了一款生活應用醫院掛號，但這一做法遭到北京衛生局的質疑和反對。對此，淘寶網23日發布公告稱，鑒于北京預約醫院掛號平臺的強烈要求，與其合作的掛號網將暫停鏈接北京地區預約掛號平臺。
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