浙江桐乡市第二人民医院是市级综合性医院,收治的病人80％以上为农民。为了解决部分农民一时交不起医药费的困难,该医院于1991年3月成立了“白求恩急救基金”。全院职工在自愿的基础上每人每月集资5元。开始时参加人数为183人,占在编职工98.36％,至1993年2月, Zhejiang Tongxiang Second People’s Hospital is a municipal comprehensive hospital. More than 80% of the patients admitted to the hospital are farmers. In order to solve the difficulties that some farmers could not afford for medical expenses at one time, the hospital established the Bethune Emergency Fund in March 1991. The staff of the hospital raised 5 yuan per person per month on a voluntary basis. The number of participants at the beginning was 183, accounting for 98.36% of the staff, until February 1993.