Word: rehabing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ensure mental well-being. Zhang Wen found she was 4 cm shy of the 1.6-m height requirement for Air China stewardesses. Last year, a surgeon in the central city of Chongqing promised to solve her dilemma for $3,000. After four months' hospitalization and nearly a year of rehab, one of Zhang's legs is 3 cm shorter than the other, causing her to limp. Having spent her savings on the botched operation, Zhang can't afford more surgery. Such malpractice is common in China's booming south, where fly-by-night surgeons take advantage of lax hospital rules...
...surgery, agreed that it would be an investment in Xiaohong's future. "First impressions are what matters," says Xiaohong, perched on her hospital cot. "People in China will always pick the taller woman, even if the shorter person is more talented." When Xiaohong finishes the six-month exercise and rehab program in Beijing, she knows she will have to tell her mother about the extravagant expense. After all, you can't hide an 8-cm growth spurt. But Xiaohong's not worried. "When I am tall, I will be able to face many obstacles," she says?even the wrath...
When a judge found out that Paula Poundstone had violated her probation, she was jailed briefly on Tuesday. Earlier this year she was spared jail time by agreeing to go to rehab and participate in community service for 200 hours...
...Kate, she’s got some work ahead of her in her rehab,” Caples said. “We hope she’s healthy by the end of spring, so she can train for the summer. she’ll make a big difference...
...bodies. Then, a few years back, Edhi started going around the city at night with a cart, gathering up the bodies as though they were his own kin, washing them and giving then a decent Muslim burial. He still does that, but now he also runs hospitals, drug rehab centers, orphanages and a free ambulance service...