[Records of the survival of workers in new employment ④] Without medical insurance and work injury insurance, they can only bear their illnesses?

  From morning to night, I kept receiving orders and sending orders, running hard, running red lights, and going retrograde from time to time; eating for a long time, irregular work and rest, few physical examinations, sickness and injury, I can tolerate it, drag it if I can... … Reporters from the Workers’ Daily visited Zhengzhou, Changsha, Wuhan and other places recently and found that although the new forms of employment in the wind and rain are easy to get injured and sick, they do not have medical insurance or work-related injury insurance, making them face the pain. I can only carry it by myself, which is embarrassing...

Zhengzhou——

Don’t go to the hospital if you’re not seriously injured,

It’s expensive to buy medicines without medical insurance

  On October 21st, during the peak dining hours, the takeaway rider Liu Jiacheng ran wildly on his bike and sprinted with his whistle all the way.

After passing an intersection, the green light was still on, and Liu Jiacheng rushed to the opposite side.

  When talking to the reporter, Liu Jiacheng rolled up his trousers, and a brown scar was clearly visible. This was the scar left by him after he crashed with an electric car because of his speed.

  "At that time, the other party's electric car cut my trouser legs and the legs bleed, but what I worry most is that the customer's takeaway breaks, and if it breaks, I will pay for it." Liu Jiacheng picked it up without thinking about the peace. The scattered takeaway left hurriedly.

He said that such things are too common, and riding so fast, it is inevitable to bump, as long as the injury is not serious, basically will not go to the hospital.

  Master Liu, the ride-hailing driver, is afraid of getting sick.

"Without medical insurance, it is very expensive to see a doctor and buy medicines. If you delay a few days, the number of orders sent by the platform will decrease, and the quality of orders will also deteriorate." Master Liu said that the online car-hailing platform uses a scoring system to assess driver acceptance in real time. Single frequency, once the order quantity does not meet the standard, it will directly affect the income.

  At 7 o'clock in the morning every day, the online ride-hailing driver Master Xie sets himself a working time.

Although the platform does not stipulate working hours, he has been driving online car-hailing for 4 years and he already has his own way of making a living: "Except for one or two hours of eating and resting time, he can only drive from 7 to 22:00. Guarantee an income of more than 8,000 yuan per month."

  For online ride-hailing drivers, driving for a long time and sitting for a long time can easily induce "occupational diseases" such as cervical spondylosis and lumbar disc herniation.

  In the first two years, Master Xie had acute gastroenteritis because he did not eat on time.

"It cost a few thousand yuan to go to the hospital. There is no medical insurance and no reimbursement. Once I get sick, it means that the month is dry." Master Xie sighed.

  Nowadays, in order to avoid getting sick, Master Xie pays special attention to health preservation: three meals a day, eat regularly, do not eat too salty and spicy things, and drink warm water with a thermos cup.

After every four or five orders, Master Xie would find a place to park, get out of the car and stretch his body, shake his neck and twist his waist.

This is his own "health care" method.

  Many online appointment workers have said the same sentence, "Illness is a very extravagant thing." Because there is no basic medical insurance for urban employees in cities, if they become ill, they will not only have to pay for their medical expenses, but will also delay working to earn money. money.

Changsha——

Someone spends money to apply for fake health certificates,

There is no daily health check after employment

  At 20 o'clock on October 20, the elevator door opened and the takeaway rider Zhou Li was the first to rush out.

She hurried back to the food delivery car to ensure that there were a lot of takeaway items in the delivery box during the few minutes when she went upstairs to deliver the food.

  On this day, Changsha has been overcast and rainy.

In this weather, Zhou Li was not only afraid of delays in delivery, but also worried that she would not be able to arrive safely.

Slippery roads on rainy days, poor visibility, easy to hit people or be hit by cars.

Zhou Li once saw a colleague who ran a red light and was hit by a car.

"The person was knocked out a few meters away, and I don't know what happened afterwards." She murmured.

  In order to be able to deliver them within a limited time and run fast, takeaways often have “delivering food” behaviors such as speeding, retrograde, and running red lights. Traffic accidents have become the biggest health threat to this group.

After delivering food for less than a year, Zhou Li said that she "has not fallen down less than three times while driving."

  During peak hours of food delivery, Zhang Xingwen, director of the third department of the emergency department of Hunan Provincial People's Hospital, often sees injured takeaway riders.

They were dressed in work clothes on the food delivery platform and were admitted to the hospital due to skin lacerations, ligament injuries, and soft tissue contusions.

"Most people just leave with simple handling, and are unwilling to spend money on further inspections." Zhang Xingwen said.

  Because there is no medical insurance, many workers in the new employment form dare not get sick or get injured.

This summer, Zhou Zhichu encountered a colleague fainted in the middle of the road, foaming at his mouth.

Seeing the emergency, Zhou Zhichu wanted to dial 120.

As a result, the other party was worried that it would be expensive to call an ambulance, and struggled to request to contact his colleague.

In the end, his colleagues rode him to the hospital.

This incident made Zhou Zhichu very emotional.

  46-year-old Zhou Zhichu consciously "can't run young people", so he dare not ride too fast when delivering goods. There has been no traffic accident so far.

Even so, he still feels that his body is not as good as he did in the past, but because he has not had a physical examination, he can't tell his health. "The main reason is that the stomach is upset. If he doesn't eat too much, he tends to bloat."

  "When others eat, they deliver food, and only take a bite after the meal. Irregular diet for a long time has caused chronic stomach problems to become an'occupational disease' for takeaway riders." Zhang Xingwen said.

  The service industry is most afraid of complaints, especially for takeaway riders.

In order to win five-star praise, they dare not delay any time.

Many people choose to climb stairs instead of waiting for the elevator in order to save time.

Li Jia, chief resident of the emergency department of Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, was impressed by the case he received.

  This summer, a takeaway rider was sent to the emergency department of Xiangya Hospital. When he arrived, he had no vital signs.

Li Jia later learned that when the takeaway rider went to deliver meals to the old community that night, he suddenly fell ill in the corridor.

Later, I was met by another takeaway rider who was climbing upstairs to deliver food, and then he called the emergency number...

  To be a takeaway rider, a health certificate is required.

Earlier, there were media reports that when someone applied for a takeaway rider, they paid for a fake health certificate.

Taking into account the fast pace and greater labor intensity of takeaway riders, Li Jia believes that some people's physical conditions are actually not suitable for takeaway riders.

She suggested that platform companies do physical examinations for employment, and at the same time provide daily health examinations to ensure workers' health rights.

Wuhan——

"Rural medical insurance is very troublesome to see a doctor in the city"

  During this year's "Double Eleven" period, Li Zhenfan, a courier brother from Xiaogan, Hubei, did not plan to fight too hard.

Every time he thinks of the sudden illness two years ago, he is scared.

  In the "Double Eleven" in 2019, in order to double his income, Li Zhenfan decided to do a big job.

"I have been busy for two weeks before and after, dreaming about picking up goods and delivering couriers, and I was tired and paralyzed!" Li Zhenfan recalled that during that time, nearly 300 orders were delivered every day, from 8 o'clock to 20 o'clock.

  At first, I felt a little uncomfortable, and Li Zhenfan thought he was tired.

Later, during a delivery, his abdomen was severely painful, and he went to the hospital for examination and found that it was a perforation of the stomach.

After a day and night of treatment, Li Zhenfan turned the crisis into peace.

As there is no basic medical insurance for urban employees, thousands of yuan in medical expenses need to be paid by themselves, and Li Zhenfan is very distressed.

  Li Yonghui, a food delivery person from Huanggang, Hubei, to Wuhan, found that the colleagues around who delivered food all had some minor problems, but most of them were carrying it hard and didn't dare to look.

  At the beginning of March this year, Li Yonghui went to a hospital near the site because of his stomachache.

Examination and treatment cost nearly 2,000 yuan.

"It's too expensive to be cured." From then on, he began to pay attention to health preservation, not eating anything that irritated the stomach and intestines, and even dared not drink cold water in summer.

  Like Li Yonghui, many workers in the new form of employment have participated in the new rural cooperative medical system in their hometown.

  "The new rural cooperative medical system stipulates that reimbursement can only be done at the hometown, and the reimbursement at the place of work must be referred from the hometown. The procedures are too troublesome." Li Yonghui remembered that a few years ago, the old Wang who was also on the same platform accidentally broke down. After the leg, because the new rural cooperative medical system in his hometown was not available in Wuhan, he looked down on it again in Wuhan.

  Some online contract workers who did not participate in the new rural cooperative medical system said that because they did not meet a certain period of residence and tax payment, it is difficult for them to participate in the medical insurance for urban and rural residents in Wuhan.

In addition, it costs money to participate in the insurance, "it is not natural to get sick", and they are also unwilling to participate in medical insurance in cities where they work.

  "If you are sick, you should carry it first, and then buy some medicine. If you can't handle it, then go to the hospital." said several takeaway riders and courier brothers who shuttled through the streets of Wuhan.

  Li Yonghui hopes that one day they will be able to get reimbursement for medical treatment like other people in the city.

  (Some interviewees have pseudonyms)

  Our reporter Yu Jiaxi, Wang Xin, Fang Dafeng, Zhang Chong

  Correspondent Dong Junya of our newspaper Cao Fumin and Liu Junxian, intern of our newspaper