China to investigate hospital dying student found on search engine


  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 May 2016

People sit in front of the company logo of Baidu at its headquarters in Beijing in this December 17, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's health ministry will investigate a hospital that a university student turned to for cancer treatment after seeking information on the Baidu Inc search engine, a state health commission said on Tuesday.

The student, Wei Zexi, 21, died last month of a rare form of cancer and China's Internet regulator said on Monday it would investigate Baidu over the case.

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