China: Does the government still concern about the “kidney stone babies”? · Global Voices
Winglok Hung

The coverage of the tainted milk scandal in China has been gradually faded away from the mass media with the bankruptcy of Sanlu company. In December 2008, the Chinese government comes up with an initial compensation plan, however, to some victims’ disappointment. And according to Hong Kong's newspapers’ report (Mingpao), some parents put forward their proposal in early January, 2009 were detained from voicing out.
Government compensation plan
Local news (via sina) reported that the total compensation amount will be around RMB 4 billion (USD 0.6 billion) shared by the government and 22 other corporates. The government's share (RMB 2.6 billion) will be allocated directly to the hospitals for paying the bill for the victims. The compensation for the death caused by melamine claim is up to RMB200,000 (USD30,000), for serious kidney disease victims, it is RMB30,000 (USD3,000). As for minor illness the victims receive RMB2,000 (USD300) subsidy. A health fund (RMB 0.2 Billion) was set up to help victims for their future hospital treatment.  Some parents, especially those getting the RMB2000 offer, refused to sign the compensation agreement.
Some bloggers joined in the discussion, for example, Wuhangmin criticized:
早就有人指问题奶粉的赔偿方案不公正，既没有患者代表参加，赔偿金额也不尽合理。而如今在赔偿方案启动后暴露出来的问题，更是令人费解。“结石宝宝”究竟有否免费救治？倒底有多少“结石宝宝”享受到了免费政策？为何报道中提及的患儿都是在自掏腰包自费救治？不知道国家规定免费治疗后是否下拨了专项资金，如果有，这笔资金究竟是如何使用的？为何还有家长要自掏近5万元看病?
Mu mian 7 suspected that the Chinese government is deliberately slowing down the process:
政府不是信誓旦旦的表态吗，现在呢？怎么都没反应。他们只会拖延时间 ，让民众遗忘这件事，达到最后不了了知的结局，政府和企业皆大欢喜，民众只能偷偷地流眼泪！！！
Liu Changfeng, another Chinese blogger added a legal dimension to the discussion:
政府部门与有关企业达成协议，匆匆出台补偿标准。尽管表达出了相当的诚意，但在不少人看来，赔偿标准显然是低了很多，大大超出人们的预料。从政府的本意来说，显然是为了尽快促成赔偿的实施，尽早消除事件的负面影响。但无论如何，此举都无法让公众信服。一方面，就当下的经济形势而言，在不少并非当事人的网友看来，这个赔偿标准都低得有些离谱，赔偿标准的合理性有几多？公众无法不对其提出疑问。另一方面，法庭的审判只认定了的违法行为，而对受害者的赔偿只字不提。作为司法干涉的最后也是最关键的环节，赔偿问题并非来自司法部门的解释，而是来自政府官员的说法。那么，赔偿标准究竟该由法律认定还是由政府行政决定？公众质疑的是行政决策究竟能否代替法律审判？
Up till now, there are around 290 thousands children developed symptom related with melamine poisoning. 51.9 thousands have entered hospital and 154 of them are suffered from serious kidney disease and 11 of them have died.