Public restrooms in China have rolled out high-tech “health checking” urinals that can analyze urine for a variety of health markers — and costs those looking for a screening less than $3.
The futuristic urinals have recently begun popping up in some public men’s restrooms in major Chinese cities, like Beijing and Shanghai, and claim they can quickly and accurately test urine on site for just 20 yuan, which equals about $2.76.
Shanghai-based documentary director Christian Petersen-Clausen posted about the innovative find in a now-viral X thread, noting, “A private company is offering the urine analysis for RMB 20. Naturally I tried that out.”
In the thread Petersen-Clausen brushed off privacy concerns, saying he hasn’t had a health check in a while and was “more worried about knowing everything is OK and the convenience is unbeatable.”
“The whole process is about as easy as one might think. I paid my fee via WeChat and before I even made it down the escalator had my results,” Petersen-Clausen wrote alongside photos of the high-tech machine, which shows a man peeing into the urinal along with an explanation written in Mandarin.
His results, which said he lacked Calcium, were “otherwise unremarkable,” he said.
Petersen-Clausen later stumbled upon another health-checking urinal and took a second test, which reported his Calcium levels had gotten better.
“The company seems to be installing them all over China and given how important early detection of health issues is I think this is quite good,” he said.
Petersen-Clausen also shared a translated image showing that the machine tests for things including Vitamin C, Creatinine, white blood cells, glucose and more.
“Addendum: my Chinese wife could not have cared less about all of this and is surprised this tweet ended up as popular as it did. At least now I can prove to her I’m not the only weirdo who finds this stuff interesting.”
According to the Bastille Post, similar high-tech urinals have been found across China in many high-speed service areas like shopping malls.
A health testing urinal found in a shopping mall in Fengtai District, Beijing, boasts quick and accurate health testing results in just two minutes.
A disclaimer on the machine, however, reads, “This product is not a medical device, and the results cannot be used as a basis for diagnosis. It is only used as a reference for health management data.”
https://nypost.com/2024/04/22/world-news/chinese-public-toilets-can-scan-urine-for-health-problems/
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