Briefcase 1 32-year-old English teacher was sacked after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. An English college teacher was fired because of absenteeism which began after she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Liu Lingli, 32, was a teacher at Lanzhou Jiaotong University's Bowen College in Lanzhou, China. When she applied for sick leaves in July 2014 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she was sacked instead. After Liu's death, Jiang Xueyun, personnel director, was suspended from the college for "errors" in dealing with Liu's case.

Source: India Today August 23, 2016 10:07 UTC