Tibetan children get free heart surgeries
China DailyA girl with congenital heart disease from the Tibet autonomous region reads a children's book with a hospital staff in Fuzhou, Fujian province. Children with congenital heart disease from the Tibet autonomous region received free surgery and welcomed new life recently, thanks to a nonprofit program in Fuzhou, Fujian province. Chen Qiang, director of the hospital's cardiothoracic surgery department, said the medical team included professionals from Shanghai Children's Medical Center, to formulate targeted therapies for each individual. The hospital, together with the center in Shanghai and the workers' team that Fujian sent to aid Tibet, conducted examinations for children with the disease and offered free treatment, hoping to benefit the Tibetan people with good medical resources, said Zhou Min, deputy director of the hospital.