Ensuring children get healthy start

In 2019, the scope expanded to the Xizang autonomous region. By the end of last year, the medical team had made nine trips to Xizang, screening over 87,000 children and performing surgery on 364.

On a recent mission to Xizang, the medical team escorted 17 children, who had been hospitalized, and their families back to their hometown of Shigatse city, Xizang.

Meanwhile, medical staff conducted follow-up examinations on patients with a focus on postoperative care. At the invitation of the health authorities in Gyalze and Saga counties in Shigatse, the team screened 2,432 children for congenital heart disease.