Li Suzhi, a senior commander of the PLA troops stationed in Tibet,leading a medical team of 20 doctors, visited the Sera Monastery and Jokhang Monastery on March 14.
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A doctor from the General Hospital of Tibet's Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) measures blood pressure for a monk at the Ganden Monastery in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 15, 2009. Doctors of the hospital provide free medical service for people across Tibet on a regular basis. (Xinhua Photo) |
More than 650 monks in the Ganden Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery have received free health check and free medical cards since March 10. Li serves as the director of the General Hospital of Tibet's Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).
The medical workers were busy providing the tests of blood pressure, electrocardiogram and B-mode ultrasonic examinations for elder monks. Besides, free medicines were handed out in the monasteries.
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A doctor from the General Hospital of Tibet's Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) performs a cardiogram check for a monk at the Ganden Monastery in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 15, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) |
Losang Chosphel, a Living Buddha of the Sera Monastery suffering the hypertension, cholecystitis, and gastric diseases, said gratefully: "I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the General Hospital on behalf of all the monks."
Just on March 14, the medical team checked health for more than 150 monks and handed out about 150 kinds of medicines worth 50,000 yuan.
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A doctor from the General Hospital of Tibet's Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) checks a monk's right cheek at the Ganden Monastery in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 15, 2009. (Xinhua Photo) |
Li Suzhi said: "Every year our hospital pays a lot for the free medical treatments, but the affection between the Tibetan and Han people can not be measured by money."
(Source: Tibet Information Center)