Medical Team Solves Herders' Difficulty in Seeing Doctor in

Medical aid team member Chen Zhifang(2nd R) and Chen Weiyu(1st R) measure blood pressure for locals in a tent in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Gansu Second Provincial People's Hospital has sent over 30 doctors in four batches to provide medical aid in Maqu County since the end of 2015. Doctors overcame the difficulties of altitude sickness and inconvenient transportation while treating patients on the grassland on the plateau. Having served nearly 10, 000 people so far, the medical team has solved herders' difficulty in seeing a doctor. 

Medical aid team members Chen Zhifang(2nd L) and Chen Weiyu(2nd R) talk to locals in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Aerial photo taken on June 23, 2019 shows Medical aid team members walking to visit patients in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Medical aid team member Qin Xin(R) measures blood pressure for a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team member Chen Zhifang takes a motorcycle to visit a patient in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Medical aid team member Yang Yanxia( L) treats a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team leader Ma Taoye(3rd R) explains health care knowledge to local people in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team member Yang Yanxia( L) serves a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team member Chen Zhifang(R) provides free consultation services for locals in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Medical aid team member Chen Zhifang(R) measures blood pressure for a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team leader Ma Taoye(L) treats a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team leader Ma Taoye(R) treats a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

Medical aid team member Chen Zhifang(R) takes a motorcycle to visit a patient in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team member walk to visit patients in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Chen Bin]

Medical aid team leader Ma Taoye(L) treats a local resident in Maqu County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Gansu Province, on June 23, 2019. [Xinhua/Ma Ning]

(Source: Xinhua)