Doctors from Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, offer free medical services in Pishan county of Hotan prefecture. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] In a remote part of Xinjiang, a county hospital gets a professional makeover In May last year, doctors told Awanisa Mahsut that she had a brain tumor. After suffering a stroke, Awanisa, who lives in the southwestern part of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, planned to go to Urumqi, the regional capital, for treatment, but she changed her mind when she heard there was an expert from Urumqi working at a local hospital. Akbar Yalkun, 45, a neurosurgeon with more than 20 years' experience in Urumqi, gave Awanisa hope. One of 13 medics assigned to Pishan county, he provides medical support as part of an assistance program initiated by his home hospital in May. The program aims to improve management and medical treatment at the smaller hospital by drawing on the experience of a team of doctors and administrators on loan from Urumqi. The treatment level of neurosurgery was quite low before I came. Few doctors can perform this kind of operation here, Akbar said. If there are related conditions, patients generally need to be transferred to hospitals in big cities. Awanisa's home - Pishan county - is one of the most impoverished and remote areas in Xinjiang. It lacks well-trained doctors, and the hospital doesn't have enough money to buy modern equipment. As a result, patients often find it difficult to get the care they need. The poor medical service often means that seriously ill patients would rather spend more money and travel farther to Hotan or Urumqi to see a doctor, rather than receive treatment locally. One of my relatives told me that Dr Akbar, one of the best neurosurgeons in the region, is at the hospital in our county, Awanisa said. I was relieved, not only because he was there, but also my insurance covered most of the treatment at the local hospital. The operation was successful. At a follow-up consultation on March 1, Akbar told Awanisa she had fully recovered. The operation would have cost her at least 40,000 yuan ($6,000) in Urumqi, but she spent less than 10,000 yuan in her hometown. In March last year, after investigating the Pishan county hospital, Manglek Syit, vice-chairman of the autonomous region, ordered the hospital in Urumqi to improve the healthcare situation in Pishan county. Before we came here, it could not be called a modern hospital. You could hardly tell the difference between the outpatient and inpatient departments, said Yerzat Yerzhan, an administrative staff member of the team. To provide an effective healthcare system, the hospital needed to change from its registration office up. The regional health commission arranged for the hospital in Urumqi to launch a program giving all-around help to Pishan county. Bahtiyar Kerem, a specialist in critical care, was one of the first doctors to arrive. Our team members normally live and work in Urumqi, but after learning about the medical conditions here, we came without hesitation, he said. customize-braceletscustom-braceletswristband-homefigured-wristbandrubber band bracelets
A doctor provides checkups and information on Parkinson's disease in a rural community in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Shi Yucheng/For China Daily] BEIJING -- Doctors Thursday called for immediate diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease when about 1.7 percent of Chinese people above 65 were overtaken by this disease. Early diagnosis and intervention of doctors is very important for controlling Parkinson's disease, which is chronic progressive, said Chen Biao, chairman of the China Parkinson Alliance and chief of the Parkinson's Disease Research and Treatment Center of Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, at an event on the World Parkinson's Disease Day, which falls on Thursday. China now has about 500 clinics for Parkinson's disease, where patients can receive interdisciplinary long-term treatment, Chen said. It is not the end of the world when a person is caught by this disease, said Chen Haibo, director of the Neurology Department of Beijing Hospital, at the same event. With professional treatment and intervention patients can live a quality life. The China Parkinson Alliance sponsored the National Parkinson's Disease Free Clinic Week, joined by 60 hospitals, to increase public awareness of the disease. China has more than 3 million Parkinson's disease patients, accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total in the world, according to the National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders. silicone bandssilicone wristbands walmartsilicone wristbands vancouverpersonalized sports braceletsthin silicone wristbands<%2fcenter>
