HK-donated Mobile Eye-hospital to Help Xinjiang Patients

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HK-donated Mobile Eye-hospital to Help Xinjiang Patients

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A mobile hospital donated by Hong Kong citizens will start touring northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in mid August to help local patients suffering from eye diseases, particularly those with cataracts, the regional government announced here on Monday.

The hospital on wheels, dubbed "Health Express" and built at a cost of about 100 million RMB yuan (about 12.5 million US dollars),will perform free surgery on a total of 1,000 patients in Kashi City and Aksu Prefecture in southern Xinjiang, a senior government official said.

Most of the patients will be impoverished farmers from remote and secluded villages, the official said.

It will be the first time for the hospital train to travel to Xinjiang. In the past four years, the train has toured 24 provinces and regions across China and operated on over 18,000 cataract patients free of charge.

More than 30,000 people suffer from cataracts in Xinjiang and most of them live in the southern part of the region where heavy sand-carrying wind, strong ultraviolet light and poor water quality often lead to high incidence of eye diseases.

The Xinjiang tour of the "Health Express" has received assistance from the Ministry of Health, while the autonomous regional government has also provided a special fund of 100,000 yuan (about 12,500 US dollars).

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