Traditional Medicine Provides Health Care to TibetansTibetan medicine is still playing a leading role in the health of Tibetan people, according to a report released by China Medical Association of Minorities.The report, to be presented at an international symposium on Tibetan medicine to be held in Tibet's capital city of Lhasa from July 15-17, shows that 57 hospitals providing only traditional Tibetan therapies and medicines have been established in Tibet and in provinces of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan, in addition to several thousands of Tibetan doctors offering mobile medical services to herdsmen. Traditional hospitals in Tibet provide much more consultation services than other hospitals in Tibet. Epidemic prevention, family planning, maternal and infant health care and health education are also provided at these hospitals. Tibetan medical colleges have been set up in Tibet and Qinghai. In Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, medical colleges have set up courses in traditional Tibetan medicine. Researchers in Gansu are studying the treatment of peptic ulcer, cholelithiasis, and hepatitis B by using traditional Tibetan medicine. The average life span of Tibetan people has been extended from 36 years in 1959 to 65 years. Tibet's population increased from one million in 1959 to 2.4 million people. |
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