Scars heal slowly after an epidemic
By Wang Qian | China Daily | Updated: 2009-04-21 07:43
17-month-old Feng Shuyuan (right) waits to be checked by medics for possible symptoms of hand-foot-mouth disease at Minquan County People's Hospital in Henan province. The county has had 775 reported cases in children since the beginning of the year; eight have died from the disease. |
Four-year-old Xu Mengqing has been tossing and turning in her sleep since March 9, the day she finally left behind the wards of Kaifeng Children's Hospital in Henan province.
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