Holiday triggers rush to go under the knife

SHANGHAI: The so-called "golden week" holiday following the Oct 1 National Day celebration presented a golden opportunity for people wanting to go under the knife for cosmetic surgery.

"The number of patients we received was two to three times the number we saw last year," said Xu Beihua, director of the plastic surgery department at No 455 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army.

"We always see more people during holidays," Xu said. "This year, because the holiday was longer than usual, people wanted to take advantage of it to rest and recover."