Surgeon cuts through grief to save lives

Doctor continues operating despite losing 7 relatives

YUSHU, Qinghai - Doctor Nyima Tsering finished yet another operation before he rushed to a mass funeral on Saturday at Gyegu Monastery, where his seven relatives lay dead.

The fatigue on the doctor's face instantly gave way to an outpouring of grief when he saw the photos of his two sisters, three nieces, a nephew and a maternal aunt - all dead. He has lost almost all his relatives.