Free physicals offered to disabled

More than 26,000 low-income rural people who are registered disabled around Beijing will enjoy free physical examinations in 13 hospitals between May 16 and the end of June, an official from the Beijing Disabled Person's Federation said on Wednesday.

The physicals will comprise more than 20 tests and include analysis of internal organs and blood and each is worth 320 yuan.

The federation says there are about 299,000 disabled people living in rural areas around Beijing. Some 22 percent of them are poor and more than 26,300 are officially classified as low-income earners because they only make about 2,000 yuan a year.