Girls grateful for free surgery
By He Dan | China Daily | Updated: 2011-02-24 07:36
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A doctor at the People's Liberation Army Air Force General Hospital in Beijing checks the health of 2-year-old Alinur Alimjan on Wednesday. Alinur, a Uygur girl from Shufu county, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease when she was 4 months old. Zhang Wei / China Daily |
BEIJING - "To have free surgery in Beijing is the best gift I have ever received," said Aklim, who arrived in the capital city on Tuesday evening after a 33-hour train journey from Urumqi, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
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