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Top-level doctors treat 35,000 free

A group of top-level doctors treated about 35,000 patients in 2011 thanks to a charity campaign to bring medical services to some underdeveloped regions in China, reported Xinhua News Agency, citing the Ministry of Health.

The medical team toured underdeveloped, landlocked and border regions, as well as areas predominantly inhabited by ethnic minority groups, in 18 provinces, offering medical services to 35,000 people, including more than 800 surgical procedures.