Mountain medics provide high standards at low cost

More than 800 physicians have just spent a week providing free medical treatment to residents of one of China's most isolated regions, and the seven-day excursion was beneficial to both parties, as Li Yang reports from the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province.

"I can hear!" Emato said with tears in her eyes as she held the hands of two practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine who had just performed 10 minutes of acupuncture.

It was the first time the 22-year-old Tibetan had heard the word clearly since her hearing was severely impaired after an illness when she was 3 years old.