Chinese doctors to help Pakistanis see

Free eye surgeries done by Chinese medical teams will help 500 cataract patients in Pakistan see better this year, under a plan released on Thursday by the Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express.

The medical aid - the fund's second such trip outside China - is expected to bring a higher quality of life to more people in countries along the Belt and Road Initiative, according to Nellie Fong, who started the foundation.

Last year, the foundation sent nine physicians from Peking Union Medical College Hospital to Sri Lanka in November to perform more than 500 free surgeries for impoverished patients.