Matters of the heart out in the countryside

City doctors are lending their expertise to rural colleagues to improve the level of healthcare

As rain fell in the township of Tuoding, Yunnan province, one day in July, a group of local doctors and village health workers gathered in a conference room of the township's health center listening attentively to medical experts from Beijing.

With a row of mannequins lying on the floor, the experts explained how to carry out cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the local medical workers were soon practicing the skill.