Tibetans with bone disorder get free help in Beijing

"Bone experts from some key hospitals in Beijing participated in health checkups, diagnosis, preoperative evaluation and operation schemes for 12 patients," Lin said. Their ages are mostly between 30 and 60. The eldest is 71.

The 12 are part of the sixth group of such patients from Tibet to receive medical treatment in Beijing, said Lin, who also serves as the head of China's national treatment team for KBD and skeletal fluorosis.