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Medical aid soothes Kashin-Beck disease patients
November 21, 2025
When surgeon Dorje Tsering finally stepped out of the operating theater after taking the lead on a major procedure for the first time in June, he felt utterly drained.
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Paired support sends neonatal care to Nagqu
November 21, 2025
Despite gradually getting accustomed to the thin air at 4,700 meters in Nagqu since arriving in the Xizang autonomous region early last year, neonatologist Tian Congliang still wears a backpack-sized portable oxygen concentrator at all times.
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'Group-style' aid program transforming healthcare in Xizang
November 19, 2025
More than 2,400 specialist doctors have been sent to the Xizang autonomous region since 2015 under a "group-style" medical assistance program, a decade-long initiative that officials say has dramatically improved healthcare quality and saved countless lives.
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Transformation of healthcare in China's Xizang region celebrated
November 18, 2025
China's central government has sent more than 2,400 medics in 11 different groups to various hospitals in the Xizang autonomous region since 2015.
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Xizang region charts 'remarkable' advances in public healthcare
September 22, 2025
The healthcare system in China's Xizang autonomous region has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past 60 years, regional authorities said at a news conference on Sept 19.
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High-altitude region's first-ever dental implant performed
March 31, 2025
In a historic medical achievement, the dental team at Gyalze County People's Hospital recently conducted the first dental implant surgery in the snowy plateau region of Xizang autonomous region.
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Xizang's maternal, infant mortality rates at record low
April 15, 2024
Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region has seen its death rate of women in childbirth and the infant mortality rate drop to record lows, according to a press conference held by the regional people's government on Friday.
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From serfdom to security
December 26, 2022
Samten, 81, remembers the first time he ate yak meat. He was 25, and he found the juice that burst into his mouth delicious. However, he had never eaten meat before, so his body could not absorb the protein and he got diarrhea.