Chinese doctors join medical camp
The camp was arranged by the Islamabad Cleft Lip and Palate Association (ICLPA)
ISLAMABAD:
A team of Chinese doctors has joined their Pakistani colleagues to operate on 48 cleft lip and palate patients during five-day medical camp which concluded here on Monday. Dr Ma Lian and Dr Zhou Xia of Beijing Cleft Hospital have especially travelled to Islamabad to join the camp during which a number of affected patients were successfully operated upon.
The camp was arranged by the Islamabad Cleft Lip and Palate Association (ICLPA). It was set up at Dr Akbar Niazi teaching hospital Bhara Kahu. During their stay in Islamabad, the Chinese doctors also provided training to the young medical practitioners to treat such patients. At a reception hosted in the honour of the Chinese doctors, it was announced that the two sides will cooperate with each other to set up Cleft Lip and Palate Centre to provide the treatment to the deserving patients on regular basis free of cost.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 15th, 2018.
A team of Chinese doctors has joined their Pakistani colleagues to operate on 48 cleft lip and palate patients during five-day medical camp which concluded here on Monday. Dr Ma Lian and Dr Zhou Xia of Beijing Cleft Hospital have especially travelled to Islamabad to join the camp during which a number of affected patients were successfully operated upon.
The camp was arranged by the Islamabad Cleft Lip and Palate Association (ICLPA). It was set up at Dr Akbar Niazi teaching hospital Bhara Kahu. During their stay in Islamabad, the Chinese doctors also provided training to the young medical practitioners to treat such patients. At a reception hosted in the honour of the Chinese doctors, it was announced that the two sides will cooperate with each other to set up Cleft Lip and Palate Centre to provide the treatment to the deserving patients on regular basis free of cost.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 15th, 2018.