You are my heartbeat, Afghan children treated for heart disease in nearby Xinjiang
China Daily
A hundred children from Afghanistan with congenital heart defects have received medical treatment in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in four batches since September last year as part of the Red Cross Society of China's foreign humanitarian mission.
On Wednesday, 18 young Afghans from the last group who had been hospitalized at the First Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University in the region's capital, Urumqi, since late October, were discharged and boarded a plane bound for Kabul, their country's capital.
By November last year, 100 Afghan children with congenital heart disease had received free medical treatment in China through the project, according to the foundation.
In May, a medical team of 13 organized by the Red Cross Society of China arrived in Kabul again, marking the beginning of the project's second phase. It is expected that an additional 150 Afghan children with congenital heart disease will be selected after screening in Kabul and then sent to hospitals in China for treatment, said Liu Xuanguo, vice-president of the CRCF.
Flying to Xinjiang, China
Arriving in Urumqi , Xinjiang