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CHINA DAILY Tuesday, April 2, 2019 | 5 CHINA On loan, city Admiration for a master doctors raise level of care In a remote part of Xinjiang, a county hospital gets a professional makeover By AYBEK ASKHAR and work in Urumqi, but after learn- and ZHAO XINYING ing about the medical conditions here, we came without hesitation,” In May last year, doctors told Awa- he said. nisa Mahsut that she had a brain Hu Yanmeng, the newly appoint- tumor. ed director of the county hospital After suffering a stroke, Awanisa, and head of the assistance team, who lives in the southwestern part said, “It is not enough to send medi- of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous cal experts. We need to comprehen- region, planned to go to Urumqi, the sively improve the hospital’s regional capital, for treatment, but medical services, so we also brought she changed her mind when she management personnel.” heard there was an expert from Among the 13 people on the team Visitors take photos of a traditional Chinese painting by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983), one of the most prestigious Chinese artists of the 20th Urumqi working at a local hospital. are a director, an accountant and century, at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taiwan on Monday. The exhibition marks the 120th year since the birth of Zhang, who was renowned Akbar Yalkun, 45, a neurosurgeon specialists in the medical, nursing, for his ink-wash landscapes. A total of 87 sets of his works and more than 80 of his personal seals were on display. ZHANG GUOJUN / XINHUA with more than 20 years’ experience outpatient and logistics depart- in Urumqi, gave Awanisa hope. One ments. Seven administrative staff of 13 medics assigned to Pishan members and six doctors were dis- county, he provides medical support patched to different departments. as part of an assistance program ini- “Seven administrators will be tiated by his home hospital in May. replaced by new members after a year. Radio silence rules strengthened for huge telescope The program aims to improve It’s six months for doctors,” Hu said. management and medical treat- At the same time, the two hospitals ment at the smaller hospital by signed an agreement covering spe- By ZHANG ZHIHAO routes near the region have also tourists around the country to source and frequency of radio drawing on the experience of a team cialists in other fields of medicine, [email protected] been changed to avoid radio inter- Pingtang county — the telescope’s interference. These are the key of doctors and administrators on including gynecology, pathology and ference with the telescope. home — to witness one of China’s basic requirements for FAST to do loan from Urumqi. neurosurgery, which makes it possi- China has tightened its regula- Sun Xuelei, Party chief of the greatest engineering wonders. The great scientific work.” “The treatment level of neurosur- ble for other specialists from Urumqi tions in areas surrounding the Guizhou Department of Justice, remote county has become the epi- Wang Shijie, vice-governor of gery was quite low before I came. to visit local patients if needed. world’s largest single-dish tele- said the new rules upgrade those center for astronomy tourism, with Guizhou, told Science and Technol- Few doctors can perform this kind To help attract medical talent to an scope in Guizhou province — the established in 2013. Since the old star-themed parks, restaurants and ogy Daily in March that the prov- of operation here,” Akbar said. “If underfunded hospital in a rural area, Five-Hundred-Meter Aperture regulations had some management hotels hoping to capitalize on the ince will put in more effort to keep there are related conditions, the team made a priority of retaining Spherical Radio Telescope, or FAST and supervision problems, they stellar enthusiasm and boost the the radio environment for FAST patients generally need to be trans- the original staff and improving — to protect it from electromagnet- needed to be amended to better local economy. clean, adding that the three coun- ferred to hospitals in big cities.” their medical capabilities. ic signals that might interfere with protect the telescope’s electromag- During the first half of last year, ties closest to the FAST site have all Awanisa’s home — Pishan county A review of the program said that its scientific research. netic environment, Sun said during Pingtang received more than 5.13 adjusted their economic and social — is one of the most impoverished after the team took over, the hospi- The latest rules, which took effect a news briefing on Thursday. million visitors and earned more development plans. and remote areas in Xinjiang. It tal reformed its performance on Monday, increased punishments “The telescope is a key instru- than 5.5 billion yuan in revenue, a Guizhou also scrapped a planned lacks well-trained doctors, and the appraisal system and gradually for violators. Those who produced ment of national importance,” Sun 38.7-percent year-on-year increase, airport in Luodian county out of hospital doesn’t have enough mon- improved the salaries of doctors, harmful radio interference can now said. “It is a vital tool in basic according to the local tourism concern for possible electromag- ey to buy modern equipment. As a nurses and administrative staff. The face fines of up to 200,000 yuan research for fields ranging from bureau. netic interference, he said. More result, patients often find it difficult pay increases were significant. ($30,000), much higher than the astronomy to national defense.” However, the influx of tourists than 2,000 rural households have to get the care they need. “In addition to treating patients, previous 5,000 yuan penalty cap. Since trial operations began in has also meant introducing more been relocated, at a cost of several The poor medical service often doctors from Urumqi need to train The new rules also said people September 2016, FAST has discov- electronic gadgets, including cell- billion yuan. means that seriously ill patients local doctors to ensure the people in who carry or used electronic devi- ered 55 new pulsars — superdense, phones, laptops, digital cameras Wang said FAST is to be used would rather spend more money Pishan county will continue to get ces without approval in the core superbright cores of massive stars and GPS devices that produce elec- mainly for scientific exploration and travel farther to Hotan or better medical care after they leave,” radio silence zone will be slapped that have gone through the superno- tromagnetic signals. They can and that Guizhou will not rely on it Urumqi to see a doctor, rather than Hu said. with a fine between 1,000 and va phase and died. The telescope is interfere with FAST’s ultrasensitive for tourism. A tour currently offered receive treatment locally. Doctors from the team taught 30,000 yuan. The core radio silence set to be fully operational by Septem- receivers, said Jiang Peng, the tele- at the site, available to 2,000 visitors “One of my relatives told me that local doctors, and the county hospi- zone refers to areas within a 5-kilo- ber, and it will find more pulsars that scope’s chief engineer. daily, is aimed at promoting science. Dr Akbar, one of the best neurosur- tal invited other experts from Urum- meter radius of the telescope. can help scientists understand the “The signals produced by distant All visitors must hand over their geons in the region, is at the hospital qi to give medical lectures every The rules define the intermedi- origin and evolution of the universe, celestial bodies are very faint, so a electronic devices before entering in our county,” Awanisa said. “I was month. ate zone as a radius of 5 to 10 kilo- navigate spacecraft, find gravity clear radio environment is key for the core radio silence zone. relieved, not only because he was “I have done more than 50 surger- meters, and the external zone as a waves and possibly alien life forms. FAST to make effective observa- there, but also my insurance cov- ies since I came,” Akbar said. “In radius of 10 to 30 kilometers. Air These scientific goals have drawn tions,” he said. “We must reduce the Yang Jun contributed to this story. ered most of the treatment at the addition, I have trained two local local hospital.” doctors who I believe will be able to The operation was successful. At a perform neurosurgical operations follow-up consultation on March 1, independently soon. More patients Akbar told Awanisa she had fully like Awanisa will benefit from it.” Customs officers clamp down on meat smuggling recovered. The operation would have Medical facilities in other impov- cost her at least 40,000 yuan ($6,000) erished counties in China are also in Urumqi, but she spent less than improving. By ZHENG CAIXIONG launched in January, Tan said. and would pose a serious threat, 10,000 yuan in her hometown. According to the National Health in Guangzhou Seized products include beef, tripe, 43.1 Lin said, adding that some of the In March last year, after investigat- Commission, more than 60,000 [email protected] cow stomach, chicken feet and pig million yuan meat might have come from areas ing the Pishan county hospital, Man- medical workers from top hospitals feet, he added. with animal epidemics. Value of frozen meat products glek Syit, vice-chairman of the were sent to hospitals in impover- Guangzhou customs officers in In one case, customs officers seized by Guangzhou Customs Tan said that in addition to autonomous region, ordered the hos- ished regions last year to improve Guangdong province will expand seized 750 tons of frozen chicken so far this year expanded patrols in the major pital in Urumqi to improve the their management and medical cooperation with their counterparts and pig feet smuggled from Brazil, water channels, and big data analy- healthcare situation in Pishan county.

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