[Collaboration of the Mainland and Taiwan,
love through voluntary diagnosis and charity]
Date: from August 25 to 30, 2009
Place: Caidi Primary School, Gongshan Town, Xundian County, Kunming, Yunnan
Hosts: Pingtung Christian Hospital of Taiwan (Sichuan Benevolence Medical Foundation), Yan’an Department of Kunming Hospital
Participants: 34 in total – 7 doctors (2 from Taiwan and 5 from the Mainland), 5 training teachers (4 from Taiwan and 1 from the Mainland), 1 nurse and 21 College Students (11 from Peking University Health Science Center, 1 from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1 from Inner Mongolia University, 1 from the Medical College of Yan’an University, 1 from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1 from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1 from the West China Center of Medical Science of Sichuan University, 1 from North Sichuan Medical College, 1 from Beijing Union University, 1 from Liangshan Medical School and 1 from Yunnan University).
Outcome: The voluntary diagnosis involves fields such as internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, pain clinic and stomatology; Apparatuses employed include B-ultrasound, electrocardiogram, sphygmomanometer, blood-glucose meter ad ear thermometer; and 709 patients are diagnosed, of whom one hernia patient is subscribed with 2,000 RMB by Pingji Foundation and transferred to Chongming Hospital for operation.
Caidi Village, where the voluntary diagnosis took place, is a poor region of Xundian County, Yunnan. Of the 10,000 residents, those of Yi and Hui Nationalities constitute the majority. They are in an extremely serious lack of medical and health care.
On the first day of the diagnosis, we were warmly welcomed by the director of Kunming Department of China National Democratic Construction Association, the vice county mayor of Xundian, the town secretary of CPC, the town chief executive, the village chief, villagers and pupil. The highest honour came when every member was tied with a red scarf around the neck.
Besides voluntary diagnosis, Pingtung Christian Hospital donated 9 computers for audio-lingual education, which proved a big hit in the neighborhood for there was no precedent that a countryside primary school had computers.
We prepared 500 sets of stationeries (ballpoint pens, pens, rubbers and rulers) for children as the prize, which greatly encouraged them.
The greatest difficulty in our communication with the villagers was language. The Yunnan dialect and the Yi language threw us into utter confusion. At that point, the primary pupils made a significant contribution when those good at communication were selected as translators and got us out of the plight.
It was moving and admirable to see that all the doctors, teachers and students were so responsible and duty-minded as to take good care of the patients.