Aixuwakee Albuque, an eight-year-old girl with heart disease in
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, recently received free surgery
that cured her of her ailment.
Using 45,000 yuan ($6,300) from the Soong Ching Ling Foundation,
the Soong Ching Ling Women and Children Hospital (Xinjiang) gave
free operations to three children of the Uygur, Kazak and Kirgiz
ethnic groups.
Local officials said Xinjiang has some 150,000 poor children
suffering from heart disease who are waiting for free
operations.
(Xinjiang Economic Daily via China Daily
February 1, 2008)