Chinese doctors are further expanding Nepal-China relations at the people-to-people level with their invaluable medical services to needy patients in various Nepalese villages.

A team of 17 doctors from China's Sichuan Province conducted a week-long medical camp in six different places located in the Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Kavrepalanchowk districts Dec. 11-19. TheArniko Society, an organization of Nepalese who have studied in China, facilitated the visit. 

Enhancing mutual cooperation and ties through offering various medical services certainly forms part of the Belt and Road Initiative.

After receiving treatment and undergoing Chinese traditional therapy, the patients felt relief and expressed the hope the Chinese physicians would continue to conduct the free health camps in their localities in the future.

"I am very happy and thankful to the Chinese doctors, who visited here to examine and provide medicine to us free of cost," said Asha Kumal, 84, from Bodegaon of Lalitpur. Asha, suffering from knee and neck pain, said she felt better after receiving acupuncture therapy.

Over 1,200 patients – mostly women – visited the medical camps held in six different villages. The women patients had complained of feet problems especially planta pedis, low back and neck pain. The doctors, who diagnosed them, said these were the result of their hard farm work, as well as their lifestyle.

The Chinese doctors were the first to serve the villagers, many of whom had never consulted a physician in their entire lives before.

Prem Bahadur Maharjan, 68, had discomfort in his arms for the last two months. He received acupuncture treatment that ended his pain. "I found the Chinese doctors very friendly and kind," he said.

Many patients benefited fromacupuncture and cupping therapy. They were able to overcome chronic diseases pestering them for many years.

Nirmala Timalsim, 48, a teacher from Badal Gaun in Dhulikhel Municipality, suffered from a bunch of health problems such as psoatic strain, cervical spondylosis, insomnia, headaches and arthritis for the last 15 years. She had taken medicines and undergone exercise therapy, but of no avail. This time, however, she received acupuncture and cupping from Dr. Dai Xiaoqi and felt much better.

The Chinese doctors showed much patience and equanimity while organizing medical camps in difficult sites. On Dec. 15, they went to Pyutar, a remote village of Lalitpur.

"On the way, we experienced collapse four times, but our doctors still insisted on going to the intended village to treat the patients. They didn't have time even to have lunch or drink water. They treated 236 patients within two and a-half-hour with the help of local doctors," said Li Huipin, a journalist from Chengdu, who accompanied the medical team.

The Chinese doctors provided specialized medical services on orthopedics, diabetes, heart and skin disease, gastric illnesses, infections and emergency surgery, among others.

Kamal Badal, 50, was impressed by the visiting Chinese doctors. "Although they look young, they are very experienced and polite. This aroused my curiosity about China. I want to go to China and see what the country looks like," he said.

He Guangxian,deputydirectorofForeign Affairs Department of Sichuan Province, believed the medical camp would further enhance ties between China and Nepal.

This is not the first time Chinese doctors have served needy patients in Nepal.Immediately after the devastating 8.1 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal in 2015, a 58-member Chinese government medical team participated in first-aid work for 13 days. They treated 606 seriously-injured patients.

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