Tibetan monks to get better health care
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Authorities in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region are planning to provide a comprehensive health care service to 46,000 monks and nuns over the next five years.
Clinics will be set up in 1,700 monasteries, the regional health and family planning commission said.
Ngawang Chozin, a monk from the Drepung Monastery in Lhasa, said the government sends medical teams to provide clinics at the monasteries during festivals, but at all other times, including emergencies, there is no provision.
The commission said it has ordered hospitals, medical schools and clinics across the region to offer free basic training to all monks and nuns.
Choskyi, a nun from a temple in Lhasa, is among those undergoing training.
She said she learned some Tibetan medicine at her nunnery before receiving training from the health bureau of Lhasa’s Chengguan District last year.
“During the training, I learned some of the basics of Western medicine,” she said, adding that the clinics will serve the community as well as the nuns.
The regional government has allocated 13 million yuan (US$2 million) a year since 2011 to provide basic medical insurance for monks and nuns.
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