Flying clinic from Shanghai conducts medical diagnosis, training in Xinjiang

A C909 medical aircraft with experts from a hospital in Shanghai on board, which arrived at Shihezi in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday, carried out medical diagnoses and training for locals from Saturday to Sunday.

The medical aircraft is modified from China's commercial jetliner C909, which made its first commercial flight in June 2016. It is equipped with high-end medical equipment comparable to that of a grade-A tertiary hospital in China.

Using the on-board domestically produced 5G remote diagnosis and treatment system, experts could remotely control the medical equipment in real time, enabling accurate diagnoses.

During the two-day medical activity, nearly 50 local patients experienced the advanced, one-stop diagnosis and treatment process on the plane.

A 19-year-old patient surnamed Zhu has suffered for years from a significant difference in vision between his two eyes. Using advanced equipment such as a 5G remote slit lamp and a homegrown corneal topographer, specialists developed a detailed surgical plan for him.

"This is our slit lamp with 5G remote control function, which can be operated in the clinic in Shanghai," said Zhou Xingtao, president of the Eye and ENT (ear, nose, and throat) Hospital of Fudan University. Another patient surnamed Tian, troubled by blurred vision, was also amazed that she could receive a comprehensive fundus examination on board.

"I think it is quite amazing. I didn't expect that the equipment here would be so complete and the experts explained it in extraordinary details," she said.

While providing diagnosis and treatment services to local patients, the medical aircraft also set an training zone, with 16 local doctors trained during the medical activity.

"This is actually my first experience of this kind of service. Through the free clinic on the aircraft today, it has actually made it more professional and practical for the ordinary people. These devices on the plane can provide accurate diagnosis," said Li Lu, director of ophthalmology at the First Affiliated Hospital of Shihezi University.

Flying clinic from Shanghai conducts medical diagnosis, training in Xinjiang

Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.

In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.

"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.

He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.

"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.

"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.

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