Medics from the Xigaze detachment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xizang Contingent have reached out to local villagers affected by a massive mudslide that hit the China-Nepal border on Wednesday, offering them medical checkups and psychological counseling services.
The mudslide occurred in Nepal on Wednesday morning and caused heavy casualties and massive destruction at the Gyirong Port in Gyirong County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
As of 15:00 on Friday, the death toll had risen to five and 558 people remained missing on the Chinese side, according to Xizang's emergency management department.
The Laojiang Village, located 7.7 kilometers from the Gyirong Port, was considered at risk of secondary disasters, and the villagers were swiftly evacuated to resettlement sites.
The PLA medical personnel visited households at the resettlement sites from door to door, conducting medical check-ups and distributing medications for common high-altitude illnesses and post-disaster conditions, so as to ensure timely treatment for the injured and sick people.
"We are so grateful to receive medicines from the People's Liberation Army. We have all been resettled here and received great care. We are very grateful," said a local villager.
Another medical team has been deployed to Jipu Village in Gyirong County, providing health check-ups, delivering medicine, and providing one-on-one psychological counseling to evacuated villagers.
"Our main goal in visiting the Jipu Village this time is to reach out to the families in disaster-stricken regions, provide them with psychological counseling, and offer them medical checkups and medicines," said Tenzin Choedon, a member of the medical team.
PLA medics reach out to mudslide-stricken villagers in southwest China's Xizang
