The medical team, from the Chinese people Liberation Army(PLA)Tibet Military Area Command Hospital, gave free check-ups for local people at the 4,300-meter plateau in Damxung county in the Tibet Autonomous region.

The average height of the Qinghai-Tibet railway in Tibet is about 4,300 meters, with a peak of over 5,300 meters. Healthcare for people living on the plateau has been a problem for years. Since the construction of railway was launched in 1999, the medical team has arranged 60 free check-up rounds of the area.

The medical team is composed of more than 30 doctors and nurses from more than 10 departments including mountain sickness, surgery and internal medicine.

"This is the third time that I've been checked by the medical team," said a Tibetan worker."They have treated all kinds of diseases in the past six years."

Li Suzhi, head of the hospital and deputy commander of the Tibet Military Area Command, said her hospital has drawn up a route for the medical team along the railway during holidays and has set up clinics to provide healthcare on weekdays for the railway construction workers and local citizens.

The medical team has dealt with more than 30,000 cases of illness among railway construction workers and treated some 3,000 patients with mountain sickness. Enditem