Liu Minxia
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TWO U.S. doctors and a group of Shenzhen doctors have held medical consultations for four patients suffering from brain tumors, after a previous consultation saved the life of an 8-year-old girl. The Shenzhen girl, identified as Hu Xinyi, was found to have a brain tumor last year and received brain surgery twice in Beijing. Both surgeries were unsuccessful.
Hu’s parents brought her back to Shenzhen, and Dr. Chen Baodong of Shenzhen No. 2 People’s Hospital performed the third surgery on the girl’s brain about 10 days ago, removing the tumor after getting advice from U.S. doctors through video consultations. “Hu’s condition was very complicated. Thanks to the help of U.S. doctors who cooperate with us through the Three Renowned Project, the surgery was very successful,” said Chen. “She complained a lot about headaches before the surgery, and now she is at peace and recovering very quickly.”
During a video consultation yesterday, two doctors from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, Sabine Mueller and Byron Aram, helped plan radiotherapy and chemotherapy for Hu.
“Hu’s parents asked us to hold such teleconsultations again to help their daughter,” said Chen. “It could be as expensive as US$270,000 to get the help of these doctors in the United States, but here, we charge them only a few hundred yuan.”
The Three Renowned Project enables average patients in Shenzhen to get access to the best doctors overseas at less expensive prices, said Chen. “Hu’s parents said they could not find their daughter a U.S. expert without the project,” said Chen.
In addition to Hu’s case, the U.S. and Shenzhen doctors also worked on three other brain tumor cases yesterday.
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