Russia children in China for rehabilitation
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-05-03 09:06
Ten children traumatized in Russia's Beslan hostage crisis arrived Tuesday in
China's southernmost coastal city of Sanya for a month of convalescent
treatment.
Ten children
traumatized in Russia's Beslan hostage crisis are welcomed by Chinese
primary school students Tuesday, May 2, 2006 as they arrive in China's
southernmost coastal city of Sanya for a month of convalescent treatment.
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The children, with an average age of 13, were injured in the siege and and
had been scarred physically and mentally, said Yin Li, head of the Department of
International Cooperation under China's Ministry of Health (MOH).
The recuperative treatment would involve both Western and traditional Chinese
therapies along with entertainment activities, said Liu Dexi, president of the
Traditional Chinese Hospital of Sanya.
The Chinese government will cover all the cost of the treatment, which totals
1.6 million yuan (200,000 U.S. dollars), as it falls within the Year of Russia
in China.
The treatment highlighted the friendly cooperation between China and Russia
as well as the mutual friendship between the peoples of the two countries, said
Yin.
The children are scheduled to return to Russia on May 30.
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