The Xizang Maternity and Children's Hospital has partnered with the Ai You Foundation to become the first hospital in the Xizang autonomous region to be designated for the Ai You Children's Medical Assistance Program.
Amid a gentle cascade of cherry blossoms, Pema Drolma reached from her wheelchair to catch a petal, her smile reflecting the resilience of the Gesang flower, an emblem of hope for Tibetan people.
When surgeon Dorje Tsering finally stepped out of the operating theater after taking the lead on a major procedure for the first time in June, he felt utterly drained.
Despite gradually getting accustomed to the thin air at 4,700 meters in Nagqu since arriving in the Xizang autonomous region early last year, neonatologist Tian Congliang still wears a backpack-sized portable oxygen concentrator at all times.
More than 2,400 specialist doctors have been sent to the Xizang autonomous region since 2015 under a "group-style" medical assistance program, a decade-long initiative that officials say has dramatically improved healthcare quality and saved countless lives.