Village doctor in China's Tibet

Village doctor Zhoima (R) pays a home visit in Wuqang Village of Dongmar Township in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2019. Born in 1979, Zhoima has been a village doctor in Wuqang for more than 20 years. It is estimated that each year she provides more than 600 diagnoses and treatment to villagers, regardless of the weather and journey. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Village doctor Zhoima (R) pays a home visit in Wuqang Village of Dongmar Township in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2019. Born in 1979, Zhoima has been a village doctor in Wuqang for more than 20 years. It is estimated that each year she provides more than 600 diagnoses and treatment to villagers, regardless of the weather and journey. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

Village doctor Zhoima (L) pays a home visit to a patient in Wuqang Village of Dongmar Township in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2019. Born in 1979, Zhoima has been a village doctor in Wuqang for more than 20 years. It is estimated that each year she provides more than 600 diagnoses and treatment to villagers, regardless of the weather and journey. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Village doctor Zhoima (R) bids farewell to her patient (L) and her family in Wuqang Village of Dongmar Township in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2019. Born in 1979, Zhoima has been a village doctor in Wuqang for more than 20 years. It is estimated that each year she provides more than 600 diagnoses and treatment to villagers, regardless of the weather and journey. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Village doctor Zhoima (R) conducts a medical checkup for a villager at the health room in Wuqang Village of Dongmar Township in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2019. Born in 1979, Zhoima has been a village doctor in Wuqang for more than 20 years. It is estimated that each year she provides more than 600 diagnoses and treatment to villagers, regardless of the weather and journey. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Village doctor Zhoima examines the medicine at her clinic in Wuqang Village of Dongmar Township in Rutog County, Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 3, 2019. Born in 1979, Zhoima has been a village doctor in Wuqang for more than 20 years. It is estimated that each year she provides more than 600 diagnoses and treatment to villagers, regardless of the weather and journey. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)