A doctor dedicated to safeguarding health for herders

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In a mountainous region in China's Xinjiang, a doctor has been dedicated to safeguarding the health of herders for 37 years.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00In the mountainous region of China's Xinjiang, many herders spend the winter at their homes

00:12in the township to escape the cold, and head to nearby pastures for grazing in the summer.

00:18For many years, Li Lin, a doctor with a community health service centre in Tacheng, has been

00:24following the herders as they moved, trying his best to save lives.

00:48Gaming Aitiba has known Li for more than 30 years.

00:51Two of his sons were delivered by Li.

00:54Nowadays, during the annual free medical visits, Li always comes to his home.

01:00To express his gratitude, Aitiba played his musical instrument, the dombra.

01:14Since 1987, Li Lin has travelled around 170,000 kilometres for medical visits.

01:21Treating tens of thousands of people, he has saved 59 critically ill patients.

01:27Over the past 37 years, Li had multiple opportunities to transfer to a higher-level hospital with

01:34better conditions.

01:35But each time, he chose to stay.

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