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Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

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Lili Dong from Taizhou People's Hospital in Jiangsu Province, China, is an ophthalmologist with the 32nd China Aid Zanzibar Medical Team, and is currently engaged in ophthalmology diagnosis and teaching at Nazmoga Hospital. Mu Xin, a 46-year-old cataract patient, has been unable to see in his left eye for three years and was diagnosed with presenile cataracts. On the first day after Dong Lili's cataract surgery, Mu Xin's vision in her left eye reached 0.3. Since she started working in October last year, Lily Dong has performed 297 cataract surgeries, bringing light to patients.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar, Tanzania, Lili Dong (right) prepares for a preoperative examination.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar, Tanzania, Lili Dong (left) performed a preoperative examination for Mu Xin.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar, Tanzania, Lili Dong (left) communicates with local colleagues before surgery.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, Lili Dong (front) changed into a surgical gown before surgery.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, Lili Dong made preoperative preparations.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar, Tanzania, Lili Dong (second from right) and local colleagues make preoperative preparations.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar
Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar
Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar
Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 23, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, Lili Dong performed phacoemulsification surgery for Mu Xin.

↑On February 24, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar, Tanzania, Lili Dong (left) underwent a vision examination for Mu Xin on her first postoperative day.

Global Connection|Messengers of Light on the island of Zanzibar

↑On February 24, at Nazmoga Hospital on Zanzibar, Tanzania, Lili Dong (left) took a group photo with Mu Xin, whose vision recovered after surgery.

Photo by Dong Jianghui

Videography: Liu Chang, Xie Hao

Editors: Wu Wei, Zou Guangping, Dai Tianfang, Lin Liping

Produced by Xinhua News Agency Photography Department

Produced by Xinhua News Agency's International Communication Integration Platform

Source: Xinhua News Agency