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World Tibet Network News Friday, October 4, 1996

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5. Tuberculous centre built in Lhasa (XINHUA)

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Xinhua is the official news agency of People's Republic of China

BEIJING (Oct. 4) XINHUA - A medical center to control tuberculous has been
built in Lhasa, capital of Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region,
Health News reported Thursday.

The center is the largest medical project in the region and was built with
free assistance from the Japanese government. It was high on the list of
projects for the Sino-Japanese Free Aid Cooperation in 1994, the paper
said.

It includes a number of epidemic disease prevention departments and has
hospitals and epidemiology stations in all cities in the region, as well as
the No. 2 People's hospital, giving everyone in the region access to it, it
added.

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Articles in this Issue:

1. A new prisoner died in Jail (CTK)
2. Czech protests against human rights abuse in China, Tibet (CTK)
3. Croats fast in support of Tibetan autonomy (HINA)
4. Tibet's yaks, treasure on roof of world (Reuter)
5. Tuberculous centre built in Lhasa (XINHUA)
6. Nepal, China to jointly save environment (UPI)
7. H.R.1561 - Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 1996 and 1997 (enrolled bill (sent to president)

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