China takes to heart Myanmar children with heart diseases

A nurse talks with Zar Yi Myint (1st R), Khant Thurain Phyo's mother, via an interpreter at Fuwai Yunnan Cardiovascular Hospital in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 3, 2020. Khant Thurain Phyo has been diagnosed with serious congenital heart disease (CHD). Khant Thurain Phyo, who had been diagnosed with serious CHD, arrived in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, with his mother a month ago, for free treatment sponsored by a rescue action plan under the Belt and Road Initiative. The action plan was launched by the China Charity Federation, Yunnan Charity Federation and the FYCH in 2018 and has so far treated 15 Myanmar children with CHD. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao