“光明行”搭建中尼友好桥

向雯

十一月的加德满都还有些许炙热，充足的阳光赋予了喜马拉雅山脚下的尼泊尔不一样的风情。置身于古老的街头，身着传统服饰的行人、生机勃勃的商铺，当然，还有那些随处可见经历了千百年岁月洗礼静静地矗立的佛塔……

由于尼泊尔地处高山地区，强烈的紫外线照射，再加上大多数民众从事户外劳作，在尼泊尔近3000万人口中，白内障发病率高、致盲率高，许多低收入家庭很难负担得起手术的费用。2018年11月27日，四川“光明行”义诊医疗队给他们带来了希望，把光明和温暖送到了患者身边。

等待已久的光明

27日清晨不到7点，哈里·玛雅早已起床穿上了自己最喜欢的红色旁遮比，催着女儿出了门。自从中国医生要来科提普尔（Kirtipur）眼科医院义诊的消息传开后，哈里已经等了许多天。五年前，70岁的哈里左眼做了白内障手术，这些年，她右眼视力也下降得厉害，眼睛只有微弱的光感，医生告诉她，右眼再不进行手术，便有失明的危险。

这次能够通过筛查，哈里觉得自己很幸运。同样幸运的，还有家住科提普尔市附近的甘尼什·巴哈杜。他的左眼仅有一点光感，这让在家务农的他十分担忧，“不想给孩子们添麻烦。”甘尼什说，“希望这次中国医生能治好我的眼睛。”陪着他来的还有妻子和儿子，这次手术，对于甘尼什一家来说非常重要，等待中他们不时抬头望向医院大门。

当四川医疗队到达时，这里已经坐满了等候治疗的患者。秋日的暖阳照在他们身上，更照在了他们心上。今天是期盼已久的做手术的日子，重见光明的希望像种子一般播散在他们心上。

此次义诊由四川省外事办公室主办，四川省民间组织国际交流促进会、尼泊尔阿尼哥协会协办。为了达到最好的治疗效果，四川派出了眼科“梦之队”：医疗队队长吴峥峥是四川省人民医院眼科主任、全国防盲技术指导组专家，她曾多次带队远赴非洲开展义诊和白内障手术，有着丰富的国外手术经验;张金旭医生是成都市新津县人民医院眼科主任，同时也是成都市眼科质量控制中心专家库成员，强大的阵容展现了四川眼科界的实力。

尼泊尔卫生和人0部部长秘书苏希尔·纳什·皮库利尔在启动仪式上表示，“有些患者失明很久了，也许他们已经忘了爱人和孩子的模样，但是通过这次手术，他们将看到家人，也将看到为他们做手术的四川医生。

超负荷的工作高质量地完成

“选择科提普尔眼科医院，是因为专科医院的设备相对比较齐全，这也是为患者负责。”省人民医院杨绍伟医生告诉记者。虽然这家医院在当地算是条件较好的医院，医疗队也在前期做了充分的调研与沟通，但手术中依然出现了一些“小考验”。

省人民医院万灵医生告诉记者，四川医生使用的眼球表面麻醉可使病人免受眼部打针的不适，术后恢复也很快，但对医生技术要求特别高。由于尼方提供的麻药没有达到表面麻醉下实施手术的标准，加之手术中患者眼球的不停转动，给手术增加了不少难度。

另外，尼泊尔人深邃的五官与中国人差异较大，深眼窝、高鼻梁的面部特点也给手术中带来了一些不便。不可避免地，语言沟通也是一大难题，“尼泊尔有125个民族，语言的多样性给唯一的一位翻译也带去很大麻烦。”万灵解释道。好在这是一支技术精湛的隊伍，他们迅速调整状态和方案，顺利、安全地完成每一例手术。

通过两天超负荷的工作，四川医疗队圆满完成任务，共完成59台白内障手术，最大的患者86岁，最小的45岁。其中聋哑老人拉姆巴哈杜让吴峥峥印象特别深刻。他的“家人”普拉沃尔告诉记者：“19年前，我父亲遇到了流浪汉拉姆巴哈杜，然后把他带回家像亲人一样照顾，今天，是中国医生让他重见光明！

‘感谢中国，感谢中国医生！”

沃尔不停地向医疗队表达着感谢。“这都是我们应该做的。”在吴峥峥看来，救死扶伤本就是医生最基本的职责。而此次四川医疗队的义举，也让无声的大爱在尼泊尔人民心中延续……

11月29日，阳光明媚，在科提普尔.眼科医院的术后观察室中，尼泊尔卫生部副部长亚达夫陪同中国驻尼泊尔大使于红，四川省人大常委会副主任、四川省民间组织国际交流促进会会长刘捷等中尼嘉宾共同见证了患者重获光明的美好瞬间。亚达夫表示：“目前，尼泊尔卫生领域面临很多困难，我们有很多东西需要向中国学习，希望能够得到中国政府的帮助。我代表尼泊尔人民，代表尼泊尔卫生部对这次义诊活动的举办表示衷心感谢！”

中尼友好的纽带

事实上，这并不是四川第一次赴尼泊尔开展义诊活动。2017年12月，四川就组织了一次大型的义诊活动，来自四川的20名优秀的医务工作者10天内辗转6地5村，累计进行环境卫生健康宣教2440人次、诊治病人约1200人次，覆盖人群4.7万余人，令当地许多百姓受益。

不仅仅是医疗方面，近些年，四川在人力资源培训、奖学金、民生项目等方面也对尼提供了大量支持，来自中尼两国的非政府组织互动也越来越频繁。

2018年7月29日，中国民间组织国际交流促进会组织25家中国民间组织访问加德满都，11家中方组织与尼方共签署了13项合作协议或备忘录，涉及农业减贫、青年成长和就业、妇女技能、卫生公益、物资捐助等领域。这也是两国社会组织间围绕民生项目进行的首次大规模对接合作。

中国民间组织国际交流促进会秘书长朱锐表示，此次到访的民间组织将着力于尼方迫切需要的民生项目，用实际行动和成果造福尼泊尔人民。

作为中尼友好的纽带，阿尼哥协会是尼泊尔唯一一个全体会员都能讲汉语的组织，在医疗、语言、教育、文化和宗教等领域和中国展开了深入交流和合作。近些年，阿尼哥协会也将优秀的中国影视、文学作品带到了尼泊尔。“《西游记》在尼泊尔已经播放两次了，观众很喜欢看。”阿尼哥协会主席萨波尔塔姆告诉记者，“‘一带一路’倡议提出后，我们也及时地翻译了《推动共建丝绸之路经济带和21世纪海上丝绸之路的愿景与行动》、中央电视台的《一带一路》纪录片等节目，让尼泊尔人民可以了解中国最新、最真实的情况。

國之交在于民相亲，中尼人民友好的情谊，我们可以从患者康复的眼睛里看到，从赴中国留学的尼泊尔学生0中听到，从当地老百姓友好的问候中感受到，涓涓细流汇聚成海，未来，中尼友好的交往必将更深更广。

Even in November， it is still a bit hot in Katmandu. Basking in opulent sunshine， Nepal， nestling at the foot of the Himalayas， oozes extraordinary charm. There are myriad old streets lined with vigorous stores and thronged with people in traditional apparels. Of course， there are also countless time- -honored pagodas standing in quiet...

With a high altitude， Nepal is exposed to intense ultraviolet radiation. Plus the majority ofNepalis engage in outdoor works. As a result， the vulnerability to cataract and blindness among its nearly 30 million people are very high. Form any low-income families， premium surgery cost remains unaffordable. To this end， Sichuan"Bright Journey" Eye Care Medical Team arrived at Kirtipur City of Nepal on November 27， 2018， bringing warmness and sunlight for suffers of cataract.

Long- awaited sight

Around 7 o'clock on the morning ofNovember 27， Hari Maya excitedly got up and wore her favorite red Panjabi suit， urging her daughter to go out for Kirtipur Eye Hospital. Harihad been waiting for this moment for several days after being informed of Chinese doctors' gratuitous treatment at Kirtipur Eye Hospital.Five years ago， Hari aged 70 then underwent cataract surgery on her left eye. However， she also suffered from poorer and poorer eyesight in her right eye with only a lower sensitivity to light. Her attending doctor told her that she might become blind if she didn't undergo surgery in time.

Hari said she was very lucky to be chosen to receive medical treatment from Chinese doctors this time. And the good fortune also smiled upon Ganesh Bahadur living around Kirtipur City. As a farmer， he was very anxious about the low sensitivity to light in his left eye. "1 don’t want to impose burden upon my children，" said he， "I hope that Chinese doctors can cure my eye." Accompanied by his wife and son， Ganeshadded that his family valued this surgery verymuch. While waiting for the arrival of Chinese doctors， they looked up to the gate of the hospital ever and again.

When Sichuan Eye Care Medical Team arrived， the hospital was already crowded withpatients. Basking in the warm autumn sunshine ，not only their bodies but also their hearts grew warm. Today was exactly the surgery timethey had long waited for， for it sowed the hope among them to see light again.

The gratuitous treatment activity was sponsored by the Department of Foreign andOverseas Chinese Affairs at Sichuan ProvincialParty Committee， and co- sponsored by SichuanNGO Network for International Exchanges andNepal-based Amiko Society. In hope of offeringNepal patients best treatment， Sichuan set upa "dream team" comprised of excellent expert ophthalmologists like Wu Zhengzheng and Zhang Jinxu. This time， the team was headed by Wu Zhengzheng， head of the Department of Ophthalmology， Sichuan Provincial People'sHospital and expert within National Blindness-prevention Technical Guidance Group， who once led medical teams to Africa for gratuitous treatment and surgery of cataract for several times and thus accumulated a wealth of surgery experience abroad; and Zhang Jinxu was director of the Department of Ophthalmology， the People's Hospital of Xinjin and a member of expert team under Chengdu OphthalmologicalQuality Control Center.

"Some of our patients have long suffered from blindness and may forget what their loversand children look like. Fortunately， the surgery gives them a hope of recovering their sight and seeing clearly their beloved again，" Sushil Nath Pyakurel， secretary to the Minister of theMinistry of Health and Population of Nepal， expressed at the inauguration ceremony of theBright Joumey.

Overwork bears high-quality result

"The reason to choose Kirtipur Eye Hospital is that it has relatively complete medical facilities and is thus the manifestation o four responsibility to local patients，" Dr. Yang Shaowei told the journalist. Although the medical team had launched investigation and communication in earlier stage and the hospital was in better condition than majority of others on the whole， challenges remained in the process of surgery.

According to Dr. Wan Ling from SichuanProvincial People's Hospital， the topical ophthalmic anesthetic generally used in Sichuan could protect the patient from the discomfort due to eye injection， and be conducive to postoperative recovery. Yet this kind of anesthetic also imposed higher requirements for doctor's skills. The topical anesthetic provided by Nepal side， however， failed to meet the standard for performing surgery. Plus patients kept their eyes rolling during the surgery， enhancing the difficulty of the surgery.

Moreover， in comparison with our Chinese people， Nepalis featured deeper eye socket and higher-bridged nose， which increased the difficulty of surgery. Another inevitable obstacle was the language communication. "BecauseNepal has 125 ethnic groups， such the language diversity has caused much trouble for our only interpreter，" Dr. Wan Ling explained. To patients'relief， the medical team mastered exquisite techniques and had the ability to finish surgery smoothly and safely by adjusting mental state and scheme in time.

Over two days of overwork， the medical team has successfully performed on 59 Nepali cataract patients aged 45 to 86. Among these patients， an old deaf -mute man namedRam Bahadur left a deep impression on WuZhengzheng. Prajwol， Ram Bahadur's "relative"，told the journalist， "My father found the helplessRam Bahadur 19 years ago， then brought him home and looked after him as our family member. Today， it is Chinese doctors that help him recover his sight."

"Thank China ！Thank Chinese doctors！"Prajwol extended their gratitude to the medical team over and over again. "This is our duty， Prajwol." In the eyes of Wu Zhengzheng， doctors' mission is to heal the wounded and rescue the dying. Sichuan medical team's gratuitous treatment for Nepali patients thistime has delivered messages of love to Nepalisand touched the depth of their hearts...

On the sunny morning of November 29， accompanied by Yadav， deputy minister forHealth and Population of Nepal， Yu Hong，Chinese ambassador to Nepal， and Liu Jie， deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress and chairman of Sichuan NGO Network forInternational Exchanges， as well as other guests from China and Nepal visited Kirtipur Eye Hospital. Together with patients， guests shared the beautiful moment when these patients recovered their sight at PostoperativeObservation Room." Nepal has been confronted with many difficulties in health sector currently.We have a lot to learn from China， and we hope for more help from Chinese government. On behalf of all Nepalis and the Ministry ofHealth and Population， I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for China's gratuitous treatment，" expressed Yadav.

A bond of Sino-Nepal friendship

In fact， it is not the first time for Sichuan to initiate such activity in Nepal. In December2017， Sichuan ever organized 20 excellent medical staff to Nepal to offer gratuitous treatment. Then， they left their footprints in this country's five villages and one city within ten days. During the period， they disseminate environmental health knowledge for 2，440person times and treated patients around 1，200person times， benefiting more than 47，000 local people in total.

In addition to medical treatment， with the increasingly frequent interaction between non-governmental organizations on both sides，Sichuan has provided substantial support forNepal in talent training， scholarship， livelihood and other aspects.

On July 29， 2018， China NGO Network for International Exchanges organized 25Chinese non-governmental organizations to visit Katmandu. Among them， 11 organizations signed 13 cooperation agreements and MoUswith Nepal's counterparts， covering poverty alleviation through agricultural development， youth growth and employment， skills training for women， health-focused public welfare， materials donation and other fields. This was the first large- *scale matchmaking cooperation on livelihood projects between China-Nepal civil organizations.

According to Zhu Rui， secretary- general of China NGO Network for InternationalExchanges， these civil organizations will focus on the projects about which Nepalis have most concern so as to benefit them with practical actions and results.

As a bond of Sino-Nepal friendship， Arniko Society is Nepal's only organization whose members all can speak Chinese. On the one hand， the society has developed in-depth exchange and cooperation with Chinese counterparts in medical treatment， language， education， culture， religion and other fields. On the other hand， it has brought famous films and television works as well as literature to Nepalis in recent years." The TV series Journey to theWest that is adapted from one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature has been broadcast twice and enjoyed wide popularity amongNepalis，" Sarbottam Shrestha， chairman of Amiko Society told the journalist， "Since the proposal of the Belt and Road Initiative， we have translated many programs like the Vision and Actions on Jointly Building SilkRoad Economic Belt and 21st- CenturyMaritime Silk Road and the documentary series The Belt and Road， making our people keep abreast ofChina."

As the old saying goes， "Friendship， which derives from close contact between the people， holds the key to sound state-to- -state relations."The bond of friendship between China andNepal can be embodied by Nepalis who ever suffered from cataract yet recover their sight now， Nepali students who ever studied or are studying in China and local citizens who greet us warmly. Just as myriad trickles can form avast sea， China- -Nepal friendship will be bound to further deepen and expand to more areas.