Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/14
By: Lu Kang-chun and Hsu Hsiao-ling
Taipei, July 14 (CNA) A Hsinchu doctor working as a medical volunteer in
Photo courtesy of Lin Hsiao-tsu
Papua New Guinea in early July saved a young woman’s life by removing a large tumor from her ovary, the doctor said in an interview with CNA.
The doctor, named Lin Hsiao-tsu (林孝祖), operated on a local woman whose abdomen was badly swollen at Nonga General Hospital in East New Britain and removed a tumor from the 19-year-old’s ovary that was 30 centimeters in diameter, he said.
It was not immediately known if the tumor is benign or malignant, and it is still being examined, Lin said.
Changhua Christian Hospital, where he used to work, has been sending volunteer medical missions to Papua New Guinea since 2005, Lin said, and early on he himself took part in missions organized by the hospital to other countries. [FULL STORY]
