Tibet's first medical college　has been set up in Linchih, a　newly developed industrial city east of Lhasa. Thus all the provinces, municipalities and　autonomous regions in China　have their own medical colleges.

This college has a curriculum　for speeding up the training of not only Tibetan doctors but　those of other nationalities as well. In the preceding decade or more, the local government of the Tibet Autonomous Region　has been sending students to　inland medical colleges for　study. The seven secondary　hygiene and sanitation schools in Tibet were all set up after　liberation. Training was mostly　done in the course of practice. Since the Great Cultural Revolution started in 1966, more　than 12,000 barefoot doctors　and health workers have been trained from among the peasants and herdsmen. Professional medical workers, including those who came from places inland to settle down in Tibet, now number some 5,000.

Since 1973 many medical　teams embracing 2,000 members　from 7 provinces and Shanghai　have been sent to work in Tibet. They regard the　training of local national minority doctors as one of their　important tasks.

This medical college offers courses in　medical treatment, pharmacology, hygiene and Tibetan　medicine, which has　a history of some 1,000 years. It takes the students five years to complete their studies as in other Chinese medical　colleges.

(This article appears on page 27, No. 31, 1978)