PLA Daily 2003-05-30

　 　A medical information station made its debut Thursday in Beijing's suburban Changping District to provide doctors and nurses from the Xiaotangshan Hospital with medical updates from around the world.

　　The station, which includes 20 databases, 30,000 electronic books and around 10,000 medical journals, was established by the Medical Library of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). The medical personnel, who are on their holidays by turns after a period of intense work in the Xiaotangshan Hospital, can access to those materials free.

　　The Xiaotangshan Hospital, erected in Changping in response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak, was staffed by military personnel from around the country.

　　By Jiang Wanliu