Li Suzhi, a senior commander of the PLA troops stationed in Tibet,leading a medical team of 20 doctors, visited the Sera Monastery and Jokhang Monastery on March 14th.

A doctor from the General Hospital of Tibet's Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) measures blood pressure for a monk at the Ganden Monastery in Dagze County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 15, 2009. Doctors of the hospital provide free medical service for people across Tibet on a regular basis. (Xinhua Photo)

More than 650 monks in the Ganden Monastery, Drepung Monastery and Sera Monastery have received free health check and free medical cards since March 10. Li serves as the director of the General Hospital of Tibet's Area Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

The medical workers were busy providing the tests of blood pressure, electrocardiogram and B-mode ultrasonic examinations for elder monks. Besides, free medicines were handed out in the monasteries.