A women injured in a fight with a robber will be the first
person to benefit from free cosmetic surgery courtesy of public
security officials.
Qian Ying, 24, was left scarred after she resisted a robber who
tried to steal her mobile phone last October.
The robber, who was later arrested, stabbed Qian in the face and
chest.
Officials from the Shanghai Public Security Comprehensive
Administrative Office, a department in charge of keeping social
order and preventing crime, is funding a beauty aid station in
Tianda Plastic Hospital, a joint-venture hospital specializing in
cosmetic surgery.
The station is specially for people left disfigured by
criminals.
Medical experts from Tianda have examined Qian's scars and have
designed a surgery plan.
"Some brave citizens have been disfigured when they fought
against criminals," said Yang Changchun, director of the public
security office.
"The scars have caused much inconvenience to their life. In the
past, they looked for plastic hospitals themselves with some
financial aid from the government but the surgery quality could not
be guaranteed because the level varied in different hospitals."
Yang said his office could make the project official in six
months, and he hoped more hospitals could join in.
According to statistics from local police, 943 local citizens
have been honored for bravery since 1999 and about 10 citizens were
disfigured.
(Shanghai Daily January 11, 2007)