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In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a nurse wipes tears away for the boy surnamed Ouyang, who is China's eighth bird flu patient, before his departure in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan province, on Thursday February 23, 2006. Staying in hospital for a long time has fostered a deep friendship between the boy and the nurses, Xinhua said. The 6-year-old patient recovered and left hospital on Feb. 23, 2006. He was the second bird flu patient recovered in Hunan Province. (AP Photo/Xinua, Li Ga)