China's 16th batch of Botswana medical team sets off from Fujian

　　China News Service, Fuzhou, September 19th (Reporter Yan Xu) At 0:10 am on the 19th, the 16th batch of China (Fujian) medical aid team to Botswana took a flight of 46 people and set off to Botswana for a two-year foreign aid medical mission .

　　On the afternoon of the 18th, the Fujian Provincial Health Commission held a departure ceremony for the medical team.

Liu Hong, director of the Fujian Provincial Health Committee, said that in the face of special tasks in special times, the foreign aid medical team members are dressed in white and went retrograde. The mission is glorious, the responsibility is great, and the significance is extraordinary. I hope that all medical team members will not forget the original intention of the doctors and keep their health in mind. mission.

　　“No one can be used to the injuries and sufferings of others.” Zhan Chaotu, a doctor from Jinjiang City Hospital in Quanzhou, Fujian, will go to Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, for imaging diagnosis. “Although the foreign new crown pneumonia epidemic has not been resolved, but medical treatment The team has gone through many trainings on epidemic prevention and control in the early stage and brought enough defense materials to Africa. I believe the medical team will do a good job in prevention and control."

　　The 16th batch of China (Fujian) medical aid team to Botswana was mainly organized and dispatched by the health committees of Fuzhou, Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Nanping. Before the trip, they had conducted 10 months of English and professional skills in the foreign aid medical training base in Fujian Province. Intensified training, as well as training on medical treatment and protection against new coronary pneumonia.

　　Since 1981, it has undertaken the task of sending medical teams to Botswana. So far, Fujian has sent 15 batches of 465 medical teams, treating 2.83 million patients in recipient countries, and performing 178,000 surgical treatments. 223 team members have won Botswana. Awarded by the Ministry of Health.

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