People attend a workshop on intensive care unit (ICU) training at Omdurman Friendship Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, December 29, 2022. How to strengthen the exchange of medical technology between the two countries. [Photo/Xinhua]
To mark the 60th anniversary of the first Chinese medical team sent abroad, Sudan’s 37th Chinese medical team has opened a free clinic in the north of the Nile.
The free clinic on Saturday will cover 14 specialties, including traditional Chinese medicine and general surgery, and employ 40 medical staff, said Xing Zhijing, head of Sudan’s Chinese medical team. is providing the service.
The clinic witnessed a large attendance from citizens of the province’s Shendi town.
“I am grateful to the members of the highly specialized Chinese medical team,” a Faisal Bara al-Bashir patient who visited the free clinic told Xinhua News Agency.
Salah Ali, Minister of Production and Resources of the Nile State, said on behalf of the state governor that the Chinese medical team had provided free clinics and all efforts over the past decades to cure the people of Sudan. I expressed my gratitude.
“The friendship between China and Sudan has remained high for generations, and medical cooperation between the two countries dates back to the 1970s,” he said.
Guo Fu, commercial counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Sudan, pledged China’s commitment to help Sudan in the future through medical teams, donations of equipment and vaccines, hospital development projects, and co-hosting seminars and workshops. rice field.
“This year marks the 60th anniversary of China sending its first medical team abroad,” he said. We have dispatched a medical team of 30,000 members,” he added. for locals. ”
Chinese medical teams in Sudan are working in three hospitals in central Sudan: Abu Oshar Hospital in Gezira State, Damazin Friendship Hospital in Blue Nile State and China Sudan Omdurman Friendship Hospital in Khartoum.
Abdulaziz Hassan Hamad, deputy secretary general of the Sudan-China Friendship Association, which co-organized the event, said the free clinic represents the spirit of public diplomacy and public communication between the friendly two countries. said.
