The 17th group of the Hunan Medical Team sent to the Republic of Zimbabwe returned after completing their medical assistance tasks. All team members arrived at the Changsha Southern Railway Station on October 18 morning, after a 14-day quarantine in Guangzhou. 

The 10 team members are from the First Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Hunan Brain Hospital, Hunan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Hunan Cancer Hospital, Hunan Institute of Schistosomiasis Control, Zhuzhou Central Hospital, Chenzhou No.1 People’s Hospital, and Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University.

Arriving in Zimbabwe in last June, the team members overcame the challenges of harsh conditions and poor medical condition. They engaged in technical assistance, ward rounds, and medical trainings at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare, capital of Zimbabwe. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, they participated in local epidemic prevention and control, and assisted the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe in constructing COVID-19 temporary treatment sites. They promoted traditional Chinese medicine treatment, and established Zimbabwe’s first Chinese Acupuncture Center this September. During their year-long medical assistance, they were highly appraised by local government and people.

Hunan sent its first medical assistance team to Zimbabwe in 1985, and had sent 18 groups of 177 medical personnel there so far. 
 
This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn