KAMPALA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The 22nd Chinese medical team has arrived in Uganda for a tour of duty aimed at boosting provision of health care in the east Africa country.
Guo Zhiping, the team leader, told Xinhua in an interview here on Sunday that the group consists of seven physicians and surgeons, specialized in different fields like gastroenterology, urology, infectious diseases, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, and traditional Chinese medicine among others.
"The mission of the 22nd Chinese Medical Team to Uganda is to devote ourselves to relieve the disease burden of Uganda people with our expertise, and continue to deepen cooperation in hospital management, talents training, telemedicine, public health," Guo said.
"We are expecting to bring the Chinese advanced specialists in internal medicines, surgeries, anesthesiology, prevention and control of COVID-19 and other infectious, and traditional Chinese medicine to exchange with our African friends in the coming year," Guo added.
The team will be based at China-Uganda Friendship Hospital in the capital Kampala.
The team is the 22nd Chinese medical team to arrive in Uganda since 1983. Since then a cumulative total of 229 doctors and experts from China have provided medical services to local communities in Uganda. ■