This year marks the 60th anniversary of China's dispatch of medical teams to foreign countries. In Ethiopia, the members of the Chinese medical team who are working on the front line have benefited the local people with their benevolence and benevolence.
Zigai Begasau, 48, lives on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital. For the past two weeks, she has been leaving the house early every day to receive treatment at the TCM clinic of the Tirunes-Beijing Hospital, where the Chinese medical team is stationed in Ethiopia.
Ethiopian patient Zigai Begasau: I've had leg pain for 6 years, and I've been to many hospitals for treatment, but it didn't have much effect. A while ago, I came to Tilunes-Beijing Hospital and started to receive acupuncture treatment, and the pain was reduced a lot, and you can see that I can now walk to the hospital by myself.
Early in the morning, there were already many local patients waiting in the waiting area of the TCM outpatient clinic, and the eight diagnosis and treatment beds in the consultation room were full.
Xian Peiwei, a member of the 24th batch of China-aided Ethiopian medical team: Their patients actually have a great demand for traditional Chinese medicine, when they first came, there were only a dozen patients a day, or when they didn't know (when they didn't know), but with the development of our work, the number of patients gradually increased, there were more than 20, and now there are more than 30 at most. We can only see more than 30 patients at most, so normally, the whole morning is busy.
Qi Gai's leg pain was caused by a herniated lumbar disc that compressed the right sciatic nerve for a long time. After Dr. Xian's acupuncture treatment, her condition has improved greatly.
Ethiopian patient Zigei Begasau: I could barely move this leg before, and it was difficult for me to walk or even bend it. After receiving acupuncture treatment during this time, my stiff toes were slowly able to move, which was a surprise for me and I was so happy.
Xian Peiwei, a member of the 24th batch of China's medical team to Ethiopia: This simple, convenient, test and inexpensive treatment method of our traditional Chinese medicine is definitely very useful for Africa, especially for the local people (Ethiopia), because it costs less, is simple and convenient, and the curative effect is good, which has been welcomed by many local people.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the dispatch of China's foreign medical team and the 50th anniversary of the Chinese medical team's arrival in Ethiopia. Over the years, groups of Chinese medical team members have come here to not only help build Tiruneth-Beijing Hospital, but also share their professional experience and medical technology with local medical staff, passing on the spirit of the medical team with boundless love to this day.
Elchetu Tadle, CEO of Tiruneth-Beijing Hospital: When the hospital was first opened, we only had two specialists, and now we have 40 to 43 Ethiopian specialists in the hospital, and with the 16 specialists from the Chinese medical team who are here to provide assistance, we have almost 60 specialists. I have to express my gratitude to the Chinese medical team who came here to help, they have a high work ethic, they are punctual, dedicated, and skilled, and they have performed very well and effectively in everything from the TCM clinic to the major surgeries performed in the hospital.
Chen Zhaoqi, Captain of the 24th batch of China-aided Ethiopian medical teams: We arrived in Ethiopia in April 2023, during which our medical team members have done a lot of work in clinical diagnosis and treatment, discipline construction, training of new businesses and technologies, cultural exchanges, and free medical visits, etc., and have won the trust and trust of the local people.
Editor: Wang Zhitao
Source: CCTV news client