2024-01-03 22:01
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HANGZHOU, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- On the last working day of 2023, Wang Baoxiang, a doctor from the First Hospital of Jiaxing City, as the leader of the 19th batch of Chinese medical teams to aid Central Africa, received the commendation of "National Advanced Collective of Foreign Aid Medical Work" in Beijing. With this entrustment and encouragement to start the new year, the foreign aid medical team members will return to their familiar jobs.
From the foreign-aid doctors who spread China-Africa friendship to the ordinary doctors who solved the ailments of the masses at their doorsteps, these "diplomats in white" finally returned home, but they all had a China-Africa friendship in their hearts.
On June 11, 2022, in front of the building of the Jiaxing Municipal Health Commission, the members of the 19th batch of Chinese medical teams to aid Central Africa were ready to start an 18-month medical work in China and Africa.
Before departure, all the team members conducted professional training in Ningbo for more than 5 months, in addition to language Xi, foreign policy, laws and regulations, personal safety protection and other courses, they also carried out professional psychological counseling.
On October 12, 2023, Wang Xiaoqin from Jiaxing Second Hospital explained the indications, usage and dosage of donated drugs with local pharmacists. Xinhua News Agency
After coming to Bangui, the capital of Central Africa, the team members overcame various difficulties in the working environment at the local Friendship Hospital, carried out their work in an orderly manner, and recorded the details of their work and life in China and Africa by writing a diary.
"The overall gynecology working environment in China is still far from that in China, but we have brought in some instruments and equipment to meet the basic surgeries. Zhang Lixia, a gynecologist at Jiaxing Maternal and Child Health Hospital, said. In the local area, she successfully carried out a hysteroscopic endometrial polypectomy, which was also the first hysteroscopic operation in the China-Africa Friendship Hospital in the past three years.
Guo Jianwei, a laboratory doctor at Jiaxing Second Hospital, also recorded an unforgettable treatment experience.
In May 2023, a 5-year-old child came to the medical team with an eye injury that infected and suppurated.
"As a 'part-time nurse' in the team, I take on the work of infusion injections for children. The children's veins are very thin, and they are also afraid of infusion injections, which increases the difficulty of our treatment. In order to alleviate the child's fear, I give her some candy from China as a small gift every time she gets an injection to distract her and make the infusion treatment smoother. Guo Jianwei wrote, "After a week of treatment and meticulous care, the child's eyeballs were finally saved, and it was worth our efforts to see her regain her lively appearance." ”
"Before I came, I heard from my predecessors that Chinese medicine acupuncture is quite popular in the local area. We hold lectures on TCM knowledge and teach local doctors, hoping to leave TCM culture in Africa. Hao Yabo, an acupuncturist at Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said.
Hao Yabo of Jiaxing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine explained the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine to local assistants. Xinhua News Agency
In the past year and a half, the medical team has worked conscientiously, responsibly and rigorously, and has been trusted and praised by local peers and people, and has established a deep relationship with local doctors and people.
"I am very grateful for the opportunity to get to know the Chinese medical team, especially the gynecologist Zhang Lixia. Thanks to your medical skills, my wife is well treated. The surgery was very successful and my wife is now recovering......" After the operation, Zhang Lixia also received a sincere letter of thanks from the patient's family.
"What touched me the most was that a local patient learned that I was about to leave and gave me a picture of himself that was a map of Central Africa, which marked the place where I worked, and painted local plants and scenes of local life around me. I think he wanted me to remember working in this place and not forget the people and stories here. ”
The 19th batch of Chinese medical teams to China and Africa provided free medical treatment in the local area. Xinhua News Agency
Wang Jia, a radiologist at Jiaxing First Hospital, said frankly that he was most at ease with local patients when he parted. "When I handed over the keys to the new members of the 20th batch of Chinese medical teams in Central Africa, it was like handing over the baton to them. I sincerely hope that they will continue to serve the local people with heart and affection, and pass on their health and friendship. Wang Jia wrote in her diary.
In the more than 550 days in Central Africa, the 19th batch of Chinese medical teams to aid Central Africa have completed more than 24,900 outpatient and emergency services, carried out more than 800 surgeries, carried out more than 5,000 auxiliary examinations, introduced more than 10 new medical technologies and projects, and carried out more than 10,700 traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment, bringing tangible health and well-being to the people of China and Africa. (Contributor: Xie Zhenyu)