Overview

People's Liberation Army sends 8th Medical Team to Laos in 2023

Commitment Year•2023Country of Activity•Lao People's Democratic RepublicDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Lao People's Democratic RepublicSector•HealthFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

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Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2023

Start (actual): Jan 1, 2023

End (actual): Jun 1, 2023

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This project was a medical team sent to work at the Military Hospital 103 in Vientiane, Laos. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12456482639

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

People's Liberation Army of China (PLA)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Laos

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People's Liberation Army sends 8th Medical Team to Laos in 2023

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2023, the People's Liberation Army sent a 10 member team from the Xijing Hospital of the PLA Air Force Medical University to the Military Hospital 103 in Laos. The team stayed in Laos for a six month mission, leaving in June 2023. On March 22nd 2023, the medical team conducted a training on emergency medical response for staff members of the Laos-China Railway Co. in Vientiane. The goal of the training was to improve the emergency medical response ability of the railway operation team. The medical team also performed specialized neurosurgeries on three patients in collaboration with Laotian neurosurgeons.