Chinese Government dispatches 16th medical team to Lomé-Commune Health District Hospital and Kara Regional Hospital

The Chinese Government has been dispatching medical teams to Togo every two years since 1974. Shanghai was originally responsible for sending the teams but Shanxi Province took over in 1983. In 2005, the Chinese Government dispatched the 16th Chinese medical team to Togo (中国第16批援助多哥医疗队). The 21-member team was stationed at Lomé-Commune Health District Hospital (or Hôpital du district sanitaire de Lomé-Commune) in the capital city of Lomé and Kara Regional Hospital (also known as Centre Hospitalier Régional de Kara or Hôpital chinois de Tomdè or CHR-Kara-Tomdè or Centre hospitalier régional de Kara Tomdè) in the city of Kara. It completed its term of service between August 31, 2005 and August 30, 2007. The 16th medical team came to Togo in two group. The first group, which was stationed in Kara, arrived on August 31, 2005. The second group, which was stationed in Lomé, arrived on September 14, 2005.

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