Chinese Government dispatches 17th medical team to Jendouba, Sidi Bouzid, Kébil, and Tunis (Linked to Record ID#35605, #14020, #35604, #12970, #19565, #31082, #35585, #56660, and #56661)

Project narrative

Since 1973, the Chinese Government has been dispatching medical teams to Tunisia. Jiangxi Province is responsible for sending the teams. On May 11, 2006, the Chinese Government and the Government of Tunisia signed a protocol agreement (Chinese agreement name: 中华人民共和国政府和突尼斯共和国政府关于中国派遣医疗队赴突尼斯工作的议定书) to dispatch the 17th Chinese medical team to Tunisia. The Chinese medical team was to assist Tunisian medical staff in medical work, while the acupuncture section of team was to work with Tunisian doctors and cooperate with the Medicine School of Tunis to train Tunisians in the theory and practice of acupuncture. Tunisia provided the Chinese medical team with the equipment, instruments, and medicines, necessary for their work in Tunisia, while China provided the acupuncture equipment and medicines needed for teaching and treatment tasks for free. Tunisia also agreed to provide each member of the team with funds to cover living expenses. The 45-member team was scheduled to arrive in Tunisia in October 2006 for a two-year work period. It was stationed at Jendouba regional hospital (Hôpital Régional De Jendouba or المستشفى الجهوي بجندوبة), Sidi Bouzid regional hospital (Hôpital Régional De Sidi Bouzid or المستشفى الجهوي بسيدي بوزيد), Kébil regional hospital (Hôpital régional de Kébil or المسشفى الجهوي بقبلي), and Mongi Slim Hospital (Hôpital Mongi Slim or مستشفى المنجي سليم) in the northern suburbs of Tunis. The medical team arrived in Tunisia on October 12, 2006 and completed its term of service on October 22, 2008. In 2007, during the term of service, the captain of the section of the medical team working at Jendouba regional hospital, Cao Xianqing, was killed in a car accident and buried in Jendouba.