Chinese ophthalmologist team offers services and donates medical equipments to Ethiopia

On Apr. 28, 2014, a Chinese ophthalmologist team dispatched by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China started providing ophthalmological services for free at Alert Hospital in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. The team under the campaign, "Bright Journey" was composed of six specialists. Its service and technical exchanges and experience sharing with Ethiopian medical staffs ended on May 15, according to a statement from the Ethiopian side. The six specialists from Pecking Union Medical College hospital (PUMCH) of china arrived last Monday. They were expected to carry out site restoring operations for about 300 Ethiopian patients. They were deployed at Alert Hospital with medicines and medical equipment of advanced technology and consumables donated by China, which will stay permanently after the mission. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited the patients and doctors on May 5, 2014 during his visit to Ethiopia.

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