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Since 1986, Shandong Province has been sending medical teams to Seychelles every two years. On September 13, 2016, the Chinese Government and the Government of Seychelles signed a protocol agreement, dispatching the 16th Chinese medical team to Seychelles (第16批援塞舌尔医疗队). The team was stationed at Victoria Hospital in the the capital city of Victoria. It completed its term of service between September 2016 and September 19, 2018. The team completed more than 11,770 outpatient and emergency hospitalizations and consultations, more than 1,000 surgeries, more than 12,850 Chinese acupuncture and massage treatments, approximately 36,000 imaging examinations, and about 43,900 independent imaging reports. One doctor on the team wrote a radiology training book on cases observed at the hospital. The Chinese embassy in Seychelles donated 50 copies of the book in 2018. See Record ID#55472 for more details.