Chinese Government dispatches 22nd medical team to Jendouba, Kasserine, Sidi Bouzid, and Tunis (Linked to Project ID#35605, #14020, #35604, #35603, #12970, #19565, #31082, #35585, and #56661)

Since 1973, the Chinese Government has been dispatching medical teams to Tunisia. The Jiangxi Province is responsible for sending the teams. In 2016, the Chinese Government dispatched the 22nd Chinese medical team to Tunisia. The medical team consisted of 41 members. 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), Kasserine Regional Hospital (Hôpital Régional De Kasserine or المستشفى الجهوي بالقصرين), and Mongi Slim Hospital (Hôpital Mongi Slim or مستشفى المنجي سليم) in the northern suburbs of Tunis. The Chinese medical team arrived in Tunisia for its two-year stay on October 27, 2016. In the first half of 2018 alone, the Chinese medical team treated over 18,000 patients, including 3,039 hospitalized patients, performed 1,559 operations, treated 268 emergency patients, conducted 1,585 deliveries, performed x-rays for 11,502 patients, and provided 40 voluntary consultations for 2,800 patients. It completed its term of service on November 3, 2018.

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This project is linked to project ID#35605, #14020, #35604, #35603, #12970, #19565, #31082, #35585, and #56661, which are the 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and 23rd medical teams sent from 2000-2019.

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