China dispatches 8th Chinese medical team to the China-Ghana Friendship Hospital (LEKMA Hospital) (Linked to #85701)

On December 10th, 2018 the Chinese Embassy in Ghana and Ghanaian Ministry of Health hosted a simultaneous farewell ceremony and welcome ceremony for the Seventh and Eighth batches of Chinese medical teams in Ghana. The arrival of the medical team is in accordance with an agreement signed by China and Ghana in 2007 (linked to project #32346). The transition ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Ghana H.E. Shi Ting Wang, Ghana's Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, Deputy Party Secretary of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guo Wenhai, Superintendent of the China-Ghana Friendship Hospital, Dr. Juliana Ameh, representatives of the Guangdong Provincial Health Department, representatives of the seventh and eighth batch of China medical teams, officials from the Ministry of Health, and some diplomats from the Embassy, according to the Chinese Embassy in Ghana the total attendance was at more than 90 people. According to a Xinhua news release, the eighth medical team works alongside local doctors in the China-Ghana Friendship Hospital (LEKMA Hospital), and they offer free services to locals in the country's remote areas. The team was stationed in Ghana until the arrival of the ninth medical team whom arrived in Ghana on December 28, 2019. China also donated 901,000 Chinese Yuan to the same hospital (see project #85701).

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