China sends 13th and 14th Medical Teams to Orotta Hospital as the 8th round of technical aid

On June 21st, 2019, Ambassador Yang Zigang and Minister of Health Amna Nurhusein signed an exchange of letters detailing the provision of technical assistance to Eritrea's Orotta hospital. This is the eighth phase of assistance that China has sent to Orotta Hospital. This assured that the 13th (project #87284) and 14th Chinese medical teams would be dispatched to Orotta Hospital. The assistance was said to commence directly after the signing of the exchange of letters. This phase of cooperation will last for two years. Orotta Hospital was built with Chinese aid in 2000 (project #493 and project #30533). Orotta Hospital is one of the four main hospitals the Chinese medical teams in Eritrea are sent to. China has provided seven phases of technical assistance since 2004, "dispatch[ing] technicians to carry out medical equipment repair, maintenance and technical personnel training to ensure the normal operation and use of the hospital".

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The Chinese project tile is 奥罗特医院第八期技术合作项目

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