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On September 15th, 2020, the Chinese government sent the 28th medical team to Guinea for 18 months to work at China-Guinea Friendship Hospital, in the capital Conakry. The medical team consists of 21 members, who are experts in a variety of health areas such as rehabilitation, neurosurgery, neurology, cardiovascular disease, and radiology. 19 members of the team are from Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University and 2 are from Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Beijing Municipal Health. The medical team will work to develop the hospital into a top medical center for nerve diseases in Guinea and West Africa so that local patients with such diseases can receive high-quality diagnoses and treatments. Efforts will also be made by the team to intensify bilateral cooperation in health policy, health reform, and hospital management. During their stay, the team the had provided outpatient services to 1,834 patients, admitted 2,276 patients to the hospital, conducted 218 operations, provided diagnoses and examinations for 1,518 patients, and conducted emergency treatment in 674 cases. The Sino-Guinean Friendship Hospital is a major hospital built with assistance from the Chinese government (Record ID#13330, 64425).