The 23rd Chinese medical team from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to Niger ended their 558-day work and successfully returned to China in June this year.
While stationed abroad, Chinese doctors combined teaching with clinical practice, used diversified ways to promote traditional Chinese medicine into the lives of local people, improving Nigerien medical standards.
"In this Chinese medicine (diagnosis and treatment) center, I have paid more attention to teaching than before. I insisted on teaching them once a week, and I also made my teaching course ware into French version PPT, which is more conducive to their learning. Even if we come back and our medical team is no longer here, they can still use these traditional Chinese medicine methods to treat patients," said Zhong Jian, a doctor from the Chinese medical team.
In December 2022, Zhong Jian followed the 23rd medical team to aid Niger and came to this landlocked country located on the southern edge of the desert for the first time.
Faced with harsh climate and limited medical conditions, the China-Niger Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Center was officially unveiled in May 2023. As the person in charge of the center, Zhong Jian actively organized local medical staff to conduct traditional Chinese medicine training.
"This is the certificate of honor issued to us by the hospital at the end of our term, which represents the (local) recognition of our work by our medical team during the one-and-a-half-year term," Zhong said.
During the 18-month mission, Zhong and other members from this medical team treated 22,450 outpatients, did 6,500 surgeries, rescued 632 critically ill patients, and trained 2,588 local medical personnel. More and more local medical staff and patients have personally experienced the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine.
China's medical team healing Nigerien people with traditional Chinese medicine
