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A GROUP of 10 Chinese doctors yesterday offered free medical consultation and treatment services to scores of residents at Mpopoma High School in Mpopoma high-density suburb in Bulawayo.
The “Free Medical Day” programme was organised by the Chinese Federation of Zimbabwe in conjunction with the Chinese Friendship Association in Bulawayo.
Some of the health care services that were provided included diagnosis, minor surgeries, dermatology and gynaecology services among others.
The team also brought a wide range of medicine worth about $5 000, which was dispensed to people who were diagnosed with different ailments.
Chairperson of the Chinese Friendship Association in Bulawayo, Mr David Guo told Sunday News that the team of doctors were assisted by nurses from Mpilo Central Hospital.
“We are working with Mpilo Central Hospital, who have supported us with an ambulance, equipment and nurses who are helping our doctors. I hope this programme will be helpful to the Mpopoma community,” he said.
The Chinese doctors’ team leader Dr Yijin Tan reiterated her team’s commitment to providing quality health care to people in Zimbabwe at no charge during their stay in the country.
She said the coming of Chinese doctors to Zimbabwe was a sign of the strong relations between the two countries.
“The friendship between Zimbabwe and Chinese people will be long-lasting, and we, the present team members, sincerely hope the citizens in both countries will enjoy a happy and healthy life,” she said.
The 10 doctors are part of the 14 Chinese medical practitioners who have been deployed in the country and are stationed at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in Harare.
The medical practitioners, who arrived in the country in April this year also carried out free consultations and treatment to hundreds of patients at Long Cheng Plaza in Harare in May.
Earlier this year, China gave Zimbabwe a US$100 million loan facility for the purchase of state-of-the-art medical equipment for improving health delivery.
The Chinese government has so far sent more than 140 medical practitioners to the country since 1985.
Bongani Ndlovu