The year 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of China's dispatch of medical teams to foreign countries. This is a memorable milestone, as over the past 60 years, China's foreign aid medical teams have brought hope and health to patients around the world with their selfless dedication and superb medical skills.
Since 1963, when China sent its first foreign medical team to Algeria, China has sent more than 30,000 medical team members to 76 countries and regions, treating nearly 300 million patients. These medical team members, they are not afraid of hardship, they are willing to dedicate, save lives and help the wounded, and their love is boundless, and their spirit is a precious asset of the Chinese medical team.
China's medical aid has shifted from "blood transfusion" to sustainable "hematopoietic" cooperation, which has not only helped recipient countries improve their medical standards, but also promoted the development of global health services. China is the only country in the world that has been sending medical teams to other developing countries for a long time without compensation, demonstrating China's commitment and responsibility to global health.
Fan Maorong, the leader of the first Chinese TCM anti-epidemic medical team in Cambodia, her team not only paid attention to the combing of TCM dominant diseases, but also improved the efficacy of the recipient hospitals in acute and critical diseases and difficult diseases. Combined with the local living habits in Cambodia, they formulated a diagnosis and treatment plan suitable for the local area, went into the countryside, entered the school, and provided free treatment for more than 6,000 people.
China's foreign aid medical teams have not only played an important role in the world's most advanced diseases, but they have also disseminated the knowledge and culture of traditional Chinese medicine, so that more people can understand and recognize the unique charm of traditional Chinese medicine. Their work has not only improved the local medical level, but also deepened the friendship and cooperation between China and foreign countries.
Over the past 60 years, China's medical aid has made a tremendous contribution to global health. The Chinese medical team members, with their own actions, have interpreted the benevolence and benevolence of doctors, they are the pride of the Chinese people, and they are also the precious wealth of the people of the world.
In the days to come, China's medical teams will continue to move forward, and they will continue to contribute to the global health cause and continue to promote the building of a global community of health for all. They will bring hope and health to patients around the world with higher standards, more professional attitude, and deeper cooperation.
The work of the foreign aid medical team is not only a medical task, but also a humanistic task. With their actions, they conveyed China's friendship and goodwill, and demonstrated the common pursuit of health and life of mankind. Their stories will forever be etched in our hearts and inspire us to work for a better world.
Let us pay tribute to all the medical team members and their selfless dedication and superb medical skills. Their spirit will always inspire us and make us believe that where there is love, there is hope. Let us work together to build a community of health for all and create a healthier and more harmonious world