Medical team from Taiwan to visit SVG tomorrow

A medical team of six from the Changhua Christian Hospital (CCH) in Taiwan is scheduled to visit St Vincent and Grenadines from May 26 to June 15.{{more}}

It will be the third time that the CCH medical Team has visited. The team, led by Dr Nina Kao, CEO of the CCH’s Overseas Medical Mission Centre, is composes of three medical doctors and two nurses with the specialty of Pulmonology, Endocrinology, Metabolism, Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

During the visit, the CCH medical team will work hand in hand with colleagues of the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (MCMH) and provide medical service to Vincentians. They will also make presentations on diabetes monitoring, care and prevention.

A release from the Taiwanese Embassy said the CCH and the MCMH were twinned in August, 2010, which has turned on a new leaf for the medical cooperation between Taiwan and SVG. Apart from sending medical teams, the CCH also provides training to doctors, biomedical engineers and laboratory technicians from the MCMH.

“Prime Minister the Hon. Dr Ralph Gonsalves welcomes and attaches great importance to the twinning and cooperation between the two hospitals. During his official visit to Taiwan in 2011, he took time to pay a visit to CCH and was deeply impressed by the advancement of its facilities and the quality of its service, especially the CCH’s passion for promoting international health cooperation,” the release said.