ACCORDING to the Min­istry of Foreign Affairs, bilateral medical exchang­es and joint training pro­grammes were conducted between China’s Bishan District People’s Hospital in Chongqing and Myan­mar’s North Okkalapa General Hospital.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation between China’s Bishan Hospital and Myanmar’s North Ok­kalapa General Hospital was signed in November 2023, and the medical ex­changes and joint training programmes were jointly organized and arranged by the Foreign Affairs Of­fice of Chongqing Munici­pal People’s Government, the Consulate-General of Myanmar, and Bishan Hospital.

The programme aimed to strengthen friendship and cooperation between the two hospitals, as well as to promote med­ical exchanges and joint training programmes, by inviting a delegation of medical experts, doctors, nurses, and hospital man­agement representatives from North Okkalapa General Hospital in Yan­gon, Myanmar, to Bishan District People’s Hospital in Chongqing, China.

According to the reports, the Consu­late-General of Myanmar in Chongqing is actively working to further expand cooperation between the two countries in the medi­cal and education sectors, and the China-Myanmar medical exchange pro­gramme will lay a solid foundation for broader cooperation in public health, medical servic­es, research, and peo­ple-to-people exchanges.

The medical ex­change programme was attended by Chinese offi­cials, Consul-General U Kyaw Zeyar Lin of My­anmar in Chongqing, and a delegation from North Okkalapa General Hos­pital led by Professor Dr Nay Aung Tun. — ASH/ TH