HARARE, Feb. 7 — China and Zimbabwe on Wednesday signed an agreement on carrying out a cataract surgery program in which a Chinese ophthalmologist medical team will be dispatched to the southern African country to carry out free cataract clinical operations.
The agreement was signed by the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding on behalf of the Chinese government and Zimbabwe’s Minister of Health and Childcare Douglas Mombeshora representing the Zimbabwean government, to carry out the “Bright Journey” Program.
In his address at the ceremony, which was held at the Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH) in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Ambassador Zhou said the agreement marks the latest step in medical and health cooperation between the two countries.
“We will be inviting the group of Chinese eye doctors to come here to conduct the cataract surgery for about 600 cataract patients. This group of doctors will also conduct academic exchanges and provide training to the medical personnel here in Zimbabwe,” said Zhou.
After the completion of the program, all the medical equipment, consumables and medical supplies will be donated to Zimbabwe, Zhou said.
Speaking after the signing ceremony, Mombeshora expressed his gratitude to the Chinese government.
“The ‘Bright Journey’ is not something new. It started in 2010 and again in 2011, and quite a
(Xinhua)
