Chinese medical aid team heads for Benin

A Chinese medical aid team left Ningxia’s capital Yinchuan on Aug 3 for the West African nation of Benin.

The 22-member team will spend a year and a half working in the country. They are from the First People’s Hospital of Yinchuan and the Ningxia Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, both located in Yinchuan, as well as the People’s Hospital of Guyuan and the First People’s Hospital of Shizuishan in two other cities.

Since 1978, Ningxia has been sending medical aid teams to Benin based on a protocol signed between the Chinese and Beninese governments.