Guangdong Friendship Delegation bringing medical assistance to Samoa
A delegation from the Peoples Republic of China is visiting Samoa on 13-17 July.
The delegation is headed by Mme. Luo Juan, Vice Chairlady of the People's Congress of Guangdong Province. It is a Friendship Delegation bringing medical help for the people of Samoa.
In the group there are three Ophthalmology (eye) doctors and one nurse to provide free cataract surgery to Samoan patients at the Apia National Hospital in Moto’otua.
There will be a handover ceremony of medical equipment and medicine at 8:30am on Saturday 15 July on the 3rd floor boardroom of N.H.S.
This will be followed by a review of eye patients who will have had surgeries on Friday, 14 July, by undoing their dressings.
The Chinese Embassy is inviting the media to cover the ceremony and to report on how the patients will have fared after the surgeries.
Members of the visiting Guangdong Medical Delegation are:
1. Ms. CHEN Weirong
Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Deputy Director, Professor
2. Ms. ZHANG Xinyu
Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Associate Professor
3. Mr. LIU Bin
Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Associate Consultant Ophthalmologist
4. Ms. CHEN Aihuan
Zhongshan Ophthalmology Center, Sun Yat-sen University
Nurse-in-charge