China donates medical supplies to Uganda to boost health care

China on Friday donated medical supplies to Uganda in a bid to strengthen efforts in health service delivery.

Chun Maoming, an official at the Chinese embassy here handed over the drugs, medical apparatus and instruments to the ministry of health through the Uganda-China Friendship Hospital in the capital Kampala.

Chun said whenever China sends a medical team to Uganda, it has to donate medical supplies to Uganda annually.

Jacinto Amandua, the Commissioner Clinical Services at the ministry of health, who received the supplies said they will help to treat the increasing numbers of patients at the 100-bed hospital that China donated in 2012.

Over the last several decades China has been sending medical teams to Uganda in order to boost the country's health care.

"China and Uganda have maintained a long-term cooperation in the medical field which greatly improved the medical and health condition of Uganda and strengthened the bilateral relations," said Chun.

The first Chinese medical team arrived in Uganda in 1983 and since then, over 160 medical experts in different specialties ranging from Urologists, gynecologists, orthopedics among others have served in the country.

The 17th team arrived in the country late last month. The 16th team treated more than 30,000 patients in the past two years, according to embassy figures.

The team also carried out five free medical activities in different parts of the country. Endit