A doctor with Yunnan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) provides medical services to a Lao patient.
At the invitation of the Traditional Medicine Research Institute of the Ministry of Health of Laos, six medics with Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine visit the Laotian provinces of Vientiane and Luang Prabang from October 26 to 30.
Relying on the platforms of the China-Laos Traditional Chinese Medicine Center and the Yunnan Province China-Laos Traditional Medicine International Joint Laboratory, they carried out international TCM medical treatment, clinical teaching, and academic exchanges.
The Yunnan medics visited the Diagnosis and Treatment Center of the Traditional Medicine and Materia Medica Academy of the Lao Ministry of National Defense and the Luang Prabang Provincial Hospital, serving nearly 500 local patients and having academic exchanges with 30 plus Lao medics.
Khamsone Phongsavathdy, Director of the Health Department of Luang Prabang Province, said that Kunming and Luang Prabang are sister cities, and the two sides have a solid foundation for medical and health cooperation.
He hoped that Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine will be able to open a dedicated TCM clinic in Luang Prabang in the future. The two sides exchanged views on the functional positioning of the TCM clinic, staffing, and the guarantee of medicines and equipment.
Reporting by Zhang Min, Sun Yonglin and Li Xi
