BEIJING – Pakistani and Chinese renowned medical experts have reviewedprogress made in the establishment of a medical corridor between Pakistanand China to seek cooperation between the two countries in the field ofhealth and medicine.
The medical experts from over 10 specialties including neurosurgery andophthalmology also exchanged the current status and the diagnostic andtherapeutic progress in the field at the second Pakistan China MedicalCongress and 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting held here.
The leaders of medical associations from various countries shared valuableexperience in developing associations and conducting bilateral exchangesand cooperation.
The congress and meeting, co-organized by Pakistan Medical Association andChina Medical Association focused on the academic development and theexternal exchanges and cooperation.
In her remarks, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Pakistan, Mumtaz ZahraBaloch, who was chief guest at the opening ceremony, emphasized the scopefor collaboration in capacity building, clinical trainings, research andtechnology transfer between the two countries.
The congress was attended by representatives of medical association fromJapan, United States, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom and Thailand.
Vice President of China Medical association Wusi Li said within over oneyear period, under coherent efforts by both associations, the academicexchanges and cooperation has been continuously pushed forward in bothcountries.He appreciated the progress made in the establishment of a medical corridorbetween Pakistan and China, which will benefit cooperation between the twocountries in the field of health and medicine.
President of Pakistan Medical Association, Muhammad Ashraf Nizamiappreciated the 500 eye surgeries performed by Chinese ophthalmologists inKarachi under the Bright Journey Pakistan project in January this year.
He said the scientific program of the conference was a bouquet of majorspecialties in medical sciences including medicine and allied, surgery andallied, Orthopedics, Gynae and Obs, ENT, Ophthalmology, etc.
The opening ceremony of the medical congress was followed by researchsessions on cancer research, surgery and internal medicine. The 2018 Annualscientific meeting of the medical associations of the Belt and Road Forumalso took place during the conference.
Both CMA and PMA are taking coherent efforts to build a Pak-China MedicalCorridor in order to seek bilateral exchanges and cooperation in aspects ofcontinuing medical education, patients caring, academic exchanges, medicalinformation and experience sharing, and so on so forth.
The first Pakistan China Medical Congress was held in Karachi last yearduring which a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) on the establishment ofPakistan China Medical Corridor was signed. – APP