Chinese medics under the 24th Chinese Medical Team have donated equipment and medicine worth about 100,000 yuan (approximately Rwf 17.9 million) to Kibungo Referral Hospital.

The government of China, through a long term partnership with Rwanda, sends a medical team to the country every year.

The arrangement which has been happening since 1982 has seen many Chinese medics serve in Rwanda, offering support to their Rwandan counterparts in treating various conditions in Masaka and Kibungo hospitals.

ALSO READ: Chinese medics treat over 12,000 Rwandan patients

The medics have also been giving donations to the hospitals. This year, they donated various tools including theatre lights, epidural puncture package, a dental chair, an air compressor and so on, as well as medicine.

"We have been doing this for 42 years. Every year we have a donation for hospitals including Kibungo referral hospital,” said Zhang He Ping, the Chief of 24th China Medical Team.

Dr. John Gahima, Director General of Kibungo Hospital said the hospital will benefit from the equipment in teaching the students who come to study there and also in the treatment of patients.

ALSO READ: Chinese Embassy welcomes first-ever Defence Attaché to Rwanda

"Kibungo referral hospital is one of those that were added on the new list of teaching hospitals. So, getting more equipment is important for us not only in treating patients but also in teaching the students,” he noted.

Through the years, the China medical teams have treated more than half a million patients.