On April 28th, Ambassador Li Jiming handed over gift medical equipmentto 250 Bed District Sadar Hospital in Cox’s Bazar. Cox’s Bazar Medical College Dean Professor Dr. Anupam Barua accepted the equipment on behalf of the hospital. Member of Parliament Mr. Shaimum Sarwar Kamal and Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar District Md. MamunurRashid, Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner Mr. Shar Rezwan Hayat attended and addressed the handover ceremony.

Ambassador Li first extended his sincerest wishes for the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr. He said that the Bangladeshi Government and people, though with its own limited resources, had generously hosted more than a million displaced people from Myanmar. This has imposed heavy medical burden on the local health resources. Today, the Embassy of China in Bangladesh donates a bunch of badly-needed medical equipment as a good will of the Chinese Government and people. All the medical equipment is state-of-the-art and of superior quality, which will come a long way to strengthen the capacity of Sadar Hospital. In the future, China will continue supporting local health facilities with more new initiatives.

Ambassador Li noted that, during the past five years since the latest crisis had happened in Rakhine State of Myanmar, China had played a role of mediator between Bangladesh and Myanmar, and had been working with relevant stakeholders, including UNHCR, to facilitate the early repatriation of the displaced people.

Mr. Kamal, MP and other Bangladeshi officials said that China is one of the most important development partners of Bangladesh, and the Cox’s Bazar District expects more cooperation with China in more fields including health in the future.

The gift medical equipment includes bio-chemistry analyzers, dental chairs, light cure machines, centrifuge machines, etc.

Political Counselor of the Embassy Mr. Wang Zhihong, Senior Public Health Officer from UNHCR Dr. Allen Maina and medical staff representatives also attended the ceremony.