China to provide equipment for burns units in hospitals

China is going to provide medical equipment worth RMB 29.5 million yen, equivalent to Tk 30 crore, for burns units of medical college hospitals in Bangladesh.
During his visit, the Chinese commerce minister, Gao Hucheng, handed over a letter to finance minister AMA Muhith on August 25. In the letter, Gao said that in accordance with the request of the Bangladesh government, China has agreed to provide medical equipment. The Chinese government will dispatch technicians for assembling and commissioning some of the equipment and training Bangladeshi technicians.
The Chinese commerce minister said the cost, amounting to RMB 29.5 million yen, would be disbursed from the grant as stipulated in the agreement on economic and technical cooperation between the governments of Bangladesh and China on March 29, 2012.
The letter also said that the Bangladesh government would have to prepare a radiation shielding site for mammography and the MRI system, and be responsible for customs clearance, delivery and transportation of goods after their arrival and bear the expenses thereof.
Gao also requested the Bangladesh government to assist the Chinese technicians in entering the country, staying and also exit formalities, and pay taxes and duties for reasonable quantities of personal necessities that the Chinese technicians will bring with them. Besides, the China National Electric Import and Export Corporation (CUEC), a Beijing-based foreign trade company, has expressed interest in helping Bangladesh establish modernised burns units in divisional medical college hospitals across the country.
Wu Fudao, chief representative, South Asia Division of the CUEC, wrote to the project director of the National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, expressing interest in extending support to set up burns units.
Saying that such units were an extremely specialised area of medical care, Wu called for technical cooperation with a Chinese hospital for better care. He further said that several top Chinese hospitals are eager to help people of Bangladesh and contribute towards Sino-Bangladesh friendship.
Wu, in association with the Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, a leading hospital in China for burns cases, has offered assistance in design, supply, building, commissioning, technology-transfer, knowhow and maintenance of equipment, including financing from China on a government-to-government basis for setting up burns units. A draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) has also been enclosed with the letter offering assistance.

 

 

China to provide equipment for burns units in hospitals

China is going to provide medical equipment worth RMB 29.5 million yen, equivalent to Tk 30 crore, for burns units of medical college hospitals in Bangladesh. During his visit, the Chinese commerce minister, Gao Hucheng, handed over a letter to finance minister AMA Muhith on August 25. In the letter, Gao said that in accordance with the request of the Bangladesh government, China has agreed to provide medical equipment. The Chinese government will dispatch technicians for assembling and commissioning some of the equipment and training Bangladeshi technicians. The Chinese commerce minister said the cost, amounting to RMB 29.5 million yen, would be disbursed from the grant as stipulated in the agreement on economic and technical cooperation between the governments of Bangladesh and China on March 29, 2012. The letter also said that the Bangladesh government would have to prepare a radiation shielding site for mammography and the MRI system, and be responsible for customs clearance, delivery and transportation of goods after their arrival and bear the expenses thereof. Gao also requested the Bangladesh government to assist the Chinese technicians in entering the country, staying and also exit formalities, and pay taxes and duties for reasonable quantities of personal necessities that the Chinese technicians will bring with them. Besides, the China National Electric Import and Export Corporation (CUEC), a Beijing-based foreign trade company, has expressed interest in helping Bangladesh establish modernised burns units in divisional medical college hospitals across the country. Wu Fudao, chief representative, South Asia Division of the CUEC, wrote to the project director of the National Institute of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Dhaka, expressing interest in extending support to set up burns units. Saying that such units were an extremely specialised area of medical care, Wu called for technical cooperation with a Chinese hospital for better care. He further said that several top Chinese hospitals are eager to help people of Bangladesh and contribute towards Sino-Bangladesh friendship. Wu, in association with the Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, a leading hospital in China for burns cases, has offered assistance in design, supply, building, commissioning, technology-transfer, knowhow and maintenance of equipment, including financing from China on a government-to-government basis for setting up burns units. A draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) has also been enclosed with the letter offering assistance.