China sends another medical team to quake-hit Haiti

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China sends another medical team to quake-hit Haiti

2010-01-23 13:01:09 GMT2010-01-23 21:01:09 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English

China Eastern Airlines' liner A340 prepare to take off at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Jan. 23, 2010. The plane will carry another 77-member medical and epidemic prevention team and more than 20 tons of relief materials to Haiti on Sunday. (Xinhua Photo)

Crew members of China Eastern Airlines' liner A340 pose in front of the plane at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Jan. 23, 2010.(Xinhua Photo)

The pilot of an liner A340 belonging to China Eastern Airlines gestures before taking off at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Jan. 23, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)


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A humanitarian mission to spread love: Chinese medical team in Haiti

2010-02-09 08:45 BJT

Most of the 40 team members have participated in previous UN peacekeeping missions and many have been involved in the massive rescue efforts after the deadly 8.0-magnitude Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, which left about 87,000 people dead or missing.

In the hot and suffocating tent, a Chinese doctor would treat an average of 100 patients per day, working more than eight hours on their two-shift daily schedule.

Jeanne Laganda, a 30-year-old pregnant woman who stumbled over rubble during the quake, worried about the safety of her unborn baby. "I have belly ache all the time. Is my the baby ok? I cannot sleep," Laganda said, with tears in her eyes.

Chinese doctor Chen Shengrong told her to rest assured as the baby is in good condition after she gave her an ultrasonic test.

"Women and children are the most vulnerable, so I treat as my own sisters and children, and try my best to help them," Chen said.

"I'll be more happy if I can help relieve their pains. I hope the local people could feel the love of the Chinese people. Living in the global village, they are not alone," She added.

As a Chinese saying goes, "to teach a man to fish is better than give him a fish," Yang Zhenzhou, a renown Chinese disease-control expert, has put the Chinese wisdom into practice in quake-devastated Haiti. He and his colleagues managed to recruit 12 local volunteers and taught them how to prepare medical liquid and conduct distinction and epidemic prevention.

Before their departure, Yang left all the medicine and equipment to the locals and more important, the expertise needed to carry out basic quarantine and disease prevention.

"With this permanent local team, I can rest assured after we leave," he said.

During their brief stay, the Chinese medical team won great respect and appreciation from the local people.

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=10 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle width="100%" height=30>Haitian president meets Chinese representative to express gratitude </TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle height=1></TD></TR><TR><TD align=middle height=1>2010/02/09 </TD></TR><TR><TD class=defaultfont style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" height="100%"><META name=TRSWCM.ContStart>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Haitian President Rene Preval on Sunday met Wang Shuping, chief representative of China's trade and development office in Port-au-Prince, to express his gratitude for the Asian country's rescue and relief efforts.

The Haitian president went to the Chinese office in person to voice his appreciation of and gratitude for China's aid and assistance apart from offering his mourning for the eight Chinese who lost their lives while serving United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti during the Jan. 12 earthquake.

"I thank the Chinese international rescue team and Chinese medical team for the help and assistance they have brought to Haiti," said the president, "The Chinese doctors have played an important role in manning the mobile clinics and treating Haitians from refugee camps."

President Preval briefed the Chinese representative on the latest development of relief and reconstruction efforts. He said that reconstruction of his country's economy would follow the emergency phase of rescuing survivors and treating the wounded.

The president wished that the Chinese enterprises would come and invest in Haiti to assist his country's post-quake reconstruction.
Wang Shuping expressed to President Preval his heartfelt sympathy for Haiti's suffering and his deepest grief over the deceased in and after the quake.

The Chinese representative briefed President Preval on China's immediate response to Haiti's quake disaster and his country's provision of emergency materials to the Haitians apart from dispatching a rescue team and a medical team to the Caribbean island state.

Wang hoped that China's aid could help the Haitians tide over the quake-caused crisis.

On bilateral relations, Wang Shuping expressed his appreciation of and gratitude for President Preval's efforts in the past years to promote relations with China. The Chinese representative wished that through mutual efforts, bilateral ties could develop further from the existing level.

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<!-- begin_ct -->PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese medical team Monday left the Haitian capital for home after winding up a two-week emergency aid and epidemic control mission in the quake-stricken Caribbean country.

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</TD></TR><TR><TD style="MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top align=left>Members of the Chinese medical team board the chartered plane at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Feb. 8, 2010. The Chinese medical team Monday left Port-au-Prince for home after winding up a two-week emergency aid and epidemic control mission in the quake-stricken Caribbean country. During its stay, the team has treated more than 4,000 wounded Haitians and played an important role in the medical and epidemic control efforts in the aftermath of the devastating Jan. 12 quake. (Xinhua/Joaquin Morell)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

The team, consisting of 40 military medical professionals, participated in the relief efforts soon after its arrival here on Jan. 25 and delivered medicine and medical equipment to local people.

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</TD></TR><TR><TD style="MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top align=left>Six female members of the Chinese medical team pose for a group photo before leaving at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Feb. 8, 2010. The Chinese medical team Monday left Port-au-Prince for home after winding up a two-week emergency aid and epidemic control mission in the quake-stricken Caribbean country. During its stay, the team has treated more than 4,000 wounded Haitians and played an important role in the medical and epidemic control efforts in the aftermath of the devastating Jan. 12 quake.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


"After 13 days we are leaving with the satisfaction of having fulfilled our mission of helping the Haitians," he said moments before boarding a charted plane bound for Beijing.

Liu said that the conditions here were tough "accompanied by risks, but we are proud to have done something useful for those injured."
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Many Haitians who had come to know the Chinese doctors went to Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport to bid them farewell.

"It a demonstration of the gratitude for what we did and for that we are grateful," said Liu.

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China responded quickly to the quake and sent a search-and-rescue team to Haiti, which was replaced by the medical team that has just left the Haitian capital.

China lost eight police officers in the disaster and Chinese peacekeepers actively participated in the international aid efforts after the quake.

China also provided medicine, tents, and other emergency supplies for the Caribbean nation.

On Monday, the Chinese government delivered 25 tons of medical aid to quake-stricken Haiti, which included multiple types of epidemic prevention medicine.

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</TD></TR><TR><TD style="MIN-HEIGHT: 16px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" vAlign=top align=left>Members of the Chinese anti-riot team in Haiti wave goodbye to the Chinese medical team at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, capital of Haiti, Feb. 8, 2010. The Chinese medical team Monday left Port-au-Prince for home after winding up a two-week emergency aid and epidemic control mission in the quake-stricken Caribbean country. During its stay, the team has treated more than 4,000 wounded Haitians and played an important role in the medical and epidemic control efforts in the aftermath of the devastating Jan. 12 quake. (Xinhua/Joaquin Morell)</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China has made great efforts to provide assistance to earthquake-hit Haiti, and the Haitian people would be grateful to the Chinese government for their precious help, Haitian President Rene Preval said Sunday.
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On Haiti's relations with China, Preval said the establishment of trade offices in each other's capital during his first presidential term was a major development in bilateral ties, and Haiti would like to push for normalization of relations on the basis of the existing trade relationship.

"Trade volume between the two countries continued to go up last year," the president said, "I would like to invite Chinese investors to Haiti to boost the bilateral trade relations."

Preval said the Haitian people would enjoy employment opportunities when capable entrepreneurs from around the globe bring their investment to Haiti.

"According to a favorable U.S. policy toward Haiti, products produced by Chinese investors' textile processing enterprises in Haiti will be exempted from U.S. customs," the president said.

Preval said he is interested in Chinese culture and news stories, and often watches China's TV programs in French. "I hope your (China's) trade representative in Haiti would invite me to be the first Haitian president to visit China," he told Xinhua.


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China delivers 25 tons of medical aid to Haiti

10:43, February 09, 2010

The government of the People 's Republic of China on Monday delivered 25 tons of medical aid to quake-stricken Haiti, which included multiple types of epidemic prevention medicine.

Wang Shuping, head of the China Trade Development Office in Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, formally delivered the aid to Haitian authorities, which thanked China for showing solidarity with the 1.1 million Haitian people left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake. The magnitude-7.3 tremor has killed more than 200,000 people, according to Haitian government statistics.

Wang said that this was the third shipment of medical aid from China to Haiti, with the previous two arriving on Jan. 17 and 26, respectively. To date the Chinese government has delivered aid worth a total of 4.4 million dollars.

Monday's shipment included medicine needed to fight infectious diseases, as well tablets, rehydration liquids, gauze and medical alcohol. The shipment consists of 1,790 boxes with a total volume of some 120 cubic meters.

The medicine was immediately sent to Haiti's Health Ministry, which will then distribute the supplies to health centers, the International Red Cross and other medical teams that offer aid to over 300 camps.

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