Ambassador Yu Wenzhe yesterday announced that China will be providing eight more Government scholarships for Guyanese to study medicine in China.“I understand that our friends in Guyana still face some challenges in the medical field, such as lack of adequate medical personnel in the public hospitals and institutions. To help meet the challenge,Cheap NFL Jerseys, there are about 20 young people studying medicine in China with Chinese Government scholarships,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,” Ambassador Yu stated.Ambassador Yu noted that in 1993, the Chinese Government sent its first batch of medical team to Guyana. Since then, more than 100 Chinese doctors and experts have contributed to Guyana’s health sector by providing quality medical services.Ambassador Yu added that, “The ninth medical team arrived in Guyana last June, and over the past year, the members have developed good working relations with their Guyanese colleagues and performed their duties well. “They have also made friends with the local people and serve as a bridge of friendship between the two peoples.”In terms of building human resources capacity,NFL Jerseys Wholesale From China, Minister of Health,Nike Vapormax Plus Womens, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, stated that the orthopedic department is benefiting as its head, Dr. David Samaroo,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, is granted a five-year post-graduate training programme in China. This will be the first time Guyana will be producing its own orthopedic surgeon.Those remarks were made at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), which received medical equipment including ophthalmic operating picroscope and an automatic operating table,Cheap Jerseys From China, surgical equipment and other supplies. Also to benefit from the equipment worth some $16 million will be the Linden Hospital. The donation was made by the Chinese Government.According to Ambassador Yu, who presented the items, the gifts are from the Jiangsu Province of China through the Ministry of Health. He said that this was the second such donation that he has made to the hospital.“I am confident that the donation will improve the ability of the two hospitals in providing quality medical services to Guyanese. It embodies the warm friendship and close cooperation between our two countries,” Ambassador Yu stated.This is not the first time that Guyana has been benefiting from such generous donations from the Government of China and particularly from the Jiangsu Province of China.According to Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, the first introduction of the phacoemulsifier instrument to facilitate cataract surgery was through the support of the Chinese medical team with the provision of experts in the field and the donation of the equipment to the hospital.“Today’s donation adds an ophthalmology microscope that will provide further capacity within the department to perform high quality ophthalmologic surgery,” Dr. Ramsammy stated.