Chinese doctors provide free medical services in Benin

STORY: Chinese doctors provide free medical services in Benin SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: LOKOSSA, Benin CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese doctors providing free clinic treatment in Benin 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): HOUNSOUNOU CLEMENT, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG PING, Leader of 27th Chinese medical team to Benin STORYLINE: The 27th Chinese medical team to Benin on Friday provided free clinic services to Beninese people at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): HOUNSOUNOU CLEMENT, Local resident "I heard that the Chinese doctors will offer free consultations at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Lokossa, so here I am. When I arrived, there were several treatments like massage, and it's all very good." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG PING, Leader of 27th Chinese medical team to Benin "We are here to make our due contribution to the development of

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

(240413) -- LOKOSSA, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Doctors of the 27th Chinese medical team provide free medical service for a patient at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Lokossa, Benin, April 12, 2024. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

(240413) -- LOKOSSA, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A doctor of the 27th Chinese medical team provides free medical service for a patient at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Lokossa, Benin, April 12, 2024. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

(240413) -- LOKOSSA, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A doctor of the 27th Chinese medical team provides free medical service for a patient at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Lokossa, Benin, April 12, 2024. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

(240413) -- LOKOSSA, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Doctors of the 27th Chinese medical team provide free medical service for a patient at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Lokossa, Benin, April 12, 2024. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

BENIN-LOKOSSA-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE SERVICE

(240413) -- LOKOSSA, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A doctor of the 27th Chinese medical team provides free medical service for a patient at the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Lokossa, Benin, April 12, 2024. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (R) and Beninese Health Minister Benjamin Hounkpatin attend the launching ceremony of project "Marche vers la lumière" at Benin Ministry of Health in Cotonou, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

BENIN-COTONOU-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-FREE CATARACT PROJECT

(231115) -- COTONOU, Nov. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Ambassador to Benin Peng Jingtao (2nd L, front) visits patients with cataract at a hospital in Lokossa, Benin, Nov. 14, 2023. A Chinese medical team of ophthalmologists from China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region launched a project to provide free cataract surgeries in Benin on Tuesday. The project, launched in the country's southern city of Cotonou, is one of the outcomes of Beninese President Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon's visit to China in September and aims to implement the bilateral cooperation documents signed between the two countries in health care. Under the project named "Marche vers la lumière" (Walk towards Light), the six-member Chinese ophthalmology medical team will carry out free surgeries for 200 cataract patients in the Mono-Couffo Departmental Hospital Center in Benin's southwestern city of Lokossa. (Photo by Seraphin Zounyekpe/Xinhua)