Chinese medical team offers free consultations for children in northern Togo

LOME, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The 28th Chinese Medical Team on Saturday organized free medical consultations and donated medicines to the Sainte Marguerite Home, a center for vulnerable children in Kara city in northern Togo.

A total of 37 children and 10 staff members benefited from the initiative, carried out by the Chinese medical team based in Kara. The team included a surgeon, a traumatologist, a gynecologist-obstetrician, a laboratory technician, a radiologist and an acupuncturist.

Xi Gang, head of the medical team, assured the orphanage of the team's readiness to further contribute to improving the children's health care.

Essoham Balakiyem Adekpessim, head of the Sainte Marguerite Home, welcomed the free consultations and the donation of medicines. He also praised the health cooperation between China and Togo, saying that such collaboration helps strengthen the health sector for the benefit of disadvantaged populations. ■