China-Laos “Peace Train-2022” joint medical drill concludes

VIENTIANE, July 29 (Xinhua) — The medical practice of the Individuals’s Liberation Military (PLA) of China, after concluding its mission within the “Peace Prepare-2022” joint humanitarian medical rescue train and medical service actions, headed for China on Friday morning.

In keeping with the bilateral annual plan for exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese language and Lao militaries organized the “Peace Prepare-2022” humanitarian medical rescue joint train and medical service actions in Lao capital Vientiane and the adjoining city of Phonhong from July 19 to July 29.

A closing ceremony for the 10-day drill was held Thursday within the Normal Logistics Division of the Lao Individuals’s Military in Vientiane, whereas Lao Deputy Protection Minister Vongkham Phommakone awarded “Friendship Medals” to 10 representatives from the Chinese language navy medical staff.

The PLA “Peace Prepare” medical staff has been working intently with the Lao Individuals’s Military’s medical and logistics items, highlighting the “4 joints” of joint command and management, joint remedy of the wounded, joint epidemic prevention and management, and joint evacuation of the wounded, in the course of the medical rescue train.

The Chinese language staff additionally handed over the donated nucleic acid testing tools and reagents, masks and different epidemic prevention and safety supplies to the Lao Individuals’s Military.

Within the medical service actions, the Chinese language navy medical specialists actively participated in discussions and exchanges, tutorial lectures and COVID-19 prevention and management coaching with the Lao military’s Hospital 103. The medical staff additionally supplied free medical remedy to native individuals.

Chen Chunming, head of the Chinese language medical staff, mentioned on the ceremony that this yr’s actions are one other in-depth cooperation and apply within the medical and logistics sector between the Chinese language and Laotian armies.

Such a cooperation not solely enhances the joint emergency rescue capabilities of the 2 armed forces, but in addition deepens the friendship between the 2 armies, and is of landmark significance for additional opening up a brand new hyperlink for exchanges between the 2 armies and for constructing a brand new platform for win-win cooperation, Chen added.

In his speech, Khamphet Sixanon, chief of the Normal Logistics Division of the Lao Individuals’s Military, mentioned that by way of these actions, the Lao and Chinese language armies not solely improved their skilled means, but in addition additional enhanced the standard pleasant and cooperative relations.

He believed that sooner or later, each side can perform cooperation and exchanges on a bigger scale and with extra initiatives on the premise of this yr’s success experiences.