China sends medical teams to Princess Margaret Hospital in Dominica (linked to Record ID#39828, #72664, #72144, #72663, #72665, #91554)

From 2009 to May 2015, the Government of China sent three batches of medical teams to assist the Princess Margaret Hospital in Roseau City, Dominica (see Record ID#39828). The first team was sent to Dominica from 2009 to 2011 and consisted of three doctors.

A second team of five, including four doctors and one translator, was sent from February 2011 to February 2013 (see Record ID#72664).

The final batch, an anesthesiologist and a pediatrician, stayed in Dominica from February 2013 to May 2015 (see Record ID#72665).

On June, 25, 2018, China dispatched the fourth medical team to Dominica-China Friendship Hospital (see Record ID#72144) under a different cooperation agreement that was signed in May 2017 (see Record ID#72663). The fourth team left Dominica on July 11, 2020.

On October 1, 2020, a medical team from China arrived in Dominica as the first team of the fifth phase of the China-aided medical service cooperation project in Dominica (Record ID#91554). The team was composed of four doctors selected by the Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdong.

The doctors were to be posted in Dominica for a one year term of service at the China-Dominica Friendship Hospital.

While stationed in Dominica, the team was to provide medical assistance, hold lectures on Coronavirus prevention, and work with the Chinese embassy on vaccine rollout. The team was lead by Dr. Wang Zhiqiang, deputy chief physician of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Prevention and Control Center. The doctors returned to Guangdong on October 7th, 2021.