KATHMANDU: Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Chen Song, paid a courtesy call to Minister for Health and Population, Mohan Bahadur Basnet.
According to the Minister’s press coordinator, Ramchandra Dulal, the meeting was held in view of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s upcoming visit to China.
In the meeting held at the Minister’s office, the two exchanged views on further systematizing the Tatopani transit along the Nepal-China border and on the establishment of the additional infrastructure of Bir Hospital in Bhaktapur.
During the meeting, the Minister thanked the Chinese government for its economic and technical support to Nepal’s health sector, seeking its cooperation in the development of Jumla-based Karnali Academy of Health Sciences as well.
He hoped to receive Chinese assistance in the expansion of quality health care, infrastructure, and the procurement of advanced medical equipment.
In response, the Chinese ambassador pledged that the Chinese assistance to Nepal would be continued.
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